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Guitar Lessons
Are you struggling to find the right guitar teacher who can truly unlock your potential and take your guitar playing to new heights? Look no further! Dave Dohearty is an expert guitar instructor who is here to overcome obstacles and help you achieve remarkable progress, unleashing your musical talent like never before. Imagine finally saying…
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Brooklyn High
Nelson Faria is one of those guys whose name starts showing up over and over again as you start digging into contemporary Brazilian music. He’s played with almost everybody in Brazil’s MPB scene (that’s the Portuguese initialism for Brazilian popular music), including Nico Assumpção, João Bosco, Nana Caymmi, Zélia Duncan, Cássia Eller, Toninho Horta, Edu…
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Partido Alto Samba with João Bosco
When I saw João Bosco would be performing at the Birdland jazz club in Manhattan in 2017 – his first show in the US in about a decade – my wife and I had a flight booked from Milwaukee to New York that same day! João Bosco is a former civil engineer turned guitarist/singer/songwriter/bandleader. He’s…
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The Stairway Lick
This lick, it’s variations and closely related phrases make up a significant chunk of blues and rock pentatonic vocabulary. Virtually every player has a version of it in their bag of tricks and uses it to great effect.
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Synchronization
Even if you wouldn’t describe yourself as the “shreddy type,” we all secretly dream of our hands flying all over the neck unencumbered by technical limitations. Many people will take off, only to sputter, stall and careen into the side of a mountain. What’s missing is an important yet often overlooked step in getting your…