Back this week with another solo guitar arrangement from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite from The Nutcracker Ballet. The Nutcracker, March - also known as "March of the Toy Soldiers" Some of the techniques developed by practicing this arrangement: Chords, Strumming, Octaves, Arpeggios, Alternate Picking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSdGbAdT2tA Arranged for electric guitar by Bryan Aspey from the original orchestral … Continue reading Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite “March (of the Toy Soldiers)” Electric Guitar Solo
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite “Chinese Dance (Tea)” Electric Guitar Solo
Solo guitar arrangement of this fun & challenging piece from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite from The Nutcracker Ballet. Arranged for guitar by Bryan Aspey I created my arrangement based on the original orchestral score and the composer’s piano arrangement. All of the guitar techniques used here: sweep picking, alternate picking, legato, trills, hybrid picking… were all … Continue reading Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite “Chinese Dance (Tea)” Electric Guitar Solo
Double Picking Guitar Exercises from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”
These great sounding double picking guitar exercises from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons: Autumn" will get your picking hand into shape in no time.
Lesson: Bach Diminished Arpeggio Sequences
As Halloween approaches, it’s time to dust the cobwebs off of our tomes of spooky tunes and find something to play that sounds great on solo electric guitar, while also providing some interesting technical challenges. Today we’re going to learn a diminished arpeggio sequence coming to you straight from one of the greatest musical minds … Continue reading Lesson: Bach Diminished Arpeggio Sequences