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Sooner or later, if you’re involved in music long enough, you’ll have to question your motives for doing what you do. Money? Recognition? Approval? You may find yourself doing things you find repulsive, or you may find yourself avoiding things you find attractive—all in the name of advancing your career. But what kind of career is it? I’ve compiled some observations I’ve accumulated over the years, some more firmly held than others. Take a few minutes to read and reflect if you can.
 

Here's a new video tutorial from Professor Ben Sher on learning to play major scales. 

The examples Professor Sher covers in the video are below.

If you have further questions and/or would like to learn directly from the professor, you should send him a note or book a lesson here.

If you just got your first guitar and would like to better understand the instrument in an easy way, this lesson is for YOU!

Today we will explore a basic concept that will help beginners to see how easy, fun and helpful music theory can be.

Let’s start with simple definitions: 

Whole Step = two frets on your guitar (w)
Half Step = one fret on your guitar (h)

Now in music, it does not matter if you are playing guitar, bass, piano, ukulele… We will always have the following relationship among notes:

 C  w  D  w  E  h  F  w  G  w  A  w  B  h  C

There are several ways of being in a band. One is to join an existing band-whether by invite or through an audition. Joining an existing band can be tricky, as you can never really tell what they’re looking for. They may be looking to maintain their current sound and image, or they may be looking for something new to shake things up and possibly point to a new direction. Power struggles and personality clashes could be lurking behind every decision and you, being the new guy, are caught in the middle.