They Love Each Other Tab – Grateful Dead Rhythm Lesson

In this lesson  I'll show you how to play They Love Each Other, written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. This is one of the easier three chord Dead tunes to play and I've designed this lesson to be digestible for the beginner. I'll also be giving a few intermediate tips and tricks so [...]

By |2018-05-06T17:06:57-04:00May 6th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Allman Brothers – Back Where It All Begins: Guitar Lesson & Cover

Join me, my Jazzmaster, and my Two Rock Studio Pro Plus 35 on an hour long journey as I critique and explain my own improvising on "Back Where It All Begins" by the Allman Brothers Band. In the first part of the video (1:04), I'll share with you behind-the-scenes footage of one of my bands [...]

By |2018-04-14T14:38:36-04:00April 14th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Bass Lesson – The Nine Dimensions of Tweezer

Mike Gordon has to be one of the most criminally underrated bass players in rock history. His style is so enigmatic, and when you watch and listen to him play, it's undeniable that he has a tangible mastery of the instrument. In this video, you're going to learn each of Mike's bass parts in [...]

By |2018-03-26T18:19:31-04:00March 26th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Anatomy of a Jam – The Nassau Tweezer – 2.28.03

So many artists spend their lives toiling on the road and in the studio, working their fingers to the bone and leaving their personal lives in ruin as they become a victim of their own success. That's the reason why Phish, one of the hardest working acts of our time, took an eight hundred [...]

By |2018-02-28T16:59:22-05:00February 28th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Guitar Lesson – The Went Gin Speed Trainer

In this video you'll be able to play along with Trey Anastasio's solo on the Went gin at four progressive speeds, with the tab scrolling on the screen. Full PDF of Trey Anastasio's Guitar Part for Bathtub Gin Desktop users: hover over the page with your mouse to reveal the up/down buttons Scroll [...]

By |2018-02-26T18:57:12-05:00February 26th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Guitar Lesson – Bathtub Gin Solo from The Great Went – Part 5

In this video, we'll break down bars 69-92 of Trey Anastasio's guitar solo from the Went Gin with Phish, which is the 8-17-97 Bathtub Gin. We'll discuss techniques that Trey uses when improvising a solo, such as switching between a chord-tone based approach versus focusing on a blues-based approach. Full PDF of Trey [...]

By |2018-02-25T18:42:29-05:00February 25th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Guitar Lesson – Bathtub Gin Solo from The Great Went – Part 4

In today's lesson, we'll break down bars 45-68 of Trey Anastasio's 8-17-97 Bathtub Gin guitar solo from the Great went with Phish, and discuss techniques that Trey uses when improvising a solo. For example, we'll see how he improvises static melodies that work over several moving chords. You'll also learn how Trey uses the [...]

By |2018-02-14T18:19:38-05:00February 14th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Guitar Lesson – Bathtub Gin Solo from The Great Went – Part 3

Hi, I'm Amar from amarguitar.com! In part 1 of this series, we talked about the foundational essence of what makes the 8-17-97 Bathtub Gin by Phish so good.   In part 2, we broke down bars 5-28 of Trey Anastasio's guitar solo. In this lesson, we'll break down bars 29-44 and discuss techniques that [...]

By |2018-02-05T17:55:59-05:00February 5th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Phish Guitar Lesson – Bathtub Gin Solo from The Great Went – Part 2

Hi, I'm Amar from amarguitar.com! In this video, we'll continue breaking down Trey Anastasio's legendary guitar solo from the Went Gin. If you haven't immersed yourself in the concepts from the first video, make sure you check that out. Let's talk about the way that Trey uses theme and variation to build a compelling [...]

By |2018-01-26T17:02:34-05:00January 26th, 2018|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|
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