http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/guitar_instruction_news guitar instruction en-us news@modernguitars.com 2008-01-15T04:31:40-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004123.html With his self-published instructional book Hybrid Picking for Guitar, jazz guitarist and hybrid picking guru Gustavo Assis-Brasil lays out a full curriculum for developing this technique that is applicable to both beginning and advanced hybrid pickers. A fine player with numerous recording credits, Assis-Brasil is the director of the Jazz and Contemporary Music department of the Cambridge School of Weston, and is a Berklee College of Music grad. Hybrid picking is a technique that combines the two most common methods of playing the guitar - finger picking and flat picking. Using a flat pick alone is a great technique, but large interval skips can be difficult, and you can't play all the notes of a chord at the same time. With finger picking, you can execute these intervallic leaps and chordal ideas with ease, but you lose the ability to perform many common flat picking techniques (funk rhythms, alternate picking, etc). By combining the techniques you get the best of both worlds. Full review » 4123@http://www.modernguitars.com/ News Archive 2008-01-15T04:31:40-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004045.html From the review by Rich Murray: Like many Western musicians, the Indian rhythmic system known as Konokol has always been a bit of a mystery to me. I've heard the seemingly complex rhythmic-pattern language on many recordings, but as interesting as it sounds, the sometimes rapid-fire vocalizations (Takita, Taka Dimi, etc.) have always befuddled me. With the new instructional DVD The Gateway To Rhythm (Mediastarz Monaco; distributed in the U.S. by Abstract Logix), jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin and Konokol master S. Ganesh Vinayakram (who was a percussionist in McLaughlin's Remember Shakti band) not only explain and demonstrate the Konokol system in a way that's easy to understand, they illustrate how learning Konokol will give you a deeper understanding of rhythm in general. McLaughlin has advocated Konokol as a system for learning rhythm without drums for over 30 years. 4045@http://www.modernguitars.com/ News Archive 2007-12-03T12:16:33-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003674.html Press release Source: Alfred Publishing Alfred and the National Guitar Workshop are pleased to introduce the sequel to the hit book Zen and the Art of Modern Guitar. From acclaimed authors and the founder of the Zen Guitar movement, The... 3674@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-09-05T13:03:42-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003668.html Press release Source: Alfred Publishing Alfred and the National Guitar Workshop are pleased to present the perfect book for beginning guitarists of all ages! For every aspiring guitarist, Guitar for the Absolute Beginner: Complete teaches everything needed to start playing... 3668@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-09-04T12:26:49-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003517.html Press release Source: Gibson Guitar Larry CarltonGibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and Gibson’s distributor Rosetti hosted a special Larry Carlton guitar master class in the intimate setting of the Gibson Guitar Studio on Friday 13th July. Gibson... 3517@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-07-27T03:38:03-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003484.html On Saturday, August 4, 2007, the realities of life at the top of contemporary electric guitar playing will be the focus of Shred School's one day seminar at the luxurious Los Angeles Millenium Biltmore Hotel. For $199, players 13 and older can register to spend a full day (8 a.m. - 7 p.m.) with accomplished players such as Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots), John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie) (interview), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) (photo), Adam Jones (Tool), Herman Li (Dragonforce), Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold), Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold), and others. Rather than the fine technical points of guitar playing, the curriculum will cover topics such as purchasing the right gear, breaking into the industry, creating a band image, how a band finds success, and more. 3484@http://www.modernguitars.com/ News Archive 2007-07-18T07:22:28-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003359.html Montreal, Canada, serves as the host city for the first Montreal Guitar Show, July 6-8, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Montréal (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily), featuring the work of 70 top luthiers from North America and Europe, such as Mario Beauregard (steel string and archtop), Bill Comins (jazz archtop), Rick Davis (steel string), Michael Greenfield (steel string, classical, and archtop), Peter Hopkins (archtop), Michael Lewis (archtop and mandolin), Linda Manzer (steel string, archtop, nylong string, and harp guitar), John Monteleone (archtop, flattop, and mandolin), Tom Ribbecke (archtop), and Jean Rompré (classical). The Montreal Guitar Show runs in conjunction with both the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (Montreal Jazz Festival - June 28 - July 8) and MMIS (Montreal Musician and Musical Instrument Show - July 5-8). In addition to the luthier showcases, the Guitar Show will offer workshops hosted by master luthiers; free mini-concerts; free concerts; master classes on jazz manouche (Denis Chang), classical (Jean-François Hamel), flamenco (Francis Leclerc), acoustic blues (John McGale), electric blues (Michael Jerome Browne), fingerstyle (Antoine Dufour), fingerpicking (Jean-Luc Thievent) and jazz archtop (Mike Gauthier); and, a series of guitar concerts presented within the Montreal Jazz Festival. More info » 3359@http://www.modernguitars.com/ News Archive 2007-06-02T05:49:46-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003342.html Jazz guitar great Jimmy Bruno recently launched an online jazz guitar video instruction site, the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute, geared toward players of all levels interested in developing jazz guitar skills (skills applicable, though, to a wide variety of music styles in addition to jazz) through a series of instructional videos featuring Bruno explaining and demonstrating a wide variety of techniques and concepts. Though Bruno has offered personal instruction on a one-to-one basis for many years and teaches jazz guitar at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute will allow students from around the world to study with Jimmy from their own home and at their own pace. “My guitar students will never outgrow the expanding body of course material. No matter how good he or she gets, I am continually adding more ways for the student to deepen their mastery of the instrument. I hold nothing back," says Bruno. 3342@http://www.modernguitars.com/ News Archive 2007-05-26T06:05:21-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003313.html Press release Source: Gibson Guitar Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology announces that it is once again supporting the US music phenomenon Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp which arrives in the UK. Past... 3313@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-21T14:38:31-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003302.html Mark your calendars — summer school starts July 2 for mothers and daughters who have enrolled in the online guitar course, Classic Rock Guitar, from Berkleemusic.com, the continuing education division of Berklee College of Music. Daisy Rock Guitars and Berkleemusic have announced the creation of the first-ever mother-daughter online guitar course that developed from a new Daisy Rock and Berkleemusic partnership designed to provide innovative new ways for women to learn how to play guitar and to empower women through music. 3302@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-18T01:25:36-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003251.html Press release Source: Power Chord Academy Power Chord Academy, the nation's leading summer program for amateur musician training, has teamed up with industry leading music instrument manufacturers Zildjian, Epiphone, Daisy Rock Guitars, Shure and Kustom for an exciting gear-giveaway promotion.... 3251@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-09T15:51:24-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003243.html Press release Source: Alfred Publishing Paul Gilbert - Get Out of My Yard DVDAlfred is pleased to release the new Paul Gilbert DVD, Get Out of My Yard (ISBN 0739047442). Paul Gilbert, guitarist for the bands Racer X and Mr.... 3243@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-09T11:47:50-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003215.html Press release Source: Alfred Publishing Intervallic RockCarl Verheyen's best-selling video, Intervallic Rock Guitar, is now available on DVD (ISBN 0739045083). Supertramp's lead guitarist and top studio musician Carl Verheyen's unique intervallic style has a fiery originality. In this program, he... 3215@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-02T16:48:16-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003213.html Press release Source: Alfred Publishing Black Holes and RevelationsAlfred is pleased to release the album-matching folio for Muse's smash hit record Black Holes and Revelations (ISBN 0571527361). Released in 2006, Black Holes and Revelations is the first Muse record to... 3213@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-02T15:33:22-06:00 http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003212.html Press release Source: Alfred Publishing Contemporary Santana: 1992-2006Alfred is pleased to release Contemporary Santana, highlighting the incredible work of legendary guitarist Carlos Santana (ISBN 0739045598). This collector's edition covers great songs from the 3rd and 4th decades of Carlos Santana's... 3212@http://www.modernguitars.com/ Press Release Archive 2007-05-02T15:27:44-06:00