Jazz guitar pioneer, Howard Morgen, playing his arrangement of the tune "Stardust" from his book, "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" (Alfred Music).. + Informações

FULL COURSE, TAB, JAM TRACKS: truefire.at More free guitar lessons: bit.ly As guitarists, I think we've all experienced that sense of frustration and helplessness that occurs when, while playing, the fingerboard starts to shut down, dissolving into an elusive maze of strings and frets. Just what is it that makes viewing musical relationships on guitar so difficult? Actually, there are a number of factors that are responsible and during this course we are going to address and hopefully remedy all of them. One obstacle is the result of a misconception and habit of thought acquired during the earliest stages of learning to play that is carried over into later playing situations. That misconception is that chord symbols represent isolated, unrelated finger grips. For example, when playing a simple folk song, each chord symbol is treated as representing a finger grip to be strummed until the next chord symbol is spotted above the lyric. (This is an example of vertical thinking.) While this is a fine and necessary approach for a beginner, later on, encountering more harmonically complex material, thinking of chord symbols as isolated and unrelated finger grips tends to obscure the closely interdependent horizontal flow and function of chords within a progression. Let me give you some examples. Progression for Danny Boy, Loch Lomond D Dmaj7 D6 DG Gmaj7 Em7 A7 D (Above progression with isolated finger grips.) (Above Progression with good voice leading showing the descending .... + Informações

Howard Morgen playing his arrangement of Round Midnight, from his book "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" (Alfred Music).. + Informações

Howard's arrangement of this classic tune (from Just Jazz Guitar magazine vol. 48). Video production by Davis Stillson of Carrboro, NC. This Video was produced and directed by Davis Stillson. Production provided by Davis Stillson Associates of Carrboro, NC. www.davisstillsonassociates.com. + Informações

Howard Morgen playing his arrangement of this classic jazz tune (from Just Jazz Guitar magazine vol. 59).. + Informações

Howard Morgen playing this jazz standard from his arrangement in his book, "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" (Alfred Music).. + Informações

Howard Morgen playing his guitar arrangement of this tune by his friend and former student, Paul Simon. From Howards soon to be released, instructional video from TrueFire.com FINGERBOARD BREAKTHROUGH (Oct.`09).. + Informações

FULL COURSE, TAB, JAM TRACKS: truefire.at More free guitar lessons: bit.ly Combining triad shapes with the landmark octave shapes can help clarify how and why higher tension chord shapes (major 7ths, minor 7ths, 13ths, 9ths, etc.) appear as they do on the fingerboard. For example, major 7th, dominant 7th, and major 6th shapes can be formed on the fingerboard by adding a 7th, b7th, and 6th respectively to a major triad shape. Similarly, minor major 7th, minor 7th, and minor 6th shapes can also be formed by adding 7th, b7th, and 6th scale tones to a minor triad shape. It's easy to visualize the location of the added scale tones by first creating an octave shape from the desired chord root, and then lowering the 8th (octave) one fret at a time to.... + Informações

Jazz guitar legend Howard Morgen playing his arrangement of "Alone Together" from his book, "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" (Alfred Music).. + Informações

Howard Morgen in his teaching studio with Rick Lonon who has been a student of Howard's and is an accomplished guitarist. Rick has done a one man show as Doc Watson on stage. Here he graciously plays the student for our video.. + Informações

FULL COURSE, TAB, JAM TRACKS: truefire.at More free guitar lessons: bit.ly There are only three basic types or families of chords...major, minor, and dominant 7th (augmented and diminished chords are considered to be in the dominant family). Chord embellishment adds color (tension) to any of these basic chord families by the addition of:.... + Informações

Howard Morgen's arrangement of this tune for his instructional video "Fingerboard Breakthrough" (TrueFire.com, Oct. 09).. + Informações

Howard Morgen playing his tune, "Blues for Hy", which appeared in his pioneering fingerstyle jazz guitar book, "Concepts" (Alfred Music) and his instructional video from TrueFire.com FINGERBOARD BREAKTHROUGH (Oct.`09)... + Informações

FULL COURSE, TAB, JAM TRACKS: truefire.at More free guitar lessons: bit.ly Cycle patterns consist of three or more chords whose roots move counter-clockwise through the cycle of 5ths (Figure 1). Any cycle pattern can be implied by simply voicing the root (letter name) of any major, minor, or dominant 7th chord in the cycle sequence as the lowest note in the chord formation. This process invariably produces a very.... + Informações

Howard's arrangement of this jazz standard from his book "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" (Alfred Music).. + Informações

Howard's arrangement of this tune (from Just Jazz Guitar magazine vol. 60). Notice how it becomes more dissonant as the song progresses; this matches the narrative told by the lyrics to the song. Video production by Davis Stillson of Carrboro, NC. This Video was produced and directed by Davis Stillson. Production provided by Davis Stillson Associates of Carrboro, NC. www.davisstillsonassociates.com. + Informações

Just back from a bit of tennis with the kids (soccer game just before that). I got some new strings on - yep finally got around to it. :-) This is a tune by Howard Morgen - a piece he wrote in honor of Hy White. I'm laying it down fast - one take only for my Seagull buddy - Hey Bob!. + Informações

Howard Morgen playing his beautiful arrangement of "When I Fall in Love". Howard is very enthusiastic about his Eastman guitars! Please check out Howard's newest album of song on itunes: "The Song is You" Video courtesy of Howard Morgen. + Informações

Howard Morgen playing his arrangement of the jazz standard, found in his book "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" (Alfred Music).. + Informações

Howard's soulful arrangement of Body and Soul. It's a great example of his masterful chord-melody style and his emphasis on lines and multiple voices. The video shows a close up view of the harmonics he plays at the end of piece. From the up-coming DVD, SEPTEMBER SONG, produced by David Stillson and Howard Morgen. This Video was produced and directed by Davis Stillson. Production provided by Davis Stillson Associates of Carrboro, NC. www.davisstillsonassociates.com. + Informações

Howard's wonderful solo guitar arrangement of this classic tune (from Howard Morgen's THE GERSWIN COLLECTION FOR SOLO GUITAR. This Video was produced and directed by Davis Stillson. Production provided by Davis Stillson Associates of Carrboro, NC. www.davisstillsonassociates.com. + Informações

Howard's arrangement of this American folk song from his instructional video from TrueFire.com FINGERBOARD BREAKTHROUGH (Oct.`09).. + Informações

My tribute to Howard Morgen, genius fingerstyle jazz guitartist, arranger, teacher, writer and my dear friend for the the last 5 years of his life. I will miss his sense of humor and his friendship. We also collaborated on his widely acclaimed video lessons for Truefire.com, Fingerboard Breakthrough! Howard opened my eyes to the symmetry of the guitar fingerboard and this is my tribute to him. Later this summer I will release my documentary about his life and struggle with leukemia. He died this past February of complications arising from that deadly cancer.. + Informações

Howard's arrangement of this gospel tune from his instructional video "Fingerboard Breakthrough" (TrueFire.com, Oct. 09).. + Informações

An outtake of Howard playing this American folk song (from Howards soon to be released, instructional video from TrueFire.com FINGERBOARD BREAKTHROUGH, Oct.`09). Even when he's joking around, the man can swing.. + Informações