by Paul Roth | Dec 14, 2017 | Lead
A few weeks ago I wrote a beginner’s guide to improvisation in which I promised some more tips for when you get over that initial point of simply “how do I even improvise”. In between then and now we had some fantastic posts (Part 1 & Part 2) by...
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 | 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...