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Songwriting Satisfaction: The Importance of Connecting With Your Audience
Posted on 21. Mar, 2012 by Craig Canon.
Today’s post is a reminder for me of why I started writing songs…the same reason Robin Williams’ character in “Dead Poets Society” was enthusiastic about poetry – to woo women! Granted, the (young) woman effectively wooed by my lullaby in this video is my daughter. Some day I may have a more commercial type of [...]
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Standard Tuning Part II: Tuning Using Relative String Pitch
Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 by Craig Canon.
Here’s my second “how to tune a guitar” video filmed a couple years ago. It’s a short tutorial on how to tune a guitar when you don’t have a tuner, applying the knowledge of how each string should sound relative to the other adjacent strings. Leave a comment below to let us know your favorite [...]
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5 Minute Guitar Lessons Fake Book – How to Fake Hank Williams “Jambalaya on the Bayou”
Posted on 14. Mar, 2012 by Craig Canon.
Hank Williams was a true master musician who had the gift of connecting with people. Jambalaya (on the Bayou) was a straight forward song about a man looking forward to good times, good food, good drink, all in the company of the woman he loved. Craig from http://5minuteguitarlessons.com lays out the basic strum pattern and [...]
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“Three Chord Guitar Songs” Published as Amazon Kindle Book
Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by Craig Canon.
Hi, everyone, Just a quick update today. My new short booklet “Three Chord Guitar Songs: 10 Easy Songs You Can Fake with Three Chords” has just been published as a kindle book. Check it out and let me know what you think by adding a comment below! Peace! and Happy Picking! Craig
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Fake Any Song Lesson 3: I, IV and V, Three Chords You Need to Know
Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by Craig Canon.
Here’s the final installment of how to fake any song in 3 lessons. Craig shows how to find the root (I Chord), and then identify the IV and V chords of any song, enabling you to fake your way through thousands of country, rock and roll and other popular songs. I’ve tried to pack as [...]
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Coming Soon – The 5MinuteGuitarLessons Fake Book – You Pick the Songs
Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by Craig Canon.
It’s been a busy year or so with a crazy amount of project work in my day job, so I haven’t had much time to work on new lesson content. But over the last several months, I’ve taken some some time to stock up on studio gear and a new and improved video creation arsenal. [...]
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5 Steps to Curing Writer’s Block
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Craig Canon.
Here’s a re-post of an article I wrote a few years back on Overcoming Writer’s Block. I was going through some of my notes, and found this helpful in getting past the blank page. Hope you find it helpful, too! – Craig Songs just don’t materialize out of thin air – most of the time. [...]
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Fake any Song – Lesson 2: How to Strum a Guitar
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Craig Canon.
Howdy from scenic Ponder, TX, and welcome back to 5minuteguitarlessons.com. Today’s post is the 2nd lesson in our series on how to fake any song in 3 lessons. It deals with the basics of strumming, and gives a few patterns to use when faking songs in 4/4 and 3/4 time. This is especially important for [...]
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Standard Tuning Part I: Using an Electronic Tuner
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Craig Canon.
Thanks for the feedback on the Open D tuning video. Since viewing the post last week, a few of you have emailed to ask for tips on tuning the guitar to standard tuning. There are several ways to do this. The most common is to use an electronic guitar tuner. Anyway, I filmed a short [...]
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Fake Any Song – Lesson 1: Open D Tuning
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Craig Canon.
I’ve been working on a series of videos aimed at taking a complete newbie through faking almost any straightforward pop/rock/country song in 3 lessons. This is the test of my “get good enough fast enough, and you’ll stick with it longer” theory. My hope is that you’ll be able to take these lessons, learn the [...]
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