Cool Skill - Natural Harmonics

My latest YouTubery offering (and my 400th post!)...

Watch to the end to learn a cool Eddie Van Halen trick.

Chart Reading Tips

Check out this video I did for those of you who struggle with reading charts.

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Practically Toto - "Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs

Boz Scaggs could be credited with creating Toto, he used them so much on his records.  He gave them lots of opportunities to play under the pressure of the studio, with the "red-light on". On this record....

David Paich - Keyboards, Mini-Moog & ARP
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
David Hungate - Bass

Also....

Fred Tackett and Louie Shelton on Guitars.

The Wrecking Crew - Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

Released in October of 1968, this was a hit written by Jimmy Webb for a former member of the Wrecking Crew, Glen Campbell.

Players on this track include Glen Campbell, James Burton and Al Casey on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass and Jim Gordon on drums.

The Wrecking Crew Movie site

The Wrecking Crew Wikipedia page

Cool Skill - Know Your Fretboard Lesson - feat. the Jerry Jones Electric Sitar

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Demystifying Chord Symbols

Here I, hopefully not too feebly, explain how the chords got their names.

To create dominant chords I used a two octave C Mixolydian scale...

CDEFGABbCDEFGABbC

C - CEG
C7 - CEGBb
C9 - CEGBbD
C11 - CEGBbDF
C13 - CEGBbDFA

To create Major versions I used a two octave C Major scale...

CDEFGABCDEFGABC

C - CEG
Cmaj7 - CEGB
Cmaj9 - CEGBD
Cmaj11 - CEGBDF
Cmaj13 - CEGBDFA

To create Minor versions I used a two octave C Dorian scale...

CDEbFGABbCDEbFGABbC

Cm - CEbG
Cm7 - CEbGBb
Cm9 - CEbGBbD
Cm11 - CEbGBbDF
Cm13 - CEbGBbDFA

If you want to go insane get Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene.

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Cool Skill - "Sing a String"