6 String Ranch

"Making our first record together as Raveis Kole at 6 String Ranch with Matt Smith was an amazing experience!" -Laurie Raveis --- "Matt Smith takes complicated theories and breaks them down so they are easy to understand." -Steven Terry --- "Matt is especially great at zeroing in on the important things you need to know to sound good -- no fluff, just the good stuff. "Lou Manzi (National Guitar Workshop) --- "Matt shared our vision, and provided the structure and support to help us walk away with a great record!" -Dennis Kole

6 String Ranch is very proud two present 2 master guitarists for a very special one day, 6 hour workshop on March 28!

Get Tickets Here!!

Andy Timmons is a legendary Rock Guitarist who has played with a who's who of artists. He has his own model guitar and is widely thought of as one of the worlds best!

Adam Levy is a renown guitarist/songwriter/educator who was Norah Jones guitarist for many years as well as Tracey Chapman. Youcan hear Andam's tasty playing on "Give me one reason to stay here"....

This is a rare opportunity to study with 2 guitarists who really understand how to play for the song!

NEW! Jam effects pedals ha ve donated 2 pedals that Adam and Andy both use to be given away at the March 28 Masterclass!

WIN!

Next Master Class......

May 16... David Grissom's Foundation Of Guitar!

David is a true Texas legend, and you DON'T want to miss this

opportunity to study with one of the greats!

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Checkout our feature in Vintage Guitar Magazine!

Vintage Guitar Magazine Article

HERE'S a radio interview with Matt on WEXT in the Capitol District of upstate NY, Matt's hometown!

Video of the week

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6 String Blog

"Complex Chords Demystified" - Matt Smith

Complex Chords Demystified - December 2016 - Matt Smith

For many years I have taught students heading into Jazz Ensembles how to read Chord charts

and the “shorthand” used in the Real Book and other jazz notation.

For example, a small triangle signifies Major, a minus sign signifies minor, a “degree” signifies

diminished and a plus sign signifies augmented.

For example: C-7 = C minor7, C+7 = C augmented7, etc.

Chords tell a student exactly what they contain. It's important to note that every…

"Complex Chords Demystified" - Matt Smith

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