The Award Winning Country Music Superstar’s Twist On The Legendary Esquire is Here! Bold, resonant, and forward thinking – the Brad Paisley Esquire features a paulownia and spruce body with a stunning black sparkle Road Worn laquer, Enhanced V-Shape maple neck and custom pickups – including a Seymour Duncan Secret Neck pickup, located under … Continue reading New Fender Brad Paisley Esquire Announced!
The Acclaimed Alt-Rock Guitarists’ New Jazzmaster Has Landed for Summer 2020! When you’re a band like A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age, or Eagles of Death Metal, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better player than Troy Van Leeuwen to lay down some of rock’s most textural guitar work. What guitar … Continue reading New Fender Troy Van Leeuwen Signature Jazzmaster Announced!
Get That Worn In Look and Feel With the New Vintera Lineup! A perfect recreation of the looks and mojo of the well-love originals, Fender has unveiled 4 new and exciting Vintera models for 2020! In this month’s release we have reimagined 70’s Deluxe & 50’s Telecasters, and a pair of Stratocasters – 60’s … Continue reading New 2020 Fender Vintera Road Worn Telecasters & Stratocasters Announced!
Brass and Woodwind – Music Instrument News Akai Professional, a leading manufacturer of music equipment for performers and producers, today announced the latest addition to their Electronic Wind Instrument family, EWI Solo. This next-generation wind instrument is primed for any setting, fusing all the expressive musical capabilities and control found in traditional acoustic wind instruments … Continue reading Akai Professional® Introduces EWI Solo – The First Standalone EWI With A Built-In Speaker
Reading music is one of the most important skills to develop because it gives you independence! Learning to recognize notes means you are able to access anything that interests you, immediately, without the need for an ‘interpreter’ or teacher. This article covers the pros and cons of different approaches to learning notes. It explains how … Continue reading How to Remember Piano Notes
This post appeared first at 22 Most Influential and Best Blues Guitarists on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Blues guitar is one of the most influential guitar genres, therefore the best blues guitarists had a significant impact and influence on our music today. Ever since the end of the 19th century when the African-American communities of … Continue reading 22 Most Influential and Best Blues Guitarists
This past week, Todd Nance, founding drummer with the band Widespread Panic, passed away from “sudden and unexpectedly severe complications of a chronic illness,” according to his family. Modern Drummer wrote about Nance in 2000—when asked in that piece to define his playing style, he modestly responded, “I just get in there, cross my fingers, … Continue reading Widespread Panic Founding Drummer Todd Nance Passes
The Crimson Guitars Great Guitar Build-off is now in full swing, and with the cut-off date of September 4th fast approaching, it’s make-or-break time for the contestants. So what is the competition? In their words: ‘In these interesting times, the idea was hatched to create a competition to see who could build the best guitar … Continue reading The Great Guitar Build-off 2020
After the massive success of their exclusive purple Telecaster inspired by the guitar of their very own Danish Pete, Andertons have yet another exclusive deep purple Fender, but this time it’s the Stratocaster, and at an amazing £149.99, these aren’t going to stick around for long.* The Bullet Series is the definitive Squier beginner range. … Continue reading Exclusive purple Squier strat from andertons
This post appeared first at Should a guitarist learn standard music notation, or just guitar tablature? on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. One of my online students just wrote me a letter, asking whether he needs to learn to read standard music notation, or is tablature enough. …a few guys locally who are in the local music … Continue reading Should a guitarist learn standard music notation, or just guitar tablature?
