No. 12: Christmas Edition
A special Christmas Edition of Weird Guitar Lessons featuring an octave displacement arrangement of “Deck The Halls”.
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No. 11: An Introduction to Ambient Guitar
Another weird guitar lesson for Premier Guitar magazine. An Introduction to Ambient Music: From Satie to Cage, from Fripp and Eno to beyond. Ambient Guitar Lesson Link Bonus lesson: Open Ex. 3 in...
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No. 10: My Interview with Make Weird Music
My video interview with Anthony Garone from Make Weird Music. More content here: Make Weird Music Persinger Profile
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No. 9: Weird Guitar Quartet
Halloween Baptizm: Lessons coming soon! To accompany the release of Halloween Baptizm – my guitar quartet recording for 6-string, 12-string, Nylon, and Bass – I will be releasing at least two video lessons regarding some of the weirder music...
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No. 8: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
The video for this lesson provides you with most of the information regarding equipment and technical details. In regard to the notes played: For the first part of the psychedelic soundscape, when using...
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No. 7: The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Normally I don’t think of John McLaughlin as a “weird” guitarist, but rather as innovative, cutting edge, and ahead of the pack. Nevertheless, this electric etude I recently wrote on McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu...
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No. 6: The Whole Tone Scale
I thought I’d share another “mainstream” weird guitar lesson. I’m so grateful that Premier Guitar has been so open to my “outsider” take on guitar playing. Lots of “weird” music here, from Claude Debussy to King...
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No. 5: Diatonic Dissonances
Watch the video for all you need to know! Sheet music below.
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No. 4: Harmonic Minor Modes
A “mainstream” weird guitar lesson. This is my latest lesson for Premier Guitar magazine, Feb. 2014. Click the link to read the full text and to find more audio links: Harmonic Minor Modes. ...
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No. 3: Weird Fingerstyle Guitar
I didn’t think this was going to be Weird Guitar Lesson No. 3, but as I got into it I felt (hoped) I’d provided enough information in the texts to instruct those interested...
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