Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: To close out the piece, we'll be playing a rockin' breakdown that will be sure to wreak havoc on the North Pole. So get ready to rock! We'll now be p...
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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 aggress...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Technically, you may find the position shifts need the most work in this section as the alternation between the chords and the octave figures require ...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical
Excerpt: Exactly the same practice technique can be employed for this section too. It will be a little more challenging however as some of the stretches requir...
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Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues
Excerpt: Our second chord progression is again based in the blues genre but now sounds a lot more like a jazz progression. As you can see from the TAB below w...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Hey fellow IGers! T'is the season once again so let's sink our teeth into another good ol' holiday classic. This month's lesson is comprised of a Chet...
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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 an...
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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 famo...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: This song is in a three-feel, so be sure to get into the swing of the rhythm before you dive in. There are three verses to the song, so the melody lin...
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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 vocabu...
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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...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: The first thing to be aware of with this piece is the 3/4 time signature. Except for the very last part of the song, everything will remain in 3/4 tim...
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Okay! For those of you Elves that have passed the previous example, it's time to advance to the level of Gnome! You should all be familiar with the s...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Merry Christmas everyone! I wrote this little piece after I heard an excellent song by Trans-siberian Orchestra. They did a medley where they mixed t...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Here we have the second part of the main "Carol of the Bells" melody. In bars 13 through 16, we have a different melody than the last lesson, but the...
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