by Paul Roth | Mar 23, 2017 | Chords
Bar chords are one thing that many people get quite stuck on when progressing with the guitar. For most people it presents a bit of a wall to get over, for some, unfortunately, they just think they can’t do it, bar chords aren’t for them and they...
by Paul Roth | Feb 25, 2017 | Lead, Musicianship, Solo
Hello there! Today’s blog is primarily aimed at those in the intermediate to advanced category but useful for anyone wanting to explore and expand on the skill of improvisation. For some people this is their bread and butter. For others quite...
by Paul Roth | Feb 15, 2017 | Teaching
This week I’ve been reflecting a lot more on teaching and some aspects of it which I’ve been learning myself and enjoyed seeing in different aspects. So rather than a totally new blog this week, I want to re-hash/add to an older post, which I hope will be...
by Paul Roth | Feb 10, 2017 | Teaching
My goal for this blog is to make it a resource not only for those learning guitar, but also those teaching it, especially as a fair portion of my readership are guitar teachers. For example, the resources page is there for anyone’s use. If you’re...
by Paul Roth | Feb 3, 2017 | Scales
As you may have seen in last week’s blog – Approaching Scales – I mentioned playing through modes and promised to deal with that next week. Well last week’s next week is this week, so here we are. Firstly, what are modes? A mode...