Guitar for Beginners and Beyond Newsletter - September 29th 2007
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Hi fellow GfB&Ber, I hope you're well and the twanging is good.
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Kirk's Finger Style Lessons on CD
Over the last few months, we've been constantly asked by many of our members (especially those still stuck with dial-up connections) to make available a CD of all the (non copyright) lessons I've done over the years. Last week we finally released four CD Lesson Packages and they are now available for sale here -
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/cg...?ID=CD&afsrc=1 So, no more waiting for downloads, no more expensive bandwidth bills from your ISP and they're all conveniently packed into the one file.
Take adavantage of our introductory offer :-) All packages come with a free Guitar for Beginners and Beyond
Slide Rule thrown in as a bonus.
Learn more here >
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/cg...?ID=CD&afsrc=1
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Kirk's Weekly Lesson
What with compiling all the lessons onto CD, I've been a little slow with the Weekly Lessons. But, there is one new one there now: The Blue Danube ... the definitive Waltz. This one is good for getting your hand used to moving from position to position and, being 150 years or so old, it's well and truly public domain.
The Blue Danube >
The Blue Danube
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PlaneTalk - The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book >
PlaneTalk - The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book
Sometimes it's easier for me to just let a customer do the talking. Here's a message I received this morning from Vivek who lives in Mumbai, India:
"Hi Kirk Got the book & DVD couple days back.... you've put into 2 hours of lessons what i couldn't figure out in nearly 20 years. Your approach simply blew me away. It's brought the fun back into playing. Thanks for putting it together. You rule!
Regards, Vivek"
Thanks, Vivek. I see you're perusing the private PlaneTalkers' Forum as I write. You're going to find an absolute wealth of info there too, like 10,298 posts worth.
So, if it's getting to know the fretboard like the back of your hand, and understanding how music works in real time, PlaneTalk will deliver, without once using Greek. Read all about it here. >
PlaneTalk - The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book
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Slide Guitar in Standard and Dropped D Tunings
As I'm sure you know by now, my favorite way of playing is with a slide on my pinkie, and leaving the guitar in good old familiar standard tuning, or, even better, dropping that one bass string down to D. As it turns out, standard is just as rich an environment for finding those "line-em-ups" as I call them -- places where notes line up on different strings for the slide to grab them -- as open tunings. Every flavor of chord is there in some form, and of course you don't need to remap your fretboard or have a special guitar when you want to get that great slide sound. The DVD I put together shows how I do it, which is to combine normal playing with slide. Read more here
Slide Guitar Web Ring - Bottleneck Guitar and have a listen to the mp3s in the player you'll see there. They're all examples of dropped D or standard tuning.
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Guitar for Beginners and Beyond Community:
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/
Over 44,300 members and counting!
The site continues to grow at the rate of about 100 new members per day. We're so lucky that many of these new members are seasoned players who are willing to help with answering questions and give constructive criticism when requested. We're also lucky to hear some of their recordings. If you have any questions about any aspect of guitar, don't hesiate to ask. From gear to theory to technique to recording ... someone will know. And if you feel you can help out, please do! Don't be shy.
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/
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Thanks to all our starred members! We certainly do appreciate it.
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MusiciansFriend Clearance Center -
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/cg...Center&afsrc=1
Most people already know of the great deals available at MusiciansFriend, but aren't so aware that they also have a Clearance Center part to their site which has around $6,000,000 worth of overstocks, refurbs, returns, and discontinued gear available at any one time.
So, if you're shopping for a guitar, amp or anything music related, but don't want to pay full price, be sure to check out some of their great Clearance Center deals here -
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/cg...Center&afsrc=1
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That's it from me for now, have fun with those lessons!
Kirk Lorange
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/
