Guitar Tips and Little Secrets

There are little secrets that can't be taught with tabs, notes or while playing. Here are some of them:

The Seventh and the Second	Virtuosi and Musicians
Improvising On Dominant Chords	Rhythm Changes
The Fourth and the Fifth	Scales. When and Where.
Dedicated Technique	Memory and Relative Hearing
Modal Improvisation	The Best Guitar Player in the Universe

The Third	Daily Progress
How to Listen	Playing in a Group
Singing Instruments	Speed Again
Speed and Technique	Get Ready!
Old Songs, New Solos	Professionalism vs. Art
What to Play	The Tone
Focus

Listening Habits

Listening Habits - A lot of the readers didn’t seem too impressed with the classic music you recommended. The truth is they are not too impressed with classic music at all.

Jazz and Scales

In our previous discussion [Guitar Peaks] you mentioned several jazz guitar players. A lot of rock and blues guitarists are attracted to jazz, as a later stage of their development as musicians.

The New Technology and the Music Industry

- There are a lot of changes in the approach to music and music production. Do they have any impact on guitarists?
- Of course they have. New technology always brought good things and bad things.
- One of the bad things is the free downloading from the net.
- It’s not bad-only. Of course, people consider it stealth and they are right. But what about the CDs’ prices? The music companies got crazy. I don’t feel any pity for them. Anyway, they’re making a lot of money from ringtones and all kinds of things. And they made billions selling music till now.

Guitar Peaks

Guitar Peaks - How, in your opinion, should be the ideal guitar player?

Contemporary Music

- In our last conversation [Shred], you didn't seem too fond of contemporary music.

Awards and Licks

- Who's the greatest guitarist?

- I'm pretty certain there is not such an animal. You see, worthy guitarists and worthy artists, in general, create works of art that are unique... Being unique, there's no common basis that allows comparing them. That's why awards are such bullshit! And that includes Grammies, Oscars and Nobel prizes.

- But there must be a certain selection.

The Altermann Interviews

A series of discussions between the young apprentice Steve Caulfield and the experienced guitar teacher Mike Altermann. In these interviews, Altermann displays his approach and his philosophy about guitar teaching, guitar evolution and music, in general.