When I talk about my Contrafact Studies, people usually ask me what a contrafact is. Here is my explanation. Contrafactum is a term used to describe a process in vocal composition…

Here is an interesting bit of history about the song Softly as a Morning Sunrise, and the use of its chords for a contrafact. It was originally written by Sigmund…

Mark Wison made video recordings of the first six of my Contrafact Studies and published them on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/midniteconfession and on his YouTube Channel. Thank you Mark!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxJtlQ7XtT0

You can download “Contrafact Studies for Guitar, Volume II” by clicking on the button below. Click here Here is the second set of six studies I wrote this past summer…

You can download "Contrafact Studies for Guitar, Volume I" by clicking on the button below. Click here Here are six studies  to practice hearing and feeling chord progressions. They are…

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