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 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 | 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...