Hi everyone, I just wanted to announce that I have launched a new facebook group that is focused on duets for guitar and ukulele only....

Following on from the previous two posts that covered the second and third movements of Walton’s bagatelles, this post will shine a light...

In this instalment I take a look at the final movement of TT’s In The Woods, Muir Woods. There is an interesting underlying connection of...

Yes, it does sound like science fiction. The Phlegmatic minor scale (1 b2 bb3 b4 b5 bb6 7), no. 21 in The Modal Method, is reached by the...

Continuing on in this series of posts, I am now going to give my 5 favourite ways of changing from the Major key to its parallel minor, C...

In this second post of the series I am looking at movement III, Alla Cubana. This piece is divided into three sections, the first two...

I am starting this series of articles on the bagatelles by William Walton with number II, just because its the first one I looked at. A...

Now I must say, that for complexity, the only other piece I have come across that is remotely comparable to this piece is the chromatic...

This series of posts is going to focus on the specific points in music that are likely to have an emotional impact on an audience and...

I am using this break at Easter to catch up on some studies I am a bit behind in. Thought I would share my current preoccupations with you.

It is a really basic change, the key of C major to the key of A minor, but so many of my students didn't know how to so I have made a...

In this series of posts I will be focusing on the music of Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, and specifically on his compositions for...

I had to develop specific terminology and symbols when working on the method outlined in my book, which takes a little bit of explaining,...

Continuing on from the previous post which covered the implied meanings of accidentals when reading scores, and which if you haven’t read...

Firstly, the above is not true. The Hindu and Oriental are modes, not scales. Hindu is mode V of the Melodic scale and Oriental is mode...

If you haven't read this post yet, I suggest you do as it is a prerequisite for understanding a complex post that is upcoming. In music...

When trying to understand the complexities in music theory and the directions that music moves in, the correct use of accidentals is a...

NB: Gandhi has been used to refer to the term ‘Hindu’ as he represents the pinnacle of thought in Hinduism, in my opinion. Therefore, no...

Now, for those of you new to my mathematical approach to music theory, this may be a lot to take in. Work at it though, it holds so many...

I recently had an extremely earnest guitar student ask me that very question, and to be honest, it's not the first time I have been asked...