updated 1 Jan., 2003

If you live in the Phoenix Metro area, Joe gives lessons on the following:

  • Guitar (Fingerstyle and Flatpick, no rock)
  • Slack-Key Hawaiian Guitar / Dobro / Lap Steel
  • Advanced 12-string guitar Styles
  • Banjo (5-string [Clawhammer and basic Scruggs], Tenor and Plectrum)
  • Basic Mandolin (all forms)
  • Medieval Celtic Harp
  • Basic Elizabethan Lute
  • Appalachian Dulcimer
  • Basic Folk and Country Electric Bass
  • Autoharp (Stoneman/Carter style)
  • Ukelele
  • Basic Sitar
  • Performance presentation and musical arrangement of acoustic music and songs
  • Other stringed/fretted instruments and acoustic styles by special arrangement;
  • No Fiddle or Pedal Steel

O BEWARE the BANJO SALESMAN

Joe teaches Monday thru Thursday from 3:00 pm until 7:00 pm at

Boogie Music,
3552 W. Cactus Rd,
Phoenix AZ, 85029,
(602) 978-6688.

Terms: One one-half hour lesson per week, $16.00 per lesson payable monthly in advance, NO CHECKS ACCEPTED. No reading of music is required, and no students under 12 are taken, unless by special arrangement.

24 hours notice is required to miss a lesson, or you pay for it anyway.

If you miss two lessons in a row without contacting me you will be dropped from the roster.

Philosophy: The initial lessons will concentrate on the proper forming of chords, and the mechanics of right and left hand movements, with concentrated practice required until these basic steps are mastered.

Ear training is essential, as NO music reading is taught. Theory will be taught as it applies to the particular instrument, style and individual needs of the student.

The "How" of playing is emphasized rather than the "What," and independent study and creativity are strongly emphasized. Self-motivation is a plus.

Books: We don' use no steeenking books. Unless you want to.

GOOD GUITAR PLAYING & MAINTENANCE TIPS

GOOD LINKS FOR BANJO STUDENTS

Stuff You Need To Know

For more MIDI tunes, go to the Old Time Music Midi Archive

CHORD TRANSPOSITION CHART

Chords can be classified into GENERIC names:
I II III IV V VI VII denoting MAJOR chords
i ii iii iv v vi vii denoting MINOR chords

KEY CHORD
2 frets
from I
2 frets
from II
1 fret
from III
2 frets
from IV
2 frets
from V
1 fret
from VI
 
ii
relative minor of IV
iii
relative minor of V
 
 
vi
relative minor of I
 
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
C D E F G A B flat
D E F sharp G A B C
E F sharp G sharp A B C sharp D
F G A B flat C D E flat
G A B C D E F
A B C sharp D E F sharp G
B C sharp D sharp E F sharp G sharp A

Notice the sharps and flats in there. These are caused by the fact that the modern musical scale is arranged in WHOLE TONES (the Ionian mode) and HALF TONES (sharps and flats). Look at a piano keyboard. The BLACK keys are the sharps and flats. We put a sharp/flat between every whole tone EXCEPT between B - C and E - F. Don't ask me why we do it this way....we just do. Everything comes out even that way. Don't worry about it. And, by the way, a tone may be either sharp, or flat, depending on how you're looking at it....F sharp is the same as G flat, for our purposes, for example.

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