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Sam Munro - Musician and Educator

A personal blog about the value of music, Reviews of great resources for student and teacher alike. Also a growing resource of my personal articles.
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Ted Greene Guitar Seminar: Musicians Institute – June 1993

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― Ted Greene Guitar Seminar: Musicians Institute – June 1993 No extra words hear. Grab Yourself a Cuppa Joe and enjoy the seminar in its entirety. Incoming search terms:ted greene Blog this on Blogger Subscribe to the comments for this post?... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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The Importance of the Major Scale

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ―   Many students of music grow up hating the practice of scales especially within the classical style more often than not this is because of how they tend to be taught. Many teachers even today teach scales as a dry exercise going up and down by... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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John Mayer+John Scofield-I Don’t Need No Doctor

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― matteo19 asked:   The comments omg scofield ownz mayer and annoying nature of ray charles thanks. Scofield plays a “Blinder” of a solo Find out How the Eye’s work when reading music Blog this on Blogger Subscribe to the... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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John Scofield Trio – Blue Note NYC. 2004

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― daandrums asked:   The nab list john scofield trio steve swallow bill stewart live at the blue note new york september 2004. The blue note new york september 2004. Sight Reading and it’s place in the music lesson Blog this on Blogger... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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Pat Martino & John Scofield – “Sunny”

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― wrf1973 asked:   The 2002 umbria jazz festival on this jazzfunk classic. Music can aid Physical Development, Find out How Blog this on Blogger Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Clip... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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John Scofield Plays Blues

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― fayerman asked: Someone at Sam Ash asked John Scofield to play a traditional blues, so he did. The guitar he is playing in the video is his own that he brought with him to the store. Sight Reading and it’s place in the music lesson Blog this on... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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John Scofield

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― davejazz asked: He plays “since you asked” and talks about his effects! Click here to Learn About Musical Skill Transference Blog this on Blogger Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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Memorizing your home scale

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― This is the first scale shape I every made it my duty to memorize. I used to have it pinned to my wall so I could look at it every day when I was practicing. Once the shape is burned into you brain the next step is interval sequences 2nds, 3rds... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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The Easy chords are the foundations of good rhythm playing

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― I don’t know at what point it is in a guitarist evolution when they think they should stop playing the “Easy” Chords and start getting more flashy and technical. Yes learn every chord shape you care to but you will soon find that... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Apr 2nd, 2011
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This freaked me out when I saw it

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ―   Sign by Danasoft – For Backgrounds and Layouts are you shocked?? comment below. Blog this on Blogger Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Clip this to Evernote Share …... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Feb 25th, 2011
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Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing book 2 by Ted Greene and the deeper meaning of Jazz

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― Excellent stuff!! Every now and again even a teacher needs to delve into something new that scares him/her. I’ve already got book one of Ted Greene’s Single note soloing It’s going to surely be a revelation of sorts as to …... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Feb 17th, 2011
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Signed Up with hitsniffer-7 day trial

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― The Hit Sniffer Analytics displays current/real-time online visitors and Total Hits of your website as summary. They have 2 options for general website use which there is Javascript code you have to embed into every page you wish to track …... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Feb 15th, 2011
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Added a new rating system

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― For those interested It can be found in the wordpress plugin repository here. It should give me a little feedback as to what people are reading and how much they like it. Obviously rating this post would be a lost cause but … Continue reading... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Feb 14th, 2011
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A Lesson Learned

Sam Munro - Musician and Educator ― Sometimes just talking to someone about music can spark a true learning experience to happen. During the interval of a gig in the lemon tree in Aberdeen I got to have just such a conversation with John Abercrombie. John is a great believer in &... (more)
 Samuel Munro ― Posted on Feb 1st, 2011