Craig Smith is a Guitarist, Teacher, and Writer living in Sanford, Florida. Craig has taught guitar lessons, performed 200+ gigs per year (for over 30 years), and published 4 guitar instructional books. When heโs not gigging, writing, or helping other guitarists, you may find him at the beach with his wife Celeste, 4 Chihuahuas, and a drink. https://lifein12keys.com
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โ HeyReader, As the weather changes oh so slightly here in Central Florida, I find myself putting in just a little extra time practicing. In other parts of the country and the world, it may be time to start bundling up... speaking of bundle... Fall Sale $10 Book Bundle!โGrab all 4 of my best-selling guitar books for only $10. Yes, 10 Bucks!โ Free Lesson UpdatesWebsite maintenance is an unfortunate fact of life as a creator. The good news is, lots of cool updates and features on some older lessons and articles. Here are some of the latest things I've been working on in the lesson blog. โDiatonic 7th Arpeggios Have a great week! ๐ป โGuitarist & Author - Craig Smithโ โ โ โ โ |
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Craig Smith is a Guitarist, Teacher, and Writer living in Sanford, Florida. Craig has taught guitar lessons, performed 200+ gigs per year (for over 30 years), and published 4 guitar instructional books. When heโs not gigging, writing, or helping other guitarists, you may find him at the beach with his wife Celeste, 4 Chihuahuas, and a drink. https://lifein12keys.com
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Guitar Newsletter January 30th, 2025 Hey there Reader, Recently I had a great question from a reader about other ways to use the Circle of Keys to find useful information besides just the notes in a particular Major scale or Key. Like, what about the chords? A great way to find all of the Major Chords in a Key is to look at the adjacent keys on either side of the one you want to play IN. For example, in the Key of C Major you see F before and G after, so those 3 chords will be Major type...
Guitar Newsletter January 18th, 2025 Hello Reader!, I hope you enjoyed the free Triads book. I had over 2000 downloads this past week! If you missed it, you can still grab it anytime. Here's a little mini-lesson to get you through the weekend. Steve, an email reader had a great question:"What happens if you add the next (diatonic) 3rd to the existing triads in the book?" Answer:You get a Tetrachord built on each scale tone like this. ๐กA tetrachord is a musical pattern of four notes that are...