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Learn Operation Shred Guitar IV: Strings Attached

By July 07, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hello all, and welcome to Operation Shred Guitar IV: Strings Attached. My name is Jake Popowski. Since you clicked on this lesson, I'm assuming you are interested in learning some more of the magical tricks of shred guitar, and that's exactly what you will do! Now sit back, cut off...

Is It Ever Too Late To Learn Guitar?

By July 07, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hey, guys! Today's lesson is actually a request. A handful of people who have been especially helped by my Musician Psychology series asked me to answer the question of whether it's ever too late to start on an instrument, and if you can ever truly "catch up" to someone who's...

Diatonic Exercise With George Salas

By July 07, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hey guys! I hope you enjoy this exercise. I use this one to practice alternate picking and speed while staying in a key. Diatonic Exercise 1 This exercise is in the key of C major and is demonstrated both ascending and descending. Make sure that your shifts are clean and...

Learn Jazz Blues Chord Solo With Jens Larsen

By July 02, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

This lesson is a short etude, a chord solo on an F blues. You should be able to use it as inspiration and resource to make your own chord solos but if it was played less dense it will also work well for comping. Chord solos is a great thing...

The Key Change: Useless Cliche Or Lost Art?

By July 01, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Key changes are almost a taboo subject in the music community. Some songwriters shun the use of them, while others like them so much they employ them constantly. So who's right? The way I see it, there are two schools of thought when it comes to a key change. The...

Modes: Tonal Note Focus

By July 01, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Guitar players can apply scales/modes much more effectively if the modes' pitches are focused directly from off of their appropriate "tonal note." This way, guitar players can create a strong tie-in to the shape of the scale/mode directed toward any other associated patterns possible for use along with the mode....

How To Play And Use A II-V-I Progression Properly

By June 30, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons

The basic chord progression in modal music is the famous ii-V-I progression. This turnaround is common in jazz music but also in other popular music styles that are based on modal theory. It determines the tone of the key in the song and if it's major or minor. It doesn't...

Tips To Help You Master Barre Chords

By June 29, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hello and welcome to this lesson which I've purposely written for beginners. This time I'm going to address a topic that is relevant for each guitarist out there who wishes to play along to his favourite songs and even write his own music. The topic at hand is barre chords...

Three Octave Modes [Lessons]

By June 29, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hello everybody! Here is a great lesson to use to play scales diagonally as opposed to playing vertically all the time. Be sure you review my past lesson on 3 Notes per String as this will help you very much through this. Hope you enjoy! Before viewing this lesson, be...

Learn 'Mother' Guitar Solo Lesson With Chris Zoupa

By June 29, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Level: Beginner/Intermediate Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard) Who didn't love crusin' around in GTA San Andreas listening to this song and whomping people with baseball bats and ramming pedestrians with a motor bike? Lots of good times. I always loved this song and had an epiphany recently......

Learn Blues Soloing Strategies

By June 26, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons

I'm no guitar hero but I'm very into improvising and soloing with my guitar. I have some advices for soloing strategies. Actually they are basic but I think they work out really good. Here's my two cents. Be a player who always has the ear and attention of the public....

Learn Intermediate Guitar Arpeggios

By June 24, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

This weeks lesson takes a look into the world of arpeggios on the fingerboard, (an area often neglected by guitar players). Arpeggio patterns on the guitar neck may be neglected due to the fact that the arpeggio shapes can be somewhat more difficult to easily fret-out on the guitar neck...