Laurenz Thenu

Practice, practice, practice.

llthenuadmin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:48:54 +0000

The youtube ratings for guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel are always insanely high. And rightly so. The man is simply a beast on the acoustic guitar! How did he get there?

The road to musical excellence is not paved with instant gratification I’m afraid xD.

Get to work!

http://youtu.be/CpKA0MASVM4

Bass technique lesson: Seventh chords arpeggios in the key of A minor (relative to C major)

llthenuadmin — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:38:43 +0000

This study is on the A minor scale (Aeolian mode) and it’s corresponding seventh chords arpeggios.

A minor scale (relative to C Major)
A 1 B ½ C 1 D 1 E ½ F 1 G

Through the 4 exercises you will learn the seventh chords arpeggios in the 5th position, playing them in different sequences.
You will also train your left hand, getting the fingers used to playing large intervals, in stead of playing a scale simply up and down.

I suggest working on one exercise or even only a part of one exercise to keep it manageable for yourself. Rome wasn’t built in one day.
Practise in a tempo, where you can play the notes neatly. DON”T SPEED up if your technique doesn’t afford it yet!

IMPORTANT: Try to sing or hum the arpeggios along when you play trough them. This will train you ear(!!), and later on make it more easy to play what you hear in your head, in stead of letting the scale dictate what you should play.

Exercise 1:
A — C — D — E = Am7
B — D — F — A = Bm7b5, B half diminished
C — E — G — B = CM7, Cmajor7
D — F — A — C = Dm7
E — G — B — D = Em7
F — A — C — E = FM7
G — B — D — F = G7

If you want to learn the theory behind seventh chords I recommend this website:
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/45

An explanation on chords:
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/40

Don’t forget to subscribe to my youtube channel and thumbs up this video!

God bless

No Time To Sleep – Tina Dico & Helgi Jonsson, part 1 (intro and verse 1 transcription)

llthenuadmin — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:25:33 +0000

I recently discovered this song, No Time To Sleep, from Tina Dico and immediately fell in love with it.

There are many excellent live versions to be found, but I particularly like Tina’s duo performance with Helgi Jonsson @ detektor.fm Akustik-Session:

This song is also a very good exercise for practising fingerpicking (alternating bassnotes to be played with the thumb (p finger, PIMA).

Here is the transciption:

I hope you will come to like this song. Good luck practising!

Will upload the subsequent parts when I have the time. Don’t forget to click Thumbs Up to support this youtube channel!

God bless.

Fingerpicking exercise (level: beginner/ intermediate)

llthenuadmin — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:29:35 +0000

Hi folks,

Here’s a nice little fingerpicking exercise for acoustic guitar in normal tuning: E A D G B E. (level: beginner/ intermediate)

Please support me by liking the video!

Make You Feel My Love

llthenuadmin — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:42:32 +0000

Here’s a home recording I did of the song Make You Feel My Love – Adele.

Enjoy.

http://soundcloud.com/laurenzthenu/make-you-feel-my-love-snippet

I’m on Soundcloud

llthenuadmin — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:38:40 +0000

Hi,

I’m now on SoundCloud. You now can hear my music there in stead of my myspace. If you have a Soundcloud page add me!

Here is the link:

http://soundcloud.com/laurenzthenu

llthenuadmin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:58:24 +0000

Hollyweird does it again! Once again a christian (fictional) in a hollywood film has been portrayed as a psychotic serialkiller. I am far from perfect but I swear, if I buy into this steady stream of HW mind control over the recent years, I’m either misguided, ignorant or even an extremely violent killer. And I thought I was just a little bit of eveything .

Although I think the original was better, it’s still a gripping remake of a thriller.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/.

One more thing, not some but all arabs are terrorists.

Here To Stay – Rebekka Ling

llthenuadmin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:12:13 +0000

Rebekka Ling performing Here To Stay in V-Hotel Amsterdam, 4th april 2011.

www.rebekkaling.com

Drums: Alvin Manuhuwa
Bass: Nathan Klumperbeek
Guitar: Laurenz Thenu
Keys: Anan Den Boer

Corazon Partio. Transcibed 1st verse (MTV unplugged CD version)

llthenuadmin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:11:25 +0000

Here is a transciption i made of the first verse of Corazon Partio – Alejandro Sanz (MTV unplugged version) PDF file. It’s a beautifull nylonstring acoustic guitar part, wich is in nice dynamic contrast with the intro of the song. You start with a full sound (vocals, piano, guitar, bass, drums)

The transcribed part is of an alternate take (cd MTV Unplugged mix). There are a couple of differences arrangementwise: For example the intro of the live version (embedded youtube video), has additional nylonstring guitar in the intro and also acoustic piano in the first verse, whereas the cd unplugged version i have only has nylonstring guitar and electric piano and of course the lead vocals.

Differences aside, the basic chord progression of the 1st verse stays the same. Enjoy!

Transcription

Live performance

Scott Henderson Shares Secrets of the Pentatonic Scale

llthenuadmin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:41:38 +0000

I never had the opportunity to study at the MI, the Musicians Institute. But the interviews i have seen with guitarist and teachers such as Scott Henderson and Carl Verheyen really makes you think. Man did i miss out;)

But fortunatly there are video’s of lessons and interviews such as this one. Enjoy!

What’s the first scale almost every guitarist learns? Yes, it is the minor pentatonic scale. Here’s a Scott Henderson lesson on how to expand your use of the scale, resulting in new interesing rythmic ideas and sounds.