Hi Friend, Top of the day to you. I was watching (the real) Austin powers movie yesterday and on comes a familiar song — “American Woman” as performed by Lenny Kravitz. I dig Lenny but I probably prefer the orignal version from “The Guess Who”. Something about the music from the 60s and 70s… To …
Here is another sample from “Flamenco Guitar Secrets”…Still on the technique section, lets cover another Essential Technique called Rasgueado. In this Guitar Control video lessons, were going to talk about “Rasgueados”. That’s the fan motion of the right hand and there areseveral forms of them. One form would be this, where we use A finger, …
Hi Friend, T.G.I.F ! No guitar lesson today, just some fun entertainment vibes. First, I have two wacky pictures I took on my recent vacation. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/ Second, here is a link to the first part of the Claustin Powers video. Some of you might have seen this already, but check it out: https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/?p=111 Stay tuned …
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Hi Friend, Bob Marley said that “music goes on forever”. New songs get written everyday. And Claude Johnson (that’s me) keeps coming up with new guitar ideas to send you 🙂 Today, I want to talk about a rhythmic idea which has a pulse-like feel to it, and can add some fierce *attitude* to any …
For Flamenco, you have to learn a few new guitar techniques. One of them is called Picado. This is the first one to learn. Check out the video! It’s a short sample from “Flamenco Guitar Secrets”. The first thing I want to show you is picado. That is the alternating movements of the index finger …
hi Friend, Carlos Santana is one my all time favorite guitarists. That’s why I’m so jealous of Jimmy Dillon right now – hegets to play with him later this year. grr… well it’s all good – at least Jimmy is sharing hisstories about the legends (and his guitar wisdom)with all of us. In fact, he’s …
What notes you play are only half the story. The other story is the rhythms. One interesting and useful rhythm is to alternate eighth notes and eighth note rests. It can spice up even the most stupidly simple riff, such as descending down the pentatonic scale. Check it out! [audio:https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/audio/lick-sep-27-2010.mp3] If you need help counting …
Hi Friend, What is goin on??? I’ll tell you what’s on my mind: See, I’ve always been into blues guitar because it just felt good to me – I like the raw soulful energy and the intensity of it. On the other hand, I also like jazz because its smooth, mellow, and relaxing. It’s definitely …