“In from the Storm” by Jimi Hendrix. is a great tune from his last studioalbum called “The Cry of Love”. It’s has killer blues riff that’s easy and a lot of fun to play. Among the many, many other reasons why Hendrix is so cool… is that hecreated a lot of really super simple riffs …
Hi Friend, I am wrtiing this email late Saturday night… So i’m hoping you get it Sunday morning or afternoon… Having a really great time here in my new home in Providence, Rhode Island. Of course, the most important thing to me was setting up my new office and finding a place for my guitars …
Hey guys, here’s a guitar lick from John Maclennan and has a really catchy jazz sound to it. It’s played over a “II V I” progression, the most common jazz chord progression. Check it out! Hi, I’m John McClennan and I’m here today with Guitar Control and I’m excited to bring you this jazzy lick. …
Hi Friend, Yep, life moves pretty fast. Not only did I recently get hitched, but I also moved! Out with the philly, in with the Providence, Rhode Island. I’m actually stoked because I was in the same condo for 14 freakin years. A welcome change of scenary. BUT… Business as usual for Guitar Control. Actually …
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hi Friend, A drill is usually thought of as a boring exercise where you have to repeat something over and over until your fingers finally get it. I have a guitar exercise for you today, but I don’t consider it a drill. It’s more of a fretboard knowledge building thing, and I think its fun. …
An arpeggio is the notes of a chord played seperately. Just playing arpeggios by themselves won’t necessarily sound musical, just like playing scales by themselves won’t sound very musical. However, I would argue that arpeggios by themselves are more musical than scales… apreggios kind of what I call “built in feel” because the arpeggios are …
Hi Friend, I have a treat for you today – Mr. Jon “MacDaddy” MacLennan continues in his series with another “bebop” lick for you. This one builds off the the previous lesson that showed the bebop “scale”… Check it out – video and tabs… VIDEO LESSON OF THE DAY Speaking of adding licks to your …
Hi. I’m John McClennan and I’m here today with Guitar Control and I’m going to bring you a new lick. This is a really cool, modern jazz-sounding lick. It uses some bebop elements and also some more modern sounds to it. Let’s begin right away. I’ll tell you the chords that it goes over. It’s …
Hi Friend, If you haven’t been keepin tabs on me, I just got married! I’m about to take a little honeymoon to the Dominican Republic. I’m pretty excited as you can imagine… If you’ve been on my email list for a while, you’ve seen me going through the ups and downs of life, the trials …