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The Guitar Toolbox
The Guitar Toolbox is an easy to understand self-teaching handbook that can be used by all guitarists at any level. The Guitar Toolbox is an innovative and practical method that has taken a fresh and unique look at the importance of scales as a way of creating improvised guitar solos and developing a strong technique. The Guitar Toolbox also creates a healthy chord vocabulary with an emphasis on creativity and writing songs. The Guitar Toolbox is designed to help you unlock the mystery of improvising over all Folk and Blues based music in any key using easy to understand scales and chords.
The Singer Songwriters Toolbox
The Singer Songwriters Toolbox is a comprehensive guide to both the creative side and the practical side of songwriting. Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice on how to ignite and protect your creative mind, The Singer Songwriters Toolbox is a must have songwriting tool for anyone who's ever wanted to either write a song or, expand on their songwriting knowledge.
With chapters dealing with song structure, your creative space, rhyming and recording techniques, The Singer Songwriters Toolbox deals with every stage of the songwriting process. As well as valuable songwriting information, The Singer Songwriters Toolbox is also filled with comprehensive but easy to understand guitar techniques such as chord substitutions and progressions. The Singer Songwriters Toolbox is a practical, conversational and no-nonsense look at the creative and practical sides of songwriting. It successfully dispels the myth and mystery surrounding the art of writing a song.
The Open Tuning Toolbox
The Open Tuning Toolbox is a ground breaking guitar concept for studying the scale and chord shapes relevant to the most popular open tunings. By utilising a combination of modal scales and perfect chords, The Open Tuning Toolbox has effectively mapped out the lead and rhythm guitar essentials in Folk, Blues and Spanish guitar styles. The Open Tuning Toolbox de-mystifies the use of alternate tunings and allows the student to learn in a more straight-forward and immediately useable way. The Open Tuning Toolbox Book 1 begins the Open Tuning series with the ten most common tunings including DADGAD, DADF#AD and DGDGBD.
Cal has given me the tools and the confidence to go in search of my own sound and find my own truth in the music. I cannot recommend Cal highly enough to anyone smart enough to listen. A special soul whose humility and love for music radiates through his personality, teaching and guitar toolbox method. Ryan Wheeler, Student
Cal's teaching method is straightforward, enjoyable and driven by a deep love and understanding of guitar music. Alexander Hender, Student
Cal Williams Jr. doesn't just breed guitar students, he extracts talent and musicianship. Brilliant! Emily Davids, Musician
Cal Williams Jr. is a multi-award winning guitarist and songwriter who has performed at numerous festivals in Europe and Australia. Cal has formulated his unique teaching method from many years of practical teaching experience.