prepare to launch
A discerning musical ear,.is a teachable skill and Mr. Miller is your teacher. What a great lesson! If you are a blues enthusiast and want to learn songs off recorded tracks, this is the ticket. John will teach you how to recognize sounds that are specific to certain positions....I just got the lessons and in one evening I can now distinguish the characteristics of all the key positions in standard tuning. I am anxious to start on the altered tuning lessons.
fantastic instruction on many levels
OK first, I am not THAT John Miller, nor a relative. Just a guitarist learning old-time blues fingerpicking. This is a fantastic DVD in many ways. For one thing, John is a clear and patient teacher who explains things well and whose love of the music comes through clearly. For another, this lesson really does succeed in teaching you how to recognize the key, and most importantly the left-hand position, of songs just by listening, and without depending on any ability you may or may not have to recognize the pitch of the notes (something I for one can't do). With this skill in place, it is possible to listen to a recording of an old blues song and start to figure out how to play it without the aid of tablature or a teacher. Yet another great benefit of this lesson is that John plays lots of examples in each key as he teaches his ear-training method, and he plays them slowly enough, with great shots of his hands (especially the left one, which is most important). For anyone who...
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