Intermediate Guitar Lessons

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4:20 Winding Wylde Lick Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Hey Guys! This month we're going to check out an awesome winding lick in the style of blues-based shredders like Zakk Wylde. This is one of those licks that sounds much harder than it really is! Be sure to start slow and focus on getting good clarit...
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3:35 Graphic Equalizers - Introduction Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal Hey guys! This month we're going to go over how to use a Graphic Equalizer to shape the tone of your amp in a very powerful way. Grapic EQ's are a must have pedal in every guitar player's collection, they allow you to very drastically modify the soun...
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3:21 Graphic Equalizers - Preamp Prep Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal In part 2, we're going to prep the preamp of the amp for use with the Graphic EQ. You'll notice that some of the things I'm doing here may seem a bit extreme but that is only because we haven't yet added in the EQ to balance it out. Try to get the ti...
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9:02 Graphic Equalizers - Adding Graphic EQ Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal In the final section, we'll take a look at how each of these faders effects the tone of the amp in practice. Every amp, speaker and cab is different, so you need to experiment to find the right settings, but this will give you a set of "guidelines" t...
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Free Drop B Tuning Etude - Intro & Performance Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal 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 break down...
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Free Drop B Tuning Etude - Riff 1 Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal 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 back the volu...
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Free Drop B Tuning Etude - Riff 2 Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal 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 sound tha...
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Free Drop B Tuning Etude - Riff 3 Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal 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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1:31 Free Drop B Tuning Etude - Backing Track Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Enjoy this backing track for your own jams!
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2:59 In The Style Of Tom Morello: Part 1, Intro and Performance Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock 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 Parade". ...
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3:53 In The Style Of Tom Morello: Part 4, Record Scratch Sounds Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Effects Style: Rock 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 recommend using a ...
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2:18 In The Style Of Tom Morello: Backing Track Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Enjoy the backing track!
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4:17 Dialing in Tone Using Reamping: Part 1 Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style 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. Use a micro...
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3:09 Dialing in Tone Using Reamping: Part 2 Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style 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. After you ...
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5:06 Dialing in Tone Using Reamping: Part 3 Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style 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 start to mov...
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4:28 Open Voiced Triads: Major Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style 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 triad is what ...
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1:33 Open Voiced Triads: Minor Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style 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 inversion with...
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2:55 Open Voiced Triads: Diminished Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style 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 2nd invers...
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1:58 Playing Vintage Guitars - Song Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock 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 start out t...
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1:57 Playing Vintage Guitars - Backing Track (88bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Here we have the backing track at normal speed, 88bpm. If you need to practice it slower, check out the next page to practice with the 65bpm version. Have fun!
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2:37 Playing Vintage Guitars - Backing Track (65bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock This backing is slowed down to 65bpm. Practice it here, then at some point try to graduate yourself to the normal 88bpm version. Most of all, have fun while you learn!
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4:06 Hybrid Picking Etude - Performance & Intro Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style 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. Once you f...
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1:33 Hybrid Picking Etude - Rhythm with the Pick Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style 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.
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1:29 Hybrid Picking Etude - Adding Leads Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style 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!
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1:57 Hybrid Picking Etude - Backing Track Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style And here we have the backing track. I hope you enjoy!
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3:26 "Money-Maker" Fills: Playthrough & Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style 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 words, they are fills that will get you well-paying gigs! Wel...
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5:31 "Money-Maker" Fills: 4ths Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style On to our first approach of using 4th intervals. Although I'm calling these "4ths" they are more like inverted 5ths because in most cases we'll be playing the root and 5th of the current chord. Pay close attention to how these intervals work over the...
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3:49 "Money-Maker" Fills: Hendrix Double Stops Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style These Hendrix style double stops will always start will a 4th and grace-note into a minor third. The notes included in the fills will not always be chord tones but the chord tones will be emphasized. Each fill will start in the second half of th...
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2:23 "Money-Maker" Fills: Final Fills & Outro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Here we have the last couple variations, and we're done! Be sure to recognize that the main duty of these money makers is to very tastefully outline the chords. Each of these will be very "inside" and are here to please the average person in the aud...
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1:26 "Money-Maker" Fills: Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Utilize the backing track to practice the previous examples. Enjoy!
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2:02 7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style 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 style of guitar playing has become popularized by players l...
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3:18 7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Major 7th Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style First, we will talk about major 7th chords. Specifically a drop 2 E major 7th chord with the root on the 5th string. We'll start with the basic voicing of root, 5th, 7th, 3rd, 5th. We'll then remove the pinky, giving us root, 5th, 7th, 9th, 5th. By ...
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3:02 7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Minor 7th Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Now we will talk about minor 7th chords. Specifically a drop 2 E minor 7th chord with the root on the 5th string. We'll start with the basic voicing of root, 5th, b7th, b3rd, 5th. In this case, the common extensions are the b7th (1st string), ...
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0:54 7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Playthrough Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style I hope you enjoy this song I've created for practice/application purposes. Listen closely for the correct phrasing. Then when you're ready to apply it, head on over to the next page for the backing track!
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0:54 7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Enjoy the backing track!
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1:00 Drop Tuned Triads: Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal 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 a traditional drop tuning. In these examples we will o...
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4:30 Drop Tuned Triads: Major Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings. The first is our root inversion in C major. C - G - E 1 - 5 - 3 The second voicing is our 1st inversion. E - C - G 3 ...
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3:07 Drop Tuned Triads: Minor Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings. The first is our root inversion in C minor. C - G - Eb 1 - 5 - b3 The second voicing is our 1st inversion. Eb - C - G ...
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0:32 Drop Tuned Triads: Etude Playthrough Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style For practice purposes, I've included an etude to go along with this tutorial. This etude will help with memorizing the new voicings and it also displays how one might use the material when composing. Enjoy!
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2:26 Mixolydian Ear Training - Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock 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 begin, AJ
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3:39 Mixolydian Ear Training - Tensions Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Understand that for every mode you explore there are chord tones and other intervals that make that mode sound the way it does. All other tones are used as "passing tones". Passing tones are used to embelish the intervals that color particular modes...
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1:23 Mixolydian Ear Training - Major 3rds Phrase Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock The major 3rd is a chord tone and can be used by itself. Keep in mind that it needs to reseolve to the tinic or root note by the end of any given phrase. You'll also notice that you can embelish the major 3rd by bending it up to the 4th scale degree...
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0:58 Mixolydian Ear Training - Major 9ths Phrase Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock The 9th scale degree is actually the "2nd" scale degree yet and octave up past the 8th(octave) scale degree making it a 9th from the root. Notice how the 9th too likes to resolve to the tonic or root note. You can prolong this action by moving up to...
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1:22 Mixolydian Ear Training - Minor 7ths Phrase Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock The minor 7th likes to resolve up to the root. Once again you can prolong your phrase and move through the different chord tones before ending the phrase properly. Notice at this point a scale acts just like that. It's balanced perfectly. The ...
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2:00 Mixolydian Ear Training - Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Notice at this point a scale acts just like that. It's balanced perfectly. The farther out say 9th or 6th degree, the weaker the movement and most times feels the need to hit say the 3rd or 5th before resolving down or up to the root. Chors tones alw...
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1:34 Mixolydian Ear Training - E Mixolydian Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock MIXOLYDIAN EAR TRAINING This backing track has been remastered... Enjoy!
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1:51 Intervallic Licks Round II - Lick1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock 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 arpeggio shape. This like any other arpeggio can be transposed...
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2:18 Intervallic Licks Round II - Lick2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Lick #2 is based on another one of the same shapes as in the first video, only being tapped this time. We start with Gmaj7 then fall down to A7. The A7 arpeggio starts on the b7 degree. Analyze this shape and try it diatonically through the scale or ...
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1:35 Intervallic Licks Round II - Lick3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Lick #3 is a 6th intervallic exercise. I'll explain more in depth in the video so you can see exactly what I mean... When you're ready, go to the next page for the backing track! Thanks for stopping by guys!
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1:04 Intervallic Licks Round II - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock INTERVALLIC LICKS ROUND II Here's the backing track to this tutorial. Let's get shredding!!!!
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1:01 Dominant Lines - INTRO Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome to the tutorial! The dominant quality is based on the 5th scale degree of the major scale. This is the home of the Mixolydian sound. Throughout recent history this tonality has developed into various forms, but today we're just going to foc...
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1:14 Dominant Lines - Lick 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is Lick #1. The dominant quality is based on the 5th scale degree of the major scale. This is the home of the Mixolydian sound. Throughout recent history this tonality has developed into various forms, but today we're just going to focus on Mi...
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2:02 Dominant Lines - Lick 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is Lick #2. The dominant quality is based on the 5th scale degree of the major scale. This is the home of the Mixolydian sound. Throughout recent history this tonality has developed into various forms, but today we're just going to focus on Mi...
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1:41 Dominant Lines - Lick 3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is Lick #3. The dominant quality is based on the 5th scale degree of the major scale. This is the home of the Mixolydian sound. Throughout recent history this tonality has developed into various forms, but today we're just going to focus on Mi...
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1:09 Dominant Lines - Lick 4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is Lick #4. The dominant quality is based on the 5th scale degree of the major scale. This is the home of the Mixolydian sound. Throughout recent history this tonality has developed into various forms, but today we're just going to focus on Mi...
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1:20 Dominant Lines - Lick 5 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is Lick #5. The dominant quality is based on the 5th scale degree of the major scale. This is the home of the Mixolydian sound. Throughout recent history this tonality has developed into various forms, but today we're just going to focus on Mi...
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1:52 Dominant Lines - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track!
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0:36 Cool Sweep-Tapping Lick Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Let's learn a cool lick! We're going to start with a sweep pattern going up CMaj7 (C - E - G - B), then down D7 (D - F# - A - C). After tapping the D7, we descend down to CMaj again, setting up to then descend down the GMaj7 (G - B - D - F#). After...
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2:03 Cool Sweep-Tapping Lick Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this video I'll break it down a bit. This lick starts with a sweep pattern going up CMaj7 (C - E - G - B), then down D7 (D - F# - A - C). After tapping the D7, we descend down to CMaj again, setting up to then descend down the GMaj7 (G - B - D - ...
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4:33 Chord Scale Trick - Chord Qualities Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock In this tutorial I'll show you how I've taking the concept of chords scales literally to visualizing both chord and scale at the same time to help play through changes. Let's begin! Chord Qualities are important to understand and map out before proc...
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2:18 Chord Scale Trick - Inversions Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock The inversions are fair play. Learn them thoroughly. The quicker you get at identifying them the better. See the Maj7 Lydian Chart below! Cmaj7 - C E G B C7 - C E G Bb Cmin7 - C Eb G Bb See if you can apply these intervallic structures to the ch...
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1:08 Chord Scale Trick - Chords Playthrough Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Here are the chords we'll be using with the backing track... Gmin7 - G - Bb - D - F (1 b3 5 b7) - Dorian G A Bb C D Eb F (G) Emin7 - E - G - B - D (1b3 5 b7) - Dorian E F# G A B C# D (E) EbMaj7 - Eb - G - Bb - D (1 3 5 7) - Lydian Eb F G A Bb C D ...
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4:27 Chord Scale Trick - Backing Track Rundown Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Here are the chords we'll be using with the backing track... Gmin7 - G - Bb - D - F (1 b3 5 b7) - Dorian G A Bb C D Eb F (G) Emin7 - E - G - B - D (1b3 5 b7) - Dorian E F# G A B C# D (E) EbMaj7 - Eb - G - Bb - D (1 3 5 7) - Lydian Eb F G A Bb C D ...
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5:13 Chord Scale Trick - Greg Howe Playthrough Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Here are the chords we'll be using with the backing track... Gmin7 - G - Bb - D - F (1 b3 5 b7) - Dorian G A Bb C D Eb F (G) Emin7 - E - G - B - D (1b3 5 b7) - Dorian E F# G A B C# D (E) EbMaj7 - Eb - G - Bb - D (1 3 5 7) - Lydian Eb F G A Bb C D ...
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4:11 Chord Scale Trick - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Enjoy the backing track!
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4:42 Pinch Harmonics - Intro & Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's a little fun technique I use to add a bit of spice to my playing. This technique is essential in adding that modern metal tone to your lines. If you want to sound like Greg Howe, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci, then pay close attention! I ca...
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2:15 Pinch Harmonics - Ex.1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock I can't stress enough how important it is that you practice your pinch harmonics while playing your favorite lines. Practicing techniques within a fun context is essential to effective learning. Things to remember when playing pinch harmonics: 1. P...
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1:53 Pinch Harmonics - Ex.2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Exercise #2. Things to remember when playing pinch harmonics: 1. Pick through the string using your pick and the flesh of your thumb2. Practice the pinch technique while playing lines
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1:58 Pinch Harmonics - Ex.3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Exercise #3. Things to remember when playing pinch harmonics: 1. Pick through the string using your pick and the flesh of your thumb2. Practice the pinch technique while playing lines
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1:43 Pinch Harmonics - Ex.4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Exercise #4. Things to remember when playing pinch harmonics: 1. Pick through the string using your pick and the flesh of your thumb2. Practice the pinch technique while playing lines
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2:29 Pinch Harmonics - Ex.5 & Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock You made it! Here we have the last one, Exercise #5. Things to remember when playing pinch harmonics: 1. Pick through the string using your pick and the flesh of your thumb2. Practice the pinch technique while playing lines Keep up with th...
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2:29 Pinch Harmonics - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Enjoy the backing track! Things to remember when playing pinch harmonics: 1. Pick through the string using your pick and the flesh of your thumb2. Practice the pinch technique while playing lines
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2:54 Line Integration - Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock In this tutorial we're going to take some basic concepts of time feel and use them to improve both our technique and vocabulary when improvising. To properly integrate a line you must know it inside and out. You must know your lines rhythmically and...
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4:44 Line Integration - Cycling Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock CYCLING: The method here is to take any lick you like and breaking it down in a way in which you can play it non stop to a metronome or drum loop. Keep in mind I don't use metronomes to build speed alone. I make sure I'm playing in time, thus innate...
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0:28 Line Integration - Rock Cycle Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock CYCLING: The method here is to take any lick you like and breaking it down in a way in which you can play it non stop to a metronome or drum loop. Keep in mind I don't use metronomes to build speed alone. I make sure I'm playing in time, thus innate...
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0:26 Line Integration - Fusion Cycle Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock CYCLING: The method here is to take any lick you like and breaking it down in a way in which you can play it non stop to a metronome or drum loop. Keep in mind I don't use metronomes to build speed alone. I make sure I'm playing in time, thus innate...
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4:26 Line Integration - Meter Pivoting Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you ...
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0:46 Line Integration - Rock Pivoting (Downbeat) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you ...
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0:45 Line Integration - Rock Pivoting (Offbeat) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you ...
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0:43 Line Integration - Fusion Pivoting (Downbeat) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you ...
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0:45 Line Integration - Fusion Pivoting (Offbeat) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you ...
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2:08 Line Integration - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Enjoy the backing track! If you've worked hard at this you'll find your work is far from over. This is a discipline. If you want to become a professional who posesses his/her own sound, then you need to explore these methods everyday. I personally l...
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1:06 Line Integration - Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock If you've worked hard at this you'll find your work is far from over. This is a discipline. If you want to become a professional who posesses his/her own sound, then you need to explore these methods everyday. I personally love exploring time feel. T...
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3:29 Odd Time: Intro & 5 Note Groupings Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Hello again! In this tutorial we will be talking about "odd time". Whether it's odd note groupings in 4/4 or an odd time signature, it is a very useful skill to learn. We will mainly be focusing on the numbers 5 and 7. Starting with 5 and 7...
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1:35 Odd Time: 7 Note Groupings Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Now moving onto 7 note groupings. This is the same type of idea that we just accomplished with 5 notes but now with (you guessed it) 7 notes. Again we will be using the one octave C major scale in the same position but this time we'll be playing sc...
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2:17 Odd Time: Subdividing 5/8 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Moving onto odd time signatures and how to sub divide them. A subdivision is when you take a larger number like 5 or 7 and break it down into groups of smaller numbers that equal up to the original number when added together. In the case of 5, two ...
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4:33 Odd Time: Subdividing 7/8 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style In the same way we subdivided 5/8 we will now subdivide 7/8. Since we have a larger number we have the option of using more groupings. NOTE: I forgot to mention in the previous video that when subdividing it is best to use groups of 2 and 3. (you c...
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0:36 Polyrhythmic Modulation: Playthrough Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Metal Hello again! For this tutorial, we will be focusing on the use of polyrhythmic (or metric) modulation. Polyrhythms are something that is always there whether you hear them or not. You can switch to a different polyrhythmic meter in every situation. ...
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2:37 Polyrhythmic Modulation: Introduction Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Metal For this riff I am tuned to drop C tuning but you do not have to retune in order to play this riff or learn this concept. You can simply use a C note on your standard tuned guitar or if you want to get creative you can use any harmonies around C. T...
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2:25 Polyrhythmic Modulation: How to Modulate Part 1 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal The first thing we need to do when modulating is identify if we are playing duple or triple grouping so basically are we playing some sort of triplet or not? Once we figure that out we will know where to go next. So in this case we are starting with...
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3:44 Polyrhythmic Modulation: How to Modulate Part 2 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Now when writing or recording an idea we can easily test if we've done our equation correctly. Start your recording at 90bpm and play the riff for a minute or more. Figure out where and when your riff turns around (in this case it’s after 3 b...
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4:00 Polyrhythmic Modulation: Playing the Riff Part 1 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal When it comes to playing this riff there are a few things to consider. First off we do not have a difficult fretting hand part. The picking hand is what we need to focus on. In order to play this smoothly I use up strokes for all of the notes and I...
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2:30 Polyrhythmic Modulation: Playing the Riff Part 2 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal I highly recommend experimenting with this type of modulation. In the past I have modulated with riffs that I thought might be totally weird and contrived but it actually ended up working very nicely and adding a lot to the song. I hope you guys en...
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1:14 Time Feel Concepts - Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this tutorial, we are going to use the various subdivisions of 4/4 time to improve on our sense of time. Here are the subdivisions broken down: 1/4 Note, 1/4 Note Triplets, 1/8 Note, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Not...
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4:50 Time Feel Concepts - The Concept Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this lesson I've provided two examples to show you how these subdivisions sound against time and how I sum them all into ascending and descending order! Here are the subdivisions broken down: 1/4 Note, 1/4 Note Triplets, 1/8 Note, ...
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0:58 Time Feel Concepts - Module 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's a scalar idea in Phrygian Dominant. Note that I'm playing these unrehearsed and in real time. So the tabs might be slightly different. This is fine as long as you understand the overall concept of what I'm trying to do and can apply it to your...
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0:49 Time Feel Concepts - Module 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's an E7 arpeggio I use a lot in my playing. Note that I'm playing these unrehearsed and in real time. So the tabs might be slightly different. This is fine as long as you understand the overall concept of what I'm trying to do and can apply it t...
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0:56 Time Feel Concepts - Module 3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's a 3:1 scalar idea where we play 3 notes on the first string, 1 note on the next string, and so on. Note that I'm playing these unrehearsed and in real time. So the tabs might be slightly different. This is fine as long as you understand the ov...
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0:56 Time Feel Concepts - Module 4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Finally we have a tapping E7 arpeggio lick. I use this shape in many different chord qualities as well. This module is nice for building up 1st finger strength as well as time. Note that I'm playing these unrehearsed and in real time. So the tabs mi...
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1:10 Time Feel Concepts - Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock I hope you've learned quite a bit. If you're applying these principles properly, you should already be seeing a drastic improvement. I practice this way all the time. No more climbing the endless metronome ladder. Practicing to a groove is also way...
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2:15 Time Feel Concepts - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock And here we have the backing track with all the exercises and modules in the tab below. Just let it loop and get busy! Here are the subdivisions broken down: 1/4 Note, 1/4 Note Triplets, 1/8 Note, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note,&nb...
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5:34 Odd Meters - 7/8 Funk Fusion Overview Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Fusion In this lesson, I discuss playing a funk fusion 7/8 groove. I give examples showing the rhythm, how to feel the groove effectively, and how to solo over the meter. Also, there is a backing track that goes with this lesson. Check it out, it's v...
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3:43 Odd Meters - 7/8 Funk Fusion Lick over 4/4 Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Fusion In this lesson I show how to play a 7/8 idea over 4/4. Don't forget to check out the backing track on the next page!
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3:34 Odd Meters - 7/8 Funk Fusion - Backing Track Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Fusion Here is the backing track that accompanies the lessons on 7/8 Funk Fusion. Enjoy!
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4:31 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Introduction Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock In this tutorial, I'm going to show you the quickest way to make the licks you spend so much time mastering a part of your playing. We're going to take three of my favorite shapes and move them diatonically to expose their various forms and qu...
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0:52 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Module 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Here we're using a two-stringed phrase or shape (Major Scale 1-6). Let's see how the first shape changes as we move diatonically up the fretboard and down. You should start seeing the following sclaes: Mixolydian-Aeolian-Locrian-Ionian-Dorian-Phriyg...
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0:53 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Module 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Here we're using a two-stringed phrase or shape (Major Triad). Let's see how the first shape changes as we move diatonically up the fretboard and down. You should start seeing the following Triads: Major-Minor-Diminished-Major-Minor-Minor-Major Doi...
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0:51 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Module 3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Here we're using a two-stringed phrase or shape (Major Triad 1-6). Let's see how the first shape changes as we move diatonically up the fretboard and down. You should start seeing the following sclaes: Major-Minor-Diminished-Major-Minor-Minor-Major ...
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0:29 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Mixing it Up! Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock In this module we're going to vary it up a bit.
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1:48 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Remember to practice these in different modes as well. You'll notice for triads there are only three types: Major, Minor, and Diminished. For all modes these just cycle in order starting from a different spot. Ex. Mixolydian - 5,6,7,1,2,3,4 ...
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1:33 Modular Phrasing Techniques: Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Rock Remember to practice these in different modes as well. You'll notice for triads there are only three types: Major, Minor, and Diminished. For all modes these just cycle in order starting from a different spot. Ex. Mixolydian - 5,6,7,1,2,3,4 ...
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3:59 Soloing with Rhythmic Variation: Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Hi there guys! In this tutorial I'm going to talk about something that I teach all the time to my college students. This is the idea of learning rhythmic variations. This is something that we might do already but are we doing it correctly? I know ...
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4:06 Soloing with Rhythmic Variation: Example Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Ok, so now we will explore easiest way to practice this concept. We'll set our metronome at 80bpm and we will use a G major 3 note per string scale with the root starting on the 3rd fret (G) of the low E string. We will then play the scale continuo...
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3:36 Soloing with Rhythmic Variation: Demonstration Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Now here is a demonstration of how I might apply this in my own playing. Please note that this is still in the mind set of "practicing" so I'm not actually playing the way I would in a professional setting. I highly recommend that you expand furthe...
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4:04 Vibrato Bootcamp! - The Meter Is Your Friend Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Most of us know what vibrato is. But do we understand how and where to place it? Are we even aware of the degree of attention proper vibrato requires? I've worked in and out of many music stores in my time I know there to be two types of vibrato; 1. ...
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1:18 Vibrato Bootcamp! - Demo No.1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock This is a rhythm guitar exercise pulled from one of my tunes, "Fatherland". As you can see, I'm tweaking my vibrato in between lines in this section on the rhythm guitars. Also note that I only have time to move note "E" in one direction before I to ...
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0:48 Vibrato Bootcamp! - Demo No.2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is demo #2. Pay attention to the dynamics and keep those bends smooth and measured. Play the demo multiple times while you find your "personality" with the bends, just make sure they sound natural and controlled rather than forced.
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0:49 Vibrato Bootcamp! - Demo No.3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is demo #3. Pay attention to the dynamics and keep those bends smooth and measured. Play the demo multiple times while you find your "personality" with the bends, just make sure they sound natural and controlled rather than forced.
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0:49 Vibrato Bootcamp! - Demo No.4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is demo #4. Pay attention to the dynamics and keep those bends smooth and measured. Play the demo multiple times while you find your "personality" with the bends, just make sure they sound natural and controlled rather than forced.
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1:22 Vibrato Bootcamp! - Final Words Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Once again I hope this tutorial was helpful for you all. Articulation isn't easy. It takes a trained ear and a good amount of focus before it becomes second nature. Stay on top of it and you'll be turning heads and building fans of your own! Remembe...
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1:37 Vibrato Bootcamp! - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock And here we have the backing track. In the tab below I've put all the demo exercises. Have fun!
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2:41 Voice Leading: Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz Hello once again! In this tutorial we will be covering voice leading. In our example we will take a look at a common jazz standard and how we can approach the changes using drop 2 chord voicings with the proper voice leading technique. We wil...
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2:52 Voice Leading: Demo and Breakdown Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz As I mention in the video, you may recognize this popular jazz standard. NOTE: Please refer to the tab below for the chords. Okay, when it comes to voice leading, the main idea is to swiftly move through the chord changes without many large interva...
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3:06 Voice Leading: Breakdown continued Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Jazz Allow me to explain the chord inversions I've used in order: Bbmaj7 (root) Eb7 (2nd) Abmaj7 (root) Dbmaj7 (2nd) Gm7b5 (root) C7 (2nd) Fm7 (root) F7 (root) F7 (1st) Root Inversion = root note in the bass 1st Inversion = 3rd in the bass 2nd...
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3:06 Voice Leading: Recap and Outro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz We've come to the end. :( I've taken the liberty to further explain the value of knowing how to voice lead as a guitarist. I apologize for any ranting but I always try to stress the importance of every topic I teach my students. All knowledge is goo...
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3:30 Work On Your Bends! - Intro and Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how I approach tightening up my intonation while bending. It's simple! You start from a note and end with another note. However, the concept is a lot easier than the application. So, I've put together 6 licks ...
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0:19 Work On Your Bends! - Lick No.1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone or tone to the next. The pitch is the most important part her...
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0:19 Work On Your Bends! - Lick No.2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone or tone to the next. The pitch is the most important part her...
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0:20 Work On Your Bends! - Lick No.3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone or tone to the next. The pitch is the most important part her...
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0:22 Work On Your Bends! - Lick No.4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone or tone to the next. The pitch is the most important part her...
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0:17 Work On Your Bends! - Lick No.5 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone or tone to the next. The pitch is the most important part her...
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0:21 Work On Your Bends! - Lick No.6 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone or tone to the next. The pitch is the most important part her...
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1:12 Work On Your Bends! - Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hopefully you got the following out of this tutorial... 1. A wake up call. A state of awareness toward your sense of pitch. The quicker the better so continue to work hard on this! 2. Homework. These licks are not easy. Bending is a form of articul...
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2:12 Work On Your Bends! - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here's the backing track folks! All six licks are tabbed out below. Remember, the key with these exercises is to take as long as you need to match the pitch you bend up to. The point is to spend time perfecting your sense of pitch from one semi-tone...
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4:30 Free Spicing up the Blues - Soloing with Arpeggios Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Blues Now I'll show you a simple way to play arpeggios for each chord change over a 12 bar blues. Using arpeggios when soloing over a blues is a great concept as it allows you to 'spell' the chord changes but also creates more colour than using just the mi...
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0:55 Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Introduction Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Today, I've written 3 lines for you in Eminor/Gmajor. I don't play or think in terms of "Aeolian" or minor mode that much actually. I tend to hear the relative major mode. For instance, in this case we are in Eminor. I will hear the Eminor pentatoni...
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0:42 Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Lick 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Lick #1 starts off with an A minor/C major triad idea moving to a Gmajor triad and ending with a D major triad. Very simple and straight forward. Remember we're exploring ideas for writing solos and lines so take note of the finger positions I'm usi...
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0:44 Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Lick 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Lick #2 starts also off with an A minor/C major triad idea moving to a Gmajor triad and ending with a D major triad as well. Once you have it down let's move on to Lick #3!
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1:32 Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Lick 3 & Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Lick #3 starts off using an E minor/G major triad and ending with an E minor Pentatonic line. I hope this was helpful for you! Make sure to review my Root Connection Study from last month's Tutorial of Lydian. You'll not only learn really cool lines...
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2:05 Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Here's the backing track. Have fun and practice hard! All 3 licks are tabbed out below.
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2:22 Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Backing Track (slow) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Here's the backing slowed down.
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1:30 Tackling Lydian Mode - Introduction Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Hello everyone! In this tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to master your modes one by one. We will start with the Lydian mode. When you're ready, head on over to the next video where we'll be discussing root connection. Let's begin!
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1:48 Tackling Lydian Mode - Explained Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style The Root Connection Study is something I use to both train my ear and visualize the fretboard. Take your time and allow this exercise to show you how these scales connect. It's a pretty involved process but quite worth it when you start to see how th...
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0:54 Tackling Lydian Mode - Demonstration Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Remember to take your time. Allow the tablauture to show you how these three shapes create a road map you cannot get lost in. This process is unconventional I know. And that's why it works! It forces you to learn the nature of your scales on your in...
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0:14 Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Here we have the first example lick. Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your und...
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0:12 Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock And now Lick #2! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of how th...
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0:17 Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock And now Lick #3! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of how th...
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0:16 Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock And now Lick #4! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of how th...
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1:56 Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 5 & Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock And finally, Lick #5! Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of h...
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2:31 Tackling Lydian Mode - C Lydian Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track! This one stays in C Lydian. Go to the next page for one that also changes to Eb Lydian.
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2:29 Tackling Lydian Mode - C Lydian/Eb Lydian Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Rock As always, have fun! This one changes from C Lydian to Eb Lydian.
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2:50 Playing Slash Chords: Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Hello once again! I recently had a discussion with a colleague about the importance of being a solid rhythm guitarist. Chord vocabulary, among other things, is big part of developing as a rhythm guitarist so I thought this would be a great opport...
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3:53 Playing Slash Chords: Basic Shapes Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style So the first step is to take our basic open chords (C, A, G, E, D) and move the 3rd to the bass. The expectation is that once you've seen how to move the 3rd to the bass you can then move the 5th to the bass on your own. Once we've moved the 3rd we...
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2:26 Playing Slash Chords: Other Shapes Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style So I thought I'd go ahead and give you guys another shape I use quite often when composing fusion tunes. You could say that these chords are Major 9no7 chords with the 9th in the bass. So basically a major triad with the 9th (2nd) in the bass. For ...
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2:24 Djent Grooves - Intro to Djent Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal I'm so excited about this tutorial. I've got three full Djent Styled rhythm tracks for you guys to jam to from my newest collection for "Jam Track Central! http://www.jamtrackcentral.com/artists/al-joseph It's simple. I'm going to play through thes...
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2:48 Djent Grooves - Tuning, Noise Gate, Gear Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal 1. Bare in mind the tuning: AEADGBE 2. Using a noise gate set to a comfortable threshhold and slow attack works best for a thighter sound (also a slow release) 3. Have fun!
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1:21 Djent Grooves - Song No. 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal I love this track! It's in a C# Mixolydian b13 modality, a great key to solo in for my tastes as well. Pay close attention to how these lines stop and go. Remember we're going for tightness here, meaning precise playing and phrasing. One helpful hint...
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1:07 Djent Grooves - Song No. 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal I call this one a "Djent Bar Blues"! Try soloing over this one as well. This one is a D blues and ends in D Mixolydian. There's a whole bunch of things you can use this track for practice-wise. 1. Bare in mind the tuning: AEADGBE 2. Using a noise ...
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2:19 Djent Grooves - Song No. 3 & Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal This one is my personal favorite. Very challenging from the get-go to keep tight. Definitely be thinking about synching with the kick drum on this one. This has A LOT of twists and turns to boot. It has a B Mixolydian and Minor tonality. This is the...
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1:33 Djent Grooves - Song No. 1 Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal I love this track! It's in a C# Mixolydian b13 modality, a great key to solo in for my tastes as well. Pay close attention to how these lines stop and go. Remember we're going for tightness here, meaning precise playing and phrasing. One helpful hint...
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1:08 Djent Grooves - Song No. 2 Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal I call this one a "Djent Bar Blues"! Try soloing over this one as well. This one is a D blues and ends in D Mixolydian. There's a whole bunch of things you can use this track for practice-wise. 1. Bare in mind the tuning: AEADGBE 2. Using a noise ...
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1:36 Djent Grooves - Song No. 3 Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal This one is my personal favorite. Very challenging from the get-go to keep tight. Definitely be thinking about synching with the kick drum on this one. This has A LOT of twists and turns to boot. It has a B Mixolydian and Minor tonality. This is the...
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3:54 Recording Modern Metal: Gear Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal Hello once again! Before I get into any details, I want to point out that this tutorial is a continuation of my last tutorial, Composing Modern Metal. This time we'll be discussing the concepts and simple techniques I use to get quality recordings ...
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3:50 Recording Modern Metal: Tone Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal The tone settings I use are in relation to an amp modeler but some of the same principals can be used in the live micing of an amp. For metal guitar tone, I've chosen a mesa dual rectifier style amp with a 4x12 Marshall style cab which is being mice...
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3:35 Recording Modern Metal: Tracking Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal For this session, I've set the tracks up in the following manner: Track 1 - Master Track 2 - Click Track 3 - Drums - stereo - Intstrument track - superior drummer - panned right +100% and left +100% Track 4 - Guitar 1 - stereo - audio track...
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4:58 Recording Modern Metal: Mixing and Mastering Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal When it comes to the mixing and mastering process, I really don't do too much but I do have several simple rules to follow. 1. Keep your levels low at first. We want to mix music with low levels because during the mastering process those levels will...
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1:27 Composing Modern Metal: Example Song Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Metal Hello once again! Please listen closely to the composition and production of this tune. We will be breaking this series into 3 separate tutorials: 1. Composing (Tutorial 1)2. Recording (Tutorial 2)3. Playing (Tutorial 3) Please note that in Tutori...
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2:01 Composing Modern Metal: Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Metal I'm sorry to say it, but we will not be learning any guitar in this video......yet (that comes in Tutorial 3 of this series!) BUT! We will be learning how I approach composing and recording my ideas for my metal band, "Ideology". With a few simple ...
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2:21 Composing Modern Metal: Composing Part 1 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Metal When it comes to composing metal, it can be a struggle but with a few techniques and concepts you can really hammer out a lot of tunes quickly. First off, consider the following riff styles: Groove Thrash Chordal These three styles of riffs can be...
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6:23 Composing Modern Metal: Composing Part 2 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Metal When it comes to composing metal, it can be a struggle but with a few techniques and concepts you can really hammer out a lot of tunes quickly. First off, consider the following riff styles: Groove Thrash Chordal These three styles of riffs can be...
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3:44 Free Improving Your Phrasing - Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock 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. I don't m...
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3:03 Free Improving Your Phrasing - Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock 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 draw the li...
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0:32 Free Improving Your Phrasing - Demo No.1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock 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 sound, write d...
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0:35 Free Improving Your Phrasing - Demo No.2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock 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 sound, write d...
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0:35 Free Improving Your Phrasing - Demo No.3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock 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 sound, write d...
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1:33 Free Improving Your Phrasing - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Here we have the backing track where you can practice the 3 solos and variate your phrasing. Have fun and good luck!
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3:11 Intro to Syncopation: Explanation Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Welcome again to another tutorial! This time around we'll be discussing one of the most important elements of music, rhythm. More specifically, syncopation. As a beginning to intermediate guitarist, one of the most difficult things to grasp onto is...
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0:33 Intro to Syncopation: Chordal Example Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style In this first exercise we'll be using an E7 shell voicing but really any chord will do. I've set my metronome to 80bpm and like I stated in the last video, I start on the down beat and move the 16th note over 1 beat every measure. This gives me accen...
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2:23 Intro to Syncopation: Using in Solos Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style The technique used in the previous videos can also be applied to soloing ideas. In this section, we'll take a simple 8 note scale shape (E mixolydian) and we'll play its using a descending 4 note sequence that is common in many styles. The same thin...
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1:10 Intro to Syncopation: Using in Solos - Example Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Like I said in the previous video, this might be a little more difficult so please play at a slower tempo if needed. A good starting point would be 60bpm if 80 is uncomfortable. Also pay close attention to the tab. The descending sequence is the sa...
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2:35 7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Hello again! In this tutorial you will be learning the four drop 2 voicings for strings 5-4-3-2 (a-d-g-b). For those of you unfamiliar with the term "drop 2", it describes the theoretical action that takes place in creating these voicings. Imagine...
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2:34 7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Major7 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Here we go. Major 7 Inversions: Root Inversion C-G-B-E or 1-5-7-3 1st Inversion E-B-C-G or 3-7-1-5 2nd Inversion G-C-E-B or 5-1-3-7 3rd Inversion B-E-G-C or 7-3-5-1
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1:48 7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Dominant7 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Dominant 7 Voicings: Root Inversion C-G-Bb-E or 1-5-b7-3 1st Inversion E-Bb-C-G or 3-b7-1-5 2nd Inversion G-C-E-Bb or 5-1-3-7b 3rd Inversion Bb-E-G-C or 7b-3-5-1
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2:07 7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Minor7 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Minor 7 Voicings: Root Inversion C-G-Bb-Eb or 1-5-b7-b3 1st Inversion Eb-Bb-C-G or b3-b7-1-5 2nd Inversion G-C-Eb-Bb or 5-1-b3-b7 3rd Inversion Bb-Eb-G-C or b7-b3-5-1
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1:05 Creating Instrumental Music: Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Creating any kind of music is a wonderful experience. That feeling of expressing yourself through music is just too addictive to comprehend. Although this is true, so many of us get caught up in the "dos and don'ts" of even the simplest aspects of th...
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2:10 Creating Instrumental Music: 3 Steps To A Full Work Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style I can't tell you how many of my students have told me they've either started an idea and can't finish it, or they want to start but just can't get an idea going. The thing is there are always ideas floating around. In my case I always have ideas goin...
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4:04 Creating Instrumental Music: Road Map Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Notice: 1. I finished the whole song or "outline" first. Having a guitar handy definitely didn't hurt any. 2. Take note the fact that I wrote a chord melody so by default I have both the chords and melody telling me what to do next. 3. Listen to y...
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4:10 Creating Instrumental Music: Instrumentation/Arrangement Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style 1. We have our "instrumentation", the choice of color for the piece of music 2. Notice how the bass guitar, the drums, and guitar are not in each other's way. 3.Notice how the drummer keeps the high-hat closed for quite parts and open to introduce ...
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6:28 Creating Instrumental Music: Wrap Up with Lead Guitar Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style I hope this helped you guys. Remember to push though this stage and do not stop until you are FINISHED with your composition. Also, keep in mind not to go too overboard where you never finish a song either. The idea is to get you writing and writing ...
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3:34 Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Country Now, it's time to apply these licks and ideas to the backing track. Have fun!
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4:01 Licking Up the Modes: Lydian - Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Now it's time to practice the licks to a backing track. Have fun!
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2:58 Technical Basics Series Pt.2 - Sweep Picking: Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Alright guys here's a list of things to keep in mind as we move forward... 1. Major - Minor - Diminished Triads 2. Diatonic Sequence - M-m-m-M-M-m-dim-(M) 3. Subdivisions - 8th-Triplet 8ths-16th-Triplet 16ths 4. Remember to keep both hands relaxe...
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3:21 Technical Basics Series Pt.2 - Sweep Picking: Warm Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Using Subdivisions to warm up is key. Using a metronome in increments usually pushes you unnecessarily to play faster. This can be bad if there are any unnoticable glitches in your technique. VERY BAD. Because playing any instrument is about muscle m...
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2:47 Technical Basics Series Pt.2 - Sweep Picking: Sequences Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay, here's the big sequence where we go to work. While you practice, remember to: 1. Relax both hands 2. Count 3. Accent the downbeats To practice this with the drum loop, head on over to the last page of the tutorial!
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1:51 Technical Basics Series Pt.2 - Sweep Picking: Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hope that helped. Always play along to the video when you get the chance to. If you feel like this is to slow for you, simply increase your metronome and apply the same subdivisions! IMPORTANT NOTE: My debut album "Out In The Open" has ...
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6:13 Technical Basics Series Pt.2 - Sweep Picking: Drum Loop Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Have fun with the drum loop guys. Keep that sweep picking technique clean!
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1:49 Technical Basics Series Pt.1 - Pentatonic Workout Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey Guys! Thanks again for stopping by. This series on "Technical Basics" is about just that. When playing and creating technical lines it's important to understand the origins on which the various modern lines today are played. Today I've taken a ...
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2:43 Technical Basics Series Pt.1 - Let's Work Out Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Let's Work Out! Practicing is all about stripping away, not necessarily adding and adding. For instance, speed picking is a simple concept: pick, pick, pick, and pick some more until it hurts, or practice to a metronome, or take finger steroids or w...
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2:31 Technical Basics Series Pt.1 - Demonstration No.1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Quick Notes: 1. Relax - If you're feeling any strain you are doing it wrong. (this is not a weight lifting contest, this is about skill) 2. Accent downbeats on groupings - 8th notes 8th note triplets 16th notes 16th note trip...
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2:28 Technical Basics Series Pt.1 - Demonstration No.2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Quick Notes: 1. Relax - If you're feeling any strain you are doing it wrong. (this is not a weight lifting contest, this is about skill) 2. Accent downbeats on groupings - 8th notes 8th note triplets 16th notes 16th note trip...
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1:55 Technical Basics Series Pt.1 - Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock I hope this tutorial was helpful for you! Let's make some preliminary observations before you go at it again.... Are there any "Silent Killers" in your technique? Do you: 1. Tense up in your neck, back, face, hands, or shoulders? - Chances are yo...
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3:17 Technical Basics Series Pt.1 - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track and practice hard!
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3:06 Mastering Bar Chords - Forming the Chord Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style So now that we're familiar with locating any 5 chord, let's get to the barring. Let's use Am for this example. Using the previous steps, our approach will be to locate an A note (fifth fret on low E string) and add our ring and pinky fingers to form...
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1:38 Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal Hello again! We'll be taking a different route this time around by talking about chord voicings that can be used when in a dropped tuning. This is a lesson for those metal players who would like to hear more harmonic depth within their riffs OR for...
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1:49 Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Major Triad & add9 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal The first couple chords will be a major chord and a major add9 chord. Listen very closley to the explanation in the video and make sure to avoid the high E string while playing the major triad. However in most situations an add9 will fit fine. I te...
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2:12 Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Major 7 & Extensions Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal Moving on to adding the major 7 and its extensions. For the major 7 chord it's as simple as sliding your 3rd finger back one fret from what was played for the major triad. Adding the 9 is the same as in the previous video and adding the 13 is as si...
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3:00 Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Minor Chords Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal On to our minor chords! This includes a minor triad, minor add9 (2 voicings), minor7, minor9, minor11, and minor13 (2 voicings). The minor triad is a major triad with the pinky moved down one fret to give us a minor 3rd. The first voicing fo...
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2:36 Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Dominant7 & MinMaj7 Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal These last couple voicings are really just for fun, but I have used them in some of my tunes and I've also heard some band use these or similar voicings. I may have said "Major Minor 7" in the video but the chord is in fact a Minor Major 7. That jus...
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0:58 Chromatic Licks - Introduction Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion Hey everyone! In this tutorial, I'm going to demonstrate 3 licks for you using chromaticism. Bare in mind your visualization so that you may apply these licks to your playing more easily. Once you've watched the intro video, let's head on over to t...
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0:35 Chromatic Licks - Lick #1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion This lick is based on the pentatonic scale. This lick is designed to show you how you can use the notes outside the key to fill in the gaps of the box shape! Pretty cool!
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0:36 Chromatic Licks - Lick #2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion In this example I'm ultilizing the "extended pentatonic" shape, filling in the gaps like in the previous example. Only this time, we're going to shift this chromatic passage from right to left as we make our way down the scale. This lick in particu...
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0:35 Chromatic Licks - Lick #3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion And finally, Lick 3! You can think of visualizing this lick in 3-string groupings. Starting on the root in group 1. Playing the same sequence in group 2. Then, resolving to the root at the end of the sequence in group 3. It's a very simple and cool ...
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2:12 Chromatic Licks - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion Note: Try playing the licks in different time signatures and on different beats as well. For example, instead of playing starting from beat 1, see how it sounds starting from beat 2, or perhaps the "and of 3" or "e of 1, etc. This is in so many wa...
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2:23 Visualizing Modes Pt. II - Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Breakdown I'm going to use a segment from one of my original tunes called "Desperate Times". Here are the chords / modes / intervals: Dm9 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 D7b9 / Mixolydian b9(b13) / 1-b9-3-11-5-b13-b7 Gm7 / Dorian / 1-9-b3...
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1:29 Visualizing Modes Pt. II - Root Connection Study Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style The key here is to be able to isolate the sound of the modes in your mind and then connect them throughout a harmonic progression on the fly. Hint: Try isolating each chord via reording software or "iRehearse" so you can teach your brain how these d...
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0:57 Visualizing Modes Pt. II - "Desperate Times" Solo Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Like I said before I could not provide tablature for this. However, learning this solo is not the point. Understanding how I'm stringing my lines together to display the color of the harmony is the thing to learn here. Enjoy!
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2:47 Visualizing Modes Pt. II - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Here are the chords / modes / intervals: Dm9 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 D7b9 / Mixolydian b9(b13) / 1-b9-3-11-5-b13-b7 Gm7 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 Ebmaj7 / Lydian / 1-2-3-#11-5-13-7 Gmaj7 / Lydian / 1-2-3-#11-5-13-7
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1:27 In The Style Of Metallica - Performance & Tone Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal Hey everyone! I'm amidst heavy rehearsals for a Metallica tribute gig, so I figured I'd share some insight as to how one would go about achieving Metallica's tone through one's rig, and through one's fingers. I'll focus on rhythm playing for this fir...
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0:30 In The Style Of Metallica - Intro Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal I tried to cover the spectrum as much as possible with regards to rhythmic playing style from one record to the next. This first riff is rather ala "Death Magnetic". The main thing to keep in mind when playing this riff, is the picking directions. Th...
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0:52 In The Style Of Metallica - Verse Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal So as a sort of throw-back to "Master Of Puppets", I decided to throw in a call-and-answer-type riff, with the first half being mostly down-picked low E notes, and the second half being a power chord passage of some sort. There isn't much to be said ...
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0:48 In The Style Of Metallica - Chorus Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal To finish up, I tried to replicate the sort of melodic-meets-chaotic chorus approach Metallica is famous for. Power chords which emphasize tonal shifts with just enough in between to keep the riff interesting. Have fun with the backing tracks (avail...
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1:03 In The Style Of Metallica - Backing Track (200BPM) Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Download backing track at full speed (200BPM).
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1:24 In The Style Of Metallica - Backing Track (150BPM) Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Download the backing track at slow speed (150BPM).
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0:55 Melodic Chorus - Lead and Rhythm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Hello everyone! In this lesson I'm going to show you a chorus from one of my songs. We'll be exploring the lead as well as the rhythm. This lesson is not just to show you this chorus and that's it, I want you to apply what you learn and write your o...
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2:34 Melodic Chorus - Rhythm Backing (102bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock With this backing track, let's focus on learning the rhythm section. I left the lead parts in for your reference. Keep those notes clean!
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6:33 Legato - Introduction Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to this tutorial on legato! Stay relaxed for this one, folks. 1. Make sure fingers stay as close to the fretboard as possible 2. Steady wins the race - If you play or practice at "your" natural pace with complete accuracy, you will aq...
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0:34 Legato - Marco Sfogli Style Lick Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock NOTE: You may notice I'm using a lot of pick strokes. But it doesn't mean it's note legato. Through studying guitar players like Marco Sfogli and Paul Guilbert, I've found that the mixture of using pick strokes can do wonders for making your lines so...
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0:35 Legato - John Petrucci Style Lick Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's a smooth lick inspired by Dream Theater's guitarist, John Petrucci. Guys, watch out for the tricky string skipping here... :-) Practice this one slowly until you have it down solid. Once you have this one down, go to the next page to practice...
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0:35 Legato - Tom Quayle Style Lick Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock This 3rd lick is based on our own Tom Quayle's "Mordern Legato" technique. Notice how he uses a combination of linear and horizontal movement through the scales? Pretty cool stuff! Once you have these licks under your belt, be sure to head on over t...
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1:50 Legato - Rock Groove Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track guys!
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4:27 Visualizing Modes - Introduction Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Visualizing Modes For The Guitar Overview Welcome to this month’s tutorial! I want to talk a bit about a method of fretboard visualization that I’ve developed to get me away from using “box patterns” and other fretboar...
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6:03 Visualizing Modes - The Intervallic Approach Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Visualizing Modes Intervallic Approach [PDF Below] -Arpeggio - 3 Positions So first we map out the three arpeggio positions in “root position” Position 1 – First Finger Position 2 – Second Finger Positio...
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6:02 Visualizing Modes - The Root Connection Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Root Connection Study So here’s the graph! Go through it carefully from the ‘lowest’ point of the neck (3rd position) and work your way up, then down the neck. Remember, this is no way to improvise. This is just to show you how ...
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5:23 Visualizing Modes - Visualizing Licks Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style In this video I discuss how to actually visualize the licks on the fretboard.
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4:48 Visualizing Modes - Learning The Other Modes Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style Learning The Other Modes How The Intervallic Approach is applied to other scales USE YOUR EARS The thing about modes is that you can’t assume you know a mode just because you know how to build one. Quick example: You can’t becom...
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3:46 Free Licks in the Style of Guthrie Govan: Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Have fun with the backing track guys. Practice hard!
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2:10 Rhythm Techniques - Percussive Muting Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal This is a cool percussive riff that closes the song “Fallen Disciples” by Threat Signal. Unlike most riffs, this one focuses on the muting instead of putting the focus the notes. You’ll notice that the actual notes played in this ri...
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0:34 Rhythm Techniques - Percussive Muting - Backing Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Have fun with the backing track, practice hard!
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2:36 Rhythm Techniques - Polymeters Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal This lesson is going to focus on the middle breakdown riff of the song “Comatose” by Threat Signal. This riff is also supposed to be played in a percussive manner, just like the “Fallen Disciples” riff. The percussiveness come...
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0:33 Rhythm Techniques - Polymeters - Backing Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Here is the backing track, have fun!
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2:56 Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Hi guys! So this month we'll once again stray from Licking Up the Modes. Although, what we're covering in this tutorial directly relates to the modes and is very helpful. If you're unfimiliar with the term "diatonic", this basically meens the notes ...
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3:22 Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: Tonic Chord Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style There is are a couple basic rules to follow when thinking about which extensions can be used. (but rules are meant to be broken :) .....sometimes) #1 extension notes cannot be a half step above a chord tone. #2 extension notes should not create a t...
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2:45 Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: ii Chord Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Now onto our "two" chord (ii). The chord tones discussed here will directly relate to the matching mode, dorian. In this case A dorian because the ii chord of Gmaj is Amin7. A - B - C - D - E - F# - G (A - B - C - &nb...
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2:42 Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: iii & IV Chord Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style The iii chord has only one extension and the matching mode is phrygian, in this case B phrygian. As you can see a knowledge of the modes can come in handy for this tutorial. Hopefully the explanation in the previous video will help you to understan...
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3:32 Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: V, vi & vii Chord Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Now onto our final three chords! Starting with the V chord. The V chord also has no avoid notes, although, some people might avoid the 11 because it creates a tritone between the 11 and 7 but plenty of people include the 11. The V chords matching ...
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1:41 Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: Exercise Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style This exercise is just running through each shape in the order seen on the tab below. Have fun!
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2:35 Licking Up the Modes: Phrygian - Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Licking Up the Modes is back!!! This month we discuss Phrygian! Phrygian is slightly different than the rest of the modes in the fact that we have no available extensions (otherwise known as "void" tones). This means we are basically stuck with ou...
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4:37 Licking Up the Modes: Phrygian - Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion This backing track is a C Phrygian vamp. Chords are Cm7 - Dbmaj7#11 in a loop.
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1:15 Frank Gambale Sweep Idea: Arpeggio Shapes Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Again the arpeggios we'll be using are: Cmaj 7 - Dm7 - Em7 - Fmaj7 - G7 - Am7 - Bm7b5. Not only is this sweep idea cool and useful but these arpeggio shapes are extremely useful! They sit under the fingers very well. I play at least one of them eve...
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4:38 Frank Gambale Sweep Idea: Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Like I said earlier, this backing track is the same one for "Licking Up the Modes: Ionian". It works perfect for our Frank Gambale lick, seeing that all the arpeggios are diatonic to the key of C Major. Have fun!
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1:35 Licking Up the Modes: Dorian - Introduction Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style DORIAN!!! Dorian is our second mode. If we were to stay in the key of C major we would have chosen to do D dorian, but I decided it would be more beneficial to use parallel modes. This means that we'll be using the same starting note while changing ...
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4:00 Lick Up the Modes: Dorian - Discussion Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style OK! So I've included a lot of usful info in this one. It just so happens that dorian really doesn't have any void notes. This makes it really easy to imrpovise in a dorian situation, if you know the scale in all positions you really can't go wrong. B...
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4:15 Licking Up the Modes: Dorian - Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion This backing track is a basic C dorian vamp. Practice each lick over this track and work on cennecting your ideas. A good way to do this is to have multiple ways of ending licks. Sometimes a few simple bluesy endings work well.
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1:42 Drilling Drop D - Intro Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Rock With this tutorial, I hope to unlock any misconceptions you might have about "drop D tuning". Essentially, drop D tuning is a way to get extended low range. Lets begin by tuning our guitar to drop D. The simplest way to tune to drop D is to strike ...
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1:25 Drilling Drop D - Chords Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Rock Chords So, as mentioned in the introduction, 5 (power) chords become drastically simpler when tuned to drop D. If you think about it, a power chord in standard tuning contains two notes; any note on the low E string plus its fifth, which is usually ...
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1:49 Drilling Drop D - Scales Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Scales When playing through those familiar old scales, keep a couple things in mind: Everything you would've played on the low E string shifts up two frets. Also, if you visualize the scale from a different perspective, any notes that fall on the re...
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1:44 Drilling Drop D - Riffin'! Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock I'll leave you with some riffs which I've devised to help instill some of these concepts into your repetoire. Keep an eye out for D string symmetry, it may just help you along! Until next time, have fun and keep rockin'!
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0:31 Intro to Alternate Picking - Exercise 3 Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lick 3 is another classical sounding one. This is a lick that is used frequently among metal/shred guitar players. When played fast and cleanly it can sound really cool, and can be used to build tension at points in a solo. There i...
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1:40 Licking Up the Modes: Ionian - Introduction Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Hi guys! This tutorial is the first of seven tutorials that will be covered throughout the year. We'll be going through each mode one at a time starting with our first mode, Ionian. Each mode we cover will be relative to the key of C Major. ...
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3:37 Licking Up the Modes: Ionian - Discussion Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style IONIAN!!! So as I said earlier all of these licks will be in C Ionian (major). Within a C Maj7 chord we have various target notes, tensions we can add, and one "void" note. Below you will find the example chords that are played in the video ...
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4:38 Licking Up the Modes: Ionian - Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Here is the backing track. Enjoy and practice hard!
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1:43 "In the Style of Andy Mckee" - Acoustic Ballad Part II Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic Hey guys! This is another song in an "Alan Parson" mood, with an Andy McKee flavor. Here's the tuning for this song: D G D G B D Change Low E string to DChange A string to G Leave D stringLeave G string Leave B string Change High E string to D Th...
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2:35 "In the Style of Andy Mckee" - Acoustic Ballad Part II - 1 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic In the tablature below, I'm going to highlight the sections that I'll be discussing in the video. For the harmonics in the intro, you can pick them with the second or third finger, allowing your first finger to stay available. For the rhythm part, ...
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2:43 "In the Style of Andy Mckee" - Acoustic Ballad Part II - 2 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic Watch out for the quick lick here. It's something i like to use, playing open notes and hammer notes. Always keep the rhythm in mind (thumb percussion). First, work on the lick itself, then add the thumb rhythm. For the last chord, the finger order ...
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0:52 Fusion Rock Solo over 7/8 - Backing Track (92bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion Here is the backing track slowed to 92bpm. Have fun!
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2:28 Solving Mode Mysteries - Intro & Minor Modes Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Let's examine modes in a "meat and potatoes" kind of way; a way that enables you to use the box shapes you already know to produce different musical textures that perhaps were unattainable with a one-track "major or minor" mind-set. Let's stay away f...
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1:55 Solving Mode Mysteries - Major Modes Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style ALL the rules applied to the three minor modes work in the exact same way for the following major modes. We'll begin by playing through three major scales over one major chord, and then we'll have a look at confining the scales to one position (revol...
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0:43 Free Melodic Solo - Backing Track (90bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Here is the backing track slowed down to 90bpm. Rhythm guitars are not included in this track.
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1:02 Ballad in the style of Andy McKee - Demo Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic Hey everyone! This is a song tutorial that will show you how to play a ballad with thumb percussion, in the style of Andy McKee. Here's the tuning for this short song: D Bb C F G C Change Low E string to DChange A string to Bb Change D string to CCha...
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2:03 Ballad in the style of Andy McKee - Part 1 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic The first half of the song is not too terribly tricky. I'm going to touch on a few different sections, and you'll find those sections highlighted in the tab below. While you learn this song, don't be afraid to implement your own interpretations, add...
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2:57 Ballad in the style of Andy McKee - Part 2 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic The second half of the song has couple of tough spots to work on. Again you'll find the parts I touch on highlighted in the tab. The main dfficulty in the second half is the fast little run you get at the end. Try working on the run all by itself b...
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5:06 Intro to Sweep Picking - Intro & Explanation Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Intro This tutorial is on the basics of sweep picking. We’ll be going over my view of sweeping, my technique, and a few 3 and 5 string arpeggio shapes to get you started. Check out artists like Frank Gambale, Nevermore/Jeff Lo...
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1:30 Intro to Sweep Picking - 3 String Sweeps Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style 3 string sweeps We’re going to start out with 3 string sweep shapes. I’m providing you with the essential shapes you will need to get started, and from here you should be able to experiment and find out some favorite arpeggios of...
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2:05 Intro to Sweep Picking - 5 String Sweeps Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style 5 string sweeps Now, we’ll move on to 5 string sweeps. Here I give you the most common 5 string sweep shapes to get you started. All of the shapes are extended versions of the 3 string sweeps in the last part of the lesson. Th...
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2:56 Melodic Lead over Djent - Backing Track (90bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Here is the backing track slowed down to 90bpm.
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1:05 Kill The Noise! - Intro/Legato Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey guys, for this tutorial I wanted to touch on something that I've received quite a few requests for - killing the noises that you don't wanna hear! In other words, let's focus on specific techniques used in the muting process alongside a variety o...
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1:52 Kill The Noise! - Tapping Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style "Killing The Noise" When Tapping Ex. 1: Here we see a very basic tap lick - an A minor triad spread out over three frets on one string. Remember, we aren't worried about note choices and interesting licks/shapes at the moment - let's solidify our m...
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0:39 Kill The Noise! - String-Skipping Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style "Killing The Noise" When String-Skipping Ex. 1: Let's try a six note sequence which includes string skipping. Missing the B string each time will definitely throw a wrench into things! This is where accuracy and fret-hand strength are imparitive. T...
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0:58 Kill The Noise! - Picking Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style "Killing The Noise" When Alternate Picking Ex. 1: A fairly standard F# locrian (Em) pattern which ascends through three octaves. Let's break it down. There are a few observations to be made about the noise reduction when alternate picking...
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0:30 Chromatic Fusion Licks - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Hey guys, This tutorial includes a couple of short and shreddy fusion licks that make use of chromatic passing tones. The technique used varies for both licks, depending on the speed played. My advice is to use whatever technique feels natural, as o...
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0:35 Chromatic Fusion Licks - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This lick is quite a bit different from the first, and quite open to interpretation. First of all, I should mention that if you play this in straight 16th (as shown in the tablature) it will not come out right. I was unable to transcribe what I'm hon...
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1:14 Rock Ballad Solo Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Welcome everyone! For this lesson I'm going to show you a solo from a song I recently wrote. There's a lot of emotion and depth to this particular song, so when it came time for the solo I wanted to write something simple yet powerful. One of the k...
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2:10 Rock Ballad Solo - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Time for the backing track! The tempo is 124bpm. I extended the progression quite a bit, so practice improvising your own solos in addition to the one I wrote. Have fun!
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0:49 Percussive Fingerstyle - Part 2 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Acoustic Now, for Exercises 4 and 5 we'll be incorporating further ideas. First, the beat will change a bit in Exercise 4 while keeping the F chord on the upbeats. This gives more groove and it's a key element to expanding on interesting grooves later on. I...
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1:47 Open String Legato Etude Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome! In this lesson we're going to look at a cool open-string technique/pattern that I like to use. The main thing to recognize is that it's a consistent pattern simply played in different places on the fretboard. Let's take a look... In bar 1,...
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1:24 Open String Legato Etude - Backing Track (140bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's the backing track at normal speed, 140 beats-per-minute (bpm). If you need it slower, head on over to the next page to practice with the 60bpm backing track.
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3:16 Open String Legato Etude - Backing Track (60bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's the backing slowed down to 60bpm. Practice hard and have fun!
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0:36 7-String Metal Riffs - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal You're waiting patiently for a parking spot. You see someone backing out. You then turn on your car's blinker to claim the spot. But just as you're about to pull in, an old lady driving a corvette speeds her way into your spot! You then get mad! How ...
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0:35 7-String Metal Riffs - Part 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Most of the notes in this riff are played without palm muting, however at the end of bars 1 and 3 make sure to mind those palm-muted Low B notes. Make them solid and chunky so you hear a clear differentiation between the normal notes and palm-muted n...
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0:35 7-String Metal Riffs - Part 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal This section illustrates a cool contrast between a riff being played with tight palm-muted chunk and then the same riff being played with a more open feel. Bars 5 through 8 being the former. Bars 9 through 12 being the latter. Keep the palm mutes ti...
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0:37 7-String Metal Riffs - Backing Track (180bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Here is the backing track at full speed, 180bpm. If this is too fast for you right now, go to the next page to access the backing track at 110bpm. Have fun!
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1:01 7-String Metal Riffs - Backing Track (Slow - 110bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Here is the backing track slowed down to 110bpm. Practice hard!
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1:40 Percussive Rhythm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Rock Welcome! In this lesson we're going to work on an exercise that utilizes a significant amount of percussive rhythm with our fret-hand. What is percussive rhythm on guitar? It basically involves the use of mutes, slaps and dead notes that create rhyth...
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0:58 Percussive Rhythm - Backing Track (150bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Rock Here's the backing track at full speed (150bpm). If you need to practice at a slower speed, head on over to the next page to get the backing track at 60bpm.
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2:16 Percussive Rhythm - Backing Track (60bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Rock Here's the backing track slowed down to 60bpm. Have fun and practice hard!
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2:56 The Lens of Clarity - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Hey everyone! In this tutorial we'll be learning a portion of one of my songs called "The Lens of Clarity". It's a heavy yet very melodic piece with a bunch of atmosphere/synth stuff. I hope you enjoy it! This song was originally composed with a mu...
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0:50 The Lens of Clarity - Part 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Alright, let's get going! In this first riff we're going to be playing around with the concept of polymeter. Polymeter represents multiple time signatures going on at the same time. In this first section, the drums are outlining a 4/4 groove, while ...
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0:42 The Lens of Clarity - Part 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Here we have another instance where the palm mutes need to be clearly defined. Makes sure your technique is clean! At the end of bars 26 and 28 it gets a little tougher as you connect the riff sections. Take those parts slowly and make sure when the...
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2:57 The Lens of Clarity - Backing Track (142bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Here's the backing track at full speed, 142bpm (beats per minute). If this is too fast for you right now, check out the backing track on the next page where you can practice it at 100bpm.
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4:12 The Lens of Clarity - Backing Track (Slow - 100bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Here we have the backing track slowed down to 100bpm. Have fun!
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1:24 In the Style of AC/DC: Thunder from Down Under Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Meeeerrry Christmas from IG-Santa once again! Last year we had some knuckle busters in your IG stockings, this year I'll treat you to a bit of Christmas Thunder from Down Under! But, all kidding aside, this is a song tutorial in the style of AC...
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1:23 In the Style of AC/DC: Thunder from Down Under - Rhythm Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Ok, so first out is the rhythm guitars! In AC/DC we have one of rock history's hardest working and most stable rhythm sections, I'm talking of course of Malcolm Young - Guitar, Phil Rudd - Drums and Cliff Williams - Bass. Now this IS a guitar ...
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2:08 In the Style of AC/DC: Thunder from Down Under - Lead Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Time for some classic Angus lead guitar! Now, if this was an all out AC/DC tune, we would of course have some killer vocals by the late great Bon Scott on top, but in this case, I've just provided you with the bare guitar essentials. The tune s...
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1:36 In the Style of AC/DC: Thunder from Down Under - Backing Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Finally, here's the backing track! Now, as I mentioned in the rhythm guitar break down, I've mixed this tune in true old-school AC/DC style, with the rhythm guitars almost hard panned left and right, and the lead in the middle. So, if you have...
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2:35 Free A Metal Christmas - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday Around this time of year, we begin hearing tons and tons of the traditional songs which serve as landmarks for the season. If you're like myself, things tend to get old after about the 487th time hearing the same tune. In any event, that's what we're...
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1:12 Free A Metal Christmas - Part 1 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday We start with "Carol Of The Bells". Heavily based on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra metal arrangement of the song, here we feel the uplifting effects of some good ol' fashion classical composition. And again, the melodies should "ring a bell" once...
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0:55 Free A Metal Christmas - Part 2 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday Up next, the only "fully original" section of the medley; an arpeggio sequence used as a compositional segway. Ay 180BPM, 8th notes should be well within our grasp. Some will find "slower" arpeggios more difficult than "fast" ones. And the reason be...
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1:20 Free A Metal Christmas - Part 3 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday ...The basic melody-line from Walter Rollins' "Frosty The Snowman"! Be sure to, yet again, focus on phrasing nuances and vibrato; it's important when faced with situations where the melody is slower-paced and heavily carried on the higher register o...
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2:22 Free A Metal Christmas - Part 4 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This is the segment where we totally sell-out and play one of the all-time most famous Christmas songs. Forced into a new meter, 4/4, this is yet another section which heavily revolves around executing a simple melody...
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2:25 Free A Metal Christmas - Backing Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday Check out the full backing track and be sure to post your renditions of the tune on the IG forums!
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0:45 Pentatonic Tapping - Exercise 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Hi guys! In this lesson we'll take a peek at two tapping sequences in the Emin pentatonic scale, incorporating open strings into the lines. This first example starts out just moving up the high E-string covering all five positions, before turning a...
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0:42 Pentatonic Tapping - Exercise 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In this example, we take a pretty common kind of pentatonic tapping sequence that you can find in solos of everyone from Nuno to Howe. I use this type of moving pentatonic shapes in my own soloing quite a lot. Here however, we incorporate open strin...
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2:03 Djent Series Part 2 - Rhythmic Displacement Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Alright, so let's get down to business with part II of last month's instalment; "Djent Series"! An important element of djent metal is how the guitars and drums converse to create multiple meters, hence, "polymeter". There are tons of ways to implem...
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1:43 Djent Series Part 2 - Creating Layers Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal So, let's get back to some of the fundamentals of djent. "Layering" is a very key aspect in this new wave of metal. With the heavy syncopation happening between bass, guitar and drums, layers offer the melodic sensibilities which grant environment a...
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0:53 Djent Series - Part 2 - Creating Layers Backing Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Check out the backing track for "Creating Layers" The tempos are 80BPM - and then up to 120BPM. The rhythm track is included so you can experiment with those layers!
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0:39 Howe Fusion Licks - Lick 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Hey guys, This tutorial is a 3-lick lesson, based on one of my main influences: Greg Howe. All of the licks work over an A minor type groove, but also use passing tones, and some outside playing. I've also noted that the licks should (or can) be pl...
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0:51 Howe Fusion Licks - Lick 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion For the second example, I start with a Gmaj7 arpeggio, and move to Am with chromatic passing tones. Towards the end, I add in the raised 7th to give a different feel. With the exception of a slide in the first arpeggio, I use straight alternate pick...
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0:55 Howe Fusion Licks - Lick 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion For the final example, I incorporate a typical slide lick that Greg often does. Simply put, you play your 'targeted note', pull off to a step below, and quickly slide back up to the original note. This is also used frequently by Ritchie Kotzen, or an...
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6:02 Finger Independence - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style In part 2, we take the same position and idea, but up the ante considerably. Now we are dealing with 2 fingers, moving in pairs, while the others remain anchored on the G-string. Now it is important to note that even though you do not HAVE to move ...
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0:49 Djent Series Part 1 - Guitar Tone Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Metal For the demonstrations, I'll be using a Fractal Audio Systems "Axe-Fx Ultra". The Axe-Fx is one of the most common units in modern metal, not only for effects, but for literally building an entire guitar sound from scratch. Line 6 products come very ...
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0:30 Djent Series Part 1 - Backing Track - Pulse of 5 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Check out this drum backing track and play along to the exercises under "Even-Odd", exercise: "Pulse of 5". The drum track plays first at 150BPM, and then at 200BPM.
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0:32 Djent Series Part 1 - Backing Track - Pulse of 7 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Check out this drum backing track and play along to the exercises under "Even-Odd", exercise: "Pulse of 7". The drum track plays first at 150BPM, and then at 200BPM.
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1:10 Slap Guitar Basics - Example Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Okay let's now try out the slap technique with a longer example. Start slow, then gradually increase speed while making sure the notes stay clean. *Notes on low E are to be slapped, notes on D are to be plucked.
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1:43 From Scales to Chords - Part 1 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Hi guys, For this lesson, I'd like to back-track and offer a different way of visualizing how we learn chords. So often, I see players who cannot identify chords within a diatonic progression, yet know scales and modes like no tomorrow. The main go...
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0:41 From Scales to Chords - Part 2 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Assuming we're still in A minor, let's try a different set of strings. This time, rooted on the A string, let's try out each set of chords, layering first with simple 5ths, an added octave, thirds, and so on. Just because the first note of the chor...
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0:40 From Scales to Chords - Part 4 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Let's try starting from open-position, and this time, let's try something a little more "out-side" with regards to harmony; Sus4 chords. The root note is in tact, as is the chords 5th (highlighted on the high E string) and we're raising the third up...
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0:52 John Petrucci Speed Licks: Part II - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In light of the new Dream Theater album, I thought I would teach another lick in the style of John Petrucci. This time, the idea is quite simple. The toughest challenge will be playing the lick accurate, and up to speed. If you are a shredder 'in tr...
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0:41 John Petrucci Speed Licks: Part II - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This example is a bit less challenging. If you are struggling with the first lick, I would recommend that you place your focus here. Once again, this lick is very simple, and relies mostly on chops. If you are new 4 note per string patterns, this sh...
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3:50 Free Lateral Pentatonic Tapping - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Welcome to this tutorial on Lateral Pentatonic Tapping: Connecting The Boxes. These examples will help you to start thinking in several boxes at the same time when playing two-handed pentatonic stuff. And that does not only apply when playing boxes ...
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3:21 Free Lateral Pentatonic Tapping - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock In this part we will up the level a bit. Previously we were just doing a uniform descending pattern, which in itself is quite tricky. But now we will start to use a segment that is more broken up and does not follow the scale strictly up and down. F...
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2:44 Free Lateral Pentatonic Tapping - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Finally, in part three, we go through the last remaining boxes on our left hand. Once you’ve have these down, then your real work begins. Now you need to try this in more keys, with different segments, and parts of the scale (or whole patterns...
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0:35 7-String Essentials - Etude Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal For this tutorial I wanted to focus on some 7-string goodness! For those of you who may be just getting used to the extra low B string, or for those who've never really examined it for what it is, theoretically, hopefully you can take something from ...
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1:15 7-String Essentials - Scales Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Let's learn our B string by examining how it corelates with the rest of the strings by playing through the 7 modes (in G major). A few notes... By ignoring the low B string, you'll quickly see how "normal" everything else looks. Whicheve...
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4:11 7-String Essentials - Arpeggios Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Because our low B string is tuned a perfect 5th below the adjacent E string, (much like our E to A, A to D and D to G strings are) arpeggios and scales will seem to fall together relatively quickly due to the familiar symmetry. Bars 1 through ...
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2:23 7-String Essentials - Chords Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style So let's start out this lesson by analyzing how chord shapes work with a low B string. You'll notice that the basic bar-chord shapes remain the same, but we must avoid the G string (and all strings lower) due to the guitar's natural tuning "flaw" ca...
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0:35 7-String Essentials - Etude Backing Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Download the backing track and have fun! \m/
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0:55 Jazz Blues Etude - Rhythm Part Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Jazz Hey IG, Welcome to the final chapter of my little Blues series. Be ready to dig into some Charlie Parker style jazz blues playing. Once again form, rhythm, melody and harmony are quite a bit more sophisticated than the previous examples. Be sure to...
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2:36 Jazz Blues Etude - Solo Example Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz On to the soloing! This solo consists of several phrases. Some blues-y, some jazz-y. Note how the more jazz-influenced lines are mainly played around the II-Vs and the turnaround bars at the end of the form, while especially the first bit is more bas...
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1:49 Jazz Blues Etude - Backing Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz Here's the F Blues Backing. Have fun!
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3:15 Hybrid-Sweep Technique - Concept Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Greetings! In this lesson, we will combine both hybrid and sweep picking to play an arpeggio sequence that for the most part follows the degrees of a C Major scale! This combination of hybrid and sweep picking can easily be applied to a number of sha...
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1:20 Hybrid-Sweep Technique - C Major Sequence Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion If you haven't read up on scale and chord theory, check out Tom's Visualizing the Fretboard tutorial, and Jody's lesson on Nashville Numbers. This sequence will work over the basic corresponding chords of C Major, but would be better fit if you add t...
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3:02 Note Targeting in Pentatonics - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Fusion Welcome guitar slingers! The goal of the "Note Targeting in Pentatonics" tutorial is for you to be able to improvise freely across any key changes, anywhere on the neck, and learn how to conceptually visualize scales and keys, and using scale superi...
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4:30 Note Targeting in Pentatonics - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Fusion Now, just as we did in the Pentatonic Finder tutorial, we need to set a "range" of the fret board to work with. As in that tutorial I've chosen to have you start with the first position (Box 1) of the blues scale, as "home base". This time however, ...
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4:27 Note Targeting in Pentatonics - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Fusion The second interval we will target is the b3 in each respective key. The b3 of Dm is of course the F, and the b3 of Fm is Ab. Once again, you can see how much the keys have in common. The b3 of Dm is the root of F, and the b3 of Fm is the b5 of Dm.&n...
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7:21 Note Targeting in Pentatonics - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Fusion So, by now you should have the concept in firm grasp and be ready to venture out on your own, picking and choosing intervals to practise in the change. Below I have provided you with a more advanced "hybrid" Blues scale, combining the Blues scale wit...
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6:04 Note Targeting in Pentatonics - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Fusion Here's the backing track guys! I've made it plenty long for you, and it's the same backing I used to play over in the tutorial. It alters between Dm(9) and Fm(9). So go crazy and post something on the Tube if you feel like it. And be sure to share ...
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0:56 Country Mechanics - Etude Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Country Hey guys, I've been on a hiatus from metal over the past while and decided to throw something a little different at y'all for this time - country lead playin'! Country lead playing is something that has always boggled my mind and I've always ...
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1:11 Country Mechanics - Bending Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country This technique mimics the sound of a pedal steel guitar and is super frequent in country guitar soloing. Again, within the confines of G major, let's break down each position within the key, starting from the first, which highlights a G major triad. ...
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1:06 Country Mechanics - Double-Stoppin' Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country Double-Stop: The act of playing two notes simultaneously - two separate strings are "stopped" by the fingers. A technique drawn from many types of bluegrass music, double-stopping features the most intense dynamic of all. Strictly finger-style,...
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1:06 Country Mechanics - Jam Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Country Now it's time to try out some of those licks! Have fun with the jam track!
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0:44 Robben Ford Style Blues - Intro & Rhythm Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Blues Hey IG, We’re here with the second installment of my little blues series. This time we’re dealing with a more sophisticated Robben Ford/Larry Carlton type blues. The phrases in this will be more advanced from both a melodic as well as...
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1:02 Robben Ford Style Blues - Solo Example Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Blues So let’s get started with the lead playing! I’ve come up with a blues chorus that features some typical licks for this type of playing. Most of these lines are based on both the major and minor blues scales. I switch back and forth even w...
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0:49 Funk-Rock Solo Lick - Demonstration Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this lesson, I provide a sample lead lick over a backing for a track off of my band's old album. The song titled "Believe" and has a pop/funk vibe to it. Very tempting to solo over! This lick uses a combination of the minor pentatonic scale, and ...
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3:20 Funk-Rock Solo Lick - Backing Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hope you enjoy playing over this backing. It's quite easy to improvise over! Tempo: 108bpm Key: E minor
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1:46 Free Govan-esque Funk: Performance Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Hello IG! This tutorial is a short and sweet funk track, primarily based around a lead idea that I came up with while improvising. The track is based around a pop/funk drum beat, with a couple guitar parts on top of it. You may notice a similarity ...
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0:24 Free Govan-esque Funk: Part 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk This idea almost immediately came to my head after hearing the drum beat. Very simple, but it "says" what it needs to say. I'm very often inspired to write after hearing a groovy drum beat. I almost prefer to write with a drummer vs. on my own, or wi...
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0:21 Free Govan-esque Funk: Part 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk The second riff adds a percussive feel to the song, especially when using palm muting. Once again, this follows the G minor Penatonic scale. I would consider this an extremely common type of riff when dealing with pop/funk/R&B. You may notice th...
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1:07 Free Govan-esque Funk: Part 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Now we're on to the main focus of this lesson. As said in the intro, be sure to focus on phrasing, feel, vibrato, bending, and accenting. I've tried to include a lot of detail in the notation below, but there is still a lot that can't be taught with...
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2:20 Free Govan-esque Funk: Backing Track Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Quick Overview:Key of G minorTempo: 111bpmHeavy focus on the G minor pentatonic scaleLead lick can be easily manipulated and changed to fit your own personal style Enjoy!
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0:41 Nuno's Trick Bag - Performance Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Welcome to this "Lick-tutorial". Now, even though this was meant to be a lick-tutorial, you know me, I always press the need for real world applications and conceptual understanding of every little thing you learn! So, I felt I had to record these li...
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2:20 Nuno's Trick Bag - Lick Breakdowns Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock Ok, time to break things down a bit. In the intro, I just groove along with the backing track organ line to get things grooving along. Then comes the first lick, labelled (duh) Lick 1 in the tab. This lick is very much in the style of Bettencourt, a...
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0:40 Nuno's Trick Bag - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock And here's the backing, in all it's Garageband-ish glory =) Keep it groovy fellows, whatever the backing might be! I would like to say it is MANDATORY for all of you to go download all the tons of backing tracks attached to lessons throughout this si...
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0:26 Funk Rhythm Guitar - Principles Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Funk Hello IGers, Today we’re getting into some funk rhythm guitar. These riffs will be useful for getting your timing and groove in shape as well as expanding your vocabulary of rhythm styles. Before we do the actual playing let’s clear up a...
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3:32 Funk Rhythm Guitar - Singe Notes + Octaves Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Funk All the examples in this tutorial are over the same II-V-I chord progression (Dm7-G7-Cmaj7). Here are the first 3 examples... Example ASingle notes can often be enough. Here I use a note (C) that is common to all the chords and a little fill towards...
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1:05 Funk Rhythm Guitar - Third + Seventh Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Funk Next up is a riff that utilizes only the 3rd and 7th degrees of each chord. With a busy rhythm section underneath this can be enough to deliver the harmonies while maintaining a dry, percussive feel. Note that this example uses a lot more space, as ...
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1:02 Funk Rhythm Guitar - Rootless Chords Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Funk For the last two riffs I decided to add some colour tones to the 3rd and 7th (such as the 9th and 13th) to get a more interesting sound. Note that none of these examples utilize a root note. Root notes are not always necessary when you’re play...
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1:54 Funk Rhythm Guitar - Backing Track Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Funk Now it's time to practice the rhythms from this tutorial with the backing track. Be sure to mix up the patterns after a while and experiment!
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8:59 Getting Killer Guitar Tone - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Rock Welcome to this tutorial on Getting Killer Guitar Tone for FREE! The idea for this tutorial sprung from me looking for good software-based tone that would allow me to only bring my guitar and a small laptop to certain clinics where I either didn&rsq...
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7:05 Getting Killer Guitar Tone - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Rock In this part, we continue exploring the different tones of the impulse responses. You will see how radically a different impulse response can change your overall tone! As you can see, with most of the free responses, what you see is what you get, wh...
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8:06 Getting Killer Guitar Tone - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Rock Now for Part 3. A very common trick in the studio is to use a good overdrive pedal in front of an amp. This is primarily used in non-master volume amps such as old Marshalls to fry the front of the amp a bit and up the gain and compression. A Tube Sc...
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0:33 Outside Phrasing - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Introduction Hey guys, this month, I wanted to explore some tricks inspired by numerous players in the category of "outside phrasing". Meaning, small things that can be executed which could spice things up in the area of phrasing, and sounding uniqu...
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5:18 Outside Phrasing - Bending Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Bending So let's start by diving into some extended bends covering a range of intervals. A technique common to the likes of Jeff Beck, bending in this context can create for some powerful melody lines warranting a sound reflective of a bow instrumen...
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4:11 Outside Phrasing - Sliding Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Sliding Exercise A This exercise is Petrucci-esque, it's a technique he frequently uses when playing the harmonic minor scale as, yet again, it's dirrivative of something very middle-Eastern. The note sequence is a very simplistic descend in E harm...
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3:43 Outside Phrasing - Harmonizing Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Harmonizing This one's an extra I decided to throw in, it's a trick commonly executed by the likes of Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry) or some of the more bombastic, sometimes over-the-top players like Bumblefoot. The concept: Creating wacky-sounding di...
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3:20 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Concept Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hi folks! The main goal behind this tutorial, is to give you a number of sweep related licks that may be a bit less typical, to what you would normally play. If you have been using this technique for years, and years, you probably have developed a s...
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0:35 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion The first lick is very simple. A setup lick, to connect to a run in minor pentatonic, harmonic minor, etc. If you look at the pick strokes, you'll notice that I use all down strokes. The first four notes are swept, with the last note being a regular...
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0:36 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Blues This next lick falls into the key of C major, and is also very simple. I have chosen to sweep the first two notes, and 'hybrid pick' the third note. This is purely for tonal reasons, and can just as easily be played with three down strokes. I won't ...
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0:27 Tim Miller Substitution Idea - Concept Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Hello IG, In this tutorial we’ll be dealing with a substitution idea that should breathe new life into your playing over a certain chord vamp. I ran across this device upon transcribing Tim Miller’s solo on Janek Gwizdala’s song &l...
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0:20 Tim Miller Substitution Idea - Example 1 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Okay, time to get playing! This first example is really dry and not overly creative, but it is just the right thing to get the sound of this substitution into your ears. It also shows you a simple but effective way to resolve the F# triad back to the...
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0:45 Tim Miller Substitution Idea - Example 2 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Example 2 is a little bit more interestingly sequenced. Look at how the lick steps out of Cm into F#maj in bar 2, and is back “inside” on beat 1 of bar 3.
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2:09 Tim Miller Substitution Idea - Cm7 Vamp Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Now it's time to practice these licks to the backing track. Have fun!
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1:17 Makin' a Mayer - Performance Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Welcome everyone! In this tutorial, we'll be looking at a song riff in the style of John Mayer. This riff is something I came up with after watching his performance on "Storytellers". It's actually meant to be played on an acoustic but I didn't have...
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1:16 Makin' a Mayer - Intro and Verse(s) Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Now for the verse. Of course, if this song was to be true to the style of John Mayer, it would have to have some pretty killer vocals and lyrics on top, but since I'm not that proficient in either of those two fields, I'll leave that up to you ...
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0:58 Makin' a Mayer - Chorus Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Now, the chorus has something of a half-time feel compared to the verse, which I feel is a nice reprieve from the up-tempo groove of the verse riff. The same holds true here as well with the right hand. The right hand "slaps" mark the 2 and 4 ...
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0:51 Makin' a Mayer - Right Hand Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style In this part you can see how the "slap" and thumb techniques work in unison. I begin slowly, and as I build speed I gradually move from the "slow version" of the verse bass line to the line played in the performance section, and as I move the the tem...
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1:31 Makin' a Mayer - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Now for the backing track. I've given you a 4 beat countdown, then I've added a hi-hat on the 1 and 3 beats until the actual riff begins. Try it out!
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1:45 Maroon Funk - Performance Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Hey folks! This tutorial features a latin-funk piece that I came up with. You'll be learning four different parts, and improvising at the end. If you haven't already guessed, this is heavily influenced by Maroon 5. Hope you enjoy!
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0:26 Maroon Funk - Part 1 (Percussive Rhythm) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Funk The first part of this piece, is perhaps the layer that gives this song the majority of its 'groove'. This is perhaps my favourite style of rhythm guitar! Simple chords, with specific right hand accents. Try dialing in a moderately clean tone, with ...
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0:25 Maroon Funk - Part 2 (Melody) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Part 2 is a catchy melody, played as a rhythm guitar part. Even though this is a fairly 'busy' line for rhythm, it still works well with vocals, or lead guitar. It's important to play staccato, especially where noted in the tablature below. Try hard...
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0:25 Maroon Funk - Part 3 (Harmony) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk Next, we'll be moving the melody up a minor third to play the harmony part. It's quite easy to play once you've learned the main melody in the previous lesson.
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0:27 Maroon Funk - Part 4 (Lead) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Funk The lead part naturally came to me as soon as I started improvising over the backing track. It's a repetitive melody that I feel stacks well with the previous ideas, as well as other melodies! I can see this as being looped over and over, in the outr...
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1:44 Maroon Funk - Backing Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Funk Here's a great backing to play over. Try improvising a solo, and if you feel comfortable, post some recordings in the forum. I personally enjoy backings that make me groove to the music. Hopefully you have fun jamming over this! Key: C# Minor Tempo...
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1:48 Eric Johnson Triads - Concept Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Hey friends, Today we’ll be dealing with a concept that has been fascinating me ever since I came across it: wide interval triads á la Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, etc. Firstly, let’s look at how these triads are constructed. Here ...
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0:37 Eric Johnson Triads - Fingerings Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style In this part of the tutorial I’ll show you a few fingerings for the D Major and D minor wide-interval-triads. Of course, there are tons more but these are the most useable in my opinion. Be sure to always be aware of the function (e.g. root, 3r...
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0:39 Eric Johnson Triads - Chord Melody Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz Here’s one of the most exciting applications for these shapes: chord melody! This is just a quick improvisation I came up with. You’ll soon discover how much fun it is to mess around with these shapes. Their sound on the guitar is very p...
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0:34 Eric Johnson Triads - Lick 1 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion Okay, now it’s time to increase our soloing vocabulary with a few licks. Any of these 3 licks can be used against a static Dmin7 chord. The first one is a melodic sequence that uses a few substitutions against the old Dmin7 chord.
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0:32 Eric Johnson Triads - Lick 2 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In order to spice things up a little, let’s add a few color tones to these triads. This example uses the 9th (the note E against Dmin7) and the 11th (the note G against Dmin7) in conjunction with the regular Dmin triad inversions.
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0:47 Lounge Solo - Demonstration Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Latin This lesson is a latin feeling improvisation that utilizes notes from two easy sources: the G Major scale, and the D minor pentatonic scale. You will notice that it is in the key of G Major. The entire tab is included below to allow easy reading once...
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0:38 Lounge Solo Rhythm Chords Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Latin The chords contained in the backing are: G7M, C#sus4, C, C7M Notice that the G note in the bass is held for most of the progression. Movement is minimal despite the tonal changes. Economy of movement is important in guitar playing. The...
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1:03 Lounge Solo Example 1 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Latin In this example, be careful of bar 2 where there is a short burst of three notes. They are intentionally fast, passing notes to set up the G note on the first beat of bar 3. Remember also that ties carry note values across the bar lines, extending th...
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0:48 Lounge Solo Example 2 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Latin If you have a tremolo bar on your guitar, now is the time to put it to work! This example uses it quite sparingly, but you can experiment with greater degrees of bending for a more 'outside' effect. If you aren't able to use a tremolo bar, you can ac...
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1:35 Lounge Solo Example 3 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Latin Important note: the last 7 bars use the fingers of the right hand in place of the pick. Bar 2 can be a tricky transition, so practice transferring your pick to a comfortable place in your hand while you use your fingers. In this section, ...
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1:52 Lounge Solo Backing Track Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Latin This backing is in the key of G Major and is set to 120 BPM. Have fun improvising!
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1:05 The 4 Cable Method - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Welcome to this tutorial on how to turn your Channel-Challenged Work Horse into a Multi-Channel Monster! What you need is an amp with a serial effects loop and a distortion channel you like. You'll also need a multi-effects unit (preferabl...
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9:14 The 4 Cable Method - How To Set It Up Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style So, the idea with the 4-cable method is to expand your amp. If you have ever used a single channel clean amp, or a dual-channel where you don’t like the gain channel, and only use the clean with pedals, you are of course aware that in this case...
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5:13 The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Rhythm Channel Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style On to creating our first channel. I want this first channel to be my Distorted rhythm channel, using the gain channel of the amp. Basically what I need here is to have only the FX-unit Loop activated with nothing else, and I will have the same ...
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7:50 The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Lead Channel Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Now on to creating our Lead Channel. There are several traditional ways of pushing an amp's gain channel into lead-level heaven. The old-school method would be to stick a classic OD in front of the amp (think “Tubescreamer-ish” OD’s...
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1:27 4 Step Groove - Performance Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Hi guys, and welcome to this tutorial called "4 Step Groove". I decided to put together a backing, combining both my love for Joe Satriani along with my funky taste in music. Though I've labeled this as a "song tutorial", I'm more or less playing a...
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0:29 4 Step Groove - Level 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In the first section, I chose to play the rhythm guitar part simply for the sake of showing it to you. Pay close attention to the timing, and also the pick strokes marked in the notation below. This song is in the key of Eb minor.
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0:24 4 Step Groove - Level 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Now let's start doing some leads! You may notice that I'm outlining the chords through my melody. A very simple, effective, and melodic approach, commonly heard by Eric Johnson. I should point out that if you play these licks exactly as written (wi...
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0:24 4 Step Groove - Level 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock We continue arpeggiating in this lick, and get a bit more into the shred-realm. If you've watched my Descending Legato Lick lesson, you may recognize some common techniques displayed here. Try experimenting by placing vibrato on different notes.
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0:30 4 Step Groove - Level 4 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock The final section features a series of 16th note triplets using chromatic passing tones. This is a common type of lick for me. I chose to use it in this tutorial to offer a more challenging and "technical" lick. The final 4 bars are not transcribed....
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1:28 4 Step Groove - Backing Track Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track! The tempo is at 97bpm and the key is in Eb minor.
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0:21 Exploring the Sixth - Introduction Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Welcome to another tutorial! This time we’ll be dealing with an interval called the sixth. Just to give you a brief theoretic explanation: an interval is the distance of the pitches of two notes. The sixth (unlike the fifth or fourth) is not a...
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0:44 Exploring the Sixth - Static Chord Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style The next thing we’re gonna do is to utilize this interval over a static chord, in this case A7 (consisting of root-3rd, 5th, b7). The scale for the chord would be A mixolydian (notes of the D major scale against an A7 chord). Here’s the i...
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1:29 Exploring the Sixth - Backing (fast) Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Blues Here is the backing track at normal speed. If you need it slower, head on over to the next page. Have fun!
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0:46 Adding Interest to the Blues - Example 1 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Lick 1 The first example uses a chromatic run and legato. Use it to break out of the traditional blues box. The chromatic notes add interest and stretch the listener. The tempo is quite fast, so practice it cleanly. Make sure you're hitting all of t...
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0:35 Adding Interest to the Blues - Example 2 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Lick 2 This is a unique way to turn ordinary lines into head turning slide emulation. Heavily influenced by Jimmy Herring and Derek Trucks, it uses only a few notes, but wrings every possible sound from them. By staying on only one string and using ...
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0:57 Adding Interest to the Blues - Example 3 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Lick 3 This is a lick in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Nothing says blues like an occasional nod to one of the greats. Many players try to emulate Stevie to the point of unoriginality. Be careful to become your own player. This lick is fun to pla...
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0:41 Adding Interest to the Blues - Example 4 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Lick 4 This lick is built around an Am arpeggio played over G minor. It sounds fairly outside when played in context due to the first notes in the pattern. Don't overdo it though. An occasional departure from the diatonic key can add interest,...
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1:27 Adding Interest to the Blues - Example 5 Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Lick 5 This lick requires you to master the art of raking the strings. It's a good transition lick to set up your favourite blues runs. It is derived from the F# Blues scale. Don't let the fact that it's short fool you - it takes work to make this e...
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1:48 Free Santa's Knuckle Busters - Secondary Elf Level Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday This part is for those of you Elves that have graduated primary school and are ready to move on to Elf college! Here it gets a little more tricky. The example below is a very simple 3-note per string pattern that follows the logic of the previous 4-...
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5:35 Free Santa's Knuckle Busters - Gnome Level Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday 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 standard A minor (Aeolian) scale by now, so what we will do here is play that in various intervallic ...
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0:35 Alternate Picking Workout - Introduction Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Hey friends, Holidays are drawing nearer and it’s time to get our alternate picking chops in shape! My goal with this tutorial is to show you a systematic way of approaching this technique in combination with creating sort of a “tempo lo...
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2:12 Alternate Picking Workout - Exercises 1 & 2 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Alright, in the tab below you have our first set of exercises. Let’s break them down individually. Exercise #1: I’m sure you recognize this as the classic Paul Gilbert-pattern. Truth is that it’s one of THE most effective exercises...
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1:03 Alternate Picking Workout - Exercises 3 & 4 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Exercise #3: Here’s a two-note-per-string pattern, very helpful for playing pentatonic lines. Exercise #4: Another pattern you’ve heard a thousand times, I’m sure. This one tackles licks on one string. The challenge is to per...
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0:58 Alternate Picking Workout - Exercises 5 & 6 Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Exercise #5: Each note is picked twice here. Exercise #6: Here’s a common scale sequence that mixes up the amount of notes per string.
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2:21 Nashville Numbers - Introduction Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Introduction The Nashville number system allows you to quickly jump into unfamiliar music even without knowing standard notation! As the name suggests, it originated with Nashville studio musicians who needed a quick and easy way to transcri...
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3:49 Nashville Numbers - How They Work Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Theory Now that we know the chords of the diatonic key (naturally occurring chords within the major scale), we can apply the follow roman numerals to each of the chords: I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii. The uppercase...
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2:10 Free Nashville Numbers - Holiday Examples Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday Rhythm This system of interpreting music has a very handy visual method of showing rhythms. All the chords are broken down into measures. When you look at a chart, you can see exactly where the chord occurs. Each chord gets its own measure, ...
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6:21 Alternate Tunings - Part 4: DADAAD Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style The final tuning is derived from the DADGAD-tuning, and is the same apart from the G being tuned up to A, thus having A on both the second and third string. The use of two identically tuned strings are also a great source of inspiration, an...
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1:09 Unlock the Fretboard - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style So to get started, this is a lesson for the people who've found themselves to be stuck playing through the same pentatonic boxes day-in, day-out, and are looking for a change. This is the most effective way I've found my students to break out of the ...
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5:27 Unlock the Fretboard - Learn The Scale Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style The following examples are given in the key of E minor/G major, but I will explain how to transpose to other keys afterward, so be patient. I want to begin by demonstrating the key of E minor in groupings of 6, starting from open E through to it's oc...
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2:57 Unlock the Fretboard - Getting Comfortable Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style After memorizing the 7 symmetrical positions, practice each scale segment in it's three octaves one-after-another. Keep in mind that these scales work great for picking/legato exercises as well, so have fun and be creative in the process!
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3:34 Unlock the Fretboard - Apply To Other Keys Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Now, as promised, let's try this method out in other keys. The beauty about learning guitar-theory, is once you learn one scale, to alter it's key, it usually just requires shifting everything up or down the fret-board, and this is no different. To a...
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1:20 Rhythm Changes - Solo Etude (Slow) Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz Here’s the same thing played slow. Note how different the time feel in this type of soloing is. This tempo will help you understand the fundamentals of swing in jazz soloing. Now it’s your time to incorporate these licks into your own pl...
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3:58 Rhythm Changes - Backing Track (Slow) Instructor: Martin Miller Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz Backing Track for Rhythm Changes at 134 bpm.
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0:31 Repetition in Soloing - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This lick would typically be used by a "shredder", most likely in the climax of a solo. It would most likely sound best at a moderately fast speed. Try playing this with, and without a metronome. This type of lick does not necessarily need to be pla...
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0:21 Repetition in Soloing - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This example is easy to use in a number of different genres. It falls into the commonly used Pentatonic box, which makes it really easy to add in, and connect to other ideas. After you get a grasp on the lick, try improvising, and writing some longe...
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0:19 Repetition in Soloing - Example 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here's another simple lick that I commonly use. You can think of this lick as a connector lick, that you can use to fill space between ideas, when improvising. It's always nice to have some quick and easy 'go-to' licks in your arsenal! Take note of ...
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2:44 Setting Yourself Apart - Sight Reading: Jazz Phrase Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style The last example is a Jazz phrase over a II/V/I chord progression in the key of Db Major. It begins to tie together the concepts of rhythm and notation reading. I've intentionally put it in a key with five flats to add an extra challenge to your read...
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5:19 Keeping the Groove - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Welcome to Keeping the Groove in Improvisation! Keeping the groove and keeping it "in the pocket" so to say, are essential skills when improvising, especially in funk-rock, funk or fusion, where rhythm is of prime importance. What I want to cover i...
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4:25 Keeping the Groove - Part 2a Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock In this part we'll get better acquainted with the riff we are going to improvise over, and the part of said riff which we will need to pay extra close attention to. As you can see in the tab (and hear in the backing section), this is a fairly standa...
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4:39 Keeping the Groove - Part 2b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock The idea here is to be that much more aware of what is actually going on "behind" us as we play live, or over a backing. I'm sure you've been playing live some time and during your improv the drummer might start playing some rhythmical figure that...
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1:16 Keeping the Groove - Outro Improvisation Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock And here is the improvisation. You should be able to see how I go in and out of the figure we're trying to nail. Also pay close attention to the video, because there are specific fingerings I do that might help certain transitions (if you're ergonomi...
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4:54 Keeping the Groove - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock And here's the backing track for you! My improv from the previous video is tabbed out below as an example, but definitely be sure to try out your own ideas as well so you can really get a firm grasp on this concept. Keep it groovy!
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1:48 Finger Tone Part 1 - Introduction Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style One of the most important, and often overlooked elements of the guitar is the tone created by your fingers. It is the first point of contact that you have with the guitar, and possibly one of the most crucial in creating an identity on the instrument...
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1:23 Finger Tone Part 2 - Lead Lick Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Blues The following is a simple lick at first glance, but contains a number of elements which require attention to detail. The lick, which is derived from a Gm Pentatonic scale uses only the right hand fingers. By not using a pick, we are able to anticipat...
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1:56 Finger Tone Part 3 - Funky Chord Vamp Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues This lesson builds on what we learned in the previous video. It vamps on a Dm7 chord to achieve a funky rhythmic sound. Although we are only using one chord, the percussive stops and staccato feel give it an interesting flavour to be used across a nu...
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1:42 Finger Tone Part 4 - Jazz Comping Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Jazz This example is a short jazz comp which connects chords of the diatonic key using a walking bass line. Passing tones are used as a way to get from one chord idea to the root of the next. In standard jazz progressions, a pianist or guitarist will use ...
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2:39 Next-Level Strumming - Celtic Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Next-Level StrummingCeltic A fairly common pattern made "difficult". Not really, but it sure seems that way! The reason for the altered picking direction one beat prior to the final set of triplets in bar 1 is for beat-emphasis. Traditional Irish mu...
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5:52 Next-Level Strumming - Country Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Country Next-Level StrummingCountry Feel Exercise 1:Let's change gears a bit and try out some cool country rhythms. This one in particular can be played at various tempos and can work in many different (country) contexts. This rhythm of this exercise is "sw...
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8:10 Thirdless Voicings - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Welcome! In this tutorial we're going to take a gander at thirdless voicings and how to use these both to further our own improvisation, but also as practicing tools for ear training, as well as excellent song writing tools! A thirdless voicing is ...
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5:29 Thirdless Voicings - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style So, the first thing we want to get in our heads are how the different chord tones sounds in relation to the thirdless voicings. So, I want you to sing as you play the chords the roots (A,F,G), then the fifths (E,C,D) and finally the thirds (C,A,B). T...
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6:11 Thirdless Voicings - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Fusion OK, so the concept of thirdless voicings can of course be expanded to cover pretty much any musical style. If you're into fusion, fine. If you're into singing/songwriting, equally fine! This is something that, once you have it in your ears, can be us...
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7:21 Thirdless Voicings - Part 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style So, "fusion" then... Fusion is of course a very broad genre, so we will just focus on the kind of modern fusion that leans heavily towards quartal harmony and such. In the first part, with the progression borrowed from the Vibrato tutorial, we were v...
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1:34 Thirdless Voicings - Outro Improvisation Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style And here is the impro. Even though I make a conscious effort to work around the thirds we discussed, it's still an improvisation, and as such I don't limit myself to simply that, but go were the moment takes me. After looking through this, head ove...
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1:24 Joe Bonamassa Style Lick Instructor: Jody Mac Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Blues Hey there! In this video we'll be looking a blues lick inspired by Joe Bonamassa, a modern blues player. Remember to learn it slowly in parts. The lick is played over an Am7 chord. Be sure to execute the 1/2 bend precisely, as it gives the lick its s...
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6:24 Thirdless Voicings - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style OK guys, here is the backing track I used for the outro improvisation. What I've done is just loop it four times, so you can improvise over it, going back and forth over the first and second voicings.
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6:08 Original Music of Richard Lundmark Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Hey guys! This is a performance video showcasing clips from songs I've written and also used in previous tutorials. I hope you enjoy the music, and be sure to check out these tutorials if you haven't already! NeoBlues Song Tutorial TT-Zop Song Tut...
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0:31 Metal Riff Montage - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal In my last tutorial, I spent a fair bit of time explaining and breaking down the factors that make up polymeters. In essence, we scratched the surface of the concept. This month, I chose to turn up the heavy knob just a little, and get your guys' bra...
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0:17 Metal Riff Montage - Style of Meshuggah Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal This first riff is a Meshuggah-esque riff in the sense that we're playing a measure of 13/16 under a basic drum groove of 4/4. After three whole bars, the meter still has not reset, so you'll have to pay close attention to the transition from bar 3 b...
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0:26 Metal Riff Montage - Dotted Eighth Feel Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal This riff consists of almost solely dotted eighth beats, with the exception of one short phrase. The purpose for this riff is to demonstrate what dotted eighth beats sound like being carried from one bar to the next. A very common rhythm form in most...
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0:23 Metal Riff Montage - Style of Lamb of God Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal This riff, although not polymetric in nature, is a very common pattern in metal. Lamb of God and Meshuggah should very well come to mind when playing some of these 32nd beat gallops.We learn early on that alternate picking usually entails a dow...
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1:17 Metal Riff Montage - Style of Meshuggah Backing Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Here's the backing track for "In the Style of Meshuggah". It's played at 120BPM at full-speed, but remember to check out the nifty built-in metronome and build gradually should you be having issues!
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2:07 Metal Riff Montage - Dotted Eighth Feel Backing Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Here's the backing track for "Dotted Eighth Feel". It's played at 120BPM at full-speed, but remember to check out the nifty built-in metronome and build gradually should you be having issues!
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2:14 Metal Riff Montage - Style of Lamb of God Backing Track Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal Here's the backing track for "In the Style of Lamb of God". It's played at 120BPM at full-speed, but remember to check out the nifty built-in metronome and build gradually should you be having issues!
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4:35 The March Guitar Triathlon - Performance Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Welcome Guitar Athletes! In this month’s tutorial we’ll be looking a song transcript from my 2004 FretDance album, called The March. We won’t be going into detail with every single overlay and harmonized lead in this song, but rath...
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2:11 The March Guitar Triathlon - Event 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Get set, ready, GO! In this first event, we’ll look at the main 6-string riffs in the tune, the main riff, the bridge, the chorus and the bridge leading in to the solo sections. In the first riff, the key element is muting. Since you’re...
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1:45 The March Guitar Triathlon - Event 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock First off in event 2, please note that the 7th B string is down tuned one whole step to A. Furthermore, you might note that the part is noted with bass clef instead of G clef, which is something that GP seems to do by default, so concentrate on the T...
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2:39 The March Guitar Triathlon - Event 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock For the final event, we have the melody line and some other fun stuff. First of all, I have noted the melody line with the same kind of alternate picked approach as the riffs. However, this can be played using legato, hybrid picking or whatever your...
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4:37 The March Guitar Triathlon - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Here is the backing track. Enjoy!
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1:44 Creating Your Own Pulse - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Part 1: Creating Your Own Pulse - An Introduction to 8th Beat PolymetersWhat this lesson will introduce, or engrain in your brains is just another method for making your improvisational skills set you apart. Drummers love guitarists with great rhythm...
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2:09 Creating Your Own Pulse - Groups of 2/4 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Improv Techniques - Creating Your Own Pulse - Groups of 2/4 So let's take number one and apply our rhythmic grouping. We'll find that this one basically consists of two groups of four - or in other words - simply two sequences of the same four notes...
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3:10 Creating Your Own Pulse - Groups of 3 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Improv Techniques - Creating Your Own Pulse - Groups of 3 Here we see groupings of three eigth notes (not to be confused with triplets) being played to a straight four feel. Due to the meter being cut off each time (when only playing the sequence f...
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1:38 Creating Your Own Pulse - Groups of 5 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style Improv Techniques - Creating Your Own Pulse - Groups of 5 Here, we're introduced to a grouping of five and then a grouping of three, just to get our brains working in five-mode. Longer sequences can get very tricky, but confining these sequences to ...
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1:06 Creating Your Own Pulse - Finale Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Any Style A very common issue when practicing odd groupings like these is that players will actually miss the soul purpose behind them by not being completely locked in with the underlying rhythm (whatever it might be - backing track, rhythm guitar, drums, etc...
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6:19 Right Hand Dynamics - Concepts Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Some additional concepts/topics in this video: Location of Pick (near the bridge vs. towards the neck) Pick Attack (soft or hard, using upstrokes for tonal reasons) Something that I again forgot to mention: The pick that you use, makes a huge diff...
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1:21 Right Hand Dynamics - Backing (Version 1) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion A nice and groovy backing track in E minor at 97bpm. This version has varied drum grooves. Have fun, and make sure you try the examples!
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2:40 Right Hand Dynamics - Backing (Version 2) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion A nice and groovy backing in E minor at 97bpm. This version is double the length of the last one and keeps a steady high-hat groove. Have fun, and make sure you try the examples!
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6:41 Vibrato and Timing - To the Beat Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to this follow-up to the Vibrato 101 tutorial. As I mentioned in that tutorial, I thought that timing and vibrato merits its very own tutorial, so here we go. First of all, remember how we discussed the "smooth and even" vibrato in the previ...
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4:30 Vibrato and Timing - Floating Time Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay, so what do I mean by "floating time"? What this means is that you, whilst keeping your vibrato even, play faster or slower in relation to the beat. For example, one thing you could try is to set your metronome at 120bpm, and then practice the 1...
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1:35 Vibrato and Timing - Improv Demonstration Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style What I've done here is improvise over a 120bmp backing in Am. You can view this as either being pure Amin (A Aeolian), as I'm mostly doing in this improvisation. However, since the backing is largely situated around the G chord, you can also play...
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2:40 Vibrato and Timing - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style And here's the backing track. As you can see it's in A min, but as I mentioned earlier, you can treat it as G mixolydian if you'd like. The chords are Amin7 (no5), Fsus2 (even though the G is an octave up doesn't make it a 9, since there is no third)...
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0:44 Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Intro Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country Hi folks! Thanks for checking out this tutorial. In this lesson, I’m providing a number of example licks, in the style of ‘country-rock’. Though these runs may have a distinct ‘twang’ to them, they can be used in a numb...
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0:45 Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country This example is based around the E Minor Blues Pentatonic box, which works over both G Major, and its relative minor, E minor! In this case, we will of course be thinking of G as the pitch of reference in our head. For me, this lick works well when I...
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0:40 Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country This example should sound fairly familiar to any of you that have ever heard 'chicken pickin'. We start with a bend and then a very common chromatic walk down, and then end the lick with a very common jazz run. This lick can sound very 'country...
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0:35 Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country This example is the most challenging of the three in this tutorial, in terms of technical ability. I'd describe this as a mix between a cliche country lick (the first half), and a Greg Howe style of lick (the second half.) The second have may be easi...
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1:01 Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Outro Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country Thanks for tunin' in to this tutorial! Practice hard, be creative, and we'll see you next time.
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2:11 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Intro and Concept Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Hi folks! Today's lesson is on a very popular technique, used in modern fusion! I am of course referring to the famous 'slide vibrato' used by the great Greg Howe, that has become extremely popular over the last 10 years or more. A few quick things...
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0:46 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This first example follows the E minor blues pentatonic box, and is a typical lick that you may hear Greg play. This is intended to have 'swing', but can be played with a 4's feel as well! There is a lot of room for variation, depending on the mood, ...
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0:44 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Here is an 'out there' type of lick that is commonly heard from Howe. The idea is based around a diminished arpeggio, and resolves to a note that is a bit more common over an E minor chord. If you're not used to string skipping, this may be challeng...
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0:42 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Example 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This example gives us two opportunities to use the slide vibrato. If you pay close attention in the video, I contradict one of my opening statements, in that I am mainly sliding between the 9th and 10th frets, in the first note marked with vibrato. T...
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0:43 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Example 4 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Here is a nice and short lick that uses a minor arpeggio, ending with a chromatic run that falls slightly out of key. I am very much fond of 'straight 16th' runs, and this particular lick works very well with the slide vibrato! Have some fun switchin...
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1:04 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Outro Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Fusion I hope this has been helpful to you all, whether you already had experience with this technique, or had never heard of it before! If you have any questions, or think that I may have missed an important point, please send me a message! Thanks for tak...
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2:02 The 'Howe' Vibrato - Backing Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Funk Here's a little funk loop that I made to practice the licks over. The tempo is 95bpm.
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1:33 Perception vs. Harmonic Context in Fusion - Intro Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Welcome guys, to a perhaps somewhat "out there" tutorial =) What we will set out to do here is to open our ears and improvising up to the harmonic context of any chord of choice we might be laying over, be it generic pop or hard core fusion. we wan...
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7:34 Perception vs. Harmonic Context in Fusion - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Ok then. We begin our journey through these 4 chords with a simple Asus4! I've chosen this voicing because it sounds very "in-between", and can be easily tweaked to serve as a platform for both major and minor playing. It's best that you listen to th...
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5:22 Perception vs. Harmonic Context in Fusion - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion The same thing applies here, listen to the video examples, and follow suit yourself over the backing. As I mention in the video though, certain chords, such as this one, might have a strong inclination towards a certain scale context, and thus force ...
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7:41 Perception vs. Harmonic Context in Fusion - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Nothing differs here, you get the idea by now. This articular chord shares notes with both the A Whole-Half diminished, but also with A Lydian (the #4 and 7 in common apart from the root). So try the A Lydian out as well!! Oh, and since I do say "H...
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6:36 Perception vs. Harmonic Context in Fusion - Part 4 & Outro Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion This is the last chord of the sequence, and when practicing over the Part 4. Backing, start out by playing the tried and true A Whole-Half diminished. Treat A as the root, or "home-base", but also try to play the same scale, but treating Ab as root. ...
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3:12 Perception vs. Harmonic Context - Backing #1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Here's the backing track for the first chord, the Asus4. Its just a vamp with the same chord for what will probably feel like an infinity :) But get grooving, and I'm sure you'll come up with some great stuff to play over it!
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3:12 Perception vs. Harmonic Context - Backing #2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Here is the backing track for chord number 2. As we discussed in the video part, try both whole-half, and half-whole diminished scales over this (as well as perhaps whole-tone or what not).
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3:12 Perception vs. Harmonic Context - Backing #3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Over this third backing track, you might want to try out Lydian as well, since both the #4 and the 7 is present in this voicing.
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3:12 Perception vs. Harmonic Context - Backing #4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Over the fourth chord, the A half-whole diminished will fit like a glove! However, you might also want to try playing it as if Ab was the root, to "alter" your perception of "home base".
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3:12 Perception vs. Harmonic Context - Full Backing Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Ok! Time for the full backing track! I have chosen to keep the drums very, very basic. This because I want you to focus mainly on note choice and harmony here, and not on playing fast, or going with rhythmical variations against some fusion-type drum...
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2:52 Fill it in! - Intro Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Welcome guys! In this tutorial we will look into a simple, yet effective practising method you can use to help nail your licks in the musical context of your choice. The idea here is to choose a riff, rhythm or chord progression that spans 2 ba...
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4:10 Fill it in! - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style 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 main lesson in this tutorial will be you finding and experimenting with your own ideas. The riff itself is pretty straight for...
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4:07 Fill it in! - Part 2.a Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style 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 or two, that you can use as a guideline, and a starting point for your own lick excursions. Actually tabbing out every improv...
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6:07 Fill it in! - Part 2.b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Nothing different here really, just me dividing the video in 2 parts for easier and faster viewing. Did some tab ideas here as well for you, just the two though, remember to find your own variations to your own ideas! Now, once you've gone through t...
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3:56 Creative Scales - Pentatonic Hybrid Scale Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Hey everyone and welcome to this Creative Scales tutorial! We are going to get creative with the Pentatonic scale by creating a hybrid of two scales: A minor Pentatonic and E minor Pentatonic What we are going to do is make 2 groups of three strin...
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1:24 Creative Scales - Scale Positions Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Time to get working on the 5 scale positions! There are a number of ways you can visualize these shapes to make it easier for yourself. There are 2 methods which you can try. Either you can think completely in A minor (dorian) or you can think A min...
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1:01 Creative Scales - Improvisation Example Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style OK, here's a no frills improvisation example using the Pentatonic Hybrid scale. Hopefully, you can hear how pleasing it is to the ear with the addition of the 9th to the scale. Also take note that I try to stick to just the notes of the scale withou...
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1:36 Creative Scales - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Any Style Have fun with the backing track! Be sure to post a take in the forums so everyone can check out your improvisational skills. ;-)
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6:45 String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey guys, and welcome to this lesson on string skipping arpeggios! We will be looking major and minor arpeggios, and how to transform them into string skipping arpeggios, and also adding other notes from the major and minor scale, creating those fam...
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5:05 String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this part, we take the major and minor arpeggios and scalar approach from the first part, and put those to use over a chord progression. The progression is Am, G, F, and below you can see the sequence I have played over it. As you can see I am als...
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5:57 String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In the third part of our journey through string-skipping land, we encounter the mighty diminished arpeggios, heard through perhaps every guitar player's amp at some point of their career (let's face it guys, who hasn't had their "Yngwie-era"?). Anyw...
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3:04 String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Time for tapping! In this example I use the same major and minor patterns found in the very first part, only adding the root and fifth in the right hand to create a tapping arpeggio. You could of course find numerous other ways of playing tapping ar...
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2:24 String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 5 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Diminished tapping arpeggios has the exact same technique as any other tapping arpeggios, with the main difference being that the consistent pattern lends itself very well to position shifting, and sliding up and down the neck. Pay attention to how I...
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3:44 String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 6 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock This final example is the exact same sequence as in Part 5, but with a superimposed shuffle rhythm. The idea is to try to keep that rhythm going whatever you do, or wherever you go on the fretboard. This will REALLY free up your improvisation, and y...
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4:26 Creating Backing Tracks - Part 1 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Hi there guys and welcome to this tutorial on creating backing tracks! We're going to be focusing on how I record my backing tracks with specific reference to the software I use and the plugins used to create the sounds. I use three pieces of softw...
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3:38 Creating Backing Tracks - Part 2 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Okay! So now we've got the drum track set up in a simple form (no need for fills here as we want just an 8 bar loop). I now need to come up with a chord sequence to play over. As we've been studying playing over changes, let's do something akin to t...
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5:32 Creating Backing Tracks - Part 3 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Now for the bass part in Trilian. In order to keep the video's time down I've already written the bass part off camera but I'll go through it for you in the video. The Trilian interface is very similar to Stylus RMX and it's very quick to select a ...
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2:31 Creating Backing Tracks - Part 4 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style The final part I want to add is actually a lead guitar part. In other words I'm going to try jamming over the backing track I've created. For this guitar part I'm running my Suhr into the new Shiba Drive and a Redux delay pedal again straight into L...
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1:00 Creating Backing Tracks - Part 5 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Okay so that about raps things up for this tutorial. Again, be aware that these are just the tools that I use for creating backing tracks, but there are many other products on the market that do the same job. You just have to find what works for you...
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1:14 Friday Night Cruise - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Hey everyone! In this tutorial we'll be learning a short experimental rock piece. It has a bit of a Latin rock feel and part of it is also slightly influenced by a band called Muse. The wah pedal I'm using in this video is a Dunlop Crybaby 535Q. An...
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0:41 Friday Night Cruise - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock This first exercise is where I significantly implemented the wah pedal. If you have a wah pedal, definitely use it for this so you can get that rock/funk sound. Basically all you'll be doing with the wah pedal is pressing down on it while you strum ...
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0:51 Friday Night Cruise - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Exercise 2 is pretty straightforward in that we'll be playing straight sixteenth notes throughout the entire thing. Keep your alternate picking steady and make sure each note sounds crystal clear and equal in volume.
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0:43 Friday Night Cruise - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Exercise 3 has both a clean part and a distorted part. In the clean part, you'll primarily be playing dead notes on most your downstrokes, then with your upstrokes you'll be playing the notes normally. Watch out for the quick legato line at the end o...
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1:15 Friday Night Cruise - Backing Track 109bpm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Here is the backing track at it's original tempo of 109bpm. If you need to practice it at a slower speed, go to the next page to access the backing track at 80bpm.
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3:17 Hybrid Picking - Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey everyone and welcome to this new tutorial on Hybrid Picking! For the uninitiated, Hybrid Picking is a technique which requires the use of pick and right hand fingers. It's a technique which is used by all manner of guitarists such is the effecti...
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1:29 Hybrid Picking - Solo Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay guys, check out the video of our Hybrid Picking Solo Study and make any notes that you think will be relevant before we head on over to the breakdown videos. Practice hard and have fun!
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2:28 Hybrid Picking - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Throughout this study we have a recurring right hand pattern which repeats throughout the majority of the piece. Once we have this pattern under our fingers we can concentrate on negotiating the chord changes as smoothly as we possibly can. I like t...
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1:31 Hybrid Picking - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style We continue the piece with more of the same, this time with a series of descending diminished 7th chords. The fingering stays the same with the exception of the final diminished 7th chord. These chords are followed by a quite tricky passage wh...
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1:49 Hybrid Picking - Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style After the descending slurred passage we find ourselves back on familiar ground with the right hand pattern that by now you should be comfortable with. This continues until the final Em chord which is a repeat of the pattern we came across back in pa...
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1:01 Rockin' Rhythm - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Hey everyone! I hope you've all been having a great holiday season! In this tutorial we'll be learning a simple and catchy rock rhythm. Regardless of your skill level, I want you to really concentrate on feeling the rhythm and playing tightly. Once...
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1:50 Rockin' Rhythm - Slowed Down Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock There are basically 3 parts to this piece. In the tab below, you'll see each part specified. When you first observe the tab, you'll see plenty of "X" markings. These markings represent what are called dead notes. Dead notes can add a great percussiv...
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1:02 Rockin' Rhythm - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track! The tempo is at 137bpm.
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1:41 Free Jingle Bells - Full Performance Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday Well that time of the year has crept out of nowhere on us all again. So let's get in the spirit of Christmas by taking a look at one of the most popular seasonal tunes of all, 'Jingle Bells'. This particular arrangement is one I made with the classi...
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3:35 Free Jingle Bells - Breakdown Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday The most technically demanding aspect of this arrangement is the control of the individual voices. It is a good idea to study the score away from your guitar and grab a pencil and mark in any inner voices that you feel may need specific attention. I...
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2:48 Free Jingle Bells - Breakdown Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday 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 considerable shifts from a lower to higher position, and vice versa. If you are playing classical g...
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1:50 Sequencing Pentatonics - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Welcome to this tutorial on Sequencing Pentatonics! A sequence, as I'm sure you know, is a group of notes played together in a specific order. Sequencing scales is very common in classical music, or classical inspired music such as Neoclassical Rock...
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4:26 Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 1: a-b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Ok! In this example, we have a tried and true pentatonic sequence, that you will probably have come across in one shape or another before. You play the sequence descending in 3-note groupings. First off, we play it in triplets, which would be the m...
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2:39 Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 2: a-b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock This example is similar to the previous one, but uses a 4-note grouping instead. The way to approach it is still the same however. You first play it in the original note value (seeing how 4-note groupings are often played using straight 16-notes), t...
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3:10 Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 3: a-b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock 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 note in each 3-note sequence twice. As in the previous examples, try it with both note values. Another thing to remember is ...
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1:40 Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 4: a-b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Of course any sequence can also be played ascending, as well as descending. This here is one example of an ascending sequence. Use the same approach as before!
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2:30 Sequencing Pentatonics - Example 5 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock In this example, I am moving down the sequence but through several positions, not just the first one.
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3:05 Sequencing Pentatonics - Example 6 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Here is something a bit different. This time I have a lick rather than just a sequence. This one is intended to be played over the turn-around of a funk-blues or jazz-blues, with some altered or substituted chords. Therefore I have included both Mixo...
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5:52 Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 7: a-d Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Now the fun begins! Tapping sequences in the pentatonic scales is something that has been an integral part of my playing style since early on, brought about by guys like Reb Beach, Greg Howe and Nuno Bettencourt. There are of course several differe...
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1:17 Sequencing Pentatonics - Examples 8: a-d Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Rock Ok guys! In these last examples we are moving our right hand up throughout positions 3,4 & 5. It is basically the same thing as in example 7.a, but there we are staying in the 2nd position with our right hand. I hope this will open your ears to...
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5:22 Legato Technique - Hammer Time! Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey there and welcome to this month's follow up tutorial. It's hammer time you lot! Now that you have practiced the basic principles we went over in the previous tutorial, you are ready to take a step forward with your legato technique. The majorit...
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2:20 Legato Technique - Hammer Time! Examples 1-4 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style These first set of exercises start with a b minor pentatonic scale. Make sure that throughout the exercises you do not slip back into using pull offs, hammers only gentlemen! Try not to use too much distortion if you can help it. This will really for...
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2:02 Legato Technique - Hammer Time! Examples 5-7 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style These next examples start with B Mixolydian. Again, make sure that you are making each note sound with the same volume and tone as the previous and be sure to pay close attention to the weaker index finger.
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1:47 Legato Technique - Hammer Time! Examples 8-12 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style These final examples are based around simple arpeggio shapes as opposed to the previous scale based examples. The position shifts may require some work and again, try to keep total control over every note that you play keeping everything as even as p...
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3:28 Legato Technique - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here's the drum backing for you to practice this month's exercises with. Best of luck!
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1:21 Making of a Song - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Greeting guitar slingers! In this tutorial we will analyze a song of mine, still in the making. The reason for choosing such a song, is to be able to more easily explain a bit about the creative process in which the song develops. This tutorial wi...
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1:55 Making of a Song - Demonstration Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style Here is the current draft of the main melody of the tune. This will give you an idea of how far from its basic origins it has developed, and perhaps a glimpse of what's to come for this little tune. As this is not in any way the finished product, I h...
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5:36 Making of a Song - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Ok, so here we begin with the basic chords upon which I built my melody. The key to any strong melody (at least in my experience) is to be able to sing it. If you work out a melody that you aren't able to sing, you can also be sure that a vast number...
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3:58 Making of a Song - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style In this part I explain how I took the chords up to a higher position, in order to get a little more of that "john mayer" sound I was going for. Much of it is the same chords (some even the same voicings). However, as I took these chords up, I also l...
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7:13 Making of a Song - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Here I explain more about the bridge part of the tune, and show the melody, and how the chords for this came to be. It differs quite a bit from the verse, since it is arpeggiated in a more traditional manner, and also uses the V-chord (F#7 in B minor...
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3:55 Making of a Song - Part 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style So, now we have covered all the parts leading up to what the song has grown into so far. The only thing remaining now is to check out what we have so far, and maybe try out a run over the backing track. So, head on over to the next page and give it ...
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1:57 Making of a Song - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style 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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5:18 Recording With Impulse Responses - Introduction Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Hi there guys! Welcome to this months tutorial which is a slight departure from what you were probably expecting. First let me say that "Playing over Changes Part II' is coming your way next month but I wanted to make that tutorial as awesome as pos...
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4:13 Recording With Impulse Responses - Explanation Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style So, as I said in the previous video, we'll be using convolution technology to record the preamp section of our amp and model the Power Amp and Cabinet section. This enables us to keep the fantastic tone produced by our amp yet record at low volumes a...
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3:14 Recording With Impulse Responses - Tone Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Okay, so I have my FX send connected by a standard guitar cable into Input 8 on my soundcard. Remember - I have NOT unplugged the speaker from my amplifier. I can still hear the sound of the amp coming through the cabinet - just very quietly as my vo...
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2:40 Recording with Impulse Responses - Software Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Recording Style: Any Style Here's the links for the IR hosts named above, LAConvolver for the Mac http://audio.lernvall.com/ Kefir for the PC http://habib.webhost.pl/ Voxengo Boogex for the PC http://www.voxengo.com/product/boogex/ Freeverb 3 for the PC http://freeverb...
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1:38 Memories - Full Video Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic Hello all! In this tutorial, we'll be learning an acoustic piece called "Memories". It's a soft CMaj7, G progression that gave me the imagery of taking a "stroll through memory lane". Once you've checked out the full video above, head on over to th...
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1:49 Memories - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic In the first exercise, we'll be doing some picking patterns while we play through the CMaj7 and G chords. If you're new to playing picking patterns through chord progressions, make sure you practice this slowly so you can focus on developing clean t...
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1:52 Memories - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic This exercise can be played a couple different ways. The easy way would be to simply play the notes how they're indicated in the tab below. But if you want to give the pattern some extra rhythmic flavor, I'd recommend adding some subtle percussive el...
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1:50 Memories - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic You'll find this exercise to be similar to the last one, but it has an added variation. If you look towards the middle of each measure, you'll see we now have some palm-muted notes on the 7th fret. The "P.M." markings above the notes indicate to play...
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1:39 Memories - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Acoustic Have fun with the backing track!
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6:11 Ear Training - Absolute vs. Relative Pitch Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style As discussed in the introduction, there are 2 sides of the “hearing coin”. One side is Absolute Pitch (Color hearing pitch, perfect pitch, it has many names). What this entails is the ability to hear any note played to you, and be able to...
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8:19 Ear Training - Exercise 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style So, this is our first exercise, not counting the preparatory one you just did, singing all up and down the neck in your chosen interval. As mentioned in the video, I recommend that you start out with one of the following intervals b3, 3, 4, 5, becau...
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2:56 Ear Training - Exercise 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style In this exercise we make the whole thing a little bit harder. Instead of playing the root note of the interval, singing that, and then singing the target pitch, we will now sing the target pitch only. For example, you are practicing your major sixths...
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5:17 Ear Training - Testing Your Ear Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style So, we need to be able to TEST ourselves right? To confirm that we really DO have these intervals firmly established in our mind. So how do we go about this then? Well, the testing should be done in 2 parts as I see it. First, you should either test...
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4:50 Ear Training - Improvising and Melodic Sense Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style Ok guys, in this part we will start to sing melodies over chords. There is no shame in having a less-than excellent singing voice, heck listen to my “strangling a wolverine in a coffee jar”-wavering voice, and you should feel just fine an...
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2:15 Playing Over Changes (Part 1) - Introduction Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Hi there guys! Welcome to this tutorial on 'Playing Over Changes'. This is the idea of playing or improvising over a series of chords that change key every bar or other bar. We aren't going to be dealing with diatonic or functional harmony progressio...
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1:53 Playing Over Changes (Part 1) - Modal Changes Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion So throughout this tutorial I already mentioned that we'll be dealing with Modal Progressions which are non-functional. In other words, they don't outline one key centre as with functional progressions. Each chord is from a different key and requires...
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4:37 Playing Over Changes (Part 1) Scale Choices - Major Chords Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion When soloing over Major chords and their derivatives we have two scales to choose from. These are Ionian (our standard major scale) and the Lydian scale. The Lydian Scale is what we'll call our 'Go To' scale for major chords when improvising in a mo...
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3:55 Playing Over Changes (Part 1) Scale Choices - Minor Chords Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion When soloing over minor chords and their derivatives we end up with three scale choices. These are our three minor modes - Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian. As with major chords we have a 'Go To' scale choice that works best over the majority of modal pr...
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1:52 Playing Over Changes (Part 1) Scale Choices - Dom 7th Chords Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Dominant 7th chords and their derivitives use the mixolydian mode exclusively. We are only going to be dealing with un-altered dominant 7th chords in this tutorial. Any dominant 7th chords with altered extensions (b5, #5, b9, #9, #11) will be dealt w...
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1:37 Playing Over Changes (Part 1) Scale Choices - m7b5 Chord Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion It's fairly unusual to come across a minor7b5 chord in a modal context but when we do the scale that fits over it is the Locrian mode. It's more commonly found in a functional harmony context in a minor II-V progression which we'll cover when we look...
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2:05 Backing Track 1 - Two minor7 Chords Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Well here's the first backing track. Each chord lasts for one bar giving us the two chord sequence. Try playing a continuous scale exercise over this for the whole track. ||: Gm7 / / / | Bbm7 / / / :||
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2:05 Backing Track 2 - Two 7sus4 Chords Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Each chord lasts for one bar giving us the two chord sequence. Try playing a continuous scale exercise over this for the whole track. ||: G7sus4 / / / | Bb7sus4 / / / :||
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2:05 Backing Track 3 - Two Major7 Chords Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Fusion Each chord lasts for one bar giving us the two chord sequence. Try playing a continuous scale exercise over this for the whole track. ||: Gmaj7 / / / | Bbmaj7 / / / :||
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0:47 Inside/Outside Picking Etude - Full Video Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Welcome! In this tutorial, we'll be learning a short etude taken from a song I wrote. The purpose of this etude is to practice our inside picking along with our outside picking. If you aren't sure what those picking types are, check out this tutoria...
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2:11 Inside/Outside Picking Etude - Breakdown Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Firstly, let's make sure we're aware of the type of rhythmic notes we're playing. If you look at the tab/notation below, you'll see that there are six notes for every beat. So we'll be playing sixteenth-note triplets. While you learn this, you'll wa...
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1:35 Inside/Outside Picking Etude - Backing Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Now it's time for the backing track! You'll hear the harmony and rhythm guitars playing along with you. If this tempo is a little too fast for you, go ahead and go on to the next page for the slower backing track.
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2:09 Inside/Outside Picking Etude - Backing (Slow) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal This backing track is a little slower than the original tempo. Have fun and practice hard!
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6:39 Slide Guitar - "Experimental" Slide Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This final chapter deals with some more experimental slide techniques. Many slide players play slide above the range of the fret board to access notes normally unavailable for them. Duane Allman, Jeff beck, Derek Trucks are some of the names. Brett G...
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3:17 Quartal Harmony - Introduction Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion Hey there Guys! Welcome to this month's tutorial. This time we'll be looking at a form of harmony known as Quartal Harmony. Before we get into that though lets have a look at what normal harmony is in a Western context. In the western world we bui...
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1:56 Quartal Harmony - How does it sound? Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion In this video I'll try to show you the difference in sound between tertiary harmony (the chords you already know) and quartal harmony. Remember that we're not dealing with functional harmony anymore so we can play any of the quartal chords from the ...
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4:16 Quartal Harmony - Shapes on the middle 4 strings Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion Okay, so here we'll start to learn the construction of these quartal shapes. In the video I outline each shape for you using note names on the fretboard. If you don't know your note names don't fear! The shapes are all represented in the TAB below so...
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2:44 Quartal Harmony - Shapes on the top 4 strings Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion Here's the shapes for C dorian on the top 4 strings. Work through them in the same way without worrying about the Roman numerals over each shape. Remember all of these shapes are basically a C dorian scale harmonised in 4th's. These shapes start fro...
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2:33 Quartal Harmony - Applying the Shapes Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion Right - now the important bit! You've learnt the shapes but how do you use them? Well, you'll have noticed that each quartal voicing or shape has a Roman Numeral above it. These refer to one of the seven modes built from a major scale. The modes ru...
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1:28 Quartal Harmony - Example Grooves Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion Here's two grooves for you, both played over a static C bass pedal. The first groove starts with the IV chord on the note C. I play all the other quartal voicings in relation to this one using the sequence outlined in the tutorial giving me a C lydia...
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3:30 Quartal Harmony - Backing Track Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion Here's the backing track for the tutorial. It's a C pedal which you can use to play any set of quartal chords to outline a particular mode as I did in my examples video. Try making C dorian by starting on the II chord at the note C, C Phrygian by s...
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1:26 String Bending - Example 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Let's take things a step further by doing a minor 3rd bend (3 frets). This does require a little more strength from the left hand and may require some work to get the intonation spot on. Remember to play these examples with the target pitches so tha...
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1:43 String Bending - Example 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style With the following examples we will be performing the bends with the index finger and as a result we will not be able to use any idle fingers to help us to bend the string. This does present a challenge certainly if you have never tried this techniqu...
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1:16 String Bending - Example 4 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this example we will be moving sequentially through the scale of A minor pentatonic but keeping it all within the confines of one string: the g string. Due to the nature of the pentatonic scale, we will be required to use a mixture of whole tone b...
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1:24 String Bending - Example 5 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This example is slightly different than the previous examples in that we will be required to sustain other notes whilst performing the string bends at the same time. We have a mixture of semi-tone and tone bends coupled with changes between the secon...
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1:24 String Bending - Example 6 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This final example is a short but deceptively awkward lick to get right. The challenge is in targeting the correct successive pitch while releasing the string. It will be essential for you to play the fretted target notes before you actually try the...
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4:06 Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country In this example, I expand upon the main rhythm idea, adding arppegiated ideas with hammer-ons and pull-offs that are so typical for Country guitar playing. You will also find the G-arpeggio from the TT-Zop riff here, but played in straight sixteen no...
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7:11 Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 3a & b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country Example 3a is yet another variation of the main rhythm idea. I included a short lick as a turn-around in the end. Try grooving along on the main rhythm, and throw in any of these variations at the end, to be able to always get back on the first downb...
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4:49 Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country In this example you will find some double stop bending, typical in country guitar playing. Even though this tutorial is not aimed towards this technique (The bending part of Country needs a tutorial all by itself!) I choose to include as an example o...
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4:19 Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 5 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country In this example, I use the A major (F#min) pentatonic, and incorporate open strings as well (thus expanding the scale a bit). You recognize the beginning "roll" from example 2. Pay attention to the right hand fingerings, and try it your own way as we...
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3:41 Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 6 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country And here' s the final example for you! Here I have once again taken inspiration from the TT-zop solo, part 1. Check it out here, in case you missed that one! This one has a slightly more "blues-country" feel to it, since I'm staying in the A minor ...
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1:52 Time Feel - Exercise 2: Explanation Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Jazz Okay, hopefully you were coping well with that last lesson. In the previous exercise our physical metronome and internal metronome were playing on every beat in the bar. The premise of the remaining exercises is to gradually remove more of the physi...
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0:32 Time Feel - Exercise 2: Demonstration Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Jazz Here's the video demonstration of Exercise 2. Metronome is set up at 82 bpm on beats 2 and 4 giving me a perceived tempo of 164 bpm. Remember to tap your foot on beats 2 and 4 also and try to match my feel in the video. Try other chord progressions...
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1:07 Destroy the Alarm Clock - Backing Track: 105 bpm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Here we have the backing track at 105 bpm. As always, if you ever make a recording of yourself playing along to the backing, be sure to post it in the forum!
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1:31 Moonlit Waters - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Latin Hello Infinite Guitarists! In this song tutorial, we'll be learning a piece I wrote called "Moonlit Waters". It has a bit of a sexy, latin jazz feel to it. Once you watch the full video above, head on over to the next page to begin the first exercis...
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1:34 Moonlit Waters - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Latin Picking-Hand Fingering T Thumb I Index Finger M Middle Finger A Ring Finger O Pinky Finger In Exercise 1, we're going to be accenting certain eighth note beats with the Cm7 and Bm7 chords. ...
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1:41 Moonlit Waters - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Latin In this section, we're going to be playing an octave pattern on the Low E and D strings. Just like in Exercise 1, we have a lot of rests and space between the chords. Try adding that rhythmic effect that we discussed in Exercise 1 to this exercise a...
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1:37 Moonlit Waters - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Latin Now we get to the main theme of the song. This part isn't too difficult, but be careful with your fingering on both the left and right hands. Using proper fingering will help the transitions between the parts go as smoothly as possible. Also, don't ...
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1:39 Moonlit Waters - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Latin 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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1:42 Free Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Solo Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical 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 but in orde...
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2:20 Free Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical 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 chord but...
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2:08 Free Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical 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 nice steady...
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0:52 TT-Zop - Performance Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Summer-greetings Guitarslingers! In this song tutorial, we will play through some texas-style blues-rock. As you might have guessed by the title alone, this track is rather inspired by a certain bearded texas-trio named ZZ-top. However, during the ...
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4:33 TT-Zop - Intro Riff Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Let's begin with the intro riff. Here we have a classic type of texas-riff, which lends heavily from country guitar playing, but is played in a shuffle beat. Many country ideas can be used in rock and blues, it's just that most of these country line...
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2:02 TT-Zop - Main Riff Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Ok guys, in this part we're looking at the main riff during the solo. Pretty much the same thing as the last riff, same chords, just with distortion and more "edge". Don't be afraid to "dig in", this is supposed to be played with a fair amount of att...
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2:19 TT-Zop - Solo Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues In the first part of the solo, we begin with a classic Texas bluesline, a minor third with some heavy víbrato. It's all in triplets, to keep that groovy shuffle feel. The second part includes an almost country'esque little idea. As ment...
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3:49 TT-Zop - Solo Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues In the second part fo the solo, we start out with a more Blackmore-styled ide. The key here is to get that small, but quick and agressive bend going in the first finger. It is easy to slip of the string, especially on a vintage radius tele-neck, so k...
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3:39 TT-Zop - Solo Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues Ok! This final part introduces a technique of playing harmonics that I personally love! What I'm doing is playing the harmonics with the side of the nail and the flesh of the side of my fingertip (middle finger). This is a technique that guys like J...
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1:15 TT-Zop - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues And finally, here's the backing track for ya! I've made it a bit longer than the actual song snippet itself, so that you can use it as a practice track for improvisation as well.
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1:22 Free Shell Voicings - Enhancing our Blues Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues 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 we've added another chord type into the progression in the form of some minor 7th chords and added so...
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1:57 Free Shell Voicings - Using all the Shapes Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz 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 aspects. Fir...
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5:20 Free Shell Voicings - Build Your Chord Vocabulary Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style 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 to produce ...
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2:28 Jazz Polymeter Exercise Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Jazz Hey folks! In this lesson, we're going to learn a jazz rhythm exercise that will help us get familiar with the concept of polymeter. Polymeter occurs when there are multiple time signatures being used simultaneously. For example, a guitarist might b...
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1:31 Jazz Polymeter Exercise - Backing Track 129 bpm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Jazz Here is the backing track at 129 bpm (beats per minute). Remember, do your best to be aware of the underlying 4/4 groove that the drums are playing, even though you're playing a riff in 7/8. If you ever record yourself playing along to the backing, ...
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1:57 Jazz Polymeter Exercise - Backing Track 100 bpm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Jazz Here is the backing track at 100 bpm. Remember, do your best to be aware of the underlying 4/4 groove that the drums are playing, even though you're playing a riff in 7/8. If you ever record yourself playing along to the backing, be sure to post it ...
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0:59 Palm Mute Crunching - Exercise Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Now let's go ahead and apply what we learned in the last lesson. In the video above, you'll see me play the exercise at 126 bpm (beats per minute) and also at 156 bpm. This exercise is primarily going to revolve around an E power chord. As far as th...
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2:05 Palm Mute Crunching - Backing Track 126 bpm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Have fun with the backing track! This particular backing is at 126 bpm. If you'd rather play it at a faster speed, feel free to go to the next page to play it at 156 bpm. If you ever make a recording of yourself playing along to the backing, be sure...
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1:41 Palm Mute Crunching - Backing Track 156 bpm Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Have fun with the backing track! This particular backing is at 156 bpm. If you'd rather play it at a slower speed, feel free to go to the previous page to play it at 126 bpm. If you ever make a recording of yourself playing along to the backing, be ...
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1:42 The Seeker - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Welcome folks! In this song tutorial, we'll be learning an intermediate rock piece called "The Seeker". As you learn this piece, keep in mind that there's a tempo change about half way through, where the bpm (beats per minute) increases from 127 to ...
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2:26 The Seeker - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In Exercise 1, we'll be learning the main riff of the song. This riff will be primarily played in the 2nd position. There's going to be a good amount of palm muting in this song, so be mindful of all the "P.M." markings throughout the tablature. Mak...
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2:08 The Seeker - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock With the exception of a few notes in bar 4, Exercise 2 will mainly be played using eighth notes. For now, go ahead and observe the note grouping on the fourth beat of bar 12. See how there are 5 notes joined together over the duration of a single qu...
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1:24 The Seeker - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In Exercise 3, we'll be playing a brief chord progression before the song transitions to a tempo increase in Exercise 4. We'll start off strumming the D power chord, then in bar 18 we'll play the A and G# chords along with the drums as we descend to...
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2:00 The Seeker - Exercise 4 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In Exercise 4, we have the section of the song where the tempo increases from 127bpm to 148bpm. In the context of the song, once Exercise 4 is finished, you'll then proceed to play Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 at the new speed of 148bpm. With the excep...
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1:44 The Seeker - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Now it's time to rock out to the backing track! Keep in mind the tempo increase at about 48 seconds in. If you ever make a recording of yourself playing along with the backing track, be sure to share it with us in the forum so we can all hear your s...
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2:57 Classical Guitar Solo - Gran Vals(Nokia Waltz) by F.Tarrega Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Hey there and welcome back to my continuing series of classical guitar pieces penned by Francisco Tarrega. In this lesson we will be looking at perhaps Tarrega's most recognised piece 'Gran Vals' due to a phrase from the piece being used by Nokia, t...
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1:07 Classical Guitar Solo - Gran Vals(Nokia Waltz) Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Alrighty then, lets get started with part one. This piece is significantly more difficult to play in comparison with the pieces that we have studied thus far. In actual fact, 'Gran Vals' has been included as an examination piece for the Associated B...
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0:56 Classical Guitar Solo - Gran Vals(Nokia Waltz) Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical We have now modulated to the dominant of the original key which is E. The parts which will require the most practice will be the slurs with the left hand. As always, slow methodical practice will yield the best results. Be very careful with bars 36 ...
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0:46 Classical Guitar Solo - Gran Vals(Nokia Waltz) Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical In this section we have modulated once more in the dominant direction to the V of E which is B major. The melody now shifts from being in the upper register to being in underneath the chords on the lower strings. You may need to isolate the melody a...
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0:50 Classical Guitar Solo - Gran Vals(Nokia Waltz) Part 4 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical We have now made another modulation, this time moving from B major back to E major - the Dominant of the original key of A major. This last section has a certain humour to it I find and I feel it works very well if one can manipulate the dynamics an...
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0:53 Scale Chord Voicings - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Greetings Guitar slingers! In this tutorial we will look at the concept of Scale Chords. The main focus of this tutorial is not chord theory, scale theory, or any theory in general. Of course it always helps if you do have some theoretical knowledg...
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6:03 Major Voicings - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style To begin with, let’s review what a chord is. A chord is a group of notes derived from a given scale, put together in a cluster. For instance, let’s take the key of Emajor (as presented in the scale charts below). The tonic (I-degree) of E...
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4:30 Major Voicings - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style OK, in this second part of major voicings, we’re looking at D major. Same idea; map out the scale across the fret board, and find a voicing you like. The difference here is that I have incorporated the open D-string throughout, and just used th...
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4:53 Minor Voicings - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style Time for Minor! In this part we’re looking at the E minor scale. Also, I have chosen other voicings. I found a voicing I really liked, and ran with that. As you will hear this leads to more “fusionesque” tones. The concept is the sa...
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5:50 Minor Voicings - Part 2 & Changing Scale Roots Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion So, here I’ve derived my voicings from the same E minor scale, but started out with an Esus4 voicing. I also touch upon another topic here, the topic of key change by altering root. Let’s say you play these voicings over that E-bass note,...
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7:25 Outlining Scales & Creating Outside Harmony Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion In this last part, I discuss outlining scales. What I mean by this is that just as a voicing or chord has a certain overall quality and texture, an entire scale has a quality of its own. That is, if you run scales up and down, that is one thing, you ...
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1:34 Spatial Gravity - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Before we learn the first exercise, I want to highlight the fact that we'll be using a couple different time signatures in this song, primarily being 7/8 and 4/4, and a little bit of 2/4. If you need a refresher course on any of these time signatures...
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0:57 Spatial Gravity - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock This is the section where the drums come into the song and we play a bit of a teaser before building up into Exercise 3. In bar 5, we'll start out by playing a G power chord on the 3rd fret of the Low E-string. Make sure to let the chord ring out so...
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1:40 Spatial Gravity - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock This is the main "groove" part of the song. Now, let's pay very close attention to what's going on rhythmically here. When you watch the Full Video, listen carefully to what the guitar and drums are playing in this part. Basically, both instruments a...
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1:54 Spatial Gravity - Exercise 4 (Solo: Part 1) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock It's time for the solo! We'll now be branching away from the 7/8 time signature into a more groove-oriented 4/4 feel. When you look at the tablature below, you'll see quite a few "wavy lines" above certain notes. Those markings simply indicate that...
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1:46 Spatial Gravity - Exercise 6 (Solo: Part 3) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock The final section of the solo has a bit of a bluesy feel with lots of bends and pentatonic phrases. The goal here is to add as much "attitude" to these notes as possible. Give the vibrato-indicated notes a good amount of heavy and fast vibrato. We al...
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1:27 Spatial Gravity - Exercise 7 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock As we conclude the song, we'll be playing an exercise that is very similar to Exercise 3. The main difference is that in this exercise, we'll be playing a brief descending pattern to close out the song. There is one other difference between the two ...
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1:38 Classical Guitar Solo - Pavane by F.Tarrega Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical A very warm welcome to you for this continuation of pieces by the Spanish master Francisco Tarrega. For today's installment, we will be taking a look at Tarrega's "Pavane", which is one of many charming 'miniatures' penned by this prolific composer....
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1:03 Classical Guitar Solo - Pavane Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical With this type of composition, I really feel that you must try and approach it in a very classy kind of way. Hmmm, what exactly do I mean by that? Well, Tarrega wrote quite a few of these short but very charming pieces of music and they are all full ...
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1:01 Classical Guitar Solo - Pavane Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical As we have modulated to the dominant key, B major, you may want to think about adding some subtleties in dynamics or tone to heighten the tension a little. No need to go overboard with it, just a little sprinkling here and there will be enough to bri...
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0:48 Classical Guitar Solo - Pavane Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical OK, final section now. For the C section, Tarrega creates some nice tension by outlining the Dominant of the original key with ascending lines played with pizzicato, which I feel really adds to the tension somewhat. It also adds a little color for t...
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5:15 All About Harmonics - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Greetings Guitar Slingers! Welcome to yet another (long) tutorial from yours truly. This time we will dive deep into the wonderful world of Harmonics! The theory, concepts and practice of harmonics in all its various incarnations are more often than...
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2:52 Natural Harmonics - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Welcome to part 1 of the theoretical part of natural harmonics. The first thing we need to cover and understand is the physics of the string – String Theory. The first thing we need to acknowledge is that when you play a note (be it an open str...
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6:10 Natural Harmonics - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style In this part you will have to keep a close eye on the Table of Harmonics as well. As you can see, the 1/3 division is always the perfect 5th up from the ½ (or the perfect 4th down from the ¼ division). That is, a harmonic on the 7th fre...
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4:43 Natural Harmonics - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style Before going into this part, it would be wise to re-visit (or visit) my set-up tutorial where I discuss Intonation, and the equal temperament system of the guitar, as opposed to true temperament. You can find that part of the tutorial HERE. Then, yo...
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6:50 Natural Harmonics - Part 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style In this part, I just reinforce the fact that the string's length is not relevant, only its pitch. Regardless if the string is divided by fretting a note, or elongated say on a bass, the positions of the harmonics will ALWAYS stay the same, that is &f...
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7:41 Artificial/Pinch Harmonics - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style First off, we need to discuss the terms artificial and pinch harmonics. These are most often labeled as two different names for the same thing, that is, the harmonics produced using the thumb and pick in unison. In reality, Artificial Harmonics is an...
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6:41 Pinch Harmonics - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style As I mentioned in the end of the last part, you can only produce the harmonics given to you by the divisions and nodes of the natural harmonics. You cannot produce something that is not there! I’ve seen instructional videos of guys playing an A...
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4:50 Pinch Harmonics - Part 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This part re-emphasizes the difference between the natural over-tone series (with the harmonics) and the equal temperament (compromised) division of the fret board. For instance, you cannot produce a perfect major third interval, unless you use the 4...
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5:41 Tap Harmonics - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style As explained in the video, Tap Harmonics is just another variation on the same theme. Let's say you fret a D on the 5th fret of the A-string. The ½ division of this new string length would then be situated at the 17th fret (this is also pretty...
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4:52 Tap Harmonics - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Finally! Time for some actual examples huh?! Now, even though notating tap harmonics isn't as bad as trying to notate correct pinch harmonics, there is still no software that does it well I’m afraid. I can notate the octave taps, but as for no...
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5:40 Harp Harmonics Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Harp Harmonics is a technique mostly used by classical guitarists, and is also often used with a clean tone, not a distorted one. What you do here is let the tip of your index finger touch the harmonic node while your right thumb strikes the string b...
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3:01 Minor Blues - Progression 3 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues Let's make our chords more sophisticated for this 3rd progression. Open string chords aren't going to cut it any more. In this version we still use minor 7th chords but we're going to move up the neck a little and use shapes more usually associated w...
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4:16 Minor Blues - Progression 4 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues In progression 3 we had very full sounding chords where we were playing the root note as the lowest note or bass note in each shape. This is fine for solo or duo performances but is a bit of a problem when playing with a bass player. If we have the r...
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3:05 Minor Blues - Progression 5 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues Right - we're at the final stage now. Our final alteration will occur in bars 9 and 10 of our progression. We're going to use a classic blues trick using two chords as substitutions for the Dm9 and Em7 already in those bars. In bar 9 we're going to...
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6:35 Minor Blues - Backing Track Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Blues Here's the backing track for progression number 5!
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1:46 Tuning in 4ths - Introduction Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Hi there guys and welcome to this tutorial on tuning in 4ths. Normally we tune the guitar in what we call standard tuning. In other words out strings are tuned to the following notes, E, A, D, G, B and E This system of tuning is great as it allows...
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4:03 Tuning in 4ths - In Practice Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Okay, so as an example we can take a Cmajor Triad. If we play this on the A, D and G strings we get a triad composed from the notes C, E and G played at the 3rd fret of the A string. If we take this shape up an octave and play it at the 10th fret of ...
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4:03 Tuning in 4ths - Working Out Shapes Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style It's actually pretty easy to work out shapes that will work in this tuning. The system is easy and relies on information you probably already know. Basically, any shapes that work on the bottom 4 strings will work anywhere on the guitar now. For exa...
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1:52 TapOut - Full Video Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Welcome to this riffage tutorial based on a tune of mine called "TapOut". You guessed it, I'm a UFC fan! :) This riff is pretty much what you might label "Swedish Metal", in which I have tried to capture some of the essence of my Swedish metal herit...
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1:06 TapOut - Breakdown 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal In this first breakdown, we'll be looking at the first riff. This riff is made up of a sliding 3-string chord (an augmented power chord, or "half-diminished power chord" or "b5 power chord" as I believe you call it in the US), and some heavy palm-mut...
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0:44 TapOut - Breakdown 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal This part contains a continuous 16-note riff, with some off-beat accents occurring thanks to the placement of the un-muted notes in relation to the muted low C. This type of riffing can get really mesmerizing, so please use this riff as fuel for crea...
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1:27 TapOut - Breakdown 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal In this part, I'm using a rather un-orthodox harmonic technique. The actual physics of this technique is something I will include in my upcoming tutorial on harmonics, which will cover just about every possible harmonic technique out there. For now, ...
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1:52 TapOut - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal Finally, here's a backing track for you to play around with. I have left one of the rhythm guitars in there (panned hard left) so you can get a sense of the harmonies when practicing to it. Get riffing, and see you in my next tutorial!
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0:55 Acoustic Percussion Etude - Performance Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Hey everyone! Welcome to this tutorial on acoustic percussion. This is a short etude tutorial that will help familiarize yourself with the basic techniques of this modern acoustic style. Percussive playing on the acoustic guitar is getting more and m...
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0:55 Acoustic Percussion Etude - Part 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic If you aren't familiar with playing percussion on the acoustic, be sure to learn this at a very slow pace. Watch the videos very closely and pay attention to my hand movements. At first, it might seem like there's a lot going on with all the differe...
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1:08 Acoustic Percussion Etude - Part 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic In Part 2, there will be a lot more movement with your left hand as it makes its way over to knock the guitar body. Make sure you have the guitar in a stable position so it doesn't sway too much with your arm and hand movements. Tablature Reference ...
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1:30 6/8 Rock - Full Video Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Welcome folks! In this tutorial, we'll be focusing on a rock tune in 6/8 time, hence the amazingly creative title, "6/8 Rock". :) You can think of 6/8 as having a span of six eighth notes per measure. Listen for the high-hat count at the beginning o...
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2:17 6/8 Rock - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In the first exercise, we'll be doing some sweep arpeggios in the key of D Major. The first 2 bars highlight the Major feel, then in bars 3 and 4, we'll be playing in B minor (D Major's relative minor key). We'll then repeat a similar sequence in bar...
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1:34 6/8 Rock - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock In this section, we'll be playing a "call and answer" sequence. A "call and answer" sequence is when you have a brief musical theme that somewhat "leaves you hanging", then it's immediately followed by another brief theme that offers resolve. In this...
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1:41 6/8 Rock - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock This is the slightly "metal" section of this seemingly upbeat rock tune. Be mindful of the palm mutes. Anytime you see the "P.M." markings in the tab, be sure to play solid palm mutes. Also, you might notice that I'm doing some brief downward slide...
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1:25 6/8 Rock - Exercise 4 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock We're now going to be doing some full out sweep picking. In bar 25, we'll be sweeping over an A Major triad. Then in bar 26, we'll be sweeping over a D Major triad. Bar 27 will go back to the A Major triad. Then lastly, in bar 28 we'll be sweeping o...
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1:37 6/8 Rock - Exercise 5 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock This is the quiet part of the song and is pretty easy. You'll see a couple bars of only rests as well. In bars 35 and 36, be sure to gradually build the intensity of your playing as you transition back into the main chorus melody. Once you have all ...
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1:35 6/8 Rock - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock Here's the backing track. Have fun and practice hard. If you ever do a recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forum so we can check out your skills!
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1:04 Francisco Tarrega - Study in E minor Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Classical In today's lesson, we will be looking at a study written by Spanish composer/guitarist Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). Tárrega is considered by many to have been responsible for the revival of interest in the guitar as a concert instrum...
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3:07 Francisco Tarrega - Study in E minor Breakdown Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Classical This study is very simplistic harmonically, offering the briefest of excursions to the relative major in bars 11-12, while the remainder stays within the confines of E minor. From a technical standpoint, it is well within the reach of a beginner/inte...
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4:43 Truss Rod Adjustment - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Truss Rod Adjustment What is a truss-rod you might ask? The truss-rod is a metal bar inside the guitar neck, that flexes in or (or sometimes both) directions. This rod in place for two reasons: 1. To stabilize the neck and stop it from warping. 2. T...
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7:39 Truss Rod Adjustment - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Truss Rod Adjustment - cont: First of all we need to determine what our current relief is, and decide how or if we want to change that. The way to do this is either by using you eye-sight, or by measuring with a steel ruler or with so called “...
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9:09 Intonation Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style Ok, let’s say that your top nut is fine. Then let’s move on to intonating to rest of the neck. The common way of intonating an electric guitar is to tune the open harmonic to pitch, and then check to see if the fretted note at the 12th f...
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1:30 Classical Guitar Solo - 'Lagrima' by F. Tarrega Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical Welcome! In today's lesson we will be studying the classical guitar solo written by Spanish composer/guitarist Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909). Tárrega is considered by many to have been responsible for the revival of interest in the ...
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0:45 Classical Guitar Solo - 'Lagrima' part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical OK, let's take a look at the opening bars. The first thing that you should be aware of throughout the piece is to balance the bass movement, accompaniment, and melody. The use of rest strokes for the melody can be a very useful way to bring the melo...
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0:51 Classical Guitar Solo - 'Lagrima' part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical For section 2, we have changed key from E major to E minor. I feel that this parallel key change lends itself to emotive composition and can be extremely effective. Again, make sure you balance each individual part and be sure to achieve a clear, si...
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1:40 Free Christmas Medley - Carol of the Bells/God Rest Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday 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 together two Christmas classics: "Carol of the Bells" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". I thought th...
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2:07 Free Carol of the Bells/God Rest - Part 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday 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 time. Before you start learning the piece, make sure you can properly identify the time signature when ...
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1:32 Free Carol of the Bells/God Rest - Part 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday 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 rhythmic structure is exactly the same, where we have the following count: | &nbs...
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3:16 Free Carol of the Bells/God Rest - Part 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday Now comes the section where we begin playing the "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" theme. This section begins at a very soft volume and I'd suggest using your picking-hand's thumb to gently play the notes. Look for the "T" markings under the notes which...
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2:04 Free Carol of the Bells/God Rest - Part 4 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday 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 playing in a standard 4/4 time signature. If you need a quick overview of that time signature, feel f...
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1:42 Free Carol of the Bells/God Rest - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday Okay, now it's time to rock out to the backing track. But make sure you drink a lot of eggnog first. The Christmasy magic of eggnog will help you play better! As always, if you ever make a recording of yourself playing along to the backing track, be...