Dale Crockett

This is the revised version of a lesson I'd posted previously here on the Ramp.  I came up with this particular lesson - geared for songwriters who use the guitar when writing  - to give them a "reference" tool of sorts which shows all the chords available to them in the five "guitar friendly" keys of C-A-G-E and D.  Chances are, if you're looking for that cool "elusive" chord to use, it'll be here.  I've provided a table for each key, showing all the different chords that can be derived from th...

This particular lessons offers some different useful ways that you can use to find different notes on the guitar neck. 

Here's another reference tool I thought I'd share with everyone here on SR.  This is a chart showing different ways that you can modulate (change key) in your song.  It shows the original key, the key that you want to move to, and the "transition" or "pivot" chord(s) you could use to move you into the new key.   Hope you find this useful!  

I thought I'd share this capo placement chart for all the guitar players here on the Ramp.  It takes the guesswork out of knowing where on the neck to place your capo to play in different keys.  Hope you find it helpful!! 

I was going through some of the lessons I'd done in the past about different guitar and music theory topics, and I ran across this one.  I thought I'd share it here on the Ramp.  It basically shows how a chord can be played up and down the neck in different voicings, using the basic open chord "forms"  C-A-G-E-D.  

I've had a few people ask me about "slash chords", and I thought that it might be a good topic for a lesson to share here on the Ramp. I've attached the lesson as a PDF file.      

With SongRamp being a site in support of all things songwriting, I thought I'd offer some "lessons" from time to time (as PDF attachments)  about different musical aspects of songwriting, specifically dealing with chords. I got the idea of this first lesson when I remembered a question a songwriter had asked me several years ago about "spicing" up her chord progression.  She already had basic chords for her song, but she wanted to add some "color" to them, to make her existing progression a litt...

Like millions of fans and admirers, I was in a state of total shock and heartbreaking disbelief when I learned of the death of comedian and actor Robin Williams yesterday. As the all the news reports have stated, Robin's death is being ruled a suicide from asphyxiation.  At first, my initial response was "Why, Robin?  With the wonderful career that you've had and the millions and millions of people who's lives you've touched with your comedic genius, why did you do this?"  As more details of the...