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
Quick Weekend Lesson ๐ธ
|
โ
โLifeIn12Keys.com
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
Guitar Newsletter August Hello, Reader, Monday we talked about the 3 variations of a Pentatonic scale:1) minor2) Major3) BluesJosh one of my readers replied with a great question that I didn't fully cover in that lesson:Question: "why is it minor or major depending on where you start the shape?" Answer : It all comes down to which scale degrees you're starting on. For example in G Major.. if we start on G using shape 2 below we get:G A B D E โ then those notes are repeated until we run out of...
Guitar Newsletter August Hello, Reader, I've always told my guitar students that there are many ways to learn technique and music theory. You should never get all of your info from just one source and keep an open mind to learning different ideas from different players... but... ..what I can't stand is when I see online creators and so-called guitar gurus making simple concepts soooo much harder and more time consuming. As a practicing musician TIME is our most valuable commodity... with that...
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...