I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of Queen and Brian May, but this solo is absolutely great. Some students needed a version for their School Party, and here you are.
Disclaimer for advanced players: you wanna bend a lot of notes more than this, but this is a transcription for mid-skilled players. Read the video description on YouTube.
Questo mio allievo non aveva neppure 12 anni quando ha scritto questo brano. Lui aveva scritto il primo verso, e da lì l'ho accompagnato nella composizione cercando di lasciarlo libero di creare, ma aiutandolo ad individuare le idee più efficaci e quelle meno efficaci, e le frasi più funzionali. Ho aggiunto qualche accordo e l'ho guidato nello sviluppo della melodia, indirizzandolo nell'intenzione e nel registro, cercando, come si dice, di farlo "sfociare" nel ritornello.
Ad un anno di distanza, mi sembra ancora un buon brano.
Amo questo, dell'insegnamento. Continuo a chiamarle lezioni di chitarra, ma quello che mi interessa è proprio l'interdisciplinarità. Chitarra, basso, composizione, arrangiamento, registrazione, preparazione al live, music business. Mi piace fornire gli strumenti adatti e condividere quelle 4 cose che ho imparato in 30 anni di musica. Forse è proprio questo che credo di poter dare: una visione di insieme.
Questa è una versione che ho suonato io, volevo cimentarmi ;)
That's how my version of this song sounds like. As huge fan and friend of this band since the beginning, it's a pleasure sharing my tribute. Go on Instagram and search for the hashtag #talentarm to see tons of bands covering Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti.
I arranged this precious song by Pink Floyd for the theater play "Do You Wanna Play With Me" by Sylvie Landuyt. It is the first song of my "Guitars for Theater" series, which will include guitar arrangements taken from 3 different plays I was involved in the last 4 or 5 years in Belgium. Please enjoy, and don't forget to like, subscribe the channel and share if you like this one! Feedback is important, for real. Love.
Hi there! I've found this riff on Instagram some weeks ago and I can't turn it off. I had to play it, it's an absolute guitar joy. Thanks to Shtevil for the inspiration!
Listen to the original Shtevil version at this link.
My Students Series Per essere così giovane, Alberto scrive dei ritornelli che vorrei avere scritto io. A parte il loop di batteria e un aiutino sulla linea di basso e sulle doppie voci, il resto è tutta farina del suo sacco.
They are sisters, and I teach them electric guitar and bass. We came out with this arrangement, and we had some fun recording and shooting it. I hope you like as I do.<br>
Subscribe to my channel and share the video, we would appreciate it.<br>
Per la serie "My Students", il mio allievo Riccardo vi mostra gli accordi di "La Casa di Carta". Se avete sempre desiderato suonarla ma non vi ci siete mai messi, questo video fa per voi.
"My Lyfe is going on" di Cecilia Krull
Disclaimer:
Il brano è a puro fine didattico, e i diritti appartengono ai rispettivi autori ed editori.
One of my favorite guitar players. A long interview without a guitar in his hands, and yes, the result is pretty interesting. Thanks to Paul Gilbert for the inspiration during all these years, and thanks to Sweetwater for the quality content, as usual.
I recently mixed this one for the cloud-based collective Magnetica Leoni.
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That's something I will never understand.
How is it possible that the same man that came out with a terrific song like that, can propose a shitty version some years later?
I'm not talking about getting old, this is such a normal thing for all of us. But the taste, the feeling, the power, the technique, the sound, the sensuality, in one word the "aesthetics" of a masterpiece, can easily become a piece of junk, even if played from the composer himself. Kind of Black Magic.
My young student Ida Marie, 12 years old at that time, some months ago. It's a pleasure to arrange, play and mix for a voice like that. The original version of "City Of Stars" can be heard in "La La Land", the 2016 American musicalromanticcomedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle.
Hi you all!
I just added that easy trick to my YouTube channel: Sweet Child O'Mine by Guns N' Roses in the key of D.
The album version is in Db.
A lot of guitar players tune their guitar in D flat, due to the big fat sound they obtain, and for the lighter tension of their strings which makes bending easier, specially with thick strings.
If you're a beginner it is not so obvious to find the right key this way, just because you actually CAN NOT reach that sound an notes with a standard tuning.
But even if you're a professional, once you've got the idea that the song you want to play is in Eb (or D) tuning, you have 2 options:
1- You can tune your guitar down to Eb (simply annoying if you have fixed bridge guitar, Absolutely Fxxxing Annoying if you have a vibrato system)
2- Import the song in a DAW to use a Transpose tool
...and if you're like me, the 90% of the time you will lose the pleasure and give up, and you will skip to another song, or worse to another activity.
So, that's my gift for you all, a good old rock song I didn't play since I was 18 just because it makes me sick to drop down my guitar.
What are you waiting for?
Plug your guitar and play it as it is: The original version, but in the key of D!
Auriane is 13, I'm her guitar teacher but she really wanted sing this one, and here you are.
The funny thing is that she knows that song for the Birdy pop-piano version
while I'm much more into the Bon Iver one, and it took me a while to recognise it when she came to me with the pop one.
Last but not least, the good boy Ed Sheeran version could please both of us.
When you're touring and and the promoter brings you a spare guitar without strap lock, you definitely don't want to see that '78 unique Les Paul fall on the floor, right?
Well to avoid to argue with him, create your own strap lock in 5 minutes!
TIP 1 - The clip is just a quick idea, obviously you wanna match the hole with the screw in your guitar body.
But it works, it saved my life several times.
TIP 2 - Keep in mind this technique doesn't work if you just forgot your strap but your screws come from a real strap lock system. Usually the top of that screw is not large enough to avoid the strap to tear away, with or without cap.
So find another "locker" around or replace the screw with the original larger one before placing the plastic cap.
Thanks to my ex bandmate Ronald Dondez from Driving Dead Girl for the tip.
