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New Music and Guitar Goals for 2021

January 7, 2022 by Klaus Crow

I wish everybody an awesome new year from the bottom of my heart. A new year means a new start with new opportunities, new goals, new challenges, new ways to be creative and new chances to really improve and upgrade your guitar game!

I personally love the beginning of a new year. For me it’s a moment to think about who I want to be, what I want to accomplish and how I want to redesign and improve the quality of my life.

I know, not everybody does new years resolutions, but I see it more as a way to set positive and true intentions for 2021, creating a new start that makes you feel good about yourself, to challenge yourself and to set your dream goals in motion and have something to look forward to. Yes, you can do that anytime of the year, so why not right now?

I always start with writing down my goals. Some goals have been on my list for years, they are continuous goals, but I have certainly achieved some of my new goals as well. I’ve got goals for music, body, mind, work and family. You could also create categories like happiness, fun or whatever you come up with, but for me these are already integrated into the other categories.

I like to have some continuous goals, some end goals, new exciting goals to challenge myself, goals to have fun with it, and goals to feel alive.

Think about the person you would like to be at the end of this year. What would you like to have accomplished? What would make you feel good? What skills would you like to develop, improve and acquire?

Top 35 Wonderful Christmas Guitar Songs

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April 6, 2021 by Klaus Crow

In this crazy time we need Christmas more than ever. A feeling of joy, warmth and nostalgia is what we all heavily long for. Playing Christmas songs is a good start and will get you in the right mood. It works wonders.

In this Top 35 Wonderful Christmas Guitar Songs list we got some great Christmas classics, but also a few oldies and new ones you might not have heard before, just to spice things up a bit.

If you just want the Christmas classics and learn the songs we’re all familiar with check out Top 35 Easy Christmas Guitar Songs, but if you already got those under your belt and you want to expand your Christmas repertoire then be my guest and read on.

Now first pour yourself a nice warm mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows, turn on those Christmas lights, grab your favorite guitar (don’t forget to put on a new set of good sounding strings for some extra feel good) and then pick your favorites from the list and indulge yourself into the Christmas spirit.

I’ve put a Youtube link on each song title and two chord links next to it. The “Chords” link will take you to the chords & lyrics for the song and the “More Chords” link will show you chord and tablature song books from Amazon if you want to learn more songs of the artist concerned.

Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Enjoy the songs and happy holidays everyone! Look out for each other and give people a smile. They need it.

1 – The Christmas song – Nat King Cole – Chords – More Chords

2 – Please Come Home For Christmas – The Eagles – C hords – More Chords

3 – Merry Christmas baby – Bruce Springsteen – Chords – More Chords

4 – Do you hear what I hear – Bing Crosby – Chords – More Chords

5 – Run Rudolph Run – Chuck Berry – Chords – More Chords

6 – Christmas lights – Coldplay – Chords – More Chords

7 – Pretty paper – Roy Orbison – Chords – More Chords

8 – If it doesn’t snow on Christmas – Gene Autry – Chords – More Chords

9 – A Marshmallow World – Dean Martin – Chords

10 – Santa baby – Eartha Kitt – Chords

The Complete One-Octave Major Scales Guitar Series

By Klaus Crow 9 Comments

November 26, 2020 by Klaus Crow

Good day everyone, today I’ve put together all the lessons from the “One-Octave Major Scale Guitar Series” into one complete lesson. It doesn’t matter if you start from scratch or if you’ve already gone through all the lessons from the last couple of weeks, now is your chance to pick up your guitar, take this valuable guitar lesson of the one-octave major scale patterns and work on it every day. It will definitely make you a better guitar player.

Guitar students usually first learn two-octave scales, but one-octave scales are the building bricks of those two-octave scales and have their own effective purpose that will serve your playing in many ways.

Why You Want to Learn One Octave Scales

One of the reasons you want to learn one-octave scales is because of their simplicity. By using only one octave it’s easier to see the shape and structure of the scale, the notes within the scale, and the intervals. The scale is more user-friendly, easier to play, memorize and apply around the fretboard.

There’s another great benefit to learning one-octave scales. Once you got them under your fingers it’s only a matter of connecting the dots to lay out two octave and three-octave scales, since they are made up of one-octave scales.

Note: In this lesson you will learn one-octave major scale shapes across the entire guitar neck that will help you understand and own the entire major scale landscape.

Starting from the Root Note

We’re learning the three major scale shape/patterns with the first (root) note starting on the Low E-string (6th string), A-string (5th string), D-string (4th string) and the G-string (3rd string). For each string starting point we have three different patterns, which are all one and the same scale with the same notes, all starting from the same root note.

Tip: Learn and memorize the notes for each string so you know the notes and recognize the key of the scale when you move the scale up or down the fretboard. This will benefit your playing tremendeously now and in the long run.

Effective One-Octave Major Scales & Why! Part IV

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November 5, 2020 by Klaus Crow

Hi folks, I know you’ve been waiting eagerly, and your patience is rewarded. Here it is: Part IV of the Effective One-Octave Major Scales! This is the final lesson of these series and if you haven’t had the chance to dive into Part I, II & III and you don’t know why you should, I recommend that you check them out. Here are the links below:

Effective One-Octave Major Scales and Why! Part I

Effective One-Octave Major Scales and Why!Part II

Effective OneOctave Major Scales and Why!Part III

With Part IV of the lesson we are really getting into the area where most of the guitar solos take place. Take your time with these 3 major scale patterns. Learn and memorize them thoroughly. Don’t half ass it!

Starting from the Root Note on the G-string

We’re now going to learn the three major scale shape/patterns with the first (root) note starting on the G-string (3rd string).

Tip: Learn and memorize the notes on the G-string so you know where you are on the fretboard. Know your notes!

Major Scale Fingering / Positioning

The numbers in the yellow neck diagrams indicate the fret-hand fingering. The neck diagrams clearly show the shape and pattern of each scale. Learn to visualize and memorize the shape of each pattern.

Practice, practice, practice!

Once you got the G major scale shapes thoroughly under your fingers learn the pattern in different keys. If you know how to play the scale somewhere on the neck doesn’t neccesarily mean you can play it everywhere else. Practice the scale all over the neck! Go the extra mile.

Take this moment to invest in yourself. Pour yourself a nice cup of coffee or tea, find a descent chair, sit straight and makes sure you have proper posture and hand positioning, set a timer to 30 or 60 minutes, own this time, focus, practice and enjoy!

MAJOR SCALE SHAPES – ROOT NOTE STARTS FROM THE 3RD STRING

G MAJOR SCALE fingering / shape / pattern #10

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