Month: May 2013

Notation on Bass Guitar – Reading Music

Reading Notes/Notation - A Dying Art? Many, many musicians who play modern music, especially on fretted instruments such as guitar and bass, have a real weak spot when it comes to reading notation or "dots". The thing that really confuses me is the unwillingness of many musicians to even consider...

Intervals – Building Blocks of Music

Intervals - The Distance Between Notes Intervals are one of the most important constituent parts of music, in my opinion, and yet many students do not understand what I am talking about when I mention intervals during lessons. This is why I have written this post, to provide an online...

Gig Updates – Jodie Marie and a Yorkshire Trip

A Busy Few Weeks So, I've been a little quiet on here recently, due to a couple of gigs which haven't given me much free time. I thought I'd write a little post with some gig updates to fill you in on what's going on, and some new musicians I've...

Dave Holland – Old Folks – Solo Transcription

Source: baixobrasil.blogspot.com Dave Holland on Old Folks Dave Holland's solo begins at 4 minutes 6 seconds. This transcription is the first to go up on this website, and is a bit of work I did years ago while studying at university. We were very lucky in that Dave Holland came...