Tom Godfrey

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Jazz Guitar Chord Drills #2 – Dominant 7 and Major 6 Shell Voicings

The second in a series of jazz guitar chord drills to use as warm-ups and to improve your muscle memory. This lesson features 5-1 chords in major keys played with dominant 7 and major 6 shell voicings.
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Pretty colors on the way home from grocery shopping.

Melody Guitar 4 (Guitar Course) - YouTube Learn to read and play melodies in standard notation up to the 12th fret. Before starting this book, you'll need to be able to read standard notation, unders...

I just posted the first five Melody Guitar 4 lessons. This book focuses on playing melodies in standard notation up to the 12th fret. I'll post a new lesson each week. Here's the playlist. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Wow! That's awesome!

50 miles and change today on the bike. The cranes are back! Whenever I go on an extra long ride, I stop at the donut shop. Today's treat was a coconut chocolate chip donut. Yum!

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Moving Bass Ideas • All of Me • Guitar Lesson

Ideas for adding a moving bass line to a jazz guitar accompaniment for “All of Me.” Learn these moves and use them to generate moving bass lines in other songs.
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I spent the afternoon dealing with a phishing scam. I'm normally savvy about this stuff, but I fell for this one. A reminder to ALWAYS check the sender's email address, and if you're going to call a number, look up the number on the company's official website.

I think I found my next bike. Steel frame, specced pretty much the way I want it right out of the box at a reasonable price.

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar CAGED System Explained (2 of 4) • (Many) More Chord Types

This second of four lessons in the CAGED miniseries shows you how to use the concepts from the first lesson to build more types of moveable chords: Major 7, Major 6, Minor 7, Minor 6, and Minor 7b5.
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60° and sunny this morning – perfect for a short bike ride.

Nice to see the water back in the Rio Grande. It's still a bit low, but at least it's not bone dry anymore.

Just taught a young ukulele player the chorus of "Never Gonna Give You Up" because he wants to Rick Roll his dad with his ukulele.

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Jazz Guitar Chord Drills #1 CORRECTED!!! – Dominant 7 and Major 7 Shell Voicings

I've re-uploaded this lesson. The video I posted earlier hand a wrong diagram. The first in a series of jazz guitar chord drills to use as warm-ups and to improve your muscle memory. This lesson features 5-1 chords in major keys played with dominant 7 and major 7 shell voicings.
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YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar CAGED System Explained (1 of 4) • Converting Open Chords to Moveable Chords

The CAGED system is a common way to visualize the guitar fretboard. This first lesson explains CAGED basics and shows you how to turn common open chords into moveable chords.
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Godfrey Guitar Lessons Downloadable guitar books designed to lead a guitar student step by step from beginning to advanced. Melody Guitar Books focus on reading and playing melodies in standard music notation. Rhythm and Ch...

Three separate guitar book orders came in today, two for the full set of books and another for one of my chord books. Maybe multiple book orders will someday be just part of a regular day, but at this point, this makes me super happy! godfreyguitarbooks.com

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar 3-Minute Theory #20: How to Name Major Key Signatures • Guitar Music Theory

How to name major key signatures at a glance.
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Today's ride was breezy, with winds around 25 mph. The climb up the Paseo de la Mesa trail is already challenging. The wind made it extra spicy. I descended more cautiously to avoid getting knocked off the trail by a crosswind. A challenging ride today, but it's a great way to spend an afternoon.

Melody Guitar 3 (Guitar Course) - YouTube Melody Guitar Book 3 focuses on reading and playing melodies in standard music notation. This book picks up where Melody Guitar 2 leaves off. Melody Guitar 3...

I just posted the final Melody Guitar 3 video…woo hoo! Just one more book in the Melody Guitar series to go! I’m going to start posting Melody Guitar 4 videos after a short break. Here’s a link to the entire Melody Guitar 3 series. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar The Star-Spangled Banner • TUTORIAL • Easy Guitar Solo

A tutorial and demo of my solo guitar arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” TAB and standard notation are shown throughout. I published this over a year ago and finally got around to recording the tutorial.
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Nice ride today! The temperature is cooling off enough that I can start packing a lunch on my longer rides without worrying about my sandwich spoiling. I spotted another heron. This is the best my phone could do. I definitely have a camera with a good zoom lens on my Christmas list.

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar 3-Minute Theory #19: Key Signatures • Guitar Music Theory

Introducing key signatures, the row of sharps, and the row of flats.
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On one hand, I don't like riding my bike in the dark. On the other hand, I'm out of green chile, which is kind of an emergency.

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar How to Subdivide Difficult Rhythms

Use the power of subdivision to puzzle out and practice difficult rhythms.
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For some reason, my video didn't make it into my previous post. Balloons…lots of them.

A few photos and a short video from Balloon Fiesta this morning.

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Essential Melody Patterns #17 • Guitar Fretboard Lesson

The last in a series of lessons focusing on common melody patterns for guitar. Use these to improve your technique and get to know the fretboard. In this lesson, you’ll learn three minor triad arpeggio patterns.
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Today's ride was eventful! Another cyclist had a flat tire but no pump. This CycPlus compressor filled his tire in about 60 seconds. Then I found a driver's license in the road. I picked it up and dropped it off at my local MVD on the way home. I sure hope Santa was watching me today. (ha ha)

YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Hemiola • Rhythm Lesson

Some examples of hemiola: the feeling of two beats vs three beats. Includes an easy way to count so you can divide two notes evenly over the duration of three beats.
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YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Essential Melody Patterns #16 • Guitar Fretboard Lesson

Number 16 in a series of lessons focusing on common melody patterns for guitar. Use these to improve your technique and get to know the fretboard. In this lesson, you’ll learn three major triad arpeggio patterns.
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YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar Embellish Static Chords • Guitar Lesson

In jazz, it’s common to embellish a chord when it lasts longer than a couple measures. In this lesson, you’ll learn two major key moves and two minor key moves you can use to embellish a static chord.
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