Michael Valeanu
@michaelva · guitar · New York
Paris born guitarist/composer/arranger/teacher based in New York city.
Courses
The Well-Understood Fretboard, Vol. 1
The Well-Understood Fretboard, Vol. 2
JS Bach Cello Suite in G Major - 1st movement - BWV 1007
Slices
Here is the title track of my new album "Move Your Feet" now available on all streaming platforms !… More…
Hello Friends,… More…
While the whole planet is asked to stay home, I decided to come up with small musical exercises that I will share with you in order to hopefully give you some new practice ideas during - since this is… More…
Here's an idea I posted to my Instagram page the other day. The basic concept behind this is:… More…
Here's a Warm-up exercise that allows you to go through the circle of fourth with Minor and Dominant 7(b9) arpeggios.… More…
In this sixth and last episode of my Rhythm Changes mini-series, I wanted to show you a different way of looking at the first four bars. … More…
In this eight bar example I was trying to find lines that would still express the chords without sounding too "arpeggio-like" or "too vertical". … More…
Here's Episode 4 of my Rhythm Changes Mini Series … More…
In this example I have tried to use open triads in Bars 2 and 3. Baiscally a Do triad over G7b9, then a regular Cm open triad in root position and a Co triad over F7b9.… More…
Here's Example 2 from my Rhythm Changes mini series that focuses on the "A" section of that form.… More…
Here's the first example of my mini series on the "A" section of a Bb Rhythm Changes.… More…
Third and last episode of the D minor lick with contrary motion.… More…
This is episode 2 for the contrary motion lick slices series I've started last week.… More…
For those of you who follow my profile here you know I've been working on some classical music and particularly Bach's music ( transcriptions available in my courses )… More…
This past winter I posted an excerpt of me practicing this piece in my living room - a clean and complete version of this piece is now available in the "course" section of my profile. Here is how it looks… More…
The first movement of JS Bach's Cello suite in G major is one of the most infamous piece of the western classical music repertoire and simply just a wonderful piece of music. … More…
Hello,… More…
This is an arrangement of Fauré's "Apres Un Reve".… More…
From a practice session over Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee". When I practice a tune I like to just play over it for a while until I can improvise a convincing solo version while keeping good time and connecting… More…
Here's an idea over A Phrygian - or more exactly Phrygian dominant scale. The phrase is composed of two groups of sixteen notes : one group of 11 and one group of 9.… More…
Reading through or, in this case transcribing Bach's music is always a learning experience. Everything is just always so perfectly balanced and yet never boring or redundant. I used the Arthur Grumiaux… More…
This is the first half of an arrangement for solo guitar of French composer Gabriel Fauré's "Après Un Rêve". The piece was originally written for piano and voice. A lot of versions have also been recorded… More…
A fiery Jitterbug Waltz improvisation from Michael Valeanu. Dig the climbing passage in bars 5 and 6! More…