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Vibrato 101: Part 1 - Do's and Don'ts of Vibrato
Richard Lundmark

Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome to this tutorial on Vibrato! In this video I've put emphasis on the "show & tell" principle rather than tons of ...

Vibrato 101: Part 2 - The Door Knob Vibrato
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, the first vibrato technique we will look into is what I call the "door knob" vibrato. The term refers to the rotatio...

Vibrato 101: Part 3 - The Push/Pull Vibrato
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, probably he most common type of vibrato is what I have labelled the "push/pull" vibrato. This is the vibrato that most of...

Vibrato 101: Part 4 - The Open Hand Vibrato
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: This vibrato that I call the "open hand" vibrato, IS what it's called. You're using a open hand around the neck, to facilitat...

Vibrato 101: Part 5 - The Violin Vibrato
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: The violin or classical vibrato is not something you'll find many players using these days, Holdsworth being one noteabl...

Vibrato 101: Part 6 - Circular or Elliptical Vibrato
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: The circular vibrato is one of these things that looks cooler than it actually is. What it is, is a combination of the violin...

Vibrato 101: Part 7 - Chords and Headstock Bending
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: CAREFUL here! You do NOT want to take these examples too far. Pushing the neck of the guitar back and forth in relation to th...

Vibrato 101: Part 8 - Vibrato and Bending
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Bending and vibrato are pretty much like Love and Marriage, you don't see one without the other (to quote Sinatra). And havin...

Vibrato 101: Part 9 - Professional Vibrato Secrets
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, what are these so called "professional secrets"?? Well, what unites most players that have a reputation for excellence in...

Alternate Picking 101 - Technique Breakdown
Chris Feener

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Hey guys! In this lesson I really wanted to focus on the mechanics of alternate picking; how I've personally come to develop ...

Alternate Picking 101 - Exercise 1 - Chromatic Scale
Chris Feener

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Here is a chromatic exercise. Chromatic scales in this context, are basically nonsense-scales that are to be used for practic...

Alternate Picking 101 - Exercise 2 - Triplet Feel
Chris Feener

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Here we have a triplet exercise. Don't get your knickers in a knot, we'll be playing in groups of six. Six is an even number,...

Alternate Picking 101 - Exercise 3 - Scalar Straight 16ths
Chris Feener

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: We're heading back over to the straight 16th feel with this one, except this time, we'll be playing something a little more i...

Fill it in! - Intro
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome guys! In this tutorial we will look into a simple, yet effective practising method you can use to help nail you...

Fill it in! - Part 1
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: And here we have the riff I've chosen as an example, just treat this and the licks to follow as the examples they are. The ma...

Fill it in! - Part 2.a
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Here's some short lick examples, in the video I mainly improvise all the variations, so I'll just give you a basic lick idea ...

Fill it in! - Part 2.b
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Nothing different here really, just me dividing the video in 2 parts for easier and faster viewing. Did some tab ideas here a...

Flexibility Boot Camp: Introduction
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome to this tutorial on Flexibility Training guys! As our hands are our tools of the trade as guitar players, keeping th...

Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 1
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Ok, in this first example, we have an age-old exercise for flexibility and coordination. It’s all pretty self-evident i...

Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 2
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: The second exercise is almost the exact same procedure as with the first, but the only difference is you keep one fret betwee...

Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 3
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: This next exercise is called “the Spider”, named thus after the way your hand will resemble a large tarantula mov...

Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 4 and Chord Stretches
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: This last part consists of two “parts” really. First of all, you have Exercise 4, which is similar to Exercise 3 ...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Introduction
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome to this tutorial on Sequencing Pentatonics! A sequence, as I'm sure you know, is a group of notes played together in...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 1: a-b
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: Ok! In this example, we have a tried and true pentatonic sequence, that you will probably have come across in one shape or a...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 2: a-b
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: This example is similar to the previous one, but uses a 4-note grouping instead. The way to approach it is still the same ho...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 3: a-b
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: In this example, I have added an additional note, to change the 3-note pattern into a 4-note one. You simply play the first ...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 4: a-b
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: Of course any sequence can also be played ascending, as well as descending. This here is one example of an ascending sequence...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Example 5
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: In this example, I am moving down the sequence but through several positions, not just the first one.

Sequencing Pentatonics - Example 6
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: Here is something a bit different. This time I have a lick rather than just a sequence. This one is intended to be played ove...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 7: a-d
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: Now the fun begins! Tapping sequences in the pentatonic scales is something that has been an integral part of my playing sty...

Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 8: a-d
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: Ok guys! In these last examples we are moving our right hand up throughout positions 3,4 & 5. It is basically the same ...

Ear Training - Exercise 1
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, this is our first exercise, not counting the preparatory one you just did, singing all up and down the neck in your chose...

Ear Training - Exercise 2
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: In this exercise we make the whole thing a little bit harder. Instead of playing the root note of the interval, singing that,...

Ear Training - Testing Your Ear
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, we need to be able to TEST ourselves right? To confirm that we really DO have these intervals firmly established in our m...

Ear Training - Improvising and Melodic Sense
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Ok guys, in this part we will start to sing melodies over chords. There is no shame in having a less-than excellent singing v...

Ear Training - Final Exercises and Comments
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: In this final part we will try to establish the “sound-character” or individual scales. When we previously sang a...

Jazz Polymeter Exercise
Sean Conklin

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Jazz

Guitar Lesson Text: Hey folks! In this lesson, we're going to learn a jazz rhythm exercise that will help us get familiar with the concept of po...

Francisco Tarrega - Study in E minor
Rick Graham

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Classical

Guitar Lesson Text: In today's lesson, we will be looking at a study written by Spanish composer/guitarist Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). ...

Francisco Tarrega - Study in E minor Breakdown
Rick Graham

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Classical

Guitar Lesson Text: This study is very simplistic harmonically, offering the briefest of excursions to the relative major in bars 11-12, while th...

Introduction To Tremolo Equipped Guitars
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Tremolo Equipped Guitars For the final chapter, we will look at setup for a typical tremolo guitar, a Floyd Rose-type guitar ...

Timing and Note Value Alteration - Example 2d-e
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, on to example 2d then. In this example, I have mixed two note values within the same line; sixteen note triplets, and str...

Pinky Training - Full Lesson
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Hey there! I put this lesson in the "Beginners" section because I think all beginners should practice with their pinky. That...

Building Speed and Stamina - Exercise 2
Sean Conklin

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Rock

Guitar Lesson Text: In our 2nd exercise, we're going to be switching back and forth from thirty-second notes to sixteenth notes. Also, be aware o...

Building Speed and Stamina - Introduction
Sean Conklin

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome to the "Building Speed and Stamina" Tutorial! Throughout this tutorial, we are going to be strengthening our ability ...

Building Speed and Stamina - Exercise 1
Sean Conklin

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Metal

Guitar Lesson Text: Okay! Let's get going on the first exercise. This is a long sequence, and I made it that way on purpose so we can focus on im...

Building Speed and Stamina - Exercise 1 Slow
Sean Conklin

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Metal

Guitar Lesson Text: Here is the sequence slowed down a bit. Once you learn the notes, practice playing the riff very slowly. Concentrate on your ...

Rhythm Changes - Solo - pt.1
Mike Edwin

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Jazz

Guitar Lesson Text: Here are the first 16 bars of this solo. Be sure to play it with a steady swing and practice it slowly to begin with. Then u...

Rhythm Changes - Solo - pt.2
Mike Edwin

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Jazz

Guitar Lesson Text: This video includes the bridge section and the final 8 bars, slowed down. Once again, take it slow to begin with and keep it...

Neoclassical Etude - Full Video
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome to my neoclassical lesson! If you have read my profile page than you probably know that I'm a huge fan of classical m...

Neoclassical Etude - Part 1
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Alright! Here we are at the first part of this piece! The whole exercise is played 100% alternate picking so you won't have t...

Neoclassical Etude - Part 2
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Here comes part 2! To me the most difficult part to play because we have a lot of movement going on here and also some string...

Neoclassical Etude - Part 3
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: The last part is mostly based on movement between 2 strings so a lot of control and muting is required to play this cleanly. ...

Fret-hand Coordination - Intro & Exercise 1
Sean Conklin

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: In this tutorial, we're going to practice some patterns that utilize all 4 of the fret-hand fingers. Just as with any other i...

Fret-hand Coordination - Exercise 2
Sean Conklin

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: As I mention in the video, this is one of my favorite coordination exercises. It sounds pretty weird and boring, but it's not...

Metal Riffing with 16th Note Triplets - Stamina Riff
Sean Conklin

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Metal

Guitar Lesson Text: In this lesson, we're going to focus on a riff that helps your stamina. Stamina is the ability to do things for a long period...

Unlocking the Fretboard - Part 1, The key vertical exercises
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So how do we get from A to B? How do we go from strict ”box” thinking, to literary thinking “outside the bo...

Unlocking the Fretboard -Part 2,The key horizontal exercises
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: In this exercise we will start to expand our thinking, and start to see the scales horizontally, and begin to truly break out...

Unlocking the Fretboard - Part 3, The key diagonal exercises
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Well guitar slingers! Now we’re starting to go places! In these exercises we will start connecting the boxes diagonall...

Unlocking the Fretboard - Part 4, The key holistic exercise
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: In this exercise will we take a short sequence or ”lick” if you may in the A blues scale and pay that in varied f...

Unlocking the Fretboard - Part 5, Putting it all together
Richard Lundmark

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: So, without further ado, here's the example promised in part 4. As with previous things, do not just practice this as a lick,...

Warm-up Exercises: The Left Hand
Robert Mussatti

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: These exercises are designed for when you first pick up your guitar either before practicing or before a gig. These are not f...

Warm-up Exercises: The Right Hand
Robert Mussatti

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Level: Beginner
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Now that we have gone over some left hand exercises, we are now going to tackle the right hand. These right hand exercises c...

A-minor 6-strings NE->SW Diagonal Exercise
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: You probably wonder what NE->SW means? Well, it's North East to South West - may sound funny but it's the best way to desc...

C# Minor 6-strings SE->NW Diagonal Exercise
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Alright, there we have it! If you saw the previous lesson of this tutorial you will see this one is totally opposite in the d...

E-Minor 3 string Exercise 1
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Ready to move on? Cool! Usually people can shred on thin strings but when they hit the low and thick strings they get into t...

E-Minor 3 string Exercise 2
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: And another lesson for thick strings workout :) Here we'll combine diagonal runs, both EW and WE (East->West and West->...

What is Sequencing?
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Welcome to the "SEQUENCING" tutorial. Sequencing is a very important thing to understand in your playing. It is also REALLY ...

B-Major 1-Octave Sequencing Exercise
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: This is a B-Major 1-octave scale. Now we will use a sequence of 6 notes to make a cool exercise and not play just a scale up ...

A-Major 2-Octaves Sequencing Exercise
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: In this lesson, we'll use same sequence as in the previous lesson from this tutorial but we'll extend the exercise to 2 octav...

1 Octave Major Scale on 2 Strings
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Now let's sequence a whole scale exercise on 2 strings. I used D-Major scale for this exercise and used 3-notes-per-string bo...

7 Major Scale Boxes on 3 Strings
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Looks like too many notes? Don't worry - nothing difficult around here! What you see here are 2 sequences: 1 goes 6 notes des...

G-Major 2 Octaves Sequencing Exercise
Pavel Denisjuk

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style

Guitar Lesson Text: Hey there! In this lesson we'll again work with 2 sequences: one goes 6 notes descending, than 2 notes ascending, and the ot...

Haste - Exercise 5
Sean Conklin

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Level: Advanced
Topic: Exercises
Style: Metal

Guitar Lesson Text: Here's my favorite part. What can I say, I like fast picking. In this riff you'll be playing 32nd notes, so it's pretty fast....