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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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!??

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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...

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