January 2012
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Let's talk about intervals
Let’s talk about intervals
In my last post, I talked about removing the fingerings from all of the scale, arpeggio and pentatonic shapes throughout The Efficient Guitarist. The fingerings either fall into one of two categories—you either can figure them out for yourself, or you’re the kind of guitarist who does their own thing for fingerings. The intervals have always been the most important...
December 2011
3 posts
The first thing to go...
The first thing that I’m chopping out of the new edition are scale fingerings. Looking back, I think they take up a lot of space to show both fingerings and intervals. And, honestly, I don’t think you need them. The intervals are much more important to show, if I’m going to show anything in the scale diagrams.
I’ll be discussing the importance of the intervals in the...
Why a new edition?
Why would I change a something that’s selling well and is one of my most popular books? One of the goals of The Efficient Guitarist is to be extremely efficient. In the years since I wrote the second edition, I’ve continued to think about the material in the book and whether or not I could improve upon it. I finally feel that I have enough to warrant a new edition.
One of the main...
November 2011
2 posts
Beta testing
As I begin work on the new book, I’m going to need some beta testers to help
give feedback as the book progresses. If you’re interested, contact me on twitter @efficientguitar and I’ll get in touch with you.
New blog, new book
OK folks, I’ve pulled the trigger. I’ve removed the old site and migrated over to a new one. I’m taking the opportunity to make a fresh start as I embark on The Efficient Guitarist the 3rd edition: Pentatonic Foundations. This is going to be a complete rewrite and I’m very excited to use this new blog as a way to help get things together and have a home for new thoughts....