Author: Mark Wein
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Pedal Mania – Pt.2
Last week we took a look at my main gigging board, which a friend of mine has dubbed “Pedalstar Galactica”. This week I want to go through my two smaller pedal boards, which give me some flexibility for small gigs ad rehearsals. If you want to support the blog you can click on the names…
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String Bending Fundamentals
This week we are getting started talking about string bending, with the focus on target notes and physical technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEE1zZdEZY
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Pedalstar Galactica.
Like most guitarists, I like toys. Like most working guitarists, I can’t afford everything I want but in the area of effects pedals, spending $100-$150 every so often won’t break the bank and allows me to have some flexibility with the gear that I work with. I have three distinct pedal boards, and I figured…
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Solo strategies for Dominant chords
Things got a little out of hand this past week with the start of my school year and the holiday so I figured that I would share an older video where I discuss some of the different sounds that we can use over a dominant 7th chord. I think about these sounds a little differently…
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Back to School.
It’s Wednesday morning and I’m finally writing my Tuesday blog. That must mean I’m back in school… Seriously though, it’s been quite a week and I’m only three days into it. I have to admit that I’m doing some great stuff this year and my blog will probably end up being full of how I’m…
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My favorite horn/keyboard rhythm lick!
A short lesson this week, still working on “active rhythm guitar” ideas. This is a chord movement that you can use over a dominant chord that we sometimes hear in horn backgrounds and keyboard parts in blues, funk, gospel and other styles. One thing to try is to record yourself or make a loop of…
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Sitting on both sides of the music stand.
I have been teaching guitar for 29 years next month and I’ve been playing for 34 years. Every time I think about that fact I feel really bad for the students that I taught for the first few years but that is another story. The opportunity that started as a way to make a few bucks…
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Hendrix Rhythm Guitar #2
Click here for the first lesson: http://www.markwein.com/hendrix-rhythm-guitar-1/ Here are the graphics for the two sections. By next lesson, I should be good enough with Illustrator to include these in the video, too! 🙂
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“Always Learning”
At age 48, with one music degree and more than three decades of experience under my belt, I’m back in school working on a Jazz Performance degree. When I first started this endeavor two years ago I was asked by friends, family, and students quite a few questions along the lines of “I know you…
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Hendrix Rhythm Guitar #1
This week we are starting a batch of lessons where we revisit one of the most popular topics from my old YouTube Channel, which was Curtis Mayfield/Jimmy Hendrix-style rhythm guitar. I use this stuff for both lead and rhythm playing and it is a great way to augment your fretboard comprehension as well. Each…