Rock Prodigy:Guitar – Free for this week only
This is another iOS app that’s currently free, though it normally is only $0.99. The promotion did have it’s intended effect on me, having me download it and check it out. Basically, it’s sort of like RockSmith. With the usual stream of numbers coming down the fretboard that you have to play in sync. It […]
The One Lick Every Jazz Guitarist Should Know
Here’s a video by Matt Warnock showing how to play a popular jazz lick. Don’t be turned off if you think you have no use for jazz. This lick is actually very bluesy sounding and as Matt points out, it’s been used by players of many genres. The base lick is really simple and easy […]
Ion Audio Guitar Apprentice
This seems like a fail on so many levels I don’t no where to start. And why does it seem like eventually all music will be made with only an iPad.
Pump Up Your Practice With GuitarCardio & Scale Variator
Running scales, modes, arpeggios and all kinds of other patterns are a fact of life for guitarists. Usually the point of such practice can be to help your brain and fingers connect with where a note is on the fretboard. Or they could be methods for improving speed, accuracy or stamina. The downside of this […]
Rocksmith Review
Guitar Hero and Rockband are the reason I got serious about playing the guitar again after 15 years of just occasional noodling. Playing those games with my kids was close enough to the real experience of being in a band, to remind me how much I had loved it. But the plastic button approach was different enough […]