Sugar, the Jazz Standard

Dad just posted another video on YouTube. This one talks about syncopation and using rubato in Travis picking. There are other good tips on how to make Wabash Cannonball and City of New Orleans interesting.

Learn the elements of blues playing.  

Don’t just play a song. Make it memorable by creating a performance. Here are some of the elements you might use.

This is a discussion of basic music harmony. It includes scale structure, intervals, chord structure and chord progressions. I am hoping to provide a foundation for discussion of some more complex musical topics in the future. Watch it on

Did you see my new logo? Isn’t it cool? Look up at the top of the web page.