In this video I discuss Oblique Motion. Oblique Motion is one of many types of motion used by composers. I first discovered this via Bach and Classical Music. Oblique motion may sound complicated but it’s not. It is essentially as follows: One part is PASSIVE…
Category: Classical Music
Minor 6 chords are one of my favorite chords in all of music. Where are they used? 1) They are used in minor keys as the i chord. The famous song “Summertime” by George Gershwin is a good example of a song you can use…
In the following video, I go over a two-octave G major arpeggio. As you’ll see, this covers the entire range of the fingerboard. These videos are meant to break you free from playing in fixed positions, what some people like to call BOXES. To have…
After over 25 years of playing music I’m 100% convinced that the thing lacking from a lot of peoples musical training is the art of singing and vocalizing what they are playing. At one time most kids had experience singing, either in school, a particular…
Over the next few months I plan to release some elementary/beginning sight-reading exercises for the banjo. *PDF located at the bottom* After years of teaching students banjo and noticing that while TAB is great for some things, it’s not producing students that can name the notes up…