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Recent Lessons
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Finger Separation Exercise
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hey everyone! In this lesson we're going to tackle a simple, but effective exercise to build strength in your fingers and help you coordinate separating them when necessary. Remember to start slow and not to worry too much about pickin...
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Drop B Tuning Etude - Intro & Performance
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal
Excerpt: Hey guys, this month we're going to look at Drop B tuning. This tuning(B-A-D-G-B-e) simulates the sound of a seven string guitar and allows for some cool chord shapes and heavy riffs. Check out the short track I put together and then we'll ...
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Drop B Tuning Etude - Riff 1
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal
Excerpt: In the first section, we focus on creating a pedal tone off of the low string. Remember to use downward pick strokes on every note for maximum aggression. Notice that I am using a fairly heavy distortion sound, but cleaned up by rolling bac...
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Drop B Tuning Etude - Riff 2
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal
Excerpt: In this section, we are going to use the same melodic idea from the previous figure, but amped up with the guitar turned up and adding in hammer-on and pull-off techniques to the higher notes as embelishments. This gives us a cool thrashing...
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Drop B Tuning Etude - Riff 3
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal
Excerpt: In the final section, we'll explore the octave shape that this tuning affords us on the low string. Finish up with some nice aggressive galloping pick strokes and you have a killer metal riff!
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6/8 Rock Ballad w/Solo - Performance
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╳Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Hello all! For this lesson I wrote a little rock ballad primarily using the 6/8 time signature. Not sure about time signatures? Check out this lesson. INTROThe intro is pretty basic. When playing, be sure you can hear the 6/8 beat behind t...
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In The Style Of Tom Morello: Part 1, Intro and Performance
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Hey all, We're going to tackle some of the cool sounds produced by the riff lord, Tom Morello. I've put together a short track with a heavy riff, DJ inspired verse and the infamous record scratching sounds you hear on tracks like "Bulls On...
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In The Style Of Tom Morello: Part 2, Main Riff
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: First, lets tackle the loose, funky riff that makes the song groove. This is a very simple idea that involves keeping your picking hand loose and consistent on the attack, allowing your fretting hand to determine when notes jump out.
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In The Style Of Tom Morello: Part 3, DJ-inspired verse
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: For part 3, we'll use an extremely simple technique to generate the RATM feel. The rhythm is the most important factor here, but the tone is very important as well. Remember to be as precise and clean as possible here, the opposite of the p...
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In The Style Of Tom Morello: Part 4, Record Scratch Sounds
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Effects Style: Rock
Excerpt: Finally, lets try our hand at reproducing the "record scratch" sound we hear on "Bulls On Parade". This is done via toggle switch gating. The tone of the guitar will need to be very treble heavy and sensitive to make this easier, I recommen...
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Dialing in Tone Using Reamping: Part 1
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hi all, This month I'm going over how I use reamping to dial in a guitar tone I like in a very measured and controllable way. Tips: 1. Remember to use the guitar you are going to use for the application, or something very similiar. 2. U...
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Dialing in Tone Using Reamping: Part 2
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style
Excerpt: In part 2, you can watch as I play ideas that allow me to focus on specific tonal benchmarks that concern me. Notice how I continue to play some kind of rhythmic chug throughout the track so that I can monitor the bass response as I tweak. ...
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Dialing in Tone Using Reamping: Part 3
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style
Excerpt: And now that we are prepared, lets reamp and start twisting knobs! Some general rules to follow: Set the amp at the volume you intend to play at. Being whisper quiet or AC/DC loud isn't realistic. I shoot for where I see the speakers st...
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Interview with Kyle Odell of Failure Anthem
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Interviews Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hi guys! I wanted to do an interview with one of my good friends, Kyle Odell, from the band Failure Anthem. Kyle and I have known each other for several years now. I do all of his tech work and he produced the second InterTwyneD record, "So...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Aggressive Guitar
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Rock
Excerpt: Hi all! This month we're looking a some tips for getting a good, clean mix doing your own recordings. In this first example we'll deal with some ways to treat heavy electric guitar tracks. First we'll use our four band equalizer to find s...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Heavy Electric Bass
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Rock
Excerpt: Next lets tweak our bass sound! Bass can be a little difficult to mix into a track, particularly with a really thick sounding track that is drop tuned like our example. Since the low note we're dealing with here is "B", we'll want to keep ...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Searing Lead Guitar
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Rock
Excerpt: Now lets address the lead guitar. First and foremost, I like to use a different amp sound to contrast the rhythm guitars. Since we want the lead to sit on top of the mix to show off our hot licks, I choose a midrange heavy amp and use the e...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Mixing All the Instruments Together
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Rock
Excerpt: In this last section, I'll listen through the track and make minor adjustments so that everything is clearly separated. Remember to listen to all the sections of your song back to back, so that you can hear if anything seems too quiet or to...
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Legato Exercises for Beginners: Intro & Figure 1
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hey everyone! This month we're going to discuss some very basic exercises to strengthen your legato technique. These will help build muscle memory that you can apply to scales and muscial playing as well as increase your stamina and the le...
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Legato Exercises for Beginners: Figure 2
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Following the previous exercise, this is essentially the same thing but using the whole step, half step combination with fingers 1, 3 and 4. Remember to start slow and only increase the speed once you can do the exercise smoothly at the sl...
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Free Lessons
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Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Solo
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╳Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical
Excerpt: Hey there and welcome to another lesson with me here at the web's coolest guitar instructional site! We will be looking at a very popular piece for classical guitar entitled 'Romanza'. There seems to be a variety of titles for this piece b...
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Improving Your Phrasing - Demo No.3
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock
Excerpt: Solo #3. Note that I do not include any dynamic phrasing in the tab. If you download the Guitar Pro file, listen carefully to how plain the phrasing is in the tab compared to what I'm actually playing. If you are trying to improve your soun...
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Melodic Solo
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Hey folks! In this lesson, we're going to learn a short melodic solo taken from a song I wrote recently. Very fun to play. Very melodic. We have a lot of different techniques squeezed into a short amount of time, so go through the solo ver...
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Shell Voicings - Applied to the Blues
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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 for this as it usually only contains three chords and they're all dominant 7ths. For our ...
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Improving Your Phrasing - Demo No.1
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock
Excerpt: Solo #1. Note that I do not include any dynamic phrasing in the tab. If you download the Guitar Pro file, listen carefully to how plain the phrasing is in the tab compared to what I'm actually playing. If you are trying to improve your soun...
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The Chaos Lick - Part 2: Alternate Picking
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Crazy! Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style
Excerpt: And now for something a little more familiar to guys like myself - alternate picking! Starting in bar 6, the technique switches to alternate with a series of Paul Gilbert-esque arpeggios. In bar 8, we descend through some 4-note-per-string...
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Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 2
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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 required by the left hand may need specific practice. What you must remember is to maintain a n...
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AJ's Licks of The Month - Lick 3
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal
Excerpt: Lick 3! Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. Practice using subdivisions. Set the metronome low and increase by subdivision....
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Licks in the Style of Guthrie Govan: Intro & Lick 1
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Hey guys! Thought I'd throw out another "Licks in the Style of..." tutorial! This time we're covering the amazing Guthrie Govan! Personally, Guthrie is a huge influence on my playing and I had a lot of fun making this tutorial. One thing...
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Shell Voicings - Using all the Shapes
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz
Excerpt: Our last chord progression is going to live firmly in the jazz camp. It's still a blues, but it's mainly called a 'Parker Blues'. Named after the famous sax player Charlie Parker, it differs considerably from our standard blues in a few asp...
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The Chaos Lick - Intro and Performance
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Crazy! Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hey everyone! For this tutorial, I want to test your picking abilities with this etude I wrote entitled "The Chaos Lick". It features both economy AND alternate picking styles, both entwined rather randomly. The focus of this exercise is to...
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Improving Your Phrasing - Explanation
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock
Excerpt: Listening is extremely important. Every slur, hammer-on, slide, vibrato you hear when learning a solo, LEARN IT. Most aspiring artists I meet take all their time learning how to shred like crazy but never learn the sound that is needed to d...
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The Chaos Lick - Part 1: Economy Picking
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Crazy! Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Bars 1 through 5 feature some of the trickiest picking patterns for those of us inexperienced with the art of economy picking. We float through segments of arpeggios as well as some scale-oriented passages. Remember: The rhythm never chang...
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Interview with Kyle Odell of Failure Anthem
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Interviews Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hi guys! I wanted to do an interview with one of my good friends, Kyle Odell, from the band Failure Anthem. Kyle and I have known each other for several years now. I do all of his tech work and he produced the second InterTwyneD record, "So...
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Improving Your Phrasing - Intro
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock
Excerpt: This tutorial is about improving your phrasing. This is a very difficult topic for the following reasons: 1. Everyone has their own tastes 2. Everyone hears thing differently 3. Laziness Let's focus on the third point on the list....
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Spicing up the Blues - Sliding 9th Chords
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Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Blues
Excerpt: Hi everyone! In this lesson, I'm going to show you a basic way to slide 9th chords to create colour when playing the blues. I use this sound often as it is very colourful, yet also very simple and powerful. See the notation below for the vo...
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Improving Your Phrasing - Demo No.2
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock
Excerpt: Solo #2. Note that I do not include any dynamic phrasing in the tab. If you download the Guitar Pro file, listen carefully to how plain the phrasing is in the tab compared to what I'm actually playing. If you are trying to improve your soun...
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Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 1
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical
Excerpt: OK, what I think would be a great way of approaching this study would be to play each triplet pattern as a block chord, homophonically just to get those chord shapes under your belt. What I tend to do once I have those is to play each block...
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Shell Voicings - Build Your Chord Vocabulary
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Now, here is the aspect of shell voicings that I think you'll find the most useful. They make a fantastic starting point for building our chord vocabulary. Due to the fact that they are constructed from the minimum number of notes needed t...
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Shell Voicings - Introduction
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Blues
Excerpt: Hi there everyone and welcome to this tutorial on Shell Voicings. Shell voicings are chords which contain the minimum number of voices or notes required to outline a particular harmonic sound. In other words, if I wanted to play a Cmaj7 ch...
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Recent Tutorials
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6/8 Rock Ballad w/Solo
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level(s): Beginner Topic(s): Cool Riffs Style(s): Rock Total Lessons: 2 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hello all! For this lesson I wrote a little rock ballad primarily using the 6/8 time signature. Not sure about time signatures? Check out this lesson. INTROThe intro is pretty basic. When p...
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In The Style Of Tom Morello
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level(s): Intermediate, Beginner Topic(s): Effects, Cool Riffs Style(s): Rock Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hey all, We're going to tackle some of the cool sounds produced by the riff lord, Tom Morello. I've put together a short track with a heavy riff, DJ inspired verse and the infamous record s...
Media Length: 15:14
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Re-amping
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Recording Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 3 Backing Track(s): None
Excerpt: Hi all, This month I'm going over how I use reamping to dial in a guitar tone I like in a very measured and controllable way. Tips: 1. Remember to use the guitar you are going to use for ...
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Basic Mixing Tips
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level(s): Beginner Topic(s): Recording Style(s): Rock, Any Style Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): None
Excerpt: Hi all! This month we're looking a some tips for getting a good, clean mix doing your own recordings. In this first example we'll deal with some ways to treat heavy electric guitar tracks. ...
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Legato Exercises for Beginners
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level(s): Beginner Topic(s): Exercises Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): None
Excerpt: Hey everyone! This month we're going to discuss some very basic exercises to strengthen your legato technique. These will help build muscle memory that you can apply to scales and muscial p...
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Open Voiced Triads
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Chords, Cool Riffs Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 3 Backing Track(s): None
Excerpt: Hello again! In this tutorial, we are going to talk about open voiced triads. What are open voiced triads? Well, to understand open voiced triads is might be best to first learn what c...
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Gain Staging with Pedals
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level(s): Beginner Topic(s): Recording Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 3 Backing Track(s): None
Excerpt: Hi guys! After having conversations with several of my guitarist friends, I thought it might be prudent to talk a little about gain staging with pedals. I made three videos to demonstrate th...
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Licks ala Eric Johnson
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Advanced Topic(s): Cool Riffs Style(s): Rock Total Lessons: 3 Backing Track(s): None
Excerpt: Hi all! Back with another tutorial! This time we'll be looking at three licks in the style of Eric Johnson. All of these licks will be focused around sixteenth note E minor pentatonic runs....
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Playing Vintage Guitars
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level(s): Intermediate, Beginner Topic(s): Cool Riffs, Reference Style(s): Rock, Any Style Total Lessons: 4 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: I am completely new to the world of vintage guitars. But I decided to take a plunge recently and got a refinished 1960 Fender Strat, and I absolutely love it! I wrote a new song with it for...
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Hybrid Picking Etude
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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Technique Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 4 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hi all! Hybrid picking has been a very useful technique for me in my many musical endeavors. To help you familiarize yourselves with hybrid picking, I put together a short track that uses th...
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Rhythmic Displacement in Metal
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Advanced Topic(s): Rhythm Style(s): Metal Total Lessons: 4 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hi all! Welcome back to another tutorial. This time around we'll be discussing rhythmic displacement within metal guitar riffs. The first thing I need to point out is that we will be...
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Artificial Harmonics
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Advanced Topic(s): Technique Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hi all! Back once again with another Infinite Guitar tutorial. This time I thought it might be fun to discuss artificial harmonics. I was first interested in this technique when I...
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"Money-Maker" Fills
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Cool Riffs Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hello again Infinite Guitar! What are "money makers"? They are guitaristic fills that are musically pleasing to the listener and are heard mostly in very popular styles of music. In other w...
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7th Chord Embellishments in R&B
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Chords Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: It's about time we have an R&B guitar lesson! And in this tutorial we're going to focus on R&B embellishments on two common 7th chord shapes. Over the last couple of years, this...
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Studies
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Chris Feener's Hybrid Picking Metal-style
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Instructor: Chris Feener Study Category: Style Total Lessons: 6 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Chris goes over the hybrid-picking technique and applies it to a metal context, both with lead playing as well as riffing.
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Strumming 101: Developing Rhythm
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Instructors: Chris Feener, Al Joseph, Sean Conklin Study Category: Beginner Total Lessons: 15 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Learning how to strum is one of the first tasks of a beginning guitarist. In this study, you'll learn how to strum correctly and also how to understand the rhythmic theory behind strumming.
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Composing Music with Software
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Instructors: Tom Quayle, Sean Conklin, Pavel Denisjuk Study Category: Misc Total Lessons: 15 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: If you write music, you likely have some kind of software that you compose with. In this study, we'll look into a couple DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) and give examples of how to use them.
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Learning to Play Guitar like Guthrie Govan
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Instructors: Mike Salow, Rick Graham Study Category: Artist Total Lessons: 20 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Guthrie Govan is known as one of the most versatile and talented guitarist in the world. In this study, you'll get special insights into his unique playing.
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Composing and Recording Modern Metal
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Instructor: Mike Salow Study Category: Style Total Lessons: 19 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Join Mike as he takes you from start to finish in the art of composing a modern metal composition. He covers his equipment, writing techniques, and how to play his original song.
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Acoustic Etudes in the Style of Andy McKee
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Instructors: David Soltany, Rick Graham Study Category: Artist Total Lessons: 15 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: Rick and David write beautiful etudes that capture the masterful acoustic playing of Andy McKee.
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Time Signatures - Understanding How and Why They Work
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Study Category: Theory Total Lessons: 40 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: In this in-depth study, Sean not only explains the rhythmic theory behind time signatures, he also gives real-world examples of how to apply them.
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Richard Lundmark's Improvisation Study
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Study Category: Theory Total Lessons: 31 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Richard takes us on an in-depth journey on how to unlock the fretboard to help maximize our improvisational skills.
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Using 7-String Guitars in Metal
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Instructors: Chris Feener, Sean Conklin, Richard Lundmark Study Category: Style Total Lessons: 15 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: 7-string, 8-string, and even 9-string guitars are becoming more and more the norm in today's metal scene. In this study, we'll be taking a look at 7-string playing.
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Achieving Great Guitar Tone with Amps and Software
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Instructors: Steve Hubbard, Richard Lundmark, Tom Quayle, Travis Montgomery Study Category: Misc Total Lessons: 14 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: In this study, IG instructors go over various ways to go about achieving an ideal guitar tone, whether it be with actual amps or simulated with software plugins.
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Finger Tapping: From Basic to Craziness!
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 21 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: In this study, we'll be exploring the very basics of finger tapping, then gradually increasing difficulty to some pretty difficult runs!
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A Look into the Original Music of Marco Sfogli
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Instructor: Rick Graham Study Category: Artist Total Lessons: 21 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Join Rick Graham as he takes an extremely in-depth look into two original tracks by the great Marco Sfogli (guitarist for James Labrie).
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Beginner's Guide to Understanding Chords
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Instructors: Mike Edwin, Chris Feener, Rick Graham, Robert Mussatti Study Category: Beginner Total Lessons: 21 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: We all learn chords when first learning to play guitar, and in this study you'll get a solid grasp on what chords are and how to play them effectively so you'll be strumming away in no time!
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The "Ups" and "Downs" of Alternate Picking
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Instructors: Al Joseph, Chris Feener, Martin Miller, Travis Montgomery Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 21 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Most guitarists use alternate picking, but it's important to make sure we have a proper foundation of the technique. Dive into this study to become an alternate picking master!
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Licking Up the Modes Fusion-style with Mike Salow
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Instructor: Mike Salow Study Category: Style Total Lessons: 38 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: In this study, Mike applies real-world licks to the 7 modes (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian).
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Popular Backing Tracks
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Picking Inside - Melodic Riff: Backing Track
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Here's a cool melodic rock riff we can apply the "picking inside" principle to. This riff will have a mix of both picking inside and picking outside techniques. This exercise is a bit awkward compared to the others when it comes to picking. With thi...
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Ascendance of the Spheres - Backing Track
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock
Excerpt: Here's the backing track for you. Take your time with it and only attempt the full tempo version as and when you are ready for it. If you do a recorded version of it, whether it's audio or video, be sure to post it over at the forum to show off your ...
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Major Scale Modes - Aeolian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Aeolian is the sixth mode of the major scale. It's also known as the natural or relative minor scale. It's related to the major scale because the root of the Ionian mode is a minor 3rd up from the root of the Aeolian mode. You could also say that ...
Media Length: 2:12
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Moonlit Waters - Backing Track
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Latin
Excerpt: Have fun with the backing track! Just for your reference, the backing track is at 138 bpm (beats per minute). If you ever make a recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forums! See you next time,Sean
Media Length: 1:39
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Haste - Backing Track
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal
Excerpt: Here's the backing track, have fun! If you make an audio or video recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forum to show off your skills!
Media Length: 1:18
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Major Scale Modes - Ionian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Every mode has notes in it that make it different from the other modes, which are called character pitches. In the Ionian mode, the character pitches are the major 3rd and the Major 7th. |----One Octave----||----Extensions----| 1–2–3&n...
Media Length: 3:17
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Backing Tracks - 12 Bar Blues in C
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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Blues
Excerpt: 12 Bar Blues Jam Track in C. Blues Shuffle Style. 120 bpm.
Media Length: 3:25
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Backing Tracks - Autumn Leaves Funk
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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Funk
Excerpt: Autumn Leaves Jam Track Slow Funk Style 110bpm
Media Length: 4:53
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Backing Tracks - Autumn Leaves Swing
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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Jazz
Excerpt: Autumn Leaves Jam Track Swing/Bop Style 130bpm
Media Length: 4:09
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6/8 Blues - Backing Track
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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Blues
Excerpt: All Blues Jam Track 6/8 Blues in G 140bpm.
Media Length: 2:19
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Major Scale Modes - Dorian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: The Dorian mode is the second mode of the major scale. In the case of this mode, the character pitch is the major 6th and is also characterized by the minor 3rd and minor 7th. |---------Octave---------||-----Extensions-----| 1–2–b3&ndas...
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Major Scale Modes - Lydian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: The Lydian scale is the fourth mode of the major scale. This mode is very important in jazz music because it contains the raised 4th and in jazz, this mode is usually what is used to solo over a major chord. The Lydian mode is exactly like the major...
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The Chase - Backing Track
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal
Excerpt: It's time to rock out to the backing track! Don't forget to turn your amp up to eleven. :) As always, if you make a recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forums!
Media Length: 0:52
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Major Scale Modes - Phrygian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: The Phrygian scale is the third mode of the major scale and has a unique sound to it because of the minor second. This mode has a minor tonality because it also has the minor 3rd and minor 7th included. When the minor 2nd is raised an octave, you get...
Media Length: 0:38
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Major Scale Modes - Locrian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: The Locrian mode is the last mode derived from the Major Scale. It is not a mode that is used too often because of the way it is built. One of the distinguishing features of this mode is the lowered 5th. By respelling the b6 as a #5, an augmented in...
Media Length: 1:14
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Making of a Song - Backing Track
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style
Excerpt: And finally, here's the exact backing track I'm using to play over. As I mentioned, it's just a rough "sketch" so far, but perhaps enough for you to get a feel for where it's heading. =) See you next time!
Media Length: 1:57
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Major Scale Modes - Mixolydian
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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Mixolydian is the 5th mode of the major scale. This is another important mode because it contains the major 3rd and the minor 7th. The interval that occurs between these 2 notes is called a tri-tone, which is also known as a #4 or b5. This is the s...
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NeoBlues - Backing Track
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Here's the backing track for you to play along with. You'll hear added guitars and motifs to help you along. If you ever record yourself playing along to this backing track, be sure to post it in the forums!
Media Length: 3:17
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Very Long Metronome Click (beat 2 of bar one)
2:35
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Advanced Topic: Rhythm Style: Fusion
Excerpt: Here's a very long metronome beat for us to use. This click is on beat 2 of bar one and sequences as follows: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 | Bear in mind that you could use this click to represent any beat of any b...
Media Length: 2:35
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Symmetrical Scales - Backing Track
1:39
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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Jazz
Excerpt: Use this backing to practice your Diminished scale. The G, E, Db and Bb diminished scales will all sound fine over this.
Media Length: 1:39
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