Here’s my arrangement of Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” for classical guitar.
Here’s my tutorial on Guitar Tricks that will teach you to play it!
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1955
Enjoy!
I shot two versions of this tune for fun. Here’s the first.
Here’s the alternate take. Same tune, different day.
In other news HD reshoots of GT classical tutorials continue! I’ve recently published these from the classical absolute beginner curriculum.
Classical Guitar Style: An Introduction
How To Hold The Classical Guitar
Classical Guitar: Left Hand Basics
Happy springtime & enjoy!
I’ve just released a new album called ‘Red & White Blues’! You can get CDs here.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/christopherschlegel4
You can buy the whole thing or individual tracks on iTunes here.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/red-white-blues/id964994028
Here’s a video of me playing the first track.
Enjoy!
This month I published another GT tutorial on harmony guitar. This time the focus is on minor scales.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2014
Classical guitar practice also continues! I plan on reshooting and publishing my entire introductory classical curriculum in HD throughout 2015. Here’s a lovely, little Tarrega piece called ‘Adelita’.
Hello, 2015!
Here’s a little classical guitar practice, Bach’s “Joy Of Man’s Desiring”.
I also published the second in my series of harmony guitar tutorials on www.GuitarTricks.com.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2000
Enjoy!
Last year I made this little video. I got a lot of positive feedback, so I released it as a single & made a tutorial for Guitar Tricks.
Watch!
Listen!
http://www.cdbaby.com/christopherschlegel5
Learn!
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1994
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
I’ve recently published the first in a series of tutorials on how to play harmony guitar parts.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1965
This tutorial series is about creating and playing two part harmony guitar lines in rock style music. This is often one guitar part playing a melody, lead or solo part that is harmonized by a second guitar. Major scale harmony will be used to explore the basic types of contrapuntal motion: similar, oblique and contrary.
We’ll discuss the basic ways to create melodies and harmonize them. Then we’ll create several melodies and harmonize them in different ways, using different intervals, types of motion and timbres. There will be lots of backing tracks so you can get experience playing along with the various parts and doing it yourself!
Earlier this year I posted a demo video while I was working on the ideas & materials that would become this tutorial series.
Enjoy!
This is a demo of a funky blues tune I’m working on called “Greasy Lizard”. I’m using a patch on my Zoom Multi-FX pedal that combines a Mu-tron and Octaver into my Reason Amps Bambino on Stack mode.
This tune has lyrics which will be on the final version when I finish my upcoming blues album.
Enjoy!
My latest GT tutorial is more on combining rhythm riffs & lead licks.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1937
This particular riff is the one I used in this vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4mRAQHiO2I
Enjoy!
If you start learning this one now, then, you’ll be ready to play it by Independence Day!
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1325
This tutorial is beginner level single note melody arrangement of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’. I also have another, more advanced version for electric guitar.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1386
And for students with more traditional music tastes, here is a solo classical arrangement.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1431
Finally, I did a total face-melting version for fun with my Strat for this month’s video blog. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vApCViXkLo