Andy Basiola Guitar Lessons

16/04/2026

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13/03/2026

When introducing my students to arpeggios, here is a simple exercise I often show them.

It's about targeting the chord tones (in this case the root notes of each chord). The example is in the key of G major and the chord progression is: G, D , Em, C

We are using the first 2 shapes of the G major scale, starting by playing the root note of each chord for the first 3 beats of the bar, followed by a 4 sixteenth notes line that uses the notes of the arpeggio of that particular chord, before resolving on to the next root note of the following chord:

Ex: start by playing the G root note, then a line using the notes of the G major (or Gmajor 7) arpeggio, then landing on D and so on..

This is a good improvisational tool as we are training our ear to target the chord tones.
This example is targeting root notes, but we can also target 3rds , 5ths, etc...

If you want to give it a try, I ll put the tab and the backing track in the first comment, and you can then also try your own ideas

26/11/2025

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14/12/2024

Check out my student Samuele playing the solo from “Hail to the king” by Avenged Sevenfold, awesome work!

09/12/2024

My student Dinis performing “Take Five”

06/12/2024

Preparing Christmas cards like every year around this time.
Each year I like to gift my youngest students with a mini panettone and a Christmas card, it’s a tradition now 😀.
I have such amazing guitar students and I am grateful that they chose me as their teacher 🎶

18/10/2024

Musician friends

A friend of mine is selling these if anyone is interested, just DM me and I ll share the details

- Epiphone Mandobird VIII. £200
- Vox Pathfinder 10 amp £50
- Fender Mustang. Amp £90

07/10/2024

My student Julian last saturday at the annual Red Special UK meetup met non other than Sir Brian May! He also had a chance to hold his actual Red Special!

05/10/2024

Congratulations to my student Mateusz who passed his Rockschool grade 4 with Merit! Well done, now on to grade 5 😉
If you are looking for music exam training get in touch 🎸

30/08/2024

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