Guitar Lessons and Exercises

Image by imuttoo If you follow my blog, you may have noticed that I don’t post an article every day. That’s because I’ve been trying to get back to focus on why I created this website in the first place- why I do what I do, and why it can help you. Guitar Tuition So, [...]

March 30, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Uncategorized | No comments

Mozart Piano Sonata No.16

Here is my arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Sonata Facile” for guitars. I decided not to make this one so heavy and instead I’ve used a clean guitar for the rhythm (with just a bit of flange). The lead guitar is distorted with lots of delay and reverb, but I still didn’t want it too [...]

March 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Uncategorized | No comments

Sonata Quasi una Fantasia

Click here if you can’t see the video This is another one of those videos where I’ve done an arrangement of an originally classical composition, and today its the turn of Beethoven’s Opus 27, No.2, first movement (otherwise known as the “Moonlight Sonata”, named by the poet Ludwig Rellstab because it reminded him of “moonlight [...]

January 9, 2010 at 5:00 pm | Uncategorized | 2 comments

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is a very busy time, here at Chainsaw Guitar Tuition. This is just to say I’m sorry if I’ve not been keeping up with my regular posts recently, alot has been happening. Rest assured that there will be plenty of guitar based news, hints and tips on guitar technique, and even a few new [...]

December 20, 2009 at 2:21 pm | Uncategorized | No comments

Staff Benda Bilili (Look Beyond Appearances)

Now I know I’ve said this many times, but talent doesn’t exist- it doesn’t exist, and it never has existed! The key thing for success as a musician is determination and hard work. I’m determined to prove this to everyone! This is why you might be interested in the story of Staff Benda Bilili, an [...]

November 20, 2009 at 12:00 pm | Uncategorized | No comments

Learning to play Guitar: Books, DVDs, or Lessons?

For the beginner guitarist, it is pretty simple to walk into a guitar shop and buy a cheap electric guitar, say, a Squier “Fender Strat”, but another thing to decide where to go next. I’m talking, of course about learning to play the instrument. Reading Guitar Books; watching instructional DVDs by shred guitarists such as [...]

November 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Uncategorized | No comments

School Rock!

Here are some pictures and videos of the band I’ve been running at Newlands Primary School. I’m currently taking a break from running it, but I thought I would share some of the pictures taken of last years year 6 band. The Video is of their own cover version of “Smoke on the Water” by [...]

November 7, 2009 at 12:00 pm | Uncategorized | No comments

YouTube videos

First, watch this video: And before you say it, yes I have an english accent! Last week I started a series of videos to accompany the technical exercises on my website, this week I uploaded the second video in that series. Hopefully, I will upload one video each week- at least!- each concentrating on a [...]

July 29, 2009 at 5:17 am | Uncategorized | No comments

Baroque Rock

Go to youtube to view: Handel – Sarabande (metal version) I’ve always been a fan of Handel’s (or is it “Haendel” with the umlaut as I’ve seen written…) ever since I saw that jeans advert. Although, I am aware that as a musician I should have known of the existence of this fantastic piece of [...]

May 6, 2009 at 11:55 am | Uncategorized | No comments

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