The Brisbane School of Acoustic Guitar

To those that love to pick strum and learn your way through life, from The Brisbane School of Acoustic Guitar 

The guitar is a great way for older people to keep their minds active and have an enjoyable hobby. With an acoustic guitar, you can express your creativity in new ways, while learning tunes. Learning guitar can also help improve hand-eye coordination, strengthen hand muscles, and enhance your emotions. It is also a great way to practice meditation, as playing the guitar can be very calming and…

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“ Creating  positive musical experiences."

 

 I am often asked what advice I share with parents of my music students.

 So here it is ……… “ Nurture their love for music "   

   So how do you nurture musical talent?   

The answer to this is I guess is as individual as each child.  As they don’t come with a musical motivation handbook here are some ideas to help you and them on their musical journey.  

Make music a part of your lives. This may seem a bit obvious but it is important and easily overlooked. … Read more

 I think so, and here’s why, as we become great rhythm players, a player with a exceptionally good timing and feel, and for your groove to become a natural ability, counting becomes an essential skill ( especially when playing with others). 

So when you’re playing, either by yourself, or with other musicians, you’ll need to follow the heartbeat of the music ........... the pulse. Counting becomes a great way to help music “sit in the pocket”   Counting in a piece of music is a skill that ensure that you and…

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Just a quick call out the The Brolga Theatre to say thanks guys for making us feel welcome.  Were looking forward to a return visit 

I ve taught viva Skpye before, but lately I've been using Apples FaceTime and it's loads of fun.  The video and audio quality are high end and help make writing on the white board demonstrating ideas on the guitar easy to do. If you would like to be part of this classroom shoot me an email on   

obrienhm@bigpond.net.au

 

Although I am still a happy Skyper

This is worth reading and understanding

 

Now where was i, Can't time slip past quickly. I enjoy the idea of recording a piece a week although sometimes  with in a busy week I not sure how possible this is.  Big Blind Blusey is an instrumental 12 bars blues and is number 4 in the series I'LL be back to write some more about 2 & 3.  It is one of Pat Donahue's guitar pieces. I did makes some changes to I think the 5th Chorus the  (second improv ).  Since posting this I have discovered how to EQ a little better so maybe I'll remix this and add in a…

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Jiffy Jam has been added to project 52.  This is 2 of 52. This piece is one of the first fingerstyle guitar pieces that I started playing.  It was one of the guitar pieces that led me way from playing Classical guitar as I wanted to play more of this lively fun guitar music. It comes from a collection of guitar pieces called Heavy Neckin published by John Knowles on of the few guitarist Chet gave the title C.G.P. 

I hope you enjoy it It can be found on my soundcloud account under my links page