Technique Guitar Lessons

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4:24 Introduction to Guitar Instructor: Matt Cloak Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to beginner guitar! If you're just getting started with the guitar, you've come to the right place. In this tutorial section, we are going to cover the basics, including: Playing an instrument, and its benefits Different parts...
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11:22 Playing Basic Notes Instructor: Matt Cloak Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this section, we will learn how to play a note on the fretboard and finger placement. We'll cover how to hold the guitar pick and how to pick the strings downward, as well as upward. Some key points to keep in mind are: The strings ...
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6:31 Playing Some Chords Instructor: Matt Cloak Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this section, we will learn about chords. Chords are when play muiltiple notes at one time. This involves picking multiple strings at once, which is called strumming. We will learn how to strum downwards and upward...
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5:58 Soldering - Tinning and Splicing Wires Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this section, we'll cover how to "tin" the wire in order to prepare it for splicing or attaching to a pot, jack, terminal, etc. We will also look at how to "splice" wires, which is simply connecting to open wire ends to each other. This can be ve...
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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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1:40 Artificial Harmonics: Performance & Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hi all! Back once again with another Infinite Guitar tutorial. This time I thought it might be fun to discuss artificial harmonics. I was first interested in this technique when I saw Tommy Emanuel play. Tommy is a fantastic player who you...
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3:23 Artificial Harmonics: Basic Technique Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style So in this video we will talk about the basic technique surrounding artificial harmonics. The easiest way to explain this is to say, whatever note is fretted with the left hand will need to be plucked exactly an octave up on the same string. So, if...
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3:01 Artificial Harmonics: Full Technique Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now that we've figured out the basics of artificial harmonics, we can now move onto the full technique as heard from players like Tommy Emanuel. This technique will utilize not only artificial harmonics put regular picked nots as well. The ke...
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5:10 Artificial Harmonics: Chord Shapes Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style The chords that are used in this example are the following: Bmin7add4 Bbmaj7#4 Cmaj69 C7b5 The voicings used within this example are not typical outside of this technique although they do have theoretical relevance. The main thing to note...
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0:39 Artificial Harmonics: Backing Track Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Please use this backing track when practicing the examples. Enjoy!
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2:52 Picking Workout For Beginners - Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock This tutorial is special. I'm going back to the basics with picking technique and this time I'm giving you an inside look into my own routine and how I've single-handedly taken every technique I've approached and totally mastered it! Pay close atten...
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10:15 Picking Workout For Beginners - Essential Lecture (WATCH) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this video I spill all the secrets. We're going to cover my deep thoughts on how to abtain the ultimate essense of: 1. Musical Awareness2. Time Feel3. Touch - Note Duration4. Relaxation Enjoy :)
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1:28 Picking Workout For Beginners - 1st Routine Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock This exercise should be relaxing and fun. You should also be able to monitor your progress every step of the way. This is not to say it WILL be easy for you at first. But rest assured that if you put forth your attention to this exercise fully, you W...
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1:51 Picking Workout For Beginners - 2nd Routine Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock This exercise should also be simply relaxing and fun. Monitor your progress ever step of the way. This time we are adding another string to demonstrate legato, or playing from note to note as smoothly as possible. This is SUPER IMPORTANT. Don't be la...
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3:14 Picking Workout For Beginners - Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Rinse and repeat until you sound like me. Then take these principles into your practice routines and implement them into your own lines. It's super important. I'm literally teaching you to not only cut your practice routines in half, but to also trac...
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2:05 Picking Workout For Beginners - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock PICKING WORKOUT FOR BEGINNERS Remember that the goal here is to fully capture the essense of: 1. Musical Awareness2. Time Feel3. Touch - Note Duration4. Relaxation Enjoy :)
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2:22 Picking Workout For Beginners - Backing Track (Slow) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock PICKING WORKOUT FOR BEGINNERS Remember that the goal here is to fully capture the essense of: 1. Musical Awareness2. Time Feel3. Touch - Note Duration4. Relaxation Enjoy :)
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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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4:42 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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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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1:56 Out In The Open - Intro and "Fatherland" Lick Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The Recut of my solo record "Out In The Open" will be out soon and ready for tour in the coming months. I thought now would be a great opportunity to give you a taste of what's to come! In this tutorial you'll find three licks that will keep yo...
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0:54 Out In The Open - "Exile" Lick Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock For Lick No.2, we'll be learning a section from the song entitled "Exile". Pay close attention to the tablature and practice slowly. Keep the legato clean! The Recut of my solo record "Out In The Open" will be out soon and ready for tour in the...
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1:31 Out In The Open - "Desperate Times" Lick & Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock For Lick No.3, we'll be learning a section from the song entitled "Desperate Times". Pay close attention to the tablature and practice slowly. Keep the legato clean! The Recut of my solo record "Out In The Open" will be out soon and ready for t...
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1:20 Out In The Open - "Fatherland" Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have the backing track to my song entitled "Fatherland".
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2:02 Out In The Open - "Exile" Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have the backing track to my song entitled "Exile".
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1:22 Out In The Open - "Desperate Times" Backing Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have the backing track to my song entitled "Desperate Times".
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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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1:11 Half Step Bends - Intro Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hello all! This time around we will be talking about the use of the half step bend. This is a very easy and tasteful tool that is commonly looked over by players but I highly recommend taking some time to learn how to utilize the half step bend. Li...
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3:04 Half Step Bends - Explanation Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now one of the easiest and fastest ways to learn to use these bends is by using the two string symmetrical scale. The two string symmetrical scale is commonly taught and is extremely useful when visualizing the fret board. It can help with seeing o...
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2:52 Half Step Bends - Explanation (continued) Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now let's discuss they actual convenience of the two string symmetrical shape when we are learning where are half steps exist within a key. You may have to refer back to the tab so I've included it again at the bottom. As you can see the half...
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2:29 Half Step Bends - Examples Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style So I thought it best to go ahead and leave you guys with a few lick examples sort of in the style of Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, or Shawn Lane. The first example is sort of an east Indian/middle eastern vibe to it. The key with this lick is to be quic...
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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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6:56 AJ's Licks of The Month - Intro & Overview Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Hello everyone and welcome! For this tutorial we'll be learning 4 fun yet challenging licks. Before we get to the licks, in this video I'm going to be discussing alternate picking, subdivisions, and practicing techniques I've used. When you're ready...
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0:49 AJ's Licks of The Month - Lick 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Alright, let's tackle Lick 1. Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. Practice using subdivisions. Set the metronome low and increase by ...
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0:58 AJ's Licks of The Month - Lick 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here we are for Lick 2! Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. Practice using subdivisions. Set the metronome low and increase by subdiv...
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0:55 Free AJ's Licks of The Month - Lick 3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Lick 3! Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. Practice using subdivisions. Set the metronome low and increase by subdivision. This way ...
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1:30 AJ's Licks of The Month - Lick 4 & Wrap Up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Final lick, Lick 4. Stay tuned to the end of the video for a final wrap-up. Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. Practice using subdiv...
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1:11 AJ's Licks of The Month - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here's the backing track, folks! If you need it a little slower, head on over to the next page. Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. P...
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1:15 AJ's Licks of The Month - Backing Track (slow) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here's the backing track slowed down. Remember: 1. Analyze the accuracy of both hands. The idea is to find a way to make them work together smoothly. Take your time and DON'T force it. 2. Practice using subdivisions. Set the metronome low and incr...
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1:25 Pick-Stroke Uniformity - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey everyone! This month we're taking a close look at our pick-stroke. Maintaining a uniformity with regards to pick-stroke dynamics (regardless of which direction our pick strokes each string) will open many windows of opportunity to mix scalar and ...
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0:18 Pick-Stroke Uniformity - Lick 2 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lick 2 consists of two bars of contrasting technique - the first, we're ascending through a fairly common three-note-per string passage with alternate, before descending through an E minor arpeggio sequence in bar two. Again, the focus of these exerc...
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0:18 Pick-Stroke Uniformity - Lick 4 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Finally, lick 4 kinda mixes things up. This exercise begins with an up-stroke to allow for our economy to "reset" before hitting the alternate picked measure in bar 2 with a down stroke. Practice bar 1, first, to a metronome, before moving forward. W...
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1:15 The Only Lesson You'll Ever Need (April Fools 2014) Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal *April Fools 2014* Welcome to April, folks. Just press play and watch the video...and you're there...the peak level of human metalness. If you can play this, you can play anything. Enjoy, AJ
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7:31 Alternate Picking Basics - Explanation Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome! Today is about tackling alternate picking in an analytical way. Whether you're one of the following... Alternate Picking - (-down-up-down-up-etc.)Economy Picking - (down-up-down-down-up-down-down) ...it doesn't matter. Today is about foc...
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0:51 Alternate Picking Basics - Ex. 1: Arpeggiated Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Example 1 in an arpeggiated context. Be sure to practice the example using various rhythmic subdivisions (quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, sixteenth notes) 1. Use both hands to play the lick2. Relax3. Take your time (if the tempo ...
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1:26 Alternate Picking Basics - Ex. 2: Scallic Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Example 2 in a scallic context. Be sure to practice the example using various rhythmic subdivisions (quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, sixteenth notes) 1. Use both hands to play the lick2. Relax3. Take your time (if the tempo is to...
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1:06 Alternate Picking Basics - Ex. 3: Intervallic Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Example 3 in an intervallic context. Be sure to practice the example using various rhythmic subdivisions (quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, sixteenth notes) 1. Use both hands to play the lick2. Relax3. Take your time (if the tempo ...
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1:23 Alternate Picking Basics - Ex. 4: Pentatonic & Wrap-up Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have Example 4 in a pentatonic context. Be sure to practice the example using various rhythmic subdivisions (quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, sixteenth notes) 1. Use both hands to play the lick2. Relax3. Take your time (if the tempo is...
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4:16 Alternate Picking Basics - Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track folks! All four examples are listed below.
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1:59 More Legato Licks! - Intro and Lick 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to my first tutorial of 2014. This month I want to share 5 short but very useful licks with you. Make sure to read through the text and study the tab carefully to get the most from this tutorial. Good luck guys. Let's have fu...
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0:42 More Legato Licks! - Lick 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This is my most played and favorite shape to use when shredding fusion-styled lines. I really abuse this lick so I had to throw it in here for yah! :) It'll be quite a stretch for most but it's pretty playable. HELPFUL HINT: Just take your time and...
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0:56 More Legato Licks! - Lick 3 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock I love this lick so I had to do it. A lot of you have seen this one already. C minor pentatonic, second position, GO!!! Remember to relax, sit with good posture and make mental notes of how these shapes relate to the intervallic structure of the sca...
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0:54 More Legato Licks! - Lick 4 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This one is definitely a "Marco Sfogli" lick for sure. When visualizing this one, try thinking within the C minor pentatonic scale. Remember to relax, sit with good posture and make mental notes of how these shapes relate to the intervallic structur...
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1:18 More Legato Licks! - Lick 5 and Outro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock So in this lick, we're using the same shape in the right hand as before. Only this time we're adding our tapping finger. Remember to relax, sit with good posture and make mental notes of how these shapes relate to the intervallic structure of the sc...
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4:16 More Legato Licks! - C Minor Backing Track Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Practice hard with the backing track folks! All 5 licks are tabbed out below.
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1:21 Technical Basics Pt.3 - Tapping Arpeggios: Intro Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome to Part 3 of my Technical Basics Series! For this tutorial, we're going to be exploring tapping arpeggios. For today, just think on the following: 1. Relaxed hands and shoulders. 2. Try practicing to a stopwatch (no metronome) for muscle m...
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2:12 Technical Basics Pt.3 - Tapping Arpeggios: Walk-Through Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Like I said in the video: 1. Taking any scale or lick you study in a diatonic method helps. 2. We are breaking down the 4 patterns and training our hands to tap multiple arpeggios simultaneously. 3. We're learning a little theory as well. Pretty ...
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0:42 Technical Basics Pt.3 - Tapping Arpeggios: Lick 1 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This lick is in GMajor Lydian and is an arpeggio with tensions 9, #11 and 13 thrown in. But to simplify things, just think of it as a G Lydian scale with really high intervals tapped at the top. Got in down? Go to the next page for Lick #2!
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0:40 Technical Basics Pt.3 - Tapping Arpeggios: Lick 2 Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This lick is in Bminor Dorian and is simply, Bminor7 to DMajor7. Or, you can think of it as a Bminor7 going to Bminor7(add9). There's no root to emphasize the Dorian sound. I prefer looking at it both ways as it helps me visualize and train my ear in...
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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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1:09 Perfect Your Sweeping - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome back fellow IG'ers! For this tutorial, I wanted to have some fun with sweep arpeggios. I've been getting a lot of questions lately pertaining to how to go about executing them cleanly. In this lesson, we'll be examining two etudes, one conta...
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0:39 Perfect Your Sweeping - Etude 1 Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Any Style So our first etude features four six-string arpeggios. The focus for now should be knowing where you are within every arpeggio. This is THE most imparative part of executing these types of arpeggios cleanly. What I mean by this is, don't get lost on...
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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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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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2:26 Introduction To Guitar - Strumming Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Strumming Patterns What a strumming pattern is in essence, is the pattern in which your pick strikes multiple strings, consisting of downward and upward motions. The concept is actually quite simple, but without breaking down the actual motions from...
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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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1:27 Free Skippin' Strings - Scale Fragments Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style String skipping is an approach that involves a lot of different techniques. Most of these techniques, you'll quickly come to find, are ones that involve keeping the "skipped" strings quiet. The purpose of string skipping is often times to cover more ...
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1:35 Skippin' Strings - Arpeggios & Etude Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style String skipped arpeggios are a staple in neo-classical shred and have been since the 80's. This approach is very ala Paul Gilbert. It offers a way to access a wide array of cool arpeggios without the "sloppy" effect of sweeping. We'll begin by breaki...
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1:31 Skippin' Strings - Hybrid Technique Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style A "cheap way out" (as I like to call it) to string skipping, is incorporating hybrid picking. Hybrid picking drastically decreases the amount of right hand movement as the need to shift the pick across numerous strings is now depleted. We hover...
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2:19 Intro to Alternate Picking - Explanation Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style For this tutorial, I will be going over the basics of alternate picking. I’ll be discussing my view on the technique, and how I going about doing it physically and thinking about it mentally. Artists that I would recommend checking out for goo...
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0:29 Intro to Alternate Picking - Exercise 1 Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lick 1 is a single string lick that can be used for a neo-classical type sound (see Lick 5). Along with making sure that you’re playing this accurately, focus on keeping the lower five strings muted so there is no excess string noise.
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0:29 Intro to Alternate Picking - Exercise 2 Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lick 2 is just a little scale fragment. Focus on hitting the downstroke on the beginning of the lick every time it repeats.
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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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0:33 Intro to Alternate Picking - Exercise 4 Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lick 4 is a scale run up the neck. Scales are great for practicing alternate picking. They get you used to changing strings, and the licks can easily be reversed so you can practice descending as well. In my opinion, doing ascending alternate pick...
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0:46 Intro to Alternate Picking - Exercise 5 (Etude) Instructor: Travis Montgomery Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lick 5 is an expanded version of Lick 1. In this one you’ll be staying on one string, but changing positions of a scale. The end result is a cool neo-classical sounding lick. Focus on hitting that downstroke at the beginning of the pattern ...
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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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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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1:43 "Hypnoustic Groove" Acoustic Demo Instructor: David Soltany Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Hey Guys, welcome to this song tutorial! We're going to be checking out some advanced techniques in order to familiarize yourself with modern percussive-style playing. This demo was made by a sample company called Orange Tree samples. They have ...
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1:58 "Hypnoustic Groove" Acoustic Demo - Part 1 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Part 1 is the main groove of the song but only the percussion part. Be sure to work slowly, and be aware about keeping your first right/left hand's tom percussion hits smooth.
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1:54 "Hypnoustic Groove" Acoustic Demo - Part 2 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Part 2 is about the percussion groove plus the main theme. Be careful when hitting notes with your left hand, it's quite tricky to target it right when your hand is over the neck and playing upside down. The slide part should be focused on getting ...
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2:02 "Hypnoustic Groove" Acoustic Demo - Part 3 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Now we'll move on to the arpeggio part. Be careful of the transition between Part 2 and Part 3. You have very limited time to hit harmonics and go back to normal (your left hand playing under the neck and your right hand getting back to picking). ...
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4:00 "Hypnoustic Groove" Acoustic Demo - Part 4 Instructor: David Soltany Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic The last part is the same as Part 2 except you have to play it with your left hand in a standard position, hitting ghost notes (simplified Hi-hat) with your third finger. Two tricky parts are the fast hammer-on/pull-off line that starts at the same ...
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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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1:47 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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0:39 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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2:22 Djent Series Part 1 - Technique Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Let's examine some beneficial techniques involved in this distinct style of rhythm playing. Right Hand The right hand is enormously important in acquiring the percussiveness and cleanliness we'll need to execute the following riffs. Make sure the p...
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4:09 Slap Guitar Basics - Overview and Exercises Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Funk Welcome to my lesson on slap guitar! A brief overview of the video: - Combine both left and right hand technique.- Use thumb for slapping, first finger for plucking, third finger on left hand for percussion over the fretboard.- Try practicing group...
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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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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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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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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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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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3:57 Tapped Arpeggios - Technique and Note Break-Down Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This tutorial comes after receiving quite a few requests to tackle the subject: tapped arpeggios. We'll be analyzing the note sequences which will best highlight chord voicings, primarily focusing on major, minor, diminished and augmented for part 1....
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5:09 Tapped Arpeggios - 3 Octave Exercises Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In the transcription below, we see tons and tons of notes. Be aware, however, there's really only three exercises here. We'll just be demonstrating the actual patterns in four different arpeggio shapes (minor, major, diminished and augmented). ...
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1:09 Tapped Arpeggios - Etude in F Major Backing Track (Fast) Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Download the Etude in F Major Backing Track (Fast) at 150BPM
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1:34 Tapped Arpeggios - Etude in F Major Backing Track (Slow) Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Download the Etude in F Major Backing Track (Slow) at 105BPM
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3:58 Beginner's 15 Minute Picking Workout - Concept Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style The main obective for this lesson is to teach a workout plan, similar to that which a bodybuilder would use for a weight lifting day at the gym. Basically, we will be working on 5 exercises, 3 of which are essential for right-hand chops. Our objectiv...
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4:31 Beginner's 15 Minute Picking Workout - Routine Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now it's time to dig in! Before you begin, please take the time to perform a proper warm-up and stretch! You can view my tutorial on this by clicking here. Sample Workout Plan Exercise 1: Downstrokes Set 1 - 60 seconds: picking, 30 secon...
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0:29 Beginner's 15 Minute Picking Workout - Examples Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here are the five main examples, played at 84bpm. The purpose for this is solely to give you an example of 16th notes, played over a metronome. Practice hard!
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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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0:36 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This example uses legato, with sweep picking at the end. The lick uses a E7 arpeggio, and is heavily inspired by Greg Howe.
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0:18 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 4 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Now we're into the realm of licks that require a bit more technical skill. Try your best to keep this clean, and accurate! Keep in mind that you can use the same pattern, with a number of different arpeggios and shapes. For this example, I've chosen...
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0:26 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 5 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This example is inspired by a commonly played Zakk Wylde lick. For years, I had been playing this lick using alternate picking, and one day discovered that it is much easier for me to play, if swept! As in some of the other examples, legato is used. ...
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0:29 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 6 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion This example is more of a textural lick, at least, when played in repetition. I like to use hybrid picking for the G# note on the 9th fret of the B string, but feel free to use sweeping / legato, or whatever feels best. Works well over C# dominant ...
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0:28 Sweep Picking as a Tool - Example 7 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock For the final example, we have a textural diminished arpeggio run! Now, you may be thinking.. Doesn't this go against the whole focus of this tutorial? Well, somewhat.. but like I said, there is nothing wrong with 'sweep runs.' I'm mainly trying to h...
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1:08 Repetition in Soloing - Concept Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hi there! I'd like to start by saying that this tutorial is going to be broken up into several parts. The first part (ex 1-3) is very, very basic. Today, we'll try a few simple licks, that work well when repeated. At a later date, I'll be adding a n...
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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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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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1:42 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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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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1:12 John Petrucci Speed Lick - Demonstration Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Hello and welcome! In this tutorial we'll be going over a lick inspired by John Petrucci, especially from his more "bluesy" days. Check out the lick then move on to the next video for an explanation, an extra exercise, and some additional ...
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4:29 John Petrucci Speed Lick - Explanation Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion So as you can hear, this is definitely "Petrucci style" especially with how we're alternate picking a chromatic sequence. Some key points and tips: - Works over the key of A minor. - Mainly uses alternate picking. - Practicing with a metronome is...
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2:25 Hybrid Picking Sequences for Fusion - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Welcome to this tutorial on Hybrid Picking! Hybrid picking is a very useful technique, applicable in many musical styles, ranging from Country to Fusion. In the world of country this technique is called "Chicken Picking", probably stemming form the ...
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5:11 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Preliminary Exercises Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion OK, so before we go into the actual sequences we will look at some preliminary exercises that nails the essence of what we will be doing. First off we will do 3-string, 4-note arpeggios going up the scale. As you can see in the video (and the tabbed...
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5:28 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Example 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion I this first example, we use the 4-note arpeggio derived from the preliminary exercises. As discussed there, we can then take this up any scale. In this particular example I have used the A Dorian mode, but do try this over any scale or mode. Also, a...
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2:10 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Example 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In example 2, we use the same A Dorian mode, but this time we will also encounter a position shift, moving up the fretboard ascending, and then descending further up the neck. In this example you should note that when descending I'm using a different...
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2:05 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Example 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In example 3 it's time for some diminished runs, which we of course all love don't we now! The Am13 provides an excellent backdrop for the Half-Whole step diminished scale, since it shares may common tones with the A Dorian mode, and is also the dim...
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3:23 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Example 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Example 4 is a kicker! In this one we move into the promised land of pentatonics so get ready to stretch those fingers! Here we're using the 3-note per string approach to pentatonics, connecting two adjacent positions. We also layer pentatonics on e...
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2:30 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Example 5 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion So, we've run through 4 examples of arpeggios now, so it's high time we get down to some linear stuff right? In example 5 we play the A Dorian scale ascending and descending in a very linear fashion, just to get used to picking every starting note o...
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2:58 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Example 6 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In the final example we have a sequence that combines with arpeggiated and linear ideas. Here, we will also be using hybrid picking both ascending and descending. By now, you should have the two main approaches firmly under your fingers, so this fina...
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4:00 Hybrid Picking Sequences - Backing Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Alright guys, here is a "backing track" of sorts. It's a continuous 4 minute chord, the Am13 used in the examples. So feel free to try out any of the examples over this, or any other things you might have lying around i A Dorian, Diminished, Altered ...
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2:15 Intervallic Idea Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Hello! Here's a tasty lick that I came up with after being inspired by the amazing Carl Verheyen! As mentioned in the video, this lick uses alternate picking, legato, as well as a bit of sweep picking. It's in the key of A minor, and falls into the...
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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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2:24 Right Hand Dynamics - Demonstration (Concepts) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In this improv, I try to incorporate some of the different concepts I discussed in the previous videos, and try to make some obvious change in dynamics. Enjoy!
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0:56 Right Hand Dynamics - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In the first example, we have a lick that uses pull-offs, and falls into the E minor blues pentatonic box. This personally reminds me of a Joe Satriani lick that I have heard on one or more of his albums. The point of giving teaching this lick, is s...
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0:28 Right Hand Dynamics - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Here's a funky example of how to get a different sound on your guitar! I like to call this 'alternate picking with your fingers,' because you repeatedly attack the strings up and down with your thumb and finger. It provides a very unique timbre, and ...
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0:48 Right Hand Dynamics - Example 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion In our final example, we have a fun & fancy hybrid picking lick! This run features a major 7 arpeggio, as well as some chromatic notes, and is of course in the key of E minor. Some players may prefer to use sweep picking, as well as alternate pi...
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1:50 Right Hand Dynamics - Demonstration (Examples) Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion I decided to do another demonstration - this time, playing each of the three examples from this tutorial. I added in some improv, in between some of the licks, and at the end of the video. This should be quite helpful, especially where the examples ...
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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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1:25 Descending Legato Lick Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hello! Here's a lick that I wrote/recorded on my band's latest album. My producer asked for 'ear candy,' and I did my best to please him! You can hear the lick in a clip from the actual song at 1:19 in the video. Hopefully, that gives you a good ide...
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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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4:35 Economy Picking - Introduction Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey guys! I decided to break down some cool economy-picked licks. Economy picking is a great technique to aquire in your repetoire of shred-tastic abilities, so take your time and make sure to pay close attention to the picking-direction details give...
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1:00 Economy Picking - Diminished Arpeggios Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Adim Descending Arpeggio (Groupings of 5)Here's our second example - it features the diminished triad descending through four different positions.Identify the first note of each grouping. For instance, the first group of five begins on the F note (13...
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1:05 Economy Picking - Dominant 7 Arpeggios Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style G7/C7/F7 Asceding Arpeggios (Groupings of 7)Our third example in includes three ascending patterns, each highlighting dominant 7 chords, the first being a G7, the second, C7, and finally F7. This is a great lick and can be executed in various styles ...
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1:10 Economy Picking - Odd Groupings Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Mixed Descending Arpeggios (Odd Groupings)On to number four. This one features, once again, four positions being played in a descending fashion. It begins by higlighting an Am7 arpeggio by playing a grouping of five notes, descending from the high E ...
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1:08 Economy Picking - Complete Madness! Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Complete Madness!Here's the fifth and final excercise for Advanced Economy Picking. This one, entitled "Complete Madness" contains a pile of different position-shifts and technique derivatives.It begins with a 5-string Am swept arpeggio, starting fro...
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2:00 Shred/Fusion Legato Idea Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Greetings! Here, we have a lick in the key of E minor, that's very typical for me to use when playing in the genre of shred/fusion. This lick focuses mainly on your left hand, but also uses a touch of sweep picking! Though this example is written i...
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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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1:12 Bending Boot Camp - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Attention recruit! Welcome to the Bending Boot Camp, where I will break you down, and build you up with the necessary skills to make a bending SEAL out of you! Jokes aside, this tutorial is aimed not throwing bending licks left and right at you, you...
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5:44 Bending Boot Camp - Ergonomics of Bending Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style So, the first thing we will be looking at is the actual ergonomics of bending, how we use our fingers when bending. The fingertip itself is the focal point when bending, upon which the strings will rest when bending. If you straighten your fingers to...
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3:13 Bending Boot Camp - Scale Length and Radius Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this part we discuss other things that affect bending on the guitar, namely Scale Length , and fret board Radius. Scale length means the length of the neck from the top nut to the bridge saddle. On a Fender type guitar, the length is usually ...
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6:50 Bending Boot Camp - String Gauge and Exercises Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style String gauge, or the thickness of your strings, is yet another thing that affects bending. If tuned to the same pitch, a thicker string will have higher tension. That is, bending a 0.09 string will be much easier than bending a 0.11 string. 0.09 stri...
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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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0:44 Advanced Rock Licks - Intro Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hi Folks! This tutorial will be focusing on a number of licks that can be used in a rock situation. They are all based around the key of E minor, especially focusing on the pentatonic box that we are all so familiar with! Remember, these are only e...
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0:47 Advanced Rock Licks - Example 1 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This example falls into the basic minor pentatonic box that the majority of guitarists know and use. The lick starts out with an almost cliché blues/rock lick, and then moves on to more of a country flavour, using chromatic passing tones, and ...
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0:49 Advanced Rock Licks - Example 2 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock When played alone, this lick sounds more like a diminished run, than a rock lick. Try playing it over an Em backing track, or even an E drone. It will make much more sense to your ears upon doing so! It would also be cool to merge this idea with part...
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0:52 Advanced Rock Licks - Example 3 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here, we have an example of a somewhat basic shred lick, that I have modified to sound a bit more exotic. The first part of the lick is heavily influenced by John Petrucci, in terms of technique. It can be looked at as polyrhythmic, as I play groups ...
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0:49 Advanced Rock Licks - Example 4 Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Our final lick of this tutorial uses alternate picking, and features many chromatic tones. This lick sounds great when played fast! I use this type of lick a lot when playing in a funk/fusion situation, but it can of course be used in rock! Some gu...
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1:00 Advanced Rock Licks - Outro Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Practice hard and be creative! What works for me, may not work for you. You may prefer to use alternate picking, where I may have used legato. Remember, our main goal as musicians is sound appealing to our audience! Focus on being able to play these ...
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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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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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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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1:45 Basics of Legato Technique - Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hi and welcome to this new tutorial on the subject of Legato. I'm going to break this subject up into two tutorials which will start with the basic essentials of this technique and progress to the more advanced material in the follow up. Please reme...
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2:45 Basics of Legato Technique - Thumb Positioning Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style The first step is to consider the left hand thumb positioning on the back of the neck. More often than not, the ideal position for the thumb is opposite somewhere between the first and second fingers of the left hand. This does provide a nice solid b...
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4:07 Basics of Legato Technique - Economy of Motion Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now that we have the thumb positioning covered, I'd like to discuss an element of playing that is not only applicaple to legato style playing but to everything and that is economy of motion. It does have it's roots based pretty firmly in legato techn...
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4:55 Basics of Legato Technique - Muting Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style One of the most important techniques that we need to achieve control over our legato technique is a good solid muting technique. Again, this technique will be beneficial to you whatever technique you are employing but as discussed before, the focus i...
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2:15 Basics of Legato Technique - Closing Notes Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style OK now that you have these basic but extremely important elements in place you will need to get practicing them in order to be ready for the follow up tutorial. It is essential that you create a solid foundation for yourself to build your legato skil...
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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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3:02 Vibrato Technique - Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hi everybody and welcome to this tutorial on vibrato. This tutorial is the next step on from the previous string bending tutorial. I like to think of vibrato technique as essentially a different form of string bending in that they are both a manipu...
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3:34 Vibrato Technique - Different Strings and Fingers Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style The next logical step is to take the basic principal we talked about in the previous video and apply it across all 6 strings. We are going to start with the 6th string at the 5th fret and we will do the semi-tone bend using a downward movement start...
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4:09 Vibrato Technique - Applying Vibrato with Bends Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now we are going to have a look at a technique which I consider to be a very difficult one. What we are going to do is apply a string bend to a fretted note and then apply vibrato whilst holding the bend at the target note. This can present some dif...
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3:06 Vibrato Technique - Different Vibrato Styles Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style So far we have only looked at the standard blues-rock style vibrato. There are other techniques that we can use to manipulate the pitch and while I very rarely use anything other than the standard vibrato technique, it is well worth experimenting wit...
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2:42 Slide Guitar - Pitch Accuracy Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Blues Pitch accuracy is together with correct muting the most important aspect of slide technique. Having bad pitch is like a violinist having bad pitch, it just won’t do! The similarities with violin players do not stop there. When using a slide you...
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3:05 Slide Guitar - Separating Lead Lines pt.1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Blues In this example we take the muting technique a step further by adding individual finger muting techniques in our right hand. This is the key to creating clean and singing lead lines with the slide. It will be difficult in the beginning to adjust from...
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5:24 Slide Guitar - Separating Lead Lines pt.2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Blues In this example we are covering more strings but using the same right and left hand muting technique as in the previous examples. Try using this technique in any type of scale or arpeggio shape to further your technique. And once again, higher ...
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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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3:33 String Bending - Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey there and welcome to this tutorial on String Bending technique! I personally feel that this particular technique is often neglected by guitarists even though it is something which can help your musicianship immeasurably. Approached in the right ...
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2:14 String Bending - Example 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Ok, here we have three similar examples which start with a semi-tone bend followed by a tone bend. We will use A minor pentatonic for these examples. We will also be using the third finger for these bends so make sure to impliment the left hand posit...
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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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0:47 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Solo Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey there and welcome to this lesson! Today we will be learning another arpeggio study I wrote specifically for you guys here which has particular emphasis on pedal notes. Just to clarify if you are not sure, put as simplistic as possible a pedal no...
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0:42 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style OK, you'll really need to focus on the clarity between the notes throughout the study and as always, make sure you practice it as slowly as possible and let your ears be your guide. If you are using a pick(which I think 99.9% of you will be doing) i...
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1:08 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this 2nd section we see the patterns that have already been established ascending by step through each diatonic chord until we reach the highest point of the fretboard that we can go. Technically, once you have mastered the right hand pattern thi...
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0:40 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now that we have reached the highest note on the fret board, well my fretboard at least lol, we are going to make a descent on the top two strings. Be very careful with this patter because at speed you may find that maintaining the rhythm for every n...
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0:54 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here is the backing track at normal tempo. If it's a bit too fast for you, go on to the next few pages to access the slower backings. Have fun and when you're ready get recording so we can see you play it in the forums!
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1:06 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Slowed BT (120bpm) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here is the backing track at 120 bpm. Have fun and when you're ready get recording so we can see you play it in the forums!
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1:24 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Slowed BT (90bpm) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here is the backing track at 90 bpm. Have fun and when you're ready get recording so we can see you play it in the forums!
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2:06 Pedal Note Arpeggio Study - Slowed BT (60bpm) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here is the backing track at 60 bpm. Have fun and when you're ready get recording so we can see you play it in the forums!
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2:13 Palm Mute Crunching - Introduction Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Metal Hi everyone! In this tutorial, we'll be taking a brief look at developing a solid "crunch" sound with our palm muting. This is especially significant in regards to hard rock and metal riffing. Palm muting involves putting the side of your picking h...
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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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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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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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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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4:00 Flick Harmonics Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay then! Time for the cutting edge stuff! Before we go into this part, I must direct your attention to ALL the transcribed tabs for both the Flick and the Slap harmonic parts. As I have mentioned time and time again, there is currently no way in g...
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3:47 Slap Harmonics - Part 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style On to the Slap/Spank/Left Hand Tap Harmonics! Same as with previous examples, the notated harmonics do not exactly match what is played. This is another technique to produce a similar result, and is my preferred weapon of choice for harmonics. This...
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4:40 Slap Harmonics - Part 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay, the next step is to add other whammy bar effects to the stew. First up is the regular “hitting the ol’ wang-bar”. As you release the whammy bar, you just hit it again, slightly depressing it in a rhythmical fashion. What note ...
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7:45 Capo Harmonics Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style "Capo Harmonics" is maybe not the most imaginative name, but it was the best I could come up with. I have no idea if this particular technique has a specific name. To start out with, you’ve all tried and heard the Vai/Satriani licks, where you ...
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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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5:00 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Full Video Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey there Lads and Lasses and a very warm welcome to a special tutorial! Following on from my tutorial of the solo section of 'Andromeda' by Marco Sfogli, today's tutorial will be an in depth look at the full track entitled 'Still Hurts' taken from ...
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2:26 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Intro (1) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock OK, let's start with the intro. The first thing we will want to do is take note of the time signature and key, which I can tell you is 7/8 and F#minor. The first phrase begins on the fourth semiquaver of bar 9 and may require some extra work to kee...
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1:13 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Verse (2) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock In practicing this section, I have found that it is good practice to attempt to sing each phrase as it occurs. The melody line is very vocal in nature and when sung, can give you a much more clear understanding of how to phrase it. Again, Marco's idi...
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0:46 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Pre Chorus (3) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Take note of the change in meter at this point from 4/4 to 6/4. This section has a particularly bluesy feel to it regarding some of the licks and you will need to be 100% in control of your intonation during some of these bends. The bend and release...
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2:26 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Chorus (4) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now this chorus is a highly melodic affair with a soaring melody in the high register of the guitar that evokes an awful lot of emotion. Whilst practicing the chorus section for the full performance, I found myself thinking how I could relate to the ...
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2:01 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - 2nd Verse (5) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock OK, we're back to a second verse, however this time Marco takes the vocal approach one step further by playing this section entirely with tapped harmonics with the right hand. Using this technique gives an even more exaggerated singing quality if the...
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3:10 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Pre Bridge/Bridge (6) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This section contains some particularly challenging licks, so take your time here and remember to subdivide the sections to enable you to really get to grips with these licks and shapes. There are quite a lot of pickup changes throughout the whole p...
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3:09 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Bridge (continued) (7) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The part of this section that may give you the biggest challenge is the tapped arpeggio section. As always, if you need to, subdivide the sections so that you know exactly what you are doing at any given time. I always find these kind of sections eas...
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2:00 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Pre 2nd Chorus (8) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now we hit the pre 2nd chorus section. It is imperative that you try to capture the sense of anticipation that Marco captures on the studio recording throughout this section. We are building up to a highly emotive return to the chorus and you will ha...
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1:06 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - 2nd Chorus (9) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The only difference between this chorus and the first chorus is in bars 130-135, where you shouldn't find anything too challenging. What you should be working on more than anything is linking the end of this section into the opening of the unison, a...
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1:10 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Unison Section (10) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Ok it's time for the 'Still Hurts' unison! What you will need to do is subdivide this section into bars as I did in the above video. If necessary, subdivide the bars into sections as well so that you can really get a grasp on the patterns. I have t...
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0:56 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Final section (11) Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now we reach the wonderfully melodic and inventive final section. I have a real fondness for this section and particularly enjoy Marco's use of the trem bar for emotional effect. You will have to make sure that each trem bar dip is weighted perfectl...
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5:03 'Still Hurts' by Marco Sfogli - Full Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's the backing for you to get practicing with. Have fun! Visit Marco's website: www.marcosfogli.com Check out Marco's Album: There's Hope Get More Backing Tracks from Marco's Album
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2:08 Open String Blues Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Blues Holiday Greetings guitar slingers! In this final tutorial of 2008, I will leave you with a blues tune that focuses on combining open strings and hybrid-picking. Pay close attention to the synchronization between the left and right hands, and also on...
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2:31 Open String Blues - Breakdown 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Blues Okay then, time for the first breakdown. This part covers the first 6 bars of the 12-bar blues. Once you've got the first 2 bars down, the rest should be a breeze. Also, pay attention to my choice of picking in the end of bar 2. I find that starting ...
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2:08 Open String Blues - Breakdown 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Blues The second breakdown covers bars 7-12. Here we have a slightly different outro-line that is a bit faster, and uses less hybrid-picking but more hammer-ons and pull-offs. Try it out, and make sure to start on the upbeat or you'll run into problems get...
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1:05 Open String Blues - Backing Track: 100bpm Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Blues Here's the backing track, in the original tempo, 100bpm. Get right to it, or start with the slower, 60 bpm version.
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1:47 Open String Blues - Backing Track: 60bpm Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Blues And here's the slightly slower version, at 60 bpm. I decided not to go any lower than that, since even though it might be technically more comfortable, too slow a tempo will make it very difficult to keep a good shuffle-groove going.
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3:27 Sweep Picking - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Holiday greetings and salutations guitar slingers! X-mas is drawing near, and what says happy holidays better than a sweeping-frenzy? In this technique/song tutorial, we will take a look at an excerpt from the song Tribute off my Fretdance(2003) alb...
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4:29 Sweep Picking - Exercise 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Alright then! In this first exercise, we will look at an exercise designed to help you focus on right/left hand synchronization. By keeping the pattern pretty basic, with no finger-rolls (more on that in Exercise 2), you will be able to focus on lif...
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3:58 Sweep Picking - Exercise 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Ok then, in this exercise we will look at another crucial aspect of sweeping, the finger roll. And no, this is not an appetizer you might find on Hannibal the Cannibal's dinner table. Whenever you play arpeggios based on the A-form, or E-form barre-c...
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4:21 Sweep Picking - Exercise 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal In this section, we will look at an arpeggio exercise that covers some wide interval stretches. This is in order to prepare you for some of the bigger fingerings occurring later on in this tutorial. This is also an exercise designed to introduce you ...
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2:09 Tribute Excerpt - Introduction Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal This part serves as an introduction to the sweeping etude, so just watch it as a warm-up for the next part.
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1:53 Tribute Excerpt - Full Video Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Alright! Here it is, the big chunk of all-you-can-eat sweep-o-rama! This video is just the actual performance, so once you watch this through and get a feel for the piece, move on to the breakdown parts. You can also listen to the full track if you...
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4:41 Tribute Excerpt - Breakdown 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal First breakdown section! All explanations will be found in the video. Please note that I wont go over every single bar in this piece, since much of it is just repetition, or maybe the exact same sweep technique, just a different chord. Rather I will ...
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3:34 Tribute Excerpt - Breakdown 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here is the second breakdown section!
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3:59 Tribute Excerpt - Breakdown 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here is the third breakdown section!
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3:54 Tribute Excerpt - Breakdown 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here is the fourth breakdown section. Get to work! =)
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5:11 Tribute Excerpt - Breakdown 5 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here is the fifth breakdown section!
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5:29 Tribute Excerpt - Breakdown 6 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal The sixth and final breakdown, and then you're done! Now, all you need to do is try these sweeps out in your own playing and improvisation! Remember, as always, learning something is just step 1. Application and implementing everything you learn in r...
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3:07 Tribute Excerpt - Backing Track: 90bpm Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here is the backing track for your practicing pleasure. This one is at 90bpm, so slightly above half-tempo. The reason for not putting it up in half tempo is that some of the note-values such as quintuplets would be difficult to get a feel for at suc...
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1:48 Tribute Excerpt - Backing Track: 155bpm Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal And here we have the same thing in 155bpm, the original tempo. Get to work, and then listen to (or before, if you like) the original tune after that to hear it in context.
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4:34 Tribute - Full Original Track Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal And here is the full original track from the FretDance(2003) album. Apart from the sweep etude part, it also has some interesting harmonic extravaganza that I might cover in an upcoming tutorial on harmonics. So stay tuned for that!
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1:06 'Freefall' Arpeggio study - Solo Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey IG'ists! Thanks for dropping in on this latest tutorial in which we will be looking at an arpeggio study I wrote entitled 'Freefall'! Some of you may have seen the thread I posted in the forums about Captain Joe Kittinger who performed an incred...
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2:13 'Freefall' Arpeggio Study - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Firstly, lets take a look at the chords for this first section: Amaj7 - Amin7 - Gmaj7 - Gmin7 - F#maj7b5 - F#min7 Each arpeggio is based on the chord which is occurring underneath at the same time so over the first chord we have Amaj7 and we play a...
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2:15 'Freefall' Arpeggio Study - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now we reach the first changes in harmony within this study which are as follows: F#min7b5 - B7 - E7 For the first arpeggio I find it so much easier to think of it as exactly the same shape as the previous F#min7 chord but lower every 5th note by a...
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2:29 'Freefall' Arpeggio Study - Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Almost there guys! It is at this juncture that Cpt. Kittinger approaches and lands safely on the ground in the desert of New Mexico. The harmonic pace quickens in these final bars where we have the following underlying chords: Amadd9 - D - Emadd9 ...
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1:10 'Freefall' Arpeggio Study - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Ok guys, here's the backing track to perfect this study with and be sure to post over at the forums if you make a recording of it.
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4:20 Modern Legato Application - Introduction/Approach Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Hi there guys and welcome to this tutorial on Legato and Hybrid picking that I've entitled Modern Legato Application/Approach. In this lesson I'm introducing you to 5 examples of phrases or lines that I often play when improvising. We'll be playing ...
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1:55 Modern Legato Application - Preliminary Exercises Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Right! On to the application of this legato approach. These preliminary exercises are designed to help you warm up and develop your legato and hybrid picking. Preliminary exercise no.1 is based on a G major scale but is 'souped' up with some chroma...
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2:09 Modern Legato Application - Exercise 1 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Right, here we go! First of all I need to point out that all of these examples are written out in my 4ths tuning - in other words I'm tuned from low to high - E A D G C F. I've done this to represent these phrases in the form they'd be if I was to i...
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1:44 Modern Legato Application - Exercise 2 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Now onto exercise 2! Hope you got on okay with exercise 1! This one is also over a G major tonality. Things become a bit trickier now with some fairly big stretches. Make sure you're warmed up for this one! The first section of this line is a Gadd9 ...
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1:25 Modern Legato Application - Exercise 3 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Some of example 3 should be familiar to you as it borrows some ideas from example 1, namely the descending Gmaj7 arpeggio at the end of the line. Again, the line is over a G major tonality. The difficulty with this phrase comes from the slides perfo...
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1:45 Modern Legato Application - Exercise 4 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Here's example number 4. Now, in this example, again over a G major tonality, I use some pretty unorthodox stretches between my 1st and 2nd finger stretching between the 5th and 2nd frets on the A string. I do this because it allows me the best atta...
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2:41 Modern Legato Application - Exercise 5 Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Right! Hopefully you've still got some energy left in those fingers to tackle this final example. Unlike the previous lines which were constructed over a Gmajor tonality, this one moves between two separate tonalities - G Dorian and Bb Dorian. Havin...
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Modern Legato Application - Standard Tuning TABS Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion Here's the TABS for standard tuning. Note that some of the examples have altered fingerings to compensate for the B string in standard tuning. Pay attention to any fingerings written underneath the TABS - be sure to compare these to the versions in ...
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1:11 'Tapdance' Arpeggio study Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey there and welcome! In this tutorial we will be looking at a study I wrote that focuses on left hand hammers 'from nowhere' and right hand taps. The piece is called 'Tapdance'. I am an avid tapdancer and I am currently practicing my shuffle, shuf...
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3:13 'Tapdance' arpeggio study - part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Due to the nature of this study, it is essential that you are familiar with triad arpeggios and their inversions as we will be needing one inversion for the left hand and one for the right hand. Regarding both the left and right hands, I find that I...
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2:43 'Tapdance' arpeggio study - part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The arpeggios in this section are as follows: Fmaj - Dmin - Gmaj - Gaug - Emin - Amin Due to the nature of this study, it is essential that you are familiar with triad arpeggios and their inversions as we will be needing one inversion for the left ...
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1:48 'Tapdance' arpeggio study - part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The arpeggios and scales in this section are as follows: Bbdim - Dmin - Dmin pentatonic Due to the nature of this study, it is essential that you are familiar with triad arpeggios and their inversions as we will be needing one inversion for the lef...
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1:10 'Tapdance' arpeggio study - Backing track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's the backing track for you to practice over. As always, best of luck with it and when you feel ready, record yourself with whatever media you prefer and show us your skills on the forums. See you next time!
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0:59 Arpeggio Etude - Full Video Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey all! In this tutorial, we're going to learn a short arpeggio etude that focuses on our sweeping and tapping skills. In the video above, you'll notice that I played the etude at two different speeds. First at 140bpm (beats per minute), then slow...
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1:37 Arpeggio Etude - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Before we get started, let's make sure you understand what an arpeggio actually is. An arpeggio is simply the notes of a chord played in succession. So if you took any random chord, and played the notes of that chord individually one at a time, you'd...
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1:35 Arpeggio Etude - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock In Exercise 2, we'll be incorporating a different arpeggio in each bar. First A Major, then G Major, then F# minor, then E Major. As always, be mindful of the smooth gliding motions with your picking hand when sweeping. Also, you'll notice that a fe...
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1:04 Arpeggio Etude - Backing (140bpm, 100bpm) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Okay, here we have the backing track. The track will first play the backing at 140bpm, then at a slower speed of 100bpm. Have fun while you practice! And as always, if you ever record yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forums!
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1:04 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Hey IG'ists and welcome to this tutorial in the style of the phenomenal acoustic guitarist Andy McKee. Andy McKee was born in Topeka, Kansas and is one of the world’s finest acoustic soloists. After receiving over 20 million views collectively...
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2:27 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Solo Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic OK, lets check out the piece in it's entirety. I wrote this piece to highlight the techniques which Andy employs in his compositions so, as always, pay close attention to everything that is happening both technique wise and composition wise. Take no...
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2:17 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Welcome to part 1! Lets look at how the guitar is tuned: 6=D 5=A 4=D 3=G 2=A 1=E I have chosen to notate this piece in 4/4 as opposed to 2/4 for ease of score writing. However, what I have done is divide the bar into 2 beats with each beat in...
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1:45 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic The rhythmic figure we have here in the second part of the intro is the same as the first part but we have some development with the use of the open top string. Be sure to let that open string ring on throughout this section. Be careful during bars ...
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2:50 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Here we have the main melody of the piece. Notice how the tonality has changed from D min to D maj. I feel this has a very uplifting but subtle feel which I like a lot. A key element of playing pieces like this with this kind of tuning is to let al...
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2:35 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 4 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic OK, we are now back to the D min tonality. This section may require some extra practice as there are a couple of moments which could prove a little tricky. During bar 33, make sure that immediately after the percussion your right hand stays in posit...
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1:09 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 5 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic This section is a repeat of the previous section but with a change in bars 45 and 46.
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2:31 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 6 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic The percussion effect during this section is played slightly differently to how we achieved the effect before, as in with the thumb. What is more effective here is to clench the hand into a fist and let it fall onto the strings so that they hit again...
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1:45 'In the style of' Andy McKee - Part 7 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic OK, we have now reached the final part and perhaps the most exciting part, Tapping!!! Note wise it is an exact repetition of part 6 but played with the inclusion of right and left hand taps. In order to get the best results it is essential that you...
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1:27 Trusting a Hope - Exercise 6 (Solo part 2) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The second half of the solo is a little more challenging. We'll be playing 32nd notes to an aggressive picking and legato pattern. I strongly suggest playing along with your metronome for this exercise in particular. Nail it at a slow speed before t...
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3:51 Muting Techniques - Intro & Example 1 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome to this tutorial on Muting Technique! In this tutorial we will be taking a closer look at some various uses of muting for rock rhythm playing. First of is the good old palm muting we all know and love. When you read any rock tab in any guita...
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1:31 Muting Techniques - Example 2 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Example number 2 then. Here I have moved the right hand a few millimeters (or fractions of an inch) closer to the neck, away from the bridge. I can still feel the bridge touching the outside of my palm. This position produces a tighter muting, and th...
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0:44 Muting Techniques - Example 3 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Very well then, on to example number 3. Here I have chosen to play a riff more in the style of bands like Metalica. Less single note riffing, and more power chord based. Here I’m also alternating between palm muted and none-muted chords. Observ...
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2:40 Muting Techniques - Example 4 Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In example number 4, we reach the end of the line. This is pretty much as far as you can go from the bridge without completely killing the string. Also, with a heavier pressure and muting, you also run the risk of raising the pitch of the string to m...
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3:06 Muting Techniques - Example 5a Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Very well then. Example 5a! Examples 5-6 will all explore a technique I call “slap-muting”. This entails using your left hand, slapping on the strings while palm muting with your right hand. This creates a percussive effect that will soun...
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1:28 Muting Techniques - Example 5b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here comes the fun! In example 5b, I use the fingers of my left hand to slap and fill in the “gaps” so to speak. That is, where ever there is a rest in the riff from 5a, I will slap, thereby creating a continuous flurry of notes, but also...
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1:00 Muting Techniques - Example 6a Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Example 6a is a riff from my FretDance (2003) album from a song called Road Less Travelled. On the original tune I use a drop-A tuned seven string guitar for some really heavy riffing. This type of slap-muting sounds very cool indeed on a drop-tuned ...
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1:10 Muting Techniques - Example 6b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Not much to say here really, just follow the same procedure as in example 5b and you will be fine. This rhythm is less consistent than example 5, and will thus be a bit trickier to nail at higher speeds, but keep working at it and you’ll be fin...
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3:48 Muting Techniques - Example 7a Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock So what is Dividing Rhythm? Well, it’s just a phrase I use to describe the concept of splitting up a riff into several lines or “melodies”, almost like a classical fuge. What I do is that I allow some notes to ring out, whilst other...
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3:59 Muting Techniques - Example 7b Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Final example! Here I have the same exact notes and riff, but I mute out certain notes completely, whilst accentuating others (the upstrokes) but hitting them hard, not muting at all. This creates and interesting rhythm within the rhythm so to say, c...
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4:37 Pedal Tone Legato - Intro & Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome! In this tutorial, we're going to explore a technique I call "Pedal Tone Legato". This is a classically-influenced technique that combines different elements of legato and pedal tones. Before we learn the technique, let's make sure we under...
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3:28 Pedal Tone Legato - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style We're now going to expand on the exercise we learned in Lesson 1. If you truly took the time to master the pattern in Lesson 1, then you'll definitely be ready for this exercise! In total, there are 8 measures in this sequence. The first 4 measures ...
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1:51 Pedal Tone Legato - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Let's make it more difficult! We're going to do a similar pattern from the last lesson, except we'll be taking the difficulty level up a notch. We're now going to be moving higher up the fretboard and playing on the D, G, and B strings. The first 4 ...
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2:23 Pedal Tone Legato - Exercise 4 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In Lesson 4, we're going to learn a variation of the 6-note pattern that we've been playing in the previous lessons. Up until now, in our 6-note grouping, we've always pulled-off from nowhere on the 5th note in the grouping. We're going to keep doing...
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1:57 'Lullaby' Acoustic Piece - Full Video Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Hello again! Welcome to my latest acoustic fingerstyle tutorial in which we will be studying a piece I wrote called 'Lullaby'. I have done some strategic editing as the original piece is much longer and I feel that it is much more digestible in this...
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1:47 'Lullaby' Acoustic Piece - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that I am using a thumbpick for this piece. I must admit that I haven't often used one, but I tried the piece with it and quite enjoyed the sound so I decided to keep it in the mix. If you prefer to use yo...
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1:36 'Lullaby' Acoustic Piece - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic In this section, it is very important that you are totally aware of where the upper melody is and that you make it as prominent as you possibly can. What I find works best for me is to separate the upper and lower parts and practice them on their own...
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2:47 'Golden Champagne' - Full Video Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey IG'ists and welcome to my latest tutorial in which we will be looking at a rock tune called 'Golden Champagne'. To begin with I'd like to give you a little background on the track. I wrote it around 6 years ago when I first bought my Ibanez JS2...
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1:55 'Golden Champagne' - Main melody Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock OK, welcome to the first part of this tutorial. The first thing thing I want you to pay attention to is the initial opening phrase or motif which occurs within the first bar and repeats although slightly different in bar 2. This is the motif which w...
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2:20 'Golden Champagne' - Solo part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock OK, it's time to play spot the motif! The first place that the original motif occurs is in bar 22. Using and developing motifs can give a real sense of cohesion to a piece and it is a device that has been used as a compositional tool for centuries a...
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0:49 'Golden Champagne' - Solo part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Time for some tapping folks!!! I have purposely played this in the video with an even tempo and rhythm just so as to make it easier to learn. Once you have the whole pattern, that is after you have dissected it and practiced each part slowly, then y...
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2:51 'Golden Champagne' - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Alrighty here's the backing track for you to practice over and when you're ready, get posting your take in the forums. Best of luck!
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2:05 Building Speed and Stamina - "Repetition" Solo Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal In our 3rd "Speed and Stamina" exercise, we'll be looking at an excerpt from an old song I wrote called "Repetition". This short solo will definitely test your endurance for both hands. Before you begin, you need to do something important if you hav...
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0:35 Building Speed and Stamina - "Repetition" Backing Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Wow! If you're ready for the backing track, then you've done a great job practicing! If you ever record yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forums so we can all hear your mad shredding skills!
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0:39 Half Picking: Etude - Full Video Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome! In this tutorial we are going to look at a technique I call "half picking". Half picking involves patterns where every other note is played with a pick. The notes that are not picked will be played using legato. For example, here's what a h...
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0:48 Half Picking: Etude - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here is the first of four parts of the etude. Don't skip ahead to the other ones until you have this one down. The goal of this tutorial is for you to get the actual technique down first, then branch out and start applying it elsewhere. So take your ...
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0:47 Half Picking: Etude - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock This exercise is a little different than the last in that the octaves shift every two beats. In the last exercise, the octaves shifted every measure (four beats). We'll also find a big finger stretch in this exercise. Just a reminder - always make s...
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0:53 Half Picking: Etude - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock This is the exact same pattern as the last exercise, except it's shifted to where it starts on the 19th fret B string. Make sure you keep the legato notes equal in volume with the picked notes!
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0:51 Half Picking: Etude - Exercise 4 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock With this exercise, we'll finish up the etude. This is the only exercise that slightly deviates from the octave patterns we've been playing. Once you have all 4 exercises down, you can either go to the next page for the etude backing track, or skip ...
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0:41 Half Picking: Etude - Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Have fun with the backing track! If you ever make a recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forum. Also, don't forget about the next few lessons where we'll be looking at a few more half picking exercises.
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0:50 Half Picking: Ionian Patterns Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style We're now going to apply the half picking technique to a couple descending patterns in B Major, or more specifically, the B Ionian scale. In example 1, we'll just descend each note of the scale in a 3-note-per-string pattern. The actual rhythmic not...
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0:26 Half Picking: Pentatonic Pattern Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here we'll be playing a descending and ascending pattern in the C# minor Pentatonic scale. Practice it slowly and make sure you don't forget to keep the notes equal in volume.
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0:46 Half Picking: Metal Riff Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal To close out the tutorial, we'll apply the half picking technique to a fun metal riff. Some of the patterns are similar to the patterns we played in the etude, but there are some new shapes as well. We'll also be dipping into the diminished scale. O...
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1:18 String Skipping Etude - Exercise 1 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock The first 2 measures of the intro start out with string skipping on the D and B strings. If you look at the tablature, you can see that you'll be palm muting all the notes on the D string while the other notes will be played normally without palm mut...
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1:03 String Skipping Etude - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this section, we're going to start using a lot of octave passages. Even though this part is a little less difficult than the other parts, be sure to keep your picking clean and controlled. On a side note, you may want to experiment with bars 7 an...
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1:20 String Skipping Etude - Exercise 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock This riff is all over the fretboard. Even though it might seem a little intimidating, there's actually a really basic pattern to it that you can follow. And that pattern is simply...octaves. We are going to span over 3 octaves in each measure. First...
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1:18 String Skipping Etude - Exercise 4 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Exercise 4 also utilizes a prevalent octave pattern. The string skipping will occur between the Low E string and the D string. Keep the 16th notes even and consistent, and make sure your picking stays controlled. When you feel comfortable with all 4...
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5:07 String Skipping Etude - Backing (Fast & Slow) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Have all the parts down? Then it's time to practice with the backing track! The first half of the backing track is at the normal tempo. Then the second half is slowed down. As always, if you ever record yourself playing along, be sure to post it in...
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1:08 Fahrenheit - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal This section is a bit more challenging than the last. We have a lot going on within the span of 4 measures, so let's take it one section at a time. You'll see in the video how I split up the riff into separate parts. In the first section, we don't h...
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1:18 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Performance Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey all, thanks for joining me! In this tutorial we will be taking an in-depth look at the style of one of the finest emerging guitarists of our generation, Marco Sfogli. Born in 1980, Marco started playing music at 4 years of age. He got his first...
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3:42 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome to section 1! The first thing I'd like you to be aware of is the numerous changes in meter. It can be very easy to forget about these things while you're learning a new piece so try to keep it at the forefront of your mind if you can. OK, t...
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1:15 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Let's continue with section 2! You'll need to spend most of your time on bars 14 to 15 here. Remember that throughout this legato passage, the lightest touch will yield the best results. Use a pickstroke(up or down) when playing the first note on ev...
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1:38 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Part 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock On with the show into section 3! The first thing you're going to need to be aware of is the change of meter here from 6/8 to 5/8. It may feel a little unusual at first so I would suggest watching the video to really digest how these sections work to...
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1:46 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Part 4 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now it's time to tackle the most difficult part of the solo. Although it is vital for you to understand what is happening here on a note for note level, it is much more important that you concentrate on the phrase and its crescendo from a dynamic, e...
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1:22 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Part 5 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hang in there people, we're almost there! Bars 31 and 32 display Marco's wonderful bluesy style phrasing. To achieve this effect to the fullest, you will need to concentrate on achieving perfect intonation with a subtle but still relatively wide vib...
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1:22 "Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Ok people, here's the backing track for you to play along with. Get recording because we all want to see your version of this over at the forums. Thanks guys! Get More Backing Tracks from Marco's Album
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1:28 AP Phrasing - Video Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey there guys! Welcome to my little tutorial on Alternate Picking Phrasing. You can also call it "Melodic Sequencing" as we'll use sequences to build a melodic solo and practice a bit of phrasing using sequences. Phrasing in playing is just as impo...
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0:54 AP Phrasing - Backing Track Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Ready to have fun with backing track? This one is definitely fun! It's inspired by cartoons in general - no particular cartoon, but I bet you heard a similar piece of music in some cartoon movies when you were a kid. It's at 160BPM so your picking s...
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2:46 Downward Slides - Introduction Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this tutorial, we're going to explore a cool sliding technique that can add some spice to your playing. This "downward slide" basically involves your finger quickly sliding from a higher point on a string to the desired note. The slide in itself i...
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0:39 Downward Slides - Eastern Vibe Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this lesson, we're experimenting with a riff that has a bit of an Eastern feel. Watch the video closely to get a good idea of the slides and timing. Practice it slowly, then when you're ready, jump on over to the next lesson to try it with the ba...
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0:36 Downward Slides - Eastern Vibe Backing Track Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Okay, have fun with the backing track! You'll hear some guitars in there to help you with the melody. If you ever make a recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forums! When you're ready, head on over to the next lesson where...
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1:27 Downward Slides - Melodic Slides (Petrucci Style) Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock John Petrucci is pretty much the one who got me into this simple and fun sliding technique. I remember hearing some of his solos and really liking how the slides gave so much feeling to his playing. In this lesson, we'll focus on incorporating the d...
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3:25 Pinch Harmonics Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey there! Welcome to the wonderful world of Pinch Harmonics. If you listen to the playing of guitarists such as Zakk Wylde(Ozzy Osbourne), Billy Gibbons(ZZTop) or more recent players such as Thomas Blug, you will hear pinch harmonics in abundance. ...
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3:05 Harp Harmonics - Introduction Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to the Harp Harmonics Tutorial! Here we will lean how to play harp harmonics as well as how to incorporate them into musical contexts. Harp harmonics are played when a finger on your picking hand gently touches a string 12 frets above the no...
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2:05 Harp Harmonics - Soft Acoustic Harmonics Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic In this lesson, we're going to experiment with playing harp harmonics within a chord progression. The progression will be as follows: D, G5, Bm, G5. These chords are listed in the tab below if you don't know them already. And remember, no matter wha...
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0:43 Harp Harmonics - Harp with Attitude! Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Lastly, let's play some harps in a more rockin' context. I personally love incorporating harp harmonics into my rhythm or solo playing. They can really add a neat flavor to the notes you play. Go ahead and crank up some distortion for this one, and ...
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2:57 Unwanted String Noise Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style A few questions about dampening strings have been raised in the forums lately. Hopefully this lesson will guide some of you toward solving this frustration. Basically I have outlined two methods for keeping open strings under control. Getting a goo...
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1:31 Finger Tapping - Introduction Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to the Finger Tapping Tutorial! This is a fairly large tutorial that spans from beginning to advanced levels. So no matter what skill level you're at, I'd encourage you to go through the whole thing from start to finish. There's something for...
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0:26 Finger Tapping - Using Both Hands Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Most of the time, you will be using both hands while finger tapping. When playing tapping passages, you'll usually either be hammering on from your fret-hand to your tapping-hand, or pulling off from your tapping-hand to your fret-hand. In this exer...
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0:39 Finger Tapping - Using All 4 Fret-hand Fingers Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now that you have a grasp on the basic execution of finger tapping, we are going to start working on the coordination of our fret-hand fingers while we tap. There are four exercises in this lesson. The 1st exercise utilizes the index and middle fing...
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1:23 Finger Tapping - Pulling Off to Open Strings Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Using open strings while tapping is an excellent way to add some cool texture to your playing. There are two ways to make an open string sound. An open string either sounds after being picked, or after a finger pulls off from a fretted note to the o...
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0:40 Finger Tapping - Tapping with Open Strings Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay. Now that we practiced how to avoid unwanted open-string noise, we can work on tapping with an open string. In this tapping exercise, you are going to be tapping with your index finger, then pulling off to your fret-hand index finger, then pull...
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0:36 Finger Tapping - Another Open String Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here is one more example of how we can incorporate an open string with tapping. In this exercise, we will be playing the open D string for every other note.
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0:59 Finger Tapping - Note Variations - 1 of 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock In the next three lessons, we are going to learn three different ways we can tap the same 8 notes on two strings. All the following exercises will be in the key of A minor. Practice them very slowly and do your best to copy the form and posture you ...
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0:24 Finger Tapping - Note Variations - 2 of 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Note Variations - Exercise 2 of 3 In the next lesson, we'll look at the 3rd variation.
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0:19 Finger Tapping - Note Variations - 3 of 3 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Note Variations - Exercise 3 of 3 Good job. Now I recommend that you try your own variations using the same notes. There are infinite possibilities! Head on over to the next lesson where we'll be looking at some Pentatonic tapping.
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0:57 Finger Tapping - Descending Pentatonic Scale Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock If you desire to effectively implement tapping into your playing, you need to make sure that you are very comfortable finger tapping through scales. Finger tapping is a popular and sometimes necessary element to lead guitar playing. And if you want t...
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0:30 Finger Tapping - Ascending Pentatonic Scale Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now, let’s ascend on the B minor pentatonic scale, still playing three notes per string. To “ascend” means to start from a lower note and progress toward a higher note. Again, make sure every note is equal in volume.
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0:49 Finger Tapping - Ascending and Descending Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Lastly, we are going to merge descending and ascending together. In lengthy tapping runs, it is likely you will both ascend and descend through scales, as you can only do one or the other for so long until you run out of notes! Try this exercise in ...
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0:47 Finger Tapping - Pedal Tones Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Pedal tones, as they pertain to guitar, are repeated notes played within a musical passage. Pedal tones are a very popular tapping technique. The concept of pedal tones is also heavily used in classical music. So, let’s say you have a guitar m...
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0:29 Finger Tapping - E Major Pedal Tone Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Let’s try another pedal tone variation. In this exercise, we will be playing a pedal tone melody within the E Major scale. The 12th fret of the E string will be the pedal tone note. Once you feel comfortable with these pedal tones, try to come...
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0:31 Finger Tapping - String Skipping Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock String skipping is pretty self-explanatory. It is the method of moving from one string to another while skipping a string. It is a technique used usually for practical purposes. A guitarist might choose to string-skip in the same fretboard position i...
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0:49 Finger Tapping - A Major Diatonic Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this lesson, we are going to utilize the A Major diatonic scale. If you aren't sure what that means, don’t worry, the scale is outlined in the picture below. Notice the dots have different colors. The green dots represent the notes you&rsquo...
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0:46 Finger Tapping - A Major 3-string Grouping Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock In this exercise, we will be grouping 3 strings together at a time while descending. In other words, we’ll descend on a set of 3 strings, then descend on the next set of 3 strings, and so on. Playing with groups of strings can be a creative al...
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1:08 Finger Tapping - Slides Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Slides can add a very cool element to your tapping. We do slides all the time with our fret-hand right? So let's slide with our tapping-hand as well! In this exercise, we're going to practice sliding with all four fingers. Be sure to notice in the t...
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0:45 Finger Tapping - Melodic Slides in D Major Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now we’ll use a more melodic approach with our slides. Watch out for the second measure. You’ll be sliding from the 5th fret to the 7th fret and back. So since you’re sliding a whole step apart, you’ll want to be extra careful...
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1:45 Finger Tapping - Multi-finger Tapping in B Diminished Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal What is multi-finger tapping? It's pretty self-explanatory, as it simply involves the use of multiple tapping-hand fingers tapping through a passage. Its existence is for practical reasons, as sometimes it’s difficult to only use a single finge...
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0:46 Finger Tapping - Multi-finger Tapping in A Minor Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock Let's end this tutorial with a neat multi-finger tapping run in A minor. This one is pretty tough. I recommend practicing it literally note by note. Remember, you're in no rush! Take your time and concentrate on accuracy and proper form. Nothing else...
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2:25 Picking For Beginners - Standard Picking Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this lesson, we're going to explore the basic fundamentals of standard picking. As I mention in the video, standard picking is the most basic form of guitar picking. So if you're just starting out on the guitar, you're in the right place, because ...
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2:34 Picking For Beginners - Alternate Picking Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Let's take a look at alternate picking. Alternate picking is definitely one of the most popular forms of guitar picking. The reason it's so popular is because it's extremely practical to use in many musical situations. Alternate picking involves our...
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3:00 Introduction to Fingerpicking Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Welcome to an Introduction to Fingerstyle! Fingerstyle is a technique that is beneficial to us in many ways. With this technique we are able to achieve a much more pianistic way of playing; that is, the ability to play seperate lines all at once. I ...
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2:30 Introduction to Fingerpicking - Fingerpicking in Practice Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic Let's get started with our first piece in fingerstyle! This piece is a chord sequence taken from the famous composition written by Johann Pachelbel called Canon in D. It is an ideal progression to enable you to work on the syncronisation of the left...
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0:57 Country Guitar Solo - Full Video Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Country OK guys, it's time for some serious string twangin' and finger pluckin' in my latest tutorial. You'll find a variety of different techniques in here, from string bending to hybrid picking and much more. The piece is in three distinct sections, the f...
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0:47 Country Guitar Solo - Intro Section Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Country OK, for the intro to this I decided to try to emulate the sound of a banjo with a rolling type of effect. This works very well on the guitar and is not too difficult to replicate. In this case we play a g note at the 5th fret of the 4th string which...
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1:24 Country Guitar Solo - Rhythm Section Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country Lets now take a look at what I have called the 'rhythm section'. The majority of this section is made up of patterns which have alternating 8th note basslines juxtaposed with a syncopated upper part. If you are new to this style of playing it would ...
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1:43 Country Guitar Solo - Solo Section Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Country It's time for the solo! As always with this style of playing, hybrid picking is a heavily featured technique and there's plenty of it here. I find that I get good results by accentuating the fingerpicked notes by playing them in a very percussive m...
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0:59 Country Guitar Solo - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Country You have all the parts down? Cool, then here's the backing track for you to play along with. As always, make a recording of the solo in whatever format you prefer so that you can show off your skills to everybody at the forums.
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3:25 Building Speed and Accuracy - Dividing The Beat Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Hello and welcome to this tutorial on building speed and accuracy. One thing that alot of people ask is "How do I get faster?" and of course, the almost automatic reaction is "Practice!" and while that may be true, I really believe there is a lot mor...
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Building Speed And Accuracy - "Bringing it up and down" Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now, something that has helped me as far as building speed is first picking a set picking pattern, like this one: This one is just a basic 16th note chromatic run up the neck starting on the 9th fret and following the pattern all the way from the l...
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1:57 Building Speed And Accuracy - Cycling Patterns Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Another way to build speed is to combine both of the previous lessons and put them through what are called "Cycling Patterns" That is, playing certain licks over and over while increasing the tempo slowly, building your speed and technique in the pro...
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2:11 Legato for Beginners - Introduction Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to the "Legato for Beginners" tutorial. By the time you go through these lessons, you should have a solid understanding of what legato is, and how we can apply it to guitar. So, what is legato? Legato is a characteristic in music where there...
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2:23 Legato for Beginners - Hammer Ons Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style The first legato technique we're going to look at are hammer ons. The name "hammer ons" is somewhat self-explanatory. This technique is going to involve our fingers hammering on the fretboard in order to produce notes. In order to play a hammer on, ...
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2:11 Legato for Beginners - Pull Offs Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now, let's focus on pull offs. With pull offs, our fingers are going to pull off the strings to produce notes. In order to play a pull off, you'll first pick a note that one of your fret-hand fingers is holding down. Then once that note is played, t...
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1:36 Legato for Beginners - Slides Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Lastly, let's have a look at slides. Slides are pretty much the epitome of legato. The reason for that is slides are the absolute smoothest possible transition you can have from one note to another. In order to play a slide, pick any note, then whil...
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1:06 Legato for Beginners - Legato Lick Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Okay, it's time to put these techniques to practical use! In this lesson, we'll learn a short riff that includes all 3 legato techniques we've just learned in this tutorial: hammer ons, pull offs, and slides. In this riff, you'll just be using your ...
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3:13 Using Open Strings: The Basics Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal In this lesson, we will be looking at a technique that a lot of people tend to overlook, which is using open strings within your soloing. If you listen to any Joe Satriani, you might know what I am talking about. The first thing we need to do is st...
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3:09 Using Open Strings: Switching Between Strings Pt.1 Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Now that we have the basic motions and understanding of how this is done, I am now going to show you a way of using open strings on 2 or more strings, switching between them simultaneously. This requires a bit of key signature understanding as well,...
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0:28 Sweep-Tap 6-string Idea Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Metal Learning certain technique can easily become boring sometimes. So to break out of a routine, we'll make it more fun by mixing up different techniques in giant licks which you can use in your solos. So the idea behind this is to create a lick which c...
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1:18 Practicing Scales: Right Hand Technique - Group 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Thanks for joining me in this latest tutorial where we will be looking at various ways of practicing scales. Spending a lot of time playing scales can be extremely boring, especially if we employ few ways of traversing the fretboard. If we focus i...
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1:00 Practicing Scales: Right Hand Technique - Group 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Lets deal with group 2. This group incorporates alternate picking with slurs. It will feel a little awkward to start with but as long as you keep to a nice tempo you'll be fine. The first pattern involves picking the first two notes on every string ...
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1:07 Practicing Scales: Right Hand Technique - Group 3 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock OK, the eagle eyed amongst you will notice that in group 3, the picking patterns are the same as group 2 but with one exception: the introduction of the hybrid picking. The picking patterns are the same however we will be replacing the 2nd picked no...
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1:02 Practicing Scales: Right Hand Technique - Group 4 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock OK, in group 4 we will be leaning more towards the legato school of playing. That is, less picking and more slurring. In the first example we will be picking the first note and hammering the following two on every string(reversing this pattern when ...
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0:53 Practicing Scales: Right Hand Technique - Group 5 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Welcome to the final group in this tutorial, group 5. This group will cover some of the more unusual ways of practicing scales. The first example utilizes left hand hammer ons only. In the previous group, we played the scale using left hand only, ho...
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0:48 Mauro Giuliani studies op48 - No19 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Classical Hey there, Thanks for joining me! In this lesson we are going to be taking a look at one of Mauro Giuliani's well known op49 studies. No19 is my choice today. Lets take a look at the study in its entirety on video and then we'll break it down into ma...
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1:29 Mauro Giuliani studies op48 No19 - Part 1 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Classical Let's kick off with the first part of the study. Giuliani presents us with a variety of techniques within the piece so make sure you subdivide this section into smaller subsections so that you can really hone in on every technique and achieve comple...
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1:20 Mauro Giuliani studies op48 No19 - Part 2 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Classical The same principals apply to the second section as we discussed in the first section. During the rising and descending octaves section, it would be worth really emphasizing the dynamic element to achieve a positive effect. A simple rule of thumb for ...
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0:29 Pending Closure - Exercise 2 Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Metal Here we have a short little sweeping/tapping run. I love implementing these type of licks into my playing. It's a great way to add some flavor amidst all the intense rhythm as well. If you are unfamiliar with sweeping and/or tapping, I'd suggest goi...
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Economy of Motion - Back to Basics Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hello and welcome to my economy of motion tutorial! The main focus of this tutorial is aimed at players of all levels and styles. We will be covering a great deal of musical ground here so it is essential that you try to absorb the information contai...
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Economy of Motion - Left Hand Efficiency Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style LEFT HAND EFFICIENCY During the past 10 years as a guitar teacher, I have experienced a wide ranging degree of capability amongst students. Some were naturally gifted players while others had to work much harder to achieve their goals. Despit...
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0:50 String Skipping - Introduction Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal This tutorial is now going to focus on one of the most widely used techniques in rock and metal lead guitar outside of sweep picking, which is string skipping. The odd thing about string skipping is that this term is used exclusively by guitar playe...
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3:15 String Skipping - Pentatonic Ideas Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal For me, the easiest way to get into string skipping is from utilizing the simplest of scales: The Pentatonic. This first example will help to get the basic movements of how string skipping is done. Play this example slowly at first if this is your ...
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4:40 String Skipping - 3 string ideas Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal This next segment is going to cover the string skipping patterns that we are all familiar with: 3 note per string patterns. I will show you some basic examples and show how you can arrange them to help create your own voice on the guitar. The first...
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1:50 What is Legato? Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Hey there IG guitar players, Let's start working on a very useful technique called legato. After you watch the video explanation, let's once more review the important parts of legato: 1. bring the wrist forward to obtain the optimal position for yo...
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0:28 Playing Legato - Exercise 1 Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In the previous lesson we worked on moving our fingers totally separately from each other. In this one will work on getting your fingers to work in linear sequence. The difference is that in this exercise the loudness of the next note depends on how ...
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0:35 Playing Legato - Exercise 2 Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Ok, it's now time to move from single string exercises and have a bigger bite. :) 2 strings exercises are more difficult as you now have to watch carefully what you mute and what you pick so here it is step by step: 1. as we need some "starting pow...
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0:40 Playing Legato - Exercise 3 Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style OK, remember the first legato lesson? Well, now we'll use that same exercise and play it on 2 strings which will make it way more difficult. First of all, I want to turn your attention to tabs: in the tab you can only see each sequence repeated twic...
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0:39 Playing Legato - Exercise 4 Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Here we go - 3 strings legato exercise. As you can see, we involve a few pickstrokes here and there. These are unavoidable as we move between strings a lot and we only use picks when we are playing ascending runs as it is hard to hammer-on the next ...
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3:54 Bending And Vibrato - Vibrato Essentials Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In this lesson, we will be talking about the most important technique that you can learn as a guitar player, which is having good vibrato. I feel that you can have all the chops in the world, but if you don't have good vibrato, it is going to sound ...
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0:47 Ascendance of the Spheres - Solo Study Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Hey dudes, wassup! Thanks for checking in on this tutorial. What we're going to be doing is looking at the solo to my track 'Ascendance of the Spheres' taken from my 2005 ep, Re-Invention. Let's take a look at the solo in its entirety and then I'll b...
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0:49 Ascendance of the Spheres - Backing Track Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here's the backing track for you. Take your time with it and only attempt the full tempo version as and when you are ready for it. If you do a recorded version of it, whether it's audio or video, be sure to post it over at the forum to show off your ...
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2:03 Palm Muting Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Palm muting is a common device used in all styles of music. Those chugging distorted metal riffs that I'm sure you have all heard at one stage, sound the way they do partly because of the palm muting technique. In funk bands you will often hear one ...
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6:08 Sweep Picking: 3 strings (Major) Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Metal Now, I'm sure for a lot of guitar players in the 21st century, sweep picking is an essential that you need to have in order to be a successful guitar player and be able to express yourself more freely. Many guitar players, when first learning sweep ...
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4:03 Sweep Picking: 3 strings (Minor) Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Welcome to part 2 of this tutorial on sweep picking. Before, we learned the 3 types of 3 string major arpeggios, so now we are going to focus on the 3 types of minor arpeggios. Now, if you know anything about chords, you will know that a minor tria...
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6:57 Sweep Picking: 3 String Etude Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal In this lesson, I have combined most of the 3 string arpeggios we have learned so far into a little "Etude" which will give you an idea of how these can be used. Now you might be wondering why we are learning all of these inversions. It's simple: ec...
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2:04 Legato - Introduction and Hammer On Practice Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal This lesson will cover one of my favorite techniques along side alternate picking, which is legato. This technique has been favored by a lot of different players, especially jazz/fusion players like Allan Holdsworth and Brett Garsed who use legato t...
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1:33 Legato - Pull Off and Stretching Practice Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal In this lesson, we will be going over Pull-Off and stretching exercises. Now, for the pull-offs, the trick is that you're not just simply lifting your finger off the fretboard, you're actually pulling the string off of the fretboard. A good way to g...
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Legato - Putting it all together Pt.1 Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal We are now going to take all the techniques that we have learned thus far and apply them to actual legato licks. Now these licks can be used verbatim or they can be re-worked into different licks that you can use within your own playing.
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Legato - Putting it all together Pt.2 Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal Now, we are going to continue learning more legato licks but this time we are going to apply them to scales outside of the 7 modes. Hopefully these will persuade you into diving into other modes as well as making these a springboard into creating yo...
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2:17 Linear Scales - Part 1 Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style This lesson will help you in your quest in breaking out of those standard "Box" shapes and be able to use your entire fretboard. One way is to use what are called "Linear Scales" which are using scales on one string up and down the neck in a "Linear"...
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1:56 Linear Scales - Part 2 Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Now that you have the basic concept under your fingertips, we will now apply this idea to your box patterns and connect them together in a way that utilizes the entire fretboard. Make sure when going through these examples that you use mostly alterna...
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0:51 Economy of Motion - Economy Picking in Practice Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Ok, let's have a look at this sequence in a little bit more depth. This sequence is made up of the notes of an G minor penatonic scale and is played on the 5th and 6th strings only. We start in scale position 5 and gradually move up the neck, passin...
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3:26 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies: Introduction Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Hello and welcome to my new tutorial focusing on the 120 studies for the right hand written by virtuoso guitarist/composer Mauro Giuliani. Mauro Giuliani was born in the coastal village of Bisceglie in the Puglia region of Italy in 1781. He initally...
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1:13 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 1-8 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:14 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 9-16 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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2:03 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 17-25 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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2:13 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 26-34 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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2:00 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 35-43 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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2:03 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 44-52 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:31 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 53-60 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:31 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 61-68 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:30 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 69-77 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:20 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 78-85 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:27 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 86-93 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:42 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 94-101 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:17 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 102-109 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:20 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 110-116 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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1:05 Mauro Giuliani - 120 right hand studies 117-120 Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...
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3:01 Picking Styles Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style When you start learning guitar, picking style is one of the most important things to think about, because it will always be with you. Once you learn it - you don't want to re-learn it! So it's best to try a couple of styles, see which one works best ...
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0:38 Picking Styles Tryout Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style In order to learn big things we first have to cover small and simple stuff to make sure we learn it all right, so we don't have to relearn things later. Here is the exercise which will help you to try out the picking styles from the previous lesson....
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1:06 Moving Between Strings - 2-strings Exercise 1 Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style On to the next exercise! This one involves 2 strings and it is very similar to our previous lesson. Now we will again play alternate picking and we'll extend it to second string. Start slowly and make your way to the place where you change strings. ...
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1:01 Moving Between Strings - 2-strings Exercise 2 Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Moving between strings in Alternate Picking (further in text: AP) is a very important thing to practice. Most of the time we play 3 notes per string (3 nps) patterns and that is were changing strings becomes really important. In AP we always have to...
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0:53 Moving Between Strings - 3-strings Exercise / A-Major Scale Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style When I was starting to practice guitar and technique, this was actually the first exercise I ever played. I practiced it for hours and hours each day (couldn't do any better back than). Unfortunately, in order to learn difficult stuff, we all have to...
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0:43 Picking Inside - Introduction Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style Welcome to the "Picking Inside the Strings" tutorial! First thing you'll want to do is watch the video and notice the difference between picking "inside" the strings and picking "outside" the strings. You can also see the difference from the first 2...
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0:50 Picking Inside - Across 3 Strings Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we have a nice, soothing melodic riff that incorporates inside picking. Look closely at the tabs below. See how with every 2 notes you play, you're picking inside a pair of strings? The first 2 notes, you're picking inside the D and A strings, ...
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0:43 Picking Inside - Using Inside and Outside Picking Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock Now, we're going to mix it up to where you'll be using both inside and outside picking. In this chord progression, we'll be playing power chords. First with E, then G, then A, then B. As in the last lesson, I want you to look at each pair of 2 note...
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1:01 Picking Inside - String Skipping Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock Here we'll do a little expansion on the last exercise. We'll use the exact same chord progression, except we're going to incorporate some string skipping. Look at all the notes in groups of 4. If you look at the first 4 notes, it's identical to the ...

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