My Background I had a long and hard fight right from the start.
That would be in 1976 or so, when I first heard Led Zeppelin
rip on my older sibling's cassette radio. Black Dog.
What a sound.
I was 13 then...all tone deaf and left handed. Nobody wanted me to play. My brother told me I'd fail. My parents forbade me. Great family huh?
Well I didnt give a damn. And I even dared to play the guitar left handed, as Nature intended for me.
Now it is easier. Back then there werent any credible jazz or rock guitar teachers. There were hardly any books to learn from, and who ever heard of instructional guitar videos in the '70s?
And I discovered jazz.
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Re: Favorite Instructional Material?
Monday, March 12, 2001 3:04 AM
> >
> > 1. BASIC CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND THEORY
>
> Chords scales and arpeggios as well as Ted Greene's chord book.
Guitar Lore - Dennis Sandole. Great book.
> > 2. VIDEOS
I d say that both Martino's Creative Force and Scofield's JazzFunk has
been inspiring in different ways..
> > 3. IMPROVISATION
> The advancing guitarist book, Jimmy Bruno for thoughts while playing.
I d add since I do not know Jimmy's material that Joe Pass' book and
quite an entirely different approach
book by Ralph Towner helped me tremendously.
> > 4. PRACTICE AIDS
A 7 year old Yamaha Qy-20 keeps me going :)
>
> > 5. COMPING
Lenny Breau's GP articles from way back were amazing. GP was always a
help, if in a very ad hoc, scattered kinda way. Those Coryell articles
were gems too.
Regards,
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Johann E Lee
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