Mister Steven J. “Steve” Morse is one of American guitarists who has huge fans. some people know him as the founder of the Dixie Dregs, but i know him as the guitar player of Deep Purple since 1994. in the mid 1980s he is the member of Kansas.
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Steve Morse has great live rig setup and he performs in such amazing way. for guitar learner like me, a piece of him is a valuable stuff that will improves guitar techniques and understanding. yes, his old video lesson has been taught us in magnificent way. while the newest one is Steve Morse — The Definitive Steve Morse (DVD)
, I’d like to share his older one, “Steve Morse: the essential”.
in the “steve morse the essential”, he explained some important issues about guitar learning. here they are:
– opening tuning sound & equipments. in this section, he gave his gear setup and how he use them in live performances.
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learning complex parts. next session is how to learn the song’s parts
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picking. in this section, he showed his picking techniques. how to pinch a plectrum, and how that method is applied on his playing.
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modified blues scale. He shared his blues licks and how he used it on the song “sleaze factor”
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connecting positions. at this part, he explained how to connect licks and arpeggios into song playing.
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simple Simon song analyzing. a song analyzing by Steve Morse, how to play “simple simon”
there are lot of thing can be learned from his video. well, i can’t master them all, but at least his video helps me alot about things those happened in performing a song. hope this post helps.
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here i share you his music sheet in picking exercises:
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| Steve Morse’s picking exercises |
