by Paul Roth | Aug 11, 2017 | Capo, Musicianship
Divisive comment alert: I love capos. They’re awesome. Now there are many guitarists who believe that you shouldn’t use capos but should just learn how to play the chords properly. They have a point, you SHOULD be expanding your knowledge of chords so that...
by Paul Roth | Aug 3, 2017 | GUitar-vocalist, Musicianship
Hey hey, it’s been a while so thanks for your patience and for tuning in after I gave myself a small hiatus, I can only imagine your frustration. Firstly, this is NOT a post about becoming a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Rather, I’m wanting to draw...
by Paul Roth | May 5, 2017 | Rhythm
In last week’s blog we talked a lot about conquering the basics of rhythm with one key tool to do, which was that constant movement in the right hand. This week we are going to focus on a few tips to take your strumming to the next level by being able to...
by Paul Roth | Apr 27, 2017 | Rhythm
Quite often when I’m teaching people more in the beginner category, one thing they will often want help on is rhythm and strumming. To some people this comes very naturally, to others it doesn’t. So here I’m going to lay out ONE key principle...
by Paul Roth | Apr 14, 2017 | Chords
Last week we talked about one of my favourite things… triad inversions!! Yay. Here are the PDFs again for the shapes: Major Minor Diminished We focused last week mainly on how these are useful and how to apply them. This week I...
by Paul Roth | Apr 6, 2017 | Chords
These are absolutely glorious, and in all honesty have put these to practical use at least as much as the minor pentatonic and major scale patterns. I may even go as far to say I would put them in top 5 most important areas of knowledge of the fretboard for any...
by Paul Roth | Mar 31, 2017 | GUitar-vocalist, Musicianship
I’ve been lucky enough to do a lot of work as a guitar-vocalist. And one thing I often hear or have people ask me about is how to play and sing, as this blows some people’s minds. Firstly, many people play and sing, that’s nothing new or a...
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 Ric Newsom | Mar 2, 2017 | Musicianship, Tone
Hi everyone, I’m Ric - Paul’s friend, and now bandmate in Esimorp, and I’m pretty stoked to finally doing my first guest post here. In this post, I’m going to talk about some common ways people limit their tone’s potential and some possible fixes. Pretty much...
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...
