Yo! Here's the guitar tab for my most recent post featuring a short guitar composition. https://youtu.be/sxJXy3sT8B8
This is a really fun one to play and the interpretation is pretty flexible, rhythmically. It's also a gre...
2020-09-15 02:11:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here are the chord diagrams from my video on "Three Japanese Math Rock Chords".
If you haven't seen the video, you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/Qk4yMW05WpA
2020-09-15 00:03:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here's the guitar tab to my most recent video: https://youtu.be/zati38T0ynU
Sorry for the delay! It's been a hectic week of writing / starting up school again. I have a new and hopefully super cool video com...
2020-09-11 07:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here's a guitar tab for my most recent YouTube post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nievFY-_Q5M
(See attached)
It's a tricky little riff that uses some fun harmony. I've included a litt...
2020-08-19 18:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostHere are 5 small ideas that I like to use in my warm up. Each of these challenges your finger dexterity by getting you to use your fingers in unusual scenarios. That being said, those scenarios can open up some new avenues for cool gestures / riff ideas.
2020-08-12 17:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here's another set of important considerations for your practice and songwriting. I always try to think of the most critical / important things I can for these, so I really hope they help / stick with you.
1) Don't just do the same thing you always do when you pick up the guit...
2020-08-06 18:18:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here's another set of riffs / exercises that focus on a particular technique (see attached for the PDF + other files). This time: studies that focus on transitioning between picking, tapping, and other techniques. Some of these are quite difficult so I've included some short videos...
2020-07-31 23:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here's another riff / exercise that I put together which focuses on pushing for left hand. This line involves a lot of different legato techniques and awkward movements.
It's also written in C harmonic minor and thus, provides an example of how I might go about writing s...
2020-07-29 00:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostThis set of exercises contains many of the gestures you'll need to play midwest emo / write midwest emo riffs. The exercises here focus a lot on pull offs into open notes, hammer ons, slides, and angular playing.
Also, the first exercise is a dense, two-bar, riff which contains as a l...
2020-07-24 06:39:58 +0000 UTC View PostLegato exercises for working on Scalar playing. These studies are good for improvising and playing rock / jazz. Arguably, they also could help with your overall legato playing and finger dexterity.
2020-07-24 06:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostJust a few things that I tend to think about a lot. These are in no particular order, but each is a simple lesson in and of itself. Hope it helps!
1) When working on your groove / pocket, make sure that your micro time is good. As in, make sure your subdivisions are even and that you aren't...
2020-07-16 22:58:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here's a collection of legato exercises / licks that will help you to learn some nice 'noodly' vocabulary. I use a lot of the gestures in these ideas all the time!
When working on these, I want you to treat them as exercises, so really try to study what the possible concept in...
2020-07-13 07:10:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Hope your summer is going alright and hope you are all staying safe and well during these turbulent times.
I just wanted to give you guys an update on what's up with going on my end. I've had some issues with the audio in some of my YouTube videos which lead me to unfort...
2020-07-07 20:22:12 +0000 UTC View Post(See Attached)
This document is a step-by-step guide on how to approach mapping and writing in an alternate tuning. This guide will explain topics such as, how to pick a key, and how to figure out which notes you can use. Moreover, this guide also discusses advanced techniques that thos...
2020-06-30 21:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody,
Here's another set of tabs / studies that demonstrate some more difficult ideas than the "5 Beginner Guitar Riffs" document. This set of ideas features significantly more challenging rhythms and physical demands.
However, I've tried to keep these ideas fairly acce...
2020-06-22 07:27:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
Here are a bunch of finger picking exercises that I use all the time when working on my technique. These exercises are great as they really target each finger and they focus on a number of really common, rudimentary movements, that will get used in many different finger picking p...
2020-06-22 06:19:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, this document goes over some easy guitar riffs for beginners. The ideas here are are for the most part, very simple, though each idea offers some kind of different challenge for a new player. For example, lines using rests, or a non 4/4 time signature.
I'll be creating m...
2020-06-22 06:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostSee attached
Here's a riff that I've been practicing a lot lately. The goal of this riff is to provide a workout in the right hand. It targets each finger, helping to build dexterity, and it involves a number of technical challenges including: 1) leaps 2) notes on the same string and ...
2020-06-07 03:44:56 +0000 UTC View Post(See Attached)
"This document explores a variety of different scales which can be used to create music. I recommend memorizing the “formulas” for building the scales you enjoy. Moreover, if you can apply your knowledge of how a scale is built, with your knowledge of intervals and no...
2020-05-25 05:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I've got a new video coming out soon which demos some very unique open voicings for standard tuning. Check out this document (see attached) if that's your thing!
Hey everyone, here's the tab and GuitarPro files for my riffs in the 'When You Like Math Rock But Go Full J-Pop' video. If you haven't seen it, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC2ZSi-7lL4
2020-05-14 19:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I attempted an extensive harmonic analysis of one of my favourite Steve Reich songs. This song combines beautiful modal harmony with rhythmic and technical complexity to create something truly unique. See attached for the PDF.
RECORDING OF THE PIECE
Here's a short tapping idea that uses a concept from my 'Plural Substitutions' document / lesson. The idea is that I'm playing an interval pattern / triad structure over top of a harmony. In this case, the triad highlights the tones of the harmony that I find most interesting.
For example, ...
2020-05-04 18:09:27 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a PDF which goes over two different sets of shell voicings, and some shapes for inverted triads built off the low E string. I have a few videos demoing these sounds up on YouTube, but these are really useful to know because 1) They're easy to play (and we want easy sounds that we can alway...
2020-05-04 18:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a little bit of music theory for you guys. This is one of my favourite concepts and there's a lot of really cool things that you can do with this. See attached for the PDF.
2020-04-27 00:14:26 +0000 UTC View PostHere are some really useful exercises for improving your rhythmic / groove game while tapping. The goal here is to work towards independence in your left and right hand by keeping two separate rhythmic ideas going at the same time.
I really recommend checking these out as these will a...
2020-04-19 18:17:54 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here a bunch of chord shapes that I use all the time in DADF#AE. You can hear me use these sounds in a few of my solo guitar compositions, and stuff with Zoo Strategies. I'll be releasing a video on this topic soon so be sure to check that out too!
Cheers,
Trevor
2020-04-07 00:09:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here's a short piece that I wrote for Piano (see attached for score + MP3). It uses some key harmonic and stylistic features found in impressionist music. I find that a lot of those elements translate really nicely to modern harmony, and absolutely have a place in a genre like math...
2020-04-04 19:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostWritten by Trevor Wong
Sextet, Steve Reich
Performed by Yale Percussion Group
Steve Reich’s Sextet, is an ...
2020-04-04 19:12:03 +0000 UTC View PostHere are some fingerings for pentatonic scales in C Major / A minor. Pentatonic scales get a bad rap in Math Rock / Midwest Emo, but they can actually be very useful if used properly. The trick is to think about these in a creative way where you write lines that avoid generic blues cliches. Think...
2020-03-18 03:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post