TexasFrets
@texasfrets · Guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo. · Denton, TX
Stringed instrument teacher, writer, guitarist, singer/songwriter, luthier.
Quick Soundslice for my students who are studying Misty and want to use fuller chords than the shell chords we've been using. More…
A basic strum pattern for Guitar 1 in Tom Petty's "Free Fallin" More…
Quick transcription of Willie Nelson's solo in Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. Still a work in progress. More…
Chord Prep and Arpeggio Practice for the beginning of Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends". More…
A work in progress. Chords for acoustic guitar. More…
12 Bar Blues with Quick Change & Turnaround … More…
Lick in G that uses root (G), b3 (Bb), 4 (C) and bends from 4 (C) to 5 (D). This lick is in the G Minor Pentatonic Shape 1 Box. Remember the minor pentatonic is spelled 1-b3-4-5-b7.… More…
A work in progress. I think 9/8 and 12/8 might work better, so I'll revise when I have some time. More…
Rough sketch of the solo. A work in progress. More…
Quick and rough transcription of Take It Easy by The Eagles. Still a work in progress. More…
Quick sketch of "I'll Stand By You" by the Pretenders. More…
In this exercise, we play two octaves of the G Major Scale while in 2nd position.… More…
An exercise for my students studying "Autumn Leaves"… More…
5 Forms of E Minor Pentatonic Scale. Form 1 is repeated at the 12th fret since we started with the open position. The root is the note in parenthesis. The numbers next to the notes are the recommended… More…
Easy pattern in 6/8. Em and Am chords. This picking pattern is in preparation for Lord Huron's "The Night We Met". More…
A work in progress. Rough sketch of guitar rhythm part. Still working on better notation. More…
A quick intro to chord melody, showing the larger chord shapes and then the "pruned" shapes used in the chord melody. Then a simple chord melody for the A section. More…
Quick sketch of an easy chord melody for Autumn Leaves. For the 1st A section, I included the chords as played. For the remaining parts, I included the standard chords. A work in progress. More…
Quick shell voicing and then expanding by adding 5ths, 9ths, etc. Backing track & recording of guitar part coming soon. More…
Shell chords and then some fuller chord shapes. This song is of the form AAB, where each A is 8 measures and the B is 16 measures. We repeat the song 3 times. The first time through we use basic shell… More…
Chords and Melody for Where You Lead More…
I'm still working on the format of the lyrics. That didn't import well into Soundslice. Also little-by-little adjusting the syncing of the piano and the notes. More…
12 Bar Blues in A Major. Playing root & five and root & six double stops. More…