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Vic Dillahay

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Unisons/Octaves Drill

December 2, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

Unisons/Octaves Drill All the naturals, in all octaves Read more →

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Naturals on Each String

November 1, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

Naturals on Each String Read more →

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String Finding Exercise

October 12, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

String Finding Exercise This is a basic exercise in finding the strings and coordinating the hands. Read more →

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Alternate Picking Drill

September 5, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

Alternate Picking Drill This exercise builds your alternate picking and string skipping chops. Read more →

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Internal Reach Exercise

August 1, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

Internal Reach Drill In a similar vein to last month, this exercise builds reach between the 2nd and 3rd fingers. Read more →

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Patterns for Stretching the Left Hand

July 3, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

Patterns for Stretching the Left Hand Here’s a set of patterns to help build reach for 3 and 4 note per string scales. Read more →

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4nps/3nps Scales in G Major

June 1, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

G Major 4nps/3nps This fingering combines the 3 and 4 note per string patterns. It is the same in every octave. Read more →

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4 Note per String Scales – Key of G

May 4, 2003 in Guitar, Lessons

G Major – 4 Notes per String This shape is a bit different and requires a shift on each new string. Read more →

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  • All About Jazz My profile at the venerable AllAboutJazz.com
  • audiosalvage My music production workshop.
  • Bandcamp Albums, oddities, and the Unexplained Noises fan club.
  • Boomer Music Company An awesome store staffed by awesome folks. Home of my Fort Collins lessons.
  • Curious Automata My record label. Unusual music, ranging from early music to free jazz.
  • Doug Carmichael Saxophonist, educator, and the better half of The Vic and Doug Jazz Duo.
  • Eric Ottem Jazz Unit Eric Ottem (trumpet and vocals), Steve Lopes (drums), Tim Carmichael (bass), and Vic Dillahay (guitar)
  • Free Music Archive Free as in freedom & free as in beer tracks for use in your projects.
  • Instagram Dogs. Benches. Sometimes music.
  • Internet Archive A bunch of my music, free for listening. Also, books and whatever else I want to upload.
  • Mastodon News, marginalia, and musings in the Fediverse
  • Pete Ehrmann Percussionist extraordinaire, now retired.
  • Rich Carlson's TwistedDrums Rich is a killer rock drummer and teaches as well as he plays. He’s one of Colorado’s best, and Guitars, etc. is lucky to have him on staff.
  • Richard Ellis An excellent guitarist, teacher, and human being. If you need lessons in Longmont or Louisville, talk to him.
  • SoundCloud All manner of audio.
  • Tim Carmichael Melodic bassist, long-time collaborator. Fearless leader of Graphite Addiction and The TAC Project.
  • Time Guru The best metronome. Excels at odd time signatures, mixed meters, and metric modulation. Also, it has a random mute mode for really challenging your time-keeping.
  • YouTube Moving pictures.

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