Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: OK, now we come to the repeat section which is exactly the same as section 1 up until we get to bar 30. Bars 31-32 may require a little experimentati...
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Blues
Excerpt: Now let's do the same thing but for shell voicings rooted on the 5th string - A. Again, we'll do all these voicings from the note G which is located ...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Welcome to part one! The opening of this arrangement is very homophonic in nature, using a variety of inversions in block chord format. Take for inst...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: The first thing to be aware of with this piece is the 3/4 time signature. Except for the very last part of the song, everything will remain in 3/4 tim...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical
Excerpt: Exactly the same practice technique can be employed for this section too. It will be a little more challenging however as some of the stretches requir...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: ...The basic melody-line from Walter Rollins' "Frosty The Snowman"! Be sure to, yet again, focus on phrasing nuances and vibrato; it's important when...
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Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Blues
Excerpt: Now I'll show you a simple way to play arpeggios for each chord change over a 12 bar blues. Using arpeggios when soloing over a blues is a great conce...
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Blues
Excerpt: Now let's apply these shell voicings we've just learned to a chord progression and specifically a blues pattern. The blues is a great place to start ...
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Okay! For those of you Elves that have passed the previous example, it's time to advance to the level of Gnome! You should all be familiar with the s...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Hope you all enjoyed that 'special' performance lol! OK, let's get cracking with this rather festive tutorial of an arrangement I made of this classi...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Now comes the section where we begin playing the "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" theme. This section begins at a very soft volume and I'd suggest using...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: So after the bridge, we're right back to the main verse melody. Reference part one if you're having issues with that section of the tablature. I'll de...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: We start with "Carol Of The Bells". Heavily based on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra metal arrangement of the song, here we feel the uplifting effec...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Here we have the second part of the main "Carol of the Bells" melody. In bars 13 through 16, we have a different melody than the last lesson, but the...
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Ahh, the Grinch, the furry little green devil of Christmas that just won't leave us alone! But, in the spirit of his genial personality and insanity, ...
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