Posted February 9, 2012 at 10:51 pm | No comments
Many times guitarists and particularly guitar students do not feel satisfied with their daily performance on the instrument; they attribute their poor technical or artistic achievements to physical tiresome, insufficient practice time, or lack of discipline. According to my experience, all these are external factors, namely symptoms of a deeper cause: wrong use or waste of energy, which includes all forms and kinds of energy possessed by a human being.
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Posted December 2, 2011 at 10:12 am | No comments
Let’s first take a look at the basic, position 1 Blues Scale in the key of A minor. This is usually the first scale guitarists learn when they start to explore lead playing, so it might be review for some of you. If it is new, take some time to really work out this fingering, it is one of the most common and important scale fingerings for rock and blues guitarists to have down.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted November 30, 2011 at 12:21 pm | One comment
In this guest lesson by master guitarist Morten Faerestrand, you will be checking out a sweep lick from Steve Vai’s classic song “For the Love of God.” Not only does Morten teach you how to play the lick across the neck of the guitar, but he also shows you how to take this idea and run it through your guitar solos in an improvisational manner
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted October 29, 2011 at 10:34 am | 2 comments
One of the hits on Steve Vai’s album Real Illusions was the tune “Building the Church.”
What immediately grabbed our attention and blew everyone away was the insane intro lick that Steve also repeats later in the song. He moves it around, making a completely new section of the composition.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted October 24, 2011 at 12:06 pm | No comments
Many new guitar players purchase an acoustic guitar or have one given to them as a gift, not knowing a thing about the ingredients that must go into the craftsmanship in order to produce that tone they heard when they first fell in love with the acoustic guitar and dreamed of becoming a great player.
Posted in: Building and Repair, Guitar Lessons, Reviews
Posted October 8, 2011 at 7:29 am | 2 comments
The book begins, well, right at the beginning with instructions on how to hold the guitar properly, read TAB and chord charts, and how to properly go about strumming the instrument. The book then leads readers through chords, scales, patterns, technical exercises, fingerpicking and more, as it presents pretty much all of the information one could need to make the transition from a beginning to intermediate player.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted June 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm | No comments
In this lesson I want to give an introduction to the topic of intervals and begin by focusing on a particular interval known as a ‘third.’ Let me begin by explaining what an interval is. An interval is the difference in pitch between any two notes, and is used to measure the difference between those two notes.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted May 23, 2011 at 9:13 am | One comment
The Pentatonic Scale is the first scale learnt by virtually every beginner guitar player in rock and metal. It’s a great scale that it is easy to use. It’s ideal to get you started playing simple solos but as you progress you may find it sounds too basic. In this lesson I want to give you some ideas on how use the Pentatonic Scale in a more creative way. I’m going to teach you a hybrid Pentatonic shape that can be used to make some very interesting sounding licks.
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Posted March 29, 2011 at 5:25 pm | No comments
Through this article I’ll explain the basics about major scale. It is a fundamental and rudimentary scale in music because everything relates to it. Sooner or later, you will realize that you can’t progress as a guitarist without knowing about this scale.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Guitar Lessons
Posted February 18, 2011 at 9:09 am | No comments
The term arpeggio describes a pattern of movements executed by the right hand fingers and thumb when playing a chord. The number of possible combinations may be endless, and the study of many of these patterns is an integral part of every serious classical guitar student’s daily practice routine.
Posted in: Beginning Lessons, Classical, Guitar Lessons
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