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Glenn Frey, Founder of the Eagles, Dies at Age 67

What a rough year 2016 has been on the music world! The Eagles official website is reporting the passing of co-founder and guitarist Glenn Frey.

Glenn co-wrote and sang on many of the Eagles hits, including “Take It Easy,” “Tequila Sunrise,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” and “Heartache Tonight”.

Take a few minutes to remember the man and his music with the chords and lyrics to the song “Take It Easy “. Be sure to check out Glenn Frey, and the Eagles, in their prime with the stunning live performance of “Take It Easy” in this video.Read More »Glenn Frey, Founder of the Eagles, Dies at Age 67

10 Steps To Playing A Cover Song

So what happens when you’re on your own and simply can’t figure out a strumming pattern, or one isn’t available?

This has been the question for some of our members. I have a lengthy tutorial about this, but I’ll touch base on this concept right here to refresh some of our member frustrations.

Learning WHAT style to strum and when is actually REALLY easy, but the concept is tricky.Read More »10 Steps To Playing A Cover Song

Dynamic Guitar Strumming

One aspect of guitar strumming patterns that should not be overlooked in an acoustic guitar lesson consists of the options available to create a more dynamic sounding rhythm part.  An interesting guitar part doesn’t necessarily need a lot of basic guitar chord changes, but just playing dynamically with a single chord can be quite interesting tonally.Read More »Dynamic Guitar Strumming

The Art Of Memorizing Music

Playing from memory is a skill that I believe is not only possible for every player, but is indeed essential for every player. I never feel that I know a piece, or have “internalized” a piece, until I have been playing it for quite some time from memory.

I always found it quite easy to memorize pieces, and thought everyone could do this, until experience in teaching taught me otherwise. As I began to study the subject, I gradually uncovered the reasons why I found it easy, and others found it difficult. I could summarize those reasons as follows:Read More »The Art Of Memorizing Music