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G-D-C-D: Living Off Of The Beaten Path

By June 18, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons

G-D-C-D, is the base for a large variety of songs people enjoy playing. You may encounter scenarios where you don't know the song you are about to jam with someone but, after studying this section, you will begin to see that not only can you play along without knowing the...

Learn Minor Pentatonic Position Method

By June 18, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

This weeks lesson takes a look at performing substitutions with diatonic pentatonic scale ideas. This is an easy idea to work on that can produce a fresh new sound into any solo or melody line. How This Works For example, if we performed an, A minor, chord (as a looped...

How To Avoid Getting Rusty When You Can't Play Guitar [Lessons]

By June 17, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

If I'm being honest with myself, I'd say that I've gone through several long periods where guitar was a secondary - even tertiary - part of my life. Sure, ever since I started playing at 13, I've always proudly identified myself as a guitarist, but in reality, my involvement with...

C# Minor Pentatonic Tap Lick With Chris Zoupa

By June 15, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

I was messing around with a pentatonic and started messing around with some taps. I found that if I tapped 4 frets up from the most common box shape of the minor pentatonic that all the notes were in key. But some of the tapped notes weren't just out of...

Learn Rock Guitar Soloing

By June 10, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

This time I will cover a few of the basic ideas involved with entering into the world of playing rock lead guitar and how to solo over rock music in general. It presupposes that viewers have already tried doing some soloing within the style of blues. Rock songs will almost...

Lessons Learned From Steve Vai's 'World's Largest Online Guitar Lesson' [Lessons]

By June 08, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons Steve Vai

I truly believe that in order to become a better guitar player, one should listen and absorb as much inspiration from guitarists that one personally admires. These men are often kind enough to share with us their unique approach to music and the art. To paraphrase Newton, one should always...

F# Hungarian Minor Alternate Pick Lick With Chris Zoupa [Lessons]

By June 08, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

When I think Hungarian minor I don't just think about salami. I think about bands like Cacophony and Revocation with their enjoyment of exotic modes and abrasive intervals. Before we get stuck into the lick let's look at the Hungarian minor scale in the key of F#. (See diagram below)...

7 / 8 String Slap Guitar Lesson

By June 04, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hey guys! This lesson is for those of you who want to learn how slap technique. If you already know slap, this might help you a bit too. Hope you enjoy! What will I need for this lesson? You will need a 7 or 8 string guitar (preferably). You can...

Ode To Danny Gatton: A Tune To Practise Hybrid Picking With Thomas Berglund

By June 03, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

In this tune I'll show the melody and the solo. There are two video lessons to the tune. In the first one I'm playing the tune and demonstrating the melody. And the second video is a lesson with the guitar solo. Hybrid picking is finger picking with a pick instead...

Developing Legato - Part 3

By June 03, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Hey guys! So the legato is getting a bit more difficult in this lesson. We will focus on essential pull-off patterns that will strengthen that technique. Things to focus on: Play with a metronome Start slowly and don't move ahead until all fingers are ready A hammer-on should be quick...

Ozzy Osbourne: 'Bark At The Moon' Guitar Solo Lesson With Chris Zoupa

By June 02, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Ozzy Osborne

Level: Intermediate Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard) "Bark at the Moon"... Pretty win but also overlooked solo. I always loved Zakk and Randy... And poor Jake E. Lee is so easy to overlook. Jake's like that guy who replaced the Yellow Wiggle. He was actually great but...

Systematic Approach To Getting Out Of The Box [Lessons]

By June 02, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons

I'll be referring to this reference sheet and A minor throughout, but the same concepts can be applied to any scale. You'll see 7 patterns and an A minor scale diagram. Those 7 patterns are the building blocks for this logical, systematic approach. The system is very simple. By splitting...