Dave McLellan's Profile - tonebase Community

Skip to main content

Latest Posts

Re: What's on Your Stand?
@Jack Stewart LOL sandals. I always have the same concern after even 1 day off. Approach it with a sense of exploration first -- let your hands, arms and shoulders,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What's on Your Stand?
Tedesco D Major concerto, going back to some Carlevaro, and lots of chamber music.
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 8
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
@Steve Price yeah, those are good ones too.
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
@Steve Price yes. Ok it's settled, we two average smart people voted for it. they have to do it now. :-)
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
@Barney Mircea gave an excellent presentation on RH preparation, and covers these topics. the concepts of touching the string are the same. may not cover completely what you have in mind but it's a…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
I was surprised to find no coverage of Brouwer's early work Elogio de la Danza. I would dearly love to hear commentary from Brouwer like he did with the Etudes,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
@Isaac oh yes, the extended techniques would be great. there is one session out there, but I have not watched it, so I don't know what's covered.
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
@ors Golly. I just listened to a little but he's wonderful.
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
@David Krupka Hi ya. I checked into it, which looks like a discussion of Russian 7-string which is a totally different beast (but I confess I don't know its repertoire!).
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
@ors no apology necessary! it was a good discussion.
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
@David Krupka I think you're right on there. I mostly play 7-string for lute music for 7-course lute anyway! :-) I'm not SO much in favor of the E+D tuning *for the purpose of retuning avoidance*…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
@David Krupka well yes, that's true if you choose to use the 7th, If your 6th is an E, then why use 7th for that kind of passage? on the other hand, it does open other interesting solutions involving…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
@ors the seven string solution is one I suggested to John Kusiak (see above), but it does run into problems when you need to sweep a full 6-voice D chord,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: Group 2
@Peter Graneis excellent. thanks Peter!
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Improve Your Two-String Trills With Peter Graneis
- Reported - view
Re: Group 2
@Peter Graneis Bummer I could not join due to a rehearsal at the same time. was the session recorded and how can we listen to the recording. I have shared Joseph Palmer's video of the Zozobra…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Improve Your Two-String Trills With Peter Graneis
- Reported - view
Re: Group 2
This was so much fun this morning, I blew my first session budget by spending twice my allocated time on amip. I use the accent over 5 by just thinking quintuplets,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Improve Your Two-String Trills With Peter Graneis
- Reported - view
Re: Group 2
@Peter Graneis Sorry I didn't mean to suggest amip isn't useful and a good approach that works for many. Palmer flies with it. it's the negative string crossing with i and m that trips me up,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Improve Your Two-String Trills With Peter Graneis
- Reported - view
Re: Group 2
ok, cool. This is the pattern in Joseph Williams' Zia and the one taught by Joseph Palmer in his first TB video. I'm fascinated by this approach and have spent time working with it.…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Improve Your Two-String Trills With Peter Graneis
- Reported - view
Re: Sourcing products for fake nails
Visit https://guitarplayernails.com/. . Dave Kear has several videos on how to apply the nails, though you should plan to spend time experimenting and customizing.…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune
I am going to D and back to E in every program I play. In a program I'm doing currently with Rodrigo songs, I have to go to C# also. with E-D-E tunings again in Garcia Lorca songs and the de Falla…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: What Is Your Favourite Part About Being A Guitarist?
@peter hancock Nice! I moved my family to Sudbury in 1991 where we lived until 2016. Where are you now?
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What Is Your Favourite Part About Being A Guitarist?
My greatest pleasure with the guitar has been, since 1998, to devote performances to the service of fund-raising for non-profit organizations: arts, humanitarian, education, medical,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: Seeing Keys in Color
@Dave McLellan also the complete number series in color.
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: Seeing Keys in Color
I absolutely do see the entire chromatic scale of keys in color. and numbers, days of the week, months of the year, and even entire centuries. This is related to, if not exactly,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: What is the last tonebase video you watched?
Fundamentals of technique - Angel. TBH I watched just because of who he is and of the respect I have for him and his family, but I did not this video helpful at all,…
- Dave
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view

1 2 3 4 5

Back to top

Home

Return To tonebase