Practice Makes Perfect: 5 Tips for Improving your Practice 0
Talent is always a factor in a great musician, but we seem to forget that these guys (and gals) have spent years of their life sitting in their bedrooms practicing.
Mayones Guitar: The Duvell Qatsi 0
Besides looking great it is one of the nicest (if not THE nicest) playing guitars I’ve ever touched. Playability is basically flawless. The neck has a nice thin profile…
BIAS Head Review 0
Imagine walking into any music store with your 7lb BIAS head and literally capturing all your favorite amp tones you know and love, in an instant. Amazing.
Shred Lick Lesson from “AJ’s Licks of The Month” 0
Lick #3 from “AJ’s Licks of The Month” series! In this lesson, Al Joseph gives us a killer Petrucci-esque exercise to practice.
Economy of Motion 1
100% of my students do not exercise maximum fret-hand efficiency while playing and consequently exert far too much energy. Let’s analyze the solution together.
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Recent Lessons
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Guitar Care 101: Intro to Maintaining Your Instrument
8:42
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Hey all! I'd like to show you some basic techniques for taking care of your guitar. As players, we can be rough on our instruments and even the most gentle hands still leave residue on the fingerboard. In this video, I'll show you step by ...
Media Length: 8:42
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Open Voiced Triads: Major
4:28
╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style
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 close voiced triads are. A close voiced tria...
Media Length: 4:28
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Open Voiced Triads: Minor
1:33
╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style
Excerpt: On to the minor triad. We'll be using the same key center of D but will be playing of the 2 chord, E minor. Root inversion with the root in the bass. 1 - 5 - b3 1st inversion with the 3rd in the bass. b3 - 1 - 5 2nd inve...
Media Length: 1:33
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Open Voiced Triads: Diminished
2:55
╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Next, the diminished triad. Again, we'll be in the key of D but this time we're using the 7 chord, C# diminished. Root inversion with the root in the bass. 1 - b5 - b3 1st inversion with the 3rd in the bass. b3 - 1 - b5 ...
Media Length: 2:55
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Gain Staging with Pedals: Intro & Compressors (CS-3)
9:53
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Any Style
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 the differences in Compression, Overdrive and Distor...
Media Length: 9:53
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Gain Staging with Pedals: Tubescreamers (TS808)
9:11
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Any Style
Excerpt: In part two of this lesson, we're going to talk about overdrive. Specifically, we're looking at the Ibanez Tubescreamer. Arguably the most popular overdrive ever produced, the Tubescreamer is far from being a one trick pony. I'll go through...
Media Length: 9:11
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Gain Staging with Pedals: Distortion (DS-1)
16:30
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Beginner Topic: Recording Style: Any Style
Excerpt: In the last section, we'll look at the tiny orange wonder that is the Boss DS-1. This pedal has been around since the late 70's and has remained mostly unchanged. Its a very simple tool that has several applications. I'll go over the basis ...
Media Length: 16:30
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Licks ala Eric Johnson: Intro & Lick 1
5:37
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╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
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. The licks will include some alternate pickin...
Media Length: 5:37
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Licks ala Eric Johnson: Lick 2
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╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: The second lick is almost a continuation of the first lick. It starts off the b7 (D) of the E minor pentatonic scale which is in the G position of the caged system. It quickly shifts into the E position of the pentatonic scale and ascends ...
Media Length: 3:46
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Licks ala Eric Johnson: Lick 3 & Outro
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╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: The final lick explores the other postions of the pentatonic slightly more than the first and second. We start at the top of the Gm position of the CAGED system and dscend into the Am position. The "turn around" of this lick happens right ...
Media Length: 4:04
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Playing Vintage Guitars
1:30
╳Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style
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 this tutorial. You can watch and learn the song&n...
Media Length: 1:30
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Playing Vintage Guitars - Song Performance
1:58
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╳Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Before we dive in, note that we have backing tracks at both normal speed(88bpm) and slower speed(65bpm). If you're a beginner, start out with the slower one so you can work on keeping your technique clean at a slower pace. We're going to s...
Media Length: 1:58
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Hybrid Picking Etude - Performance & Intro
4:06
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style
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 the aformentioned style of picking in several ways. ...
Media Length: 4:06
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Hybrid Picking Etude - Rhythm with the Pick
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╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style
Excerpt: In this video let's look a little closer at the second rhythm section. We're now going to make the notes a bit more staccato, while we start driving the rhythm with eighth notes with our pick.
Media Length: 1:33
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Hybrid Picking Etude - Adding Leads
1:29
╳Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style
Excerpt: Now let's let loose. Time for the leads! Practice the lead parts separate from the rhythm parts and then try merging them together at a reasonable pace. When you think you're ready, head on over to the next page for the backing track!
Media Length: 1:29
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Rhythmic Displacement in Metal: Playthrough & Intro
5:14
╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal
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 using a dropped D tuning. Now, as you may ...
Media Length: 5:14
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Rhythmic Displacement in Metal: Original Rhythm
2:05
╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal
Excerpt: First, we will take a look at the original rhythm in which our example stems from. This rhythm fits perfectly within one measure in 4/4 but soon we will throw it all off with our displacement. If we talk about this rhythm with number...
Media Length: 2:05
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Rhythmic Displacement in Metal: Breakdown
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╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal
Excerpt: Moving onto the breakdown of the example riff. As I mentioned in the previous videos and verbally within this video, we will add a 16th note rest to the original rhythm creating the displacement. Is this necessary? Not exactly, but ...
Media Length: 4:15
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Artificial Harmonics: Performance & Intro
1:40
╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style
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 saw Tommy Emanuel play. Tommy is a fantastic play...
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Artificial Harmonics: Basic Technique
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╳Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style
Excerpt: So in this video we will talk about the basic technique surrounding artificial harmonics. The easiest way to explain this is to say, whatever note is fretted with the left hand will need to be plucked exactly an octave up on the same strin...
Media Length: 3:23
Free Lessons
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Shell Voicings - Introduction
1:55
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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...
Media Length: 1:55
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Improving Your Phrasing - Explanation
3:03
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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...
Media Length: 3:03
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Spicing up the Blues - Sliding 9th Chords
3:20
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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...
Media Length: 3:20
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Playing Vintage Guitars - Song Performance
1:58
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Before we dive in, note that we have backing tracks at both normal speed(88bpm) and slower speed(65bpm). If you're a beginner, start out with the slower one so you can work on keeping your technique clean at a slower pace. We're going to s...
Media Length: 1:58
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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 - Roots on the 5th String
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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 up at the 10th fret of the A string. Learn each voicing as listed below and in the video a...
Media Length: 3:56
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Licks in the Style of Guthrie Govan: Lick 2
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion
Excerpt: Lick 2! This is a fast one! I actually use this lick a lot in live situations. The way I'm thinking of this lick is being based around three pentatonic shapes to which I've added either chromatics, the blues note, or notes from dorian. M...
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Licks in the Style of Guthrie Govan: Lick 4
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Crazy! Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion
Excerpt: Lick 4 The last lick is a tapping lick that uses some 7th chord arpeggios. Very similar to the video on Guthrie's arpeggios that a did I while. If you've not mastered the technique previously it would be beneficial to take this slow and ...
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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...
Media Length: 2:20
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Melodic Solo
0:53
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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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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...
Media Length: 1:42
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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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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...
Media Length: 2:38
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Shell Voicings - Roots on the 6th String
4:30
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Blues
Excerpt: So let's map out these shell voicings on the guitar. The nice thing about these chords is that they only contain 3 notes so they are pretty easy to play. If you're a beginner trying to figure out blues and jazz chord progressions on the gu...
Media Length: 4:30
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Licks ala Eric Johnson: Intro & Lick 1
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
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. The licks will include some alternate pickin...
Media Length: 5:37
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Licks in the Style of Guthrie Govan: Lick 3
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Crazy! Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion
Excerpt: Lick 3! This one is Guthrie at his core. It uses a lot of different techniques and some interesting note chooses. The really nutty part is the sweep that happens in the middle of this lick. It utilizes the major 7 (G#), bringing outside f...
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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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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...
Media Length: 0:35
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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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Recent Tutorials
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Gain Staging with Pedals
35:34
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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...
Media Length: 35:34
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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....
Media Length: 13:27
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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...
Media Length: 8:02
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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...
Media Length: 9:05
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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...
Media Length: 11:58
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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...
Media Length: 13:14
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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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Drop Tuned Triads
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level(s): Intermediate, Beginner Topic(s): Chords, Cool Riffs Style(s): Metal, Any Style Total Lessons: 5 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Hi all! For this tutorial we'll be covering drop tuned major and minor voicings. Although I am using a 7 string in this tutorial you can use a 6, 7, or 8 string guitar as long as you are in ...
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Picking Workout For Beginners
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level(s): Beginner Topic(s): Technique Style(s): Rock Total Lessons: 7 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: This tutorial is special. I'm going back to the basics with picking technique and this time I'm giving you an inside look into my own routine and how I've single-handedly taken every techniq...
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Quartal Triad Comping
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level(s): Beginner Topic(s): Chords Style(s): Any Style Total Lessons: 8 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: In this tutorial, we'll learn how to construct triads using the 4th scale degree. The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E. All we have to do from here is b...
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Mixolydian Ear Training
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Theory Style(s): Rock Total Lessons: 7 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Today we're going to use just a handful of notes to understand modes. We're going to explore the Major 9th, Major 3rd, and Minor 7th scales degrees to better understand E Mixolydian! Let's ...
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Intervallic Licks Round II
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Instructor: Al Joseph Level(s): Intermediate Topic(s): Theory Style(s): Rock Total Lessons: 4 Backing Track(s): Yes
Excerpt: Here's another round of licks I'm visualizing using shapes as well as using intervallic pivot points (by ear) to gauge my position when phrasing my lines. Lick #1 is based on another 7th ar...
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Studies
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Using 7-String Guitars in Metal
28:10
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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.
Media Length: 28:10
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Finger Tapping with Pentatonics
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Instructors: Richard Lundmark, Mike Salow Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 9 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: In this study, you'll learn how to visualize the Pentatonic Scale's boxes and shapes and also how to tap through them.
Media Length: 16:08
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Exploring Harmonics: Natural, Pinch, Tap, Harp
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Instructors: Richard Lundmark, Sean Conklin, Rick Graham Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 19 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: There are many different types of harmonics, and in this study we investigate all of them, both the techniques to play them and also the theory behind them.
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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.
Media Length: 31:26
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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.
Media Length: 1:15:18
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Guitar Tuning: Standard and Alternate Tunings
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Instructors: Sean Conklin, Richard Lundmark, Chris Feener, Tom Quayle Study Category: Misc Total Lessons: 14 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: In this study, you'll learn how to tune your guitar to standard tuning as well as explore a wide variety of alternate tunings.
Media Length: 51:07
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Advanced Modern Legato
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Instructors: Tom Quayle, Al Joseph, Rick Graham Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 24 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: In this study we get an in-depth analysis of modern legato, along with several examples on how to apply it in real-world musical situations.
Media Length: 51:10
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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.
Media Length: 9:41
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Visualizing the Fretboard
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Instructors: Tom Quayle, Al Joseph Study Category: Theory Total Lessons: 34 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Scales can be intimidating. Improvising with scales can be even more intimidating. That is, until you know how and why they work, which is exactly what you'll learn in this study!
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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.
Media Length: 33:05
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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!
Media Length: 36:44
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Health, Stretching, and Warming Up
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Instructors: Steve Hubbard, Richard Lundmark, Sean Conklin Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 13 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: Keeping our fingers healthy and nimble is an essential and often overlooked aspect of guitar playing. In this study you'll learn tips to help keep yourself in top performance.
Media Length: 46:50
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Pedalboards, Effects, Delays, and Cable Routing
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Instructors: Steve Hubbard, Richard Lundmark, Sean Conklin Study Category: Misc Total Lessons: 20 Backing Track(s): None
Overview: In this study, we're shown examples of various effect setups from IG instructors and given tips on how to create delay effects.
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Learning How to Use Hybrid Picking
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Instructors: Rick Graham, Richard Lundmark Study Category: Technique Total Lessons: 16 Backing Track(s): Yes
Overview: Hybrid Picking involves using both a pick and your fingers at the same time. In this study you'll learn how to apply this technique in addition to learning examples and an etude.
Media Length: 44:23
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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).
Media Length: 44:15
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 ...
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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
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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!
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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...
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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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...
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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...
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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!
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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!
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Very Long Metronome Click (beat 2 of bar one)
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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...
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Symmetrical Scales - Backing Track
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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.
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