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|EAR TRAINING There's really NO LIMIT to how developed our incredibly sophisticated organ, THE EAR can get. It's common for students
to spend many hours on mechanical finger exercises or impressive tricks, while at the same time spending little or even no time
on ear training.
If so, the good news is then that in the light of this it is possible to develop considerably - just by listening actively. Preferably with
some guidance
from someone who have practiced this systematically. Transcription is very good ear traing. Whether in real time, from memory or from records.
RHYTHM and TIME perhaps the most fundamamental aspect in music is to become friends with pulse, time and rhythm.
And keeping
a steady rhythm and subdividing it while doing it. Playing with it and making music this way. PHYSIQUE Good, practical posture and
hand / finger positioning (varies greatly from person to person ). Learning how to use and distribute energy while playing.
And also,
importantly when and how to relax. This is the key to how to develop a good solid TECHNIQUE both for shred,
strum and fingerpicking.
HAVING FUN Connecting with the SPIRITUAL expressive energies in music.
And conciously - intuitevely using it to be
a better musician - and better person
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Music is subordinate in our society. And for the most part in fact regarded as a product or item that you can buy
(a CD / record or a band T-shirt). While it in fact is something we all have naturally already, may actively use and
make use of, or actually even need in our daily lives. PLAYING and LEARNING an instrument is A WAY TO BE.
Music is A WAY OF LIFE. So the material we choose should on some level relate to and - be IN TUNE with us.
Sometimes OUR OWN IDEAS is the best source. The trick is to however to make use of them. And this can also be explored,
practiced and learned. Working with an experienced musician and educator or such familiar with this process can help UNLOCK
your CREATIVE POTENTIAL and give an increased awareness of and access to it's great possibilities. The old expression
the only way to become a better player is to play with better players is true. In as much as LEARNING FROM an
educator
that also is A PLAYER matters greatly. Since in music it makes all the difference HOW you get introduced to and meet the
music as this informs, influences and goes into how you then play it. And what you
feel and transmit when doing so.
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REPERTOIRE This is a partial list compiled over the years, of some artists whose music students have chosen to work on.
Often they have transcribed at least parts of it themselves. Anything you want to learn could be added to this list. Teacher and / or
student transcribed - here are just a few of the artists, groups, bands and musicians whose work NYCGS students have requested ;
Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, ANGUS Young (AC/DC), Steve Albini (Big Black), Ash, Afghan Whigs, Amon Amarth
Avenged Sevenfold, Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Tony Williams Lifetime, Bruford), Atari Teenage Riot, Ace of Base, Anthrax,
CHET Atkins, John Abercrombie, Julian CANNONBALL Adderley, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice in Chains, Louis Armstrong,
Adam & The Ants, Audioslave, Air, Aerosmith, ABBA, Average White Band, BLOC PARTY, Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN, The BLACK KEYS
Clarence GATEMOUTH Brown, Roy Buchanan, Burning Spear, Lenny Breau, Blonde Redhead, Booker T & The MG's, Biohazard, Buzzcocks,
James Burton (Elvis), The BEATLES, Bad Religion, Derek Bailey, Captain BEEFHEART, George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Cliff Burton (Metallica),
Budgie, CHUCK Berry, J.S. BACH, Blue Oyster Cult, Adrian Belew ( Talking Heads ), Ritchie Blackmore ( Deep Purple, Rainbow ), Black Flag
Blood Sweat & Tears, Jeff BECK, James Brown, Boards of Canada, Broken Social Scene, Glenn Buxton (Alice Cooper), Marc Bolan (T.Rex),
Bela BARTOK, Bon Iver, Count BASIE, SYD Barrett (Pink Floyd), Black Eyed Peas, Bjork, Boney M, B-52s, Paul BLEY, Beastie Boys, Billy Bragg,
Beach Boys, The Byrds, Jeff Buckley, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Grape, Bee Gees, Booker Little, Blind Faith, Bad Brains, Built To Spill,
ORNETTE Coleman, Chicks on Speed, Leonard Cohen, Cramps, Frederic CHOPIN, Cardigans, Kevin Coyne, Elvis COSTELLO, Chemical Brothers,
John COLTRANE, Johnny CASH, Cockney Rebel, Kurt Cobain (NIRVANA), Candlemass, Julian Carillo, Don CHERRY, CIV, Coldplay, The Cure,
The Church, CREAM, Eric Clapton, Charlie Christian, Commodores, Cat Power, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, DIMEBAG Darrell (PANTERA),
Don Caballero, Dream Theater, Deerhoof, The Darkness, Dr. Feelgood, MILES Davis, Dark Tranquility, Dinosaur Jr., Death from Above 1982,
Dead Kennedys, Claude DEBUSSY, DIZZY Gillespie, DEXTER Gordon, Dramarama, The Descendents, Eric DOLPHY, The Dogs, The DOORS,
DUKE Ellington, DJANGO Reinhardt, Depeche Mode, Danzig, The Dandy Warhols, Daft Punk, Dead Milkmen, Damnation A.D. BOB DYLAN,
Al Di Meola, Die Totenhosen, The Dismemberment Plan, Duane Eddy, Delaney & Bonnie, Brian ENO, Earth Wind & Fire, Eagles, Extreme, John Fahey,
Roky Erickson, Bill Evans, Entombed, The Edge (U2), Earlimart, Ensign, Eagles Of Death Metal, Herb Ellis, Elastica, FLEA (Red Hot CHILI PEPPERS)
Ace Frehley (KISS), Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Naked City), Fleet Foxes, FELA KUTI, Ella Fitzgerald, Jose Feliciano, Lita Ford (Runaways), Finntroll,
Foghat, Flaming Groovies, BILL FRISELL, Tal Farlow, John Frusciante (Red Hot CHILI PEPPERS), Fountains Of Wayne, ROBERT FRIPP
Egberto Gismonti, GREEN DAY, WOODY Guthrie, Rory Gallagher (Taste), David Gilmore (Pink Floyd), Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead),
Gang Of Four, Gorilla Biscuits, Peter Green, (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers), Godspeed You Black Emperor,
Marvin Gaye, Godsmack, Al Green, Gameface, BUDDY GUY, Grant Green, Eydie Gorme, Freddie Green, Gorillaz,
JIMMY GIUFFRE, Charly Garcia, JIMI HENDRIX, Nina Hagen, Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens of The Stone Age), Tim Hardin,
Alois Haba, Hawkwind, Billie Holiday, Steve Hackett (Genesis), Woody Herman, Steve Howe ( Yes ), Emmylou Harris, Helmet,
Jim Hall, Hoola Bandoola Band, Kirk Hammett (METALLICA), Tony Iommi ( Black SABBATH ), Husker Du, Hanoi Rocks,
Hail Of Bullets, Charlie Haden, Iron MAIDEN, IGGY & The STOOGES, Interpol, Isley Brothers, Iron Butterfly, Joy Division,
Michael Jackson, ROBERT JOHNSON, Antonio Carlos JOBIM, ELMORE James, Mick Jones (The CLASH), Steve Jones (SEX PISTOLS),
Rickie Lee Jones, Joan Jett (The Blackhearts, Runaways), KEITH JARRETT, Jonas Brothers, Jethro Tull, John Spencer Blues Explosion,
Jimmy Eat World, J Geils Band, Jack Johnson, Joe Jackson, The Jam, Kraftwerk, Guillermo Klein, Lee KONITZ, KOOL & The Gang,
KC and The Sunshine Band, Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna), Carole King, Kraan, Kasabian, The Killers, Kula Shaker, Kings Of Leon,
Chaka Khan, Paul Kossoff (Free), Kittie, Kinks, Kreator, B.B. King, KING CRIMSON, Killing Joke, Gyorgi Ligeti, Lunachicks,
Alex Lifeson (Rush), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Latin Kings, Albert Lee, Marilyn Manson, MUDDY Waters, Bob MARLEY,
Olivier Messaien, Monster Magnet, My Bloody Valentine, Mastodon, Mountain, Memphis Minnie, Modest Mouse, MOTORHEAD,
Mercury Rev, WES Montgomery, Thelonious MONK, John McLaughlin (MAHAVISHNU Orchestra), Meshuggah, The Mars Volta,
Manu Chao, Brian May (Queen), Magnetic Fields, Mink, Megadeth, W.A. MOZART, Bill Monroe, Tom Morello, Misfits, Mogwai
YNGWIE Malmsteen, Metric, Motley Crue, Jack McDuff, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Luis Milan, Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music, 801),
Hannah Montana, Joe Maneri, Marnie Stern, Marionette, Nuclear Assault, Napalm Death, Nile, New York Dolls, Nine Inch Nails,
Willie Nelson, Sinead O'Connor, Roy Orbison, The Presidents of the United States of America, Oasis, OK GO, Jeff Parker, Pearl Jam,
Edith PIAF, JACO Pastorious (Weather Report), Pavement, Charlie BIRD Parker, Jimmy PAGE (LED ZEPPELIN), The PIXIES
Joe Pass, Les Paul, Hermeto Pascoal, BUD Powell, Psychedelic Furs, The Pogues, Astor PIAZZOLLA, Augustus Pablo, Prince,
Pretty Girls Make Graves, Psychedelic Furs, Flora Purim, Niccolo PAGANINI, IVO Papasov, Panic at The Disco, Primus
Pinback, Q and not U, RADIOHEAD, Return To Forever, keith Richards, The ROOTS, Maurice RAVEL, Mick Ronson (David Bowie),
ROLLING STONES, Randy RHOADS (Ozzy Osbourne), RAMONES, Demis Ruossos, Elis Regina, SONNY Rollins, Okkervil River,
Reagan Youth, Rage Against The Machine, Ernest Ranglin (Bob Marley), R.E.M, Rival Schools, Andres SEGOVIA, SLY & The Family Stone,
Sigur Ros, Bruce Springsteen, Alexander SCRIABIN, Michael Schenker (UFO, Scorpions), SUN RA, Skid Row, Supergrass,
Donna Summer, Spacemen 3, Andy Summers ( THE POLICE), Jimmy Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, Igor STRAVINSKY
Sleater-Kinney, Nina Simone, John SCOfield, Marnie Stern, Patti Smith, Sonny Sharrock, Wayne SHORTER, Eric SATIE,
The Stone Roses, Carlos SANTANA, Spice Girls, Sufjan Stevens, Neal Schon ( Santana, Journey ), The Strokes, Stranglers,
Pat Smear ( Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters ), SLAYER, Cat Stevens, Karl-Heinz STOCKHAUSEN, SLASH (Guns n Roses),
Sir Lord Baltimore, Stone Temple Pilots, Arnold SCHONBERG, Sonic Youth, Matthew Sweet, The Sounds, Sebadoh, Spoon,
Superchunk, Sparkmarker, Strength 691, Squeeze, Standpoint, Social Distortion, S.S.D. The Shins, Sick Of It All, Tortoise,
Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Fransisco Tarrega, TV on The Radio, Pete Townshend (The WHO), Taake, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists,
Tina Turner, Talk Talk, Thin Lizzy, Texas is the Reason, Tower Of Power, The USAISAMONSTER, Union Carbide Productions,
Uriah Heep, James BLOOD Ulmer, Urge Overkill, Underdog, WILCO, Weather Report, Weezer, Gillian Welch, Johnny Winter,
Eddie VAN HALEN, Townes Van Zandt, Heitor Villa-Lobos, The Von Bondies, Veruca Salt, Van Morrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan,
George Van Eps, Sarah Vaughan, John Vanderslice, Velvet Underground, Stevie Wonder, Lucinda Williams, Ween, Wax, Weezer,
Ivan Wyschnegradsky, The Waitresses, White Stripes, Leslie West, The Walkmen, TOM WAITS, Youth Of Today, YEAH YEAH YEAHS,
Yardbirds, Yo La Tengo, NEIL YOUNG, Larry Young, Pete Yorn, John Zorn, Zero 7, Frank ZAPPA, Z Z TOP, Warren Zevon
* Please here note that this list means that music by these listed artists have been requested by
students and worked with in sessions accordingly. PLEASE do NOT contact NYC Guitar Studio
with any non-educational offers or requests to perform this material, in public. THANK YOU !
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