Musical cell no.2 from last night with my friend @shelartodd Nylon string guitar and Weissenborn...”where does one scale end and the other begin? Who is playing what? Where is this going?” These are the questions we’re trying explore, and hopefully not be too pretentious in the meantime. #musicalcells #weissenborn #classicalguitar #originalmusic #minimalism #instrumentalmusic #acousticmusic #acousticmusician #slideguitar #slideguitarist #baltimore #fingerpicking #capella #openstringscales #opend #hypnosis #weissenbornexchange #lazyriverguitars #learning #acousticduo #musicalbrothers #foodforthesoul #art #growthmindset (at Dark Side Of The Moon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Rx9ZOnvSO/?igshid=1hcou8dr2mdlh

Super psyched that my IG guitar buddy @guitar.yaz took an exercise I posted the other day and totally did her own thing with it! Now I gotta figure her version out! 🤘🏽😂loving how the @tonewoodamp sounds on this- might force a dude to look into one of these things! Also, the next variation of this little piece is coming! #cascadingscales #openstringscales #guitaristsofinstagram #tradinglicks #fingerstyleguitar #fingerstyleguitarist #opentuning #baltimore #thebmorecreatives #guitar #guitarlessons #guitarlesson #tonewoodamp #tonewood #creativity #letitgo https://www.instagram.com/p/B5q5lNnn9ev/?igshid=1jus09wlcwr9u

Guitar lesson time! Here’s a real quick open string scale concept in open D (actually open F...cuz I’m capoed at the 3rd fret 😏). I had to break this up into 2 videos. I posted a little thing I came up with the other evening, and folks seemed to enjoy it- so I thought I’d break it down and give it to the universe. I’d like to do this type of thing regularly- maybe once a week. A goal I have is to get back into giving lessons in 2020- in person or maybe via Skype- or something! So I’ll start posting little concepts/ideas that I think might be of use to folks...Stay tuned! #guitarlessons #guitarlesson #freeguitarlessons #openstringscales #vestapoltuning #opendtuning #fingerstyleguitar #fingerstyle #resonatorguitar #resonatorguitars #thenewsoundofsteel #muleresonator #muleresophonic #baltimore #thebmorecreatives #guitarplayer #rootsmusic #rootsmusician #folkmusician #folkguitar #folkguitarist #fingerpickinglesson #guitarconcept #2020 #goals #newyearsgoals #guitar #guitarist #scale (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5g4qarnJCv/?igshid=1bcqe9crjtt8g

The little cascading open string idea I set loose on the Internet back right before Xmas...has continued to morph....and spread! This time it’s coming from @sacha_vance over in Switzerland! Thanks so much my friend- it made my day! Where will it go to next? 🤔#thenewsoundofsteel #muleresonator #muleresophonic #switzerland #allaroundtheworld #fingerstyleguitar #fingerstyle #cascadingstrings #openstringscales #tradinglicks #culturalexchange #hoedownthrowdown #slideguitar #slideguitarist #rootsmusic #rootsmusician #musiciansunite #baltimore #thebmorecreatives #wherewillitgo #wherewillitgonext https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pG6MCnzuV/?igshid=wdmzyxwj45o3

Such fun- my IG buddy out in California @sweb1212 took the riff I made up in my bathroom before Xmas, and linked it up with Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”. This made my week. Seeing folks take a little musical idea I shared and broke down really makes me feel great. #sharing #sharinginformation #informationinspiration #jonimitchell #bothsidesnow #guitarlessons #vestapoltuning #cascadingscales #openstringscales #acousticguitar #acousticcover #acousticcovers #mademyweek #gratitude #california #positivevibes #positivity #musician #musiciansofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B7gzxKrndkQ/?igshid=sdnceceqq07l

Here’s another version of the other days riff- more of a ballad take, and a slight variation! Courtesy of @halinmemphis #riffwars #riffwarsacoustic #acousticguitar #fingerstyle #fingerstyleguitar #opentuning #openstringscales #opend #guitar https://www.instagram.com/p/B5q6o74n9dj/?igshid=vji24bnu145i

Here’s a happy little technical exercise I made up in my bathroom tonight. The idea uses a cascading descending scale utilizing open strings, going to different inversions of the IV and V chord. Then after doing that 2x, I try to play the scale going down again, but this time using the slide...cleanly. As you can hear- not so clean the first time! But gimme a break, I just made this thing up! The idea also is to keep momentum up, while breaking away from the fingerpicking pattern. #guitarpractice #ijustmadethisup #bathroomjams #thenewsoundofsteel #muleresonator #muleresophonic #slideguitar #slide #roots #rootsmusic #rootsmusician #fingerpicking #fingerpickingguitar #scales #descendingscales #cascadingscales #openstrings #openstringscales #guitartechnique #goaheadandstealthis #guitarlessons #guitarpractice #baltimore #thebmorecreatives #baltimorefolk #baltimoreguitarist #folkmusician #fingerpicking #fingerpickingguitar #technicalexcercise #guitartechnique (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ZRb4LHO8h/?igshid=1c2n1p0hzlsuf