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Movin Wes – VCE Music Solo Performance Guitar
Wes Montgomery was a revolutionary jazz guitarist. He popularized jazz guitar in the era following early innovators like Charlie Christian. His playing style wrote the textbook of jazz guitar. Movin Wes is in the single note category of the VCE Music Solo Performance guitar exam. You are required to play at least one song from this […]
White Room – VCE Music Solo Performance Guitar
Cream were instrumental innovators in the late 1960s. Guitarist Eric Clapton was already regarded as the best British guitarist of the era when the band formed in 1966. They were equally able to perform live featuring extended solos and write pop hits. Some of Cream’s best known songs include Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, Crossroads and White […]
Led Boots – VCE Music Solo Performance Guitar
Jeff Beck was a guitar trailblazer through the 70s jazz fusion era. His two albums Blow by Blow and Wired featured great compositions and stunning solos. These albums set the standard for guitar instrumental music. The song Led Boots is the lead off track from Wired. This song is in the single note category of the […]
Cowboys From Hell – VCE Solo Performance Guitar
Pantera were the most popular metal band of the 90s. The instrumental skill of the band was driven by brothers Vinnie Paul on drums and Dimebag Darrell on guitar. This song signalled a change in their sound from glam power metal to modern thrash and groove. Cowboys from Hell features in the single note category […]
Sultans of Swing – VCE Solo Performance Guitar
Sultans of Swing is a landmark guitar recording. It appeared on Dire Straits’ debut album. The song introduced the world to guitarist Mark Knopfler. He is regarded as one of the masters of the instrument. At some stage Sultans of Swing is a must learn for all guitarists. This song is from the single note category in the […]
Major Scale Chords
Knowing the major scale chords will help you learn songs faster, figure out lead parts and write music. Each scale in music produces a set of chords. As covered in our article on triad chords and sevenths chords, we leap a note in the scale to create a chord. This article will help you understand […]
Seventh Chords
Going beyond the basic sounds of major and minor chords introduces us to what is labelled in music as seventh chords. These chords contain four different notes. They add colour or extra emotional quality to the triad chords. For more information on what triad chords are see our post about them by clicking here. Detailed in this article […]
Discovering Hair Metal
Yes the fashion may have been embarrassing. The music certainly was not. The skill level for musicians during this era in pop was constantly being challenged. Who could play faster and louder? Singer higher? Acts were reborn in this era as well like Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake and an unmasked Kiss. The tag of being a hair metal band eventually became […]