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Blog Updates

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I've been very busy lately updating the Fretog-blog. The latest entries delve into the black-key tones which seldom get the attention they deserve.
There's some geeky theory, but it's worth it to get a better understanding of the total system.
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Perfect Example (Live) 'Blues Track Of The Week' on Garageband.com

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Perfect Example (Live) Will be Garageband.com's Blues Track Of The Week for seven days starting Monday, September 21st, 2009. Recorded at the Cellar in San Francisco - May 27, 2009. Ably assisted by Jeff Ashe on harp.
The tune will also be featured on the GarageBand Blues Podcast. Not a Grammy, but I'll take it!
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Perfect Example (Live) 'Blues Track Of The Day' on Garageband.com

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Perfect Example (Live) was Garageband.com's Blues Track Of The Day on Monday, September 14th, 2009. Recorded at the Cellar in San Francisco - May 27, 2009. Ably assisted by Jeff Ashe on harp.
This will be the 6th time one of my tunes has been Track Of The Day. The tune was also voted best guitar, best male vocal, best lyrics and best mood of the day out of a pool of 39 tunes in the current contest.
(Garageband.com features independent music which is reviewed and judged by other musicians. It is not connected with the Apple software of the same name.)
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Fretography®
Guitarpixel®
- Fretography and Guitarpixel are now both registered trade marks! - Announcing New Fretography Blog!
(Warning!! Sales spiel below!)
I'm happy to announce that I've been granted two trademarks by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Fretography® is a way of mapping the fretboard based on widely accepted principles of music theory. While there are plenty of sources for fretboard diagrams available, Fretography goes beyond most methods by comprehensively mapping the diatonic system as a whole. The essential fingering patterns are seen as geometric zones which are named for their diatonic significance. The study of chords, scales, modes and more is enhanced by mapping them in in a contextually related way - not as isolated patterns.
Also - - - Check out the new Fretography Blog. Each entry features a tutorial focusing on a specific aspect of the fret-mapping system.
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Fretography® - Book 1 and 2 now at Lulu.com
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My first book, Fretography® is now availiable at lulu.com as a download and a nicely bound soft cover book. Most of my students have been working with this book, which comes free with a series of lessons.
Book 2 in the series, Superzones Etcetera is now also available!
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Perfect Example 'Blues Track Of The Day' on Garageband.com
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The song Perfect Example will be Garageband.com's Blues Track Of The Day on Friday, June 23rd, 2006. This will be the fifth time one of my tunes has been Track Of The Day.
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Outer Character 'Jazz Track Of The Day' on Garageband.com
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The instrumental Outer Character will be Garageband.com's Jazz Track Of The Day on Monday, May 22nd, 2006. This will be the fourth time one of my tunes has been Track Of The Day. Definition Of Madness, New Toy
and Under the Bridge were previous TOTDs.
Under the Bridge reached #12 out of 5,722 on Garageband.com's Alt Rock chart on June 6, 2003
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In the background is my beloved '84 Nissan King Cab pickup truck....
...to which I am deeply in debt.
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