Here’s a new composition I have been working on the last two weeks I call Pleiades. It features alternate tuning D A D F# B E. This tuning opens up interesting possibilities of harmony and resonance. The sheet music is below and available to LGM Members. I am still tweaking it and will finalise the […]
00:00:00 Hi, welcome back to the channel. In this episode, Latin Guitar Mastery Podcast Episode 5, I’m going to be covering topics around Paco Pena, his visit to Australia and my interview with him. Also, some collaborations that I’ve been doing with guitarists online. We’ll also talk a little bit about updates to the blog, […]
Here is a new Rumba I wrote in B minor and also with F# tuning. It has some tricky bar chords and stretches but I think the opening minor 6 chord really captures a mood! Sheet music and TAB
After my recent performance of Nightless Night, some people have been asking me for tips to improve their guitar tremolo. So I have made a tutorial on this and included some exercises below (for LGM Members). Sheet music and TAB
I recorded the duet by Ralph Towner called Duende.
Here is my new called Nightless Night, inspired by the long nights in Finland and Northern Europe. It is a tremolo piece in B minor with G on the third string tuned down to F#. There are quite a few stretches and it’s a bit of a work out on the left hand, but […]
0:00 Intro 0:16 Common Latin Guitar Chord Progresssions 5:32 Common Latin Guitar Modes 6:00 Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian 12:01 Thumb Positions 15:01 Oscar Ghilgia passing 7:06 Final Thoughts
Here is a new piece I wrote in the style of a waltz or valsa. It’s a melody that came to me and I built a piece around this haunting melody. It has a few stretches and technical challenges but if you approach it from a romantic perspective you can be quite fluid with […]
In this tutorial I explore the Bossa Nova chord voicings and also how I would approach improvising over the chord changes. Below is the soundslice sheet music/notation of: Bossa nova chord progression. Written out improvisation Sheet music and TAB Bossa Nova Chords Improvisation Solo Chart with scales