JohnSong Music VIDEOS

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson introduces the philosophy behind his newest eBook publication, "A Visual Approach to Scales and Chords on GUITAR," sold in Kindle format on Amazon.com. This is the first of a series of introductory videos which focuses on certain basic elements that musicians must embrace and internalize in order to achieve fluency in speaking the language of music. These short videos help deepen the musician's understanding of these basic requirements.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson describes the first element that musicians must embrace; the heartbeat. The heartbeat puts life into musical expression. For, without a heartbeat there is no life (Duh. . .). This is the first lesson in a series of short videos that helps deepen the musician's understanding of the language of music as presented in Mr. McFarland-Johnson's newly published eBook, "A Visual Approach to Scales and Chords on GUITAR," sold in Kindle format on Amazon.com for $9.99. Special thanks to Jason Jobes of JobesStudios for the graphics.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson, dba JohnSong Music, discusses the symmetrical array of alphabetic sequences used in speaking the language of music. This lesson is part of a series of videos which describes basic elemental thought that musicians apply to their craft.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson, of JohnSong Music, describes the intervallic organization of the major scale and the three minor scale forms in this video music lesson which is part of a series of related videos that supplement his eBook, A Visual Approach To Scales And Chords On GUITAR, published in Kindle format on Amazon.com

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson, dba JohnSong Music, discusses Music Lesson #3, The Tonal Pyramid in a series of short lessons that illustrate ideas shown in his new eBook, A Visual Approach To Scales And Chords on GUITAR, available on Amazon.com in Kindle format.

A composition by Hildegard von Bingen (1070 A.D.), Antiphon, D 157, R 466a, transcribed for drone and violoncello piccolo.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson performs an Antiphon, O successores, by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) on violoncello piccolo (copy of an Amati, 1685) with drone (Raagini Digital Electronic Tanpura). Eternal music that accompanies global change.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson plays solo cello every Friday morning, 9-11 a.m., at the Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Co., 1st & Main Sts., Napa, CA. This is a video montage of the unique vibe that takes place when he performs solo Bach suites, Dall'Abaco, Supriano, Hildegarde von Bingen, Gershwin, jazz, blues, and impromptu improvisations. Not to be missed!

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson brief montage featuring cello (Napa Valley Duo w/Terry Winn), Zitar, Prince1 (music student) & Stratocaster guitar.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson performs the Prelude from the 1st Bach solo cello suite on his concert Guitello, a 5-string fretted plucked instrument tuned in 5ths like a cello, custom made by David Heitzman of Napa Guitar Co. (www.napaguitarco.com) at the 150th anniversary celebration of the Charles Krug winery in St. Helena, CA in the Napa Valley, USA. The Guitello's top was sourced from local 8" thick redwood planks that formed the bottom of 9,000-30,000 gallon redwood wine vats which Cesare Mondavi (Peter & Robert Mondavi's father) installed in 1943 in this barrel room where the performance takes place. Charles Krug is one of the first wineries to appear in the Napa Valley following prohibition. The Guitello is barely two-weeks old in this live performance and is played with a Dunlop felt pick to produce a soft baritone lute timbre. A DPA 4099C condenser microphone into an AER Compact 60 amplifier is used, employing the Heitzman lift to suspend the Guitello making it resonate more freely.

Performance on April 7, 2013 of the cello suites I, II, & III at the Napa United Methodist Church.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson plays a Stratocaster Internationale plugged into a Zvex Nano 1-watt amp head into a Victor projector cab with a Celestion Blue G12 speaker with a Stomp Under Foot Green Muff, SkullyTone Russian Spy, and a Budd-Wah pedal.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson plays a Stratocaster Internationale tuned as a 5-string cello into a Zvex 1-watt Nano amp & a Victor projector cabinet with a Celestion Blue G12 speaker.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson of the Napa Valley plays the introduction to the Prelude of the solo cello suite No.5 by J.S. Bach at an artist's gallery held at the Wine Train barn in Napa, CA.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson of the Napa Valley plays the Prelude from the cello suite No.3 in C-major by J.S. Bach at an artist's gallery held at the Napa Valley Wine Train barn, Napa, CA.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson of the Napa Valley plays the Courante from the J.S. Bach solo cello suite No.1 at an artist's gallery held in the Wine Train barn, Napa, CA.

Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson of the Napa Valley plays the Allemande from the cello suite No.1 by J.S. Bach at an artist's studio gallery at the Wine Train barn in Napa, CA.