Author: Markgtr

Owner/Operator/Music Director StudioRock of Northern Virginia Band Coordinator: Loudoun County Virginia Annual YouthFest Concert Series Public School Music Teacher Security at Live Nation

Bieber and the quirky guitar riff.

music

Talk about quirky angular guitar riffs, this one’s at the top of the list. Justin Bieber’s new song, “That’s What Love Is” from his new album, Changes is a nevertheless a good technical workout.Justin Bieber Talk about quirky angular guitar riffs, this one’s at the top of the list. Justin Bieber’s new song, “That’s What Love Is” from his new album, Changes is a nevertheless a good technical workout.

Here is the Guitar Pro score:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKhnn3V84RaT_hZVJ25ctnuvazcPO-ZO/view?usp=drivesdk

Here is the YouTube video link:

“That’s What Love Is” Tutorial

“Welcome to the Machine” – A Melodic Masterpiece in Disguise

Bands, Collaboration, Composition, Cover Song, Guitar, guitar lesson, music, Music Review, Music Theory, Performance, Recording, Recording Basics, Videos

Pink Floyd‘s tech-heavy composition, “Welcome to the Machine” was always way ahead of its time. It brooding and searching and minor-based sonic pallet always took some getting used to, at least for me. But, after covering the song, I discovered the incredible melodic motifs contained within.

This is a two-minute section of the song.

“Tears From Above” Ambient Instrumental Guitar

Ambient, Composition, Guitar, music, Music, Original Music, Recording

The state of humanity, and the creator looking down at it all.

“Tears From Above” Music Video Download

Photo Credits:

Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash

Photo by wang binghua on Unsplash

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Photo by Karl Fredrickson on Unsplash

Photo by Jamieson Gordon on Unsplash

Photo by Joe Beda on Unsplash

Photo by Wim van ‘t Einde on Unsplash

Photo by Ivan Jevtic on Unsplash

Photo by Zach Guinta on Unsplash

Photo by Zulmaury Saavedra on Unsplash

Notes:

For the writing of this work I used a Fender American Stratocaster, running into Logic Pro X. The effect on the guitar is Vahalla’s Smimmer, which is my all time favorite guitar effects. Not to mention that it is an incredible tonal experience.

“On My Mind” Jorja Smith (Acoustic Version Tutorial)

Cover Song, Guitar, guitar lesson, Guitar Score, Guitar Tablature, Guitar Tutorial, music, Music, Music Education, Music Genres, Music Theory, pop music, Videos

In September 2017, Jorja Smith released “On My Mind”, an irresistible and jazzy track.  She worked alongside producer, Preditah. The track first premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. It was her first release that made it into the Official UK Charts reaching #54. It has been streamed well over 13 million times on Spotify alone. 

If you haven’t played them yet, this track will introduce you to a few jazz chord forms. These moveable shapes are not hard to maneuver if you take your time and work out the fingerings. Do not rush through this arrangement. Patience and slow movement will more than pay off.

I did make a correction thanks to a YouTube subscriber. The second chord is an Fm7b5, and not an Fm7 as I say in the video tutorial.

Here is the tab, which I am in the process of completing. Thank you for your patience!

Here is a link to the Guitar Pro Tab/Score:

On My MindDownload

I will provide more help with video and audio clips.

Thank you!

Mark

Taylor and Brendon are “Me”.

Cover Song, Guitar, guitar lesson, Guitar Score, Guitar Tablature, Guitar Tutorial, music

Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie team up for a pop summit and produce, well, a hit of course.

Here is the chord/lyric score for the song, “Me”, by Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco.

https://docs.ghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/11rRGirdi6pAyakp6oRWVdgIM-T_YkrsyemQ_ujTYuME/edit?usp=sharing

Here is a link to the Acoustic Guitar Tutorial:

“Shallow”. The acoustic guitar hits the pop scene in a big way.

Collaboration, Cover Song, Guitar, guitar lesson, Guitar Score, Guitar Tablature, Guitar Tutorial, music, Music, Music Education, Music Review, pop music

Click Here for the Tutorial:

“Shallow” Guitar Tutorial

Click Here for the Tab/Score for guitar:

Shallow

The acoustic guitar has had occasional spotlight moments reaching out and making itself known as a legitimate accompaniment instrument worthy of featured airplay. Eric Clapton scored big with his 1992 mega-hit “Tears in Heaven”. The song dominated the charts and made it cool to play acoustic guitar again. Decades before, the Mason Williams classic instrumental, “Classical Gas” roared up the charts. The song won three Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, and Best Instrumental Arrangement.

“Shallow” is nowhere near the level of the aforementioned songs in structure or instrumentation, but it is a wonderfully written guitar part and engaging song to play. 

Make sure to take care on the chord switches during the intro and verse sections. I will finish the score making sure to provide a version that is not fingerpicked for those of you just wanting to strum and easier version.