Posted by: Glenelg Guitar Studio | February 28, 2017

Do I wanna know ?

Do I wanna know ?. Yes, you certainly do want to know how to play this song. “Do you wanna know ” by the Arctic Monkeys is a piece that is easily learned by students from Grade 1 upwards and suits a variety of guitar styles. Learn it on an acoustic guitar or maybe crank up the volume on an electric guitar or even better experiment with some reverb and distortion.

Variety is definitely a great attribute to your repertoire and this piece contains no chords, simply notes and a riff which makes it a little unusual. For variety I have recorded this video on a rather old 1972 Conrad guitar instead of an acoustic that you generally see me with. I have also included a video of the original song.

Anyway, check out the short video to see what you can achieve from grade 1 upwards.

Cheers
Leigh

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Posted by: Glenelg Guitar Studio | February 6, 2017

Tapestry of life

When I did ‘Tapestry’ with Carole King, the record was spare and simple, like a demo. If someone had told me to go back and put horns on it, it would’ve been all wrong. If you’re enthusiastic enough to sign an artist, let them do what got you enthusiastic. Lou Adler  Record Producer.

If you have never heard of Carole King or the Tapestry album I strongly suggest that you have a look at her website   particularly her biography. Her life has been a Tapestry of different challenges, causes and successes. Her Tapestry album was an amazing hit, selling more than 25 million copies world wide and that was in the days of vinyl. It’s certainly an interesting read detailing the long and varied career of this female singer/songwriter.

The song “You’ve got a friend” was also recorded by her friend James Taylor and this is the version that I like best for guitar. It is a piece suitable for grade 2 students , either finger picking or strumming and is well worth mastering. Check out the videos below and maybe listen to the Tapestry album.

As usual, if you are interested in learning this piece talk to me at your next lesson.

Cheers
Leigh

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Posted by: Glenelg Guitar Studio | January 25, 2017

Do you recognise this tune ?

It’s over 170 years old and still being played and recorded by a broad spectrum of musicians including Tom Jones and Rod Stewart. It’s been adapted for the opening titles of the 2014 Outlander TV series, but your favourite version might be the Canadian Punk band, The Real McKenzies cover on their 1995 debut album The Real McKenzies, or perhaps the whistling version 🙂 by Roger Whittaker.

If you are a Dr Who freak you might know that Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor played the song repeatedly on his recorder in Episode 6, Scene 10 of The Web of Fear (broadcast 9 March 1968).

Anyway no matter which way the “Skye Boat Song” is a great piece learn for grade 1 students upwards, so check out the video and add it to you repertoire, no matter what guitar you play.

Cheers
Leigh

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Posted by: Glenelg Guitar Studio | November 27, 2016

THE REHEARSAL ROOM TO THE LIVE STAGE

Another year is drawing to a close and younger students will soon be taking a well earned break from their studies and many will be reflecting on the year that was. Hopefully they all achieved a degree of success with the guitar and I hope they all had some FUN.

One of my young students, William Healey, has a special reason to be proud of his achievements this year.

That's William the quiet achiever

That’s William the quiet achiever….and of course me

William, a student at Immanuel Primary School, got the experience of a life time when he got to join “Experience Floyd”on stage at the Thebby Theatre, playing the classic Pink Floyd song “Wish you were here”. You need to check out the video below to see Williams performance followed by the Immanuel choir clip of Pink Floyd “Another brick in the wall” . We didn’t have all the song on film but you can certainly appreciate William’s performance.

Thanks to Daniel (“Experience Floyd” Guitarist) for his great encouragement; to William’s parents who provide support to his guitar learning and to Immanuel Primary School music staff Peter Habib and Cathy Traviglione for preparing the choir for “Another Brick in the Wall”.

In case you were wondering; Yes, William does do Guitar Exams and has had 94%, 97% and 93% in the last three. I told you doing exams can really accelerate your learning !

Cheers
Leigh

 

 

 

 

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Posted by: Glenelg Guitar Studio | November 9, 2016

Where are they now ?

I really get a kick from keeping track of my guitar students as they progress. Students take up the Guitar for many different reasons; musical interest, part of their school studies or just for fun and here’s an email I received from past student Luke who is making the Guitar his career.

 HI Leigh….Just to keep you updated about the band – You might be interested to hear we actually went to the USA to record our first full length album (14 tracks) with Sylvia Massy (famous for her work with Tool, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, Prince, RHCP, to name a few!) end of last year, which got released in January this year! As you can imagine it’s been crazy since, extremely busy juggling work and doing tours for the album etc. We’re also about to do our first international tour playing some shows through Europe in August!

It’s all very exciting and I’m so glad to be able to do all of this – I wanted to say thanks again for your tuition and inspiration through my school years, you helped me a lot to get me where I am today so I’m very grateful!

Is that the old school uniform ??

Is that the old school uniform ??

Why not check out their latest album at filthylucre.bandcamp.com  or Facebook and perhaps pick up their latest album. You can listen to one of the album tracks on the player below.

Cheers
Leigh

 

 

 

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