Alex Brooke

(English)昨日コーヒボットと一緒にTokyo Guitar Guildの最初の打ち合わせした。ていゆうか二人のギター飲み会だった。これから東京に住んでいる素晴らしいギターリストのサークルを作るつもり。それでいい情報や技を交流できるクラブを作ることができる。ギター学校もできるかも。頑張って見る。FacebookのTokyo Guitar Guildのグループも作った、是非見て下さい。興味のある人是非連絡してください。mail{at}alexbrooke{dot}com

今回Regan Perry の”chill”というジャズっぽい曲のコードを練習した。基本のコードはEm7, Dm7, Gmaj, Cmaj7, B7。後でもっと詳しく説明を書く。

I hung out with the famous Coffeebot yesterday as we had our first Tokyo Guitar Guild meeting. Or rather, it was just two guys drinking gin and playing guitar. So from now on we are looking to make a society for guitarists in the Tokyo area for sharing information, tips, tricks and networking. We might even be able to make a guitar school too. For those who are interested please contact me at mail{at}alexbrooke{dot}com

We worked on some jazzy sounding chords from Regan Perry’s “Chill”. The basic chords are Em7, Dm7, Gmaj, Cmaj7, B7. There are a few extra chords he adds in there which I will write the tabs and manuscript for soon.

My Ramirez guitar

I remember my guitar teacher standing over me and asking “Do you know what cojones are?”. I thought it wise to take that as a rhetorical question. Thankfully it was. “You gotta play with your balls” he went on and for a few seconds images too horrible to recount here flashed through my 15 year old brain. “What I’m saying is you have to play with some spirit”. Things became a hell of a lot clearer then and I remembered an angry Bill Hicks screaming “Play from your fucking heart”…

I inherited my teacher’s guitar and we went our separate ways. It’s a Ramirez classical concert guitar and is one year older than me which makes it…anyway… Let’s just say it’s a great guitar.