OSHKOSH GUITAR BLOG
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Attitude.
I have a 14-year-old student who comes into guitar lessons before school starts. It is the best time in his busy schedule for his music instruction. He shows up between 6:30 and 6:40am ready to play and learn. We are currently working on the final Alfred’s Basic...
Serious Humor.
Tonight at Oshkosh Guitar I (Jesse Gyldenvand, Instructor, Teacher, Coach, Tutor, Crazyman, & Rockstar) am conditioning my body and mind for a great week of guitar/music instruction. 🙂 As usual, this week’s lessons will include the four foundations used to build...
Rock’n roll days
All the fun.
Nice guitars!
Two students in a row with Fender guitars tonight. We decided to make a show of it. Logan (dark purple guitar) is working on Alfred's book 1, the blues in A and pentatonic pattern 1 (40X a day!) Elijah (telecaster) is flying through Alfred's book 3 and learning his...
Evolution of practice
What ever happened to books?
Concert at the New Moon
Office with a view
I get to work from my second office today. The trunk of Stephanie's subaru! Still a bit cold, but the grass is green and the lake is open. 🙂 Today: guitar lesson flyer, scale sheet, chord sheet, & one new exercise. Too much fun.
Morning lessons
Jam
Got to jam with some friends tonight. Fun time. Used some blues chords that I have been working on with guitar students. Even the harmonic minor scale! Who would have thought that scale could sound so happy!??
Patterns
Does this mean anything to you? wwhwwwh Or, 1w2w3h4w5w6w7h1 Even better if light comes quickly, I w ii w iii h IV w V w vi w vii• h I One of the most important things during a guitar lesson is to see or extract patterns in the work. A pattern can be a combination or...