Guitar talk, and easy guitar lessons from beginner to jazz with Birdsnake Brown
Here’s a video about my newest Eastman Archtop. At the time of this writing I’ve been playing it for 6 months and I still love it!
It’s a fantastic guitar with a carved spruce top, and maple back and sides. It has a floating pickup so when you play it unplugged the top and beautifully resonant.
After having the Eastman 503 and discovering how much I love playing the archtop unplugged I decided that I would really benefit from a deeper all solid archtop.
I decided to try some Thomastik Infeld JS113 flats on my Eastman and wow they sound great! The tension feels great against the pick, and the tone is punchy and warm. They have a nice even volume across the strings and up the neck… fantastic strings! Check ’em out: https://amzn.to/3uAXBiY
In this video I discuss the very basic concepts of reading music for guitar. In my opinion everyone needs to be able to read at least enough to learn from a book but I also recognize that music notation can be a roadblock for many guitarists.
In this lesson on basic music theory we learn about melody and harmony. We talk about triads and arpeggios on guitar and we also learn what chords are.
The overall idea here is that melody is when notes are played in a sequence and harmony is when notes sound together.
This is my first time trying this format with an animated chord chart. I think it’s pretty cool, and All Things Your Are is the perfect chord melody to try it out on.