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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"

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This beautiful song was written by the always stellar Carole King and her then songwriting partner & husband Gerry Goffin (for context, ...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: Exploring Sam Cooke's Classic "You Send Me"

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Here in our 4th piece in the series, we'll look at Sam Cooke's timeless classic, "You Send Me", which was written by Sam ...
Thursday, April 1, 2021

MoneyChords Lesson: "Moonlight Sonata"

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This lesson was written roughly 2005 and published at MoneyChords. Enjoy!

Zen Guitar #3: "The Sound Of...."

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(ed note: this is the third of three lessons in the series) The Sound of.... Level: Advanced David M. McLean (a brief word to advanced playe...

Zen Guitar #2: "One with the Music"

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(ed note: this is second of three lessons in the series) One With the Music Level: Advanced David M. McLean (a brief word to advanced player...

Zen Guitar #1: "Come What May"

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(ed note: this piece is one of three re-prints of lessons by David McLean written for Zen Guitar in the early 2000s - the other two are also...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: The Shifting Foundation of "Surfer Girl"

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In our 3rd installment of the series, let's look at the Beach Boys classic "Surfer Girl" from 1963. Written by Brian Wilson (w...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: A Peak at Prosody

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"Prosody" has many meanings, depending on what context one is examining (linguistics, music, poetry & versification, etc), but...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Most Influential Guitarists of All Time

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I typically dislike such lists. Strongly. They're always informative of the writer's personal tastes, which is fine, but too often p...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Guitar Styles: Signature Chords

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Today, let's look at "signature chords". Most chords, as you likely know, have names that follow the basic triad plus express ...