Pedalboard: tuner pedals
So you’re starting with your first pedal board setup. A tuner is a must have first item in the chain and it may actually provide more than you think!
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Pedalboard: tuner pedals
Review of affordable tuner pedals (and more)
In this article I review of several tuner pedal models (and some others too!). See the first part of the article for the introduction on the tuner pedals.
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Review of affordable tuner pedals (and more)
New strings day: D’Addario XTE1046 (and more)
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New strings day: D’Addario XTE1046 (and more)
Introduction to the major scale modes
Sooner or later the subject of modes will appear on the horizon. While definitely not the first thing to learn it is an important tool for expressing oneself and to be able to solo over different chord types found in blues, rock or jazz.
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Introduction to the major scale modes
Memorizing notes on the fretboard
OK, at some point of time you have to know the fretboard. The earlier the better, but as a beginner you can often get away with knowing only string names at best.
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Memorizing notes on the fretboard
New strings day: D’Addario EFT16
Being tired of the “squeaking” strings I decided to try “flat wound” ones. Does it help? Read on.
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New strings day: D’Addario EFT16
Alesis SR-16 Rhythms
Looking for the handy list of the built-in rhythms in Alesis SR-16? I have something for you!
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Alesis SR-16 Rhythms
On motivation and practice
Motivation is what keeps us going. But you have to set expectations and keep going to get results.
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On motivation and practice
Taking first steps in jazz
Coming from a completely “jazz-less” background I never understood “what the fjuzz is about”, but seeing the virtuosity of the players I was always wondering how do they ever get to that level.
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Taking first steps in jazz