TexasFrets
@texasfrets · Guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo. · Denton, TX
Stringed instrument teacher, writer, guitarist, singer/songwriter, luthier.
I used Melodyne to approximate the rhythms for the acoustic guitar. You can count the rhythm as written, but it might be best to loop each measure and arrive at something close by listening to the acoustic… More…
In this exercise, we arpeggiate our guide tones so we can begin to build a solo for "Misty" based on our guide tones Remember that our guide tones are scale steps 3 and 7 for each chord. After you have… More…
Practice strum patterns for dividing time. Easy chords so you can focus on the strums. Watch the up & down picks. For eighth notes, keep your hand moving up and down even if you aren't playing a chord.… More…
Exercises to help prepare for the D Dsus4 Am7 Am section of Harry Styles' "Ever Since New York". (Recording to follow) More…
A good starting place for studying funk is the sixteenth note. We'll start there and look at subdividing the beat, the different accents we can play within the sixteenths, and chicken scratching to keep… More…
Shell chords constructed with the root, 3rd, and 7th (ie root plus guide tones). Roots on both 6th string & 5th string. Melody included for reference. The comping rhythm is the Freddie Green approach,… More…
A piano study for my bass students. Root position chords in right hand and the bass line in left hand. More…
Intro to Stairway to Heaven for my guitar students More…
Misty - First A Section. A study of shell chords (Root, 3rd, 7th). More…
A quick one for a student. I'll do a better one later this week. More…
Chord progression in Em. i-iv-VI-VII-i… More…
A simplified rhythm guitar part for the intro of "The Thrill is Gone". This version is based on the Live in Cook County Jail 1971 recording, which you can find on YouTube. This is mostly triads. More…
A simplified bass part for the intro of "The Thrill is Gone". This version is based on the Live in Cook County Jail 1971 recording, which you can find on YouTube. More…
Another basic folk strum pattern in Em. More…
Steady and pulsing eighth groove for bass. As you practice, make sure your eighth notes are even and consistent. In the key of G. The Bb is borrowed from the parallel minor key of G minor. Our progression:… More…
Slow southern rock strum pattern over a simple progression in Em. Keep your hand moving on the eighth notes throughout. On the beats where you need to hold the note (measure 1 beat 3 for instance) , make… More…
Violin and Piano simplified for early intermediate players. More…
Am7 to E7… More…
A jazzy minor blues in Gm. We take our 6th string & 5th string root shell chords and make them minor by lowering the 3rd a half-step (maj 3 to min3). Make sure you are playing G dominant 7 (G7) in the… More…
G minor pentatonic in 1st position (root on 6th string 3rd fret). … More…
(More explanation to come soon) More…
This Soundslice explores the shell chords that consist of a 1, 3, and b7 for the dominant 7 chord. The voicing for root on the 6th string is root, flat 7th, 3rd. Remember we are taking our original voicing… More…
This soundslice is for one of my guitar students. The strumming notation has been simplified a little. For the most part, I'm playing what is played on the album. The sung vocal doesn't match the notation… More…
Play all roots on the 6th string. This piece mostly follows the pattern 1 3 5 6 b7. Take note of where the C7 chord ends on the 4th instead of the 3rd. Stay in position for each chord (remember your 4… More…