September 2021 | The Fretboard Atlas | Shane Hennessy
Channel: Shane Hennessy
Date: 01/09/2021

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It’s September 2021 and we have now surpassed the 500-video-mark on The Fretboard Atlas! Here’s what has been happening this past month, and what’s coming up next:

Firstly, to mark the achievement of over 500 videos, I will be putting together a rundown of all of the videos on the channel which will available to watch for free, both here on The Fretboard Atlas and on YouTube too.

In the Under The Hood section, I am going to show you how to use a loop pedal, and how I use my loop pedal as a practice tool, and sometimes as a compositional tool. Speaking of Composition, last month we covered the second section of the series on Composing Music, titled “Expanding Your Musical Ideas”. This coming month we’ll be looking at the third section, which is “Varying Your Compositional Ideas”, or in simple language ‘What to do if your compositions all sound the same’. 

In the All Things Guitar section, we starting looking at fingerpicking études, short pieces of music to help you practice certain techniques. We looked at a piece called “Lightfingered” which has some walking basslines, rolling open-string melodic lines, and jazzy chords - it’s a great piece to practise your finger accuracy. This month we’re going to start looking at the most Common Chord Progressions in music, because if you get to know the most common progressions and if you get comfortable with identifying them and playing them, you’ll be able to jam with any musician!

In the Shane’s Originals section, we looked at my tune Dance Tonight. We didn’t get a chance to look at The Peacock Strut last month as planned, so we’re going to cover it this month instead, as well as a flatpicking tune of mine called Grove Road.

In the Interviews and Extras section we heard from Canadian acoustic guitar legend Don Ross. This coming month we’ll be hearing from Danish guitarist Casper Esmann about his musical practise.

In the Traditional Irish Music section last month we looked at the famous tune Tabhair Dom Do Lámh, as well as The Rocky Road To Dublin, and this month we’ll continue with some more well-known trad tunes.

I’m really looking forward to this month on the Fretboard Atlas, and thank you for being a part of the journey!

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