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Upper String Chord Sweeps (Sweep Picking)

By May 20, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Sweep picking across small triad shapes is a very cool sound that can be applied into both instrumental melodies and within your guitar solos. If you've ever tried it, sweep picking technique is not exactly an easy technique to perform and thus will require a lot of practice to end...

How To Sound More Like Your Guitar Heroes

By May 19, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

This is a follow-up lesson to my last article, How to Avoid Sucking as a Self-Taught Guitarist - a simple song-learning strategy designed to help self-taught guitarists find direction, enjoy the learning process and get better results with less cut-and-dry practice. This article takes the strategy a step further by...

How To Play 'Atonal' Guitar Metal Licks

By Kailash Pate May 15, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

You know your metal guitar scales like the back of your hand but you have noticed that your guitar heroes sometimes are simply "ignoring" the scale and play seemingly random notes ... and yet they still sound amazing? How is that possible? Well, it's not black magic, it's just a...

How To Create 'Atonal' Guitar Metal Licks

By May 15, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Soloing With Chords - Part 1 With Jens Larsen

By May 12, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

In this lesson I want to first demonstrate 4 exercises that you can use to gain the necessary vocabulary to solo over a turnaround with chords. I also give three examples of how I would make lines using the exercises (or actually chords in general). Voicings in a Scale Often...

Know Your Arpeggios - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley

By Kailash Pate May 12, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

As a bassist it is very important to know how chords are made up, especially if you want to get better at improvising quickly and/or coming up with bass lines that are more than just the roots! The video explains the following much more clearly but just give you an...

Developing Legato - Part 2

By Kailash Pate May 12, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

This is part 2 of 4 in a Legato Series that I've written. These patterns will help develop your legato playing regarding hammer-ons. 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 and precise Observe...

Developing Legato - Part 1

By May 08, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

Two Finger Exercises This is part 1 of 4 in a Legato Series that I've written. These simple yet effective exercises should help you improve your technique. Things to focus on: Play with a metronome! Start slowly and don't move ahead until all fingers are ready A pull-off is a...

Angus Young's Scales And Licks

By May 07, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

The Angus Young lead guitar sound originates from his unique application of the common major and minor pentatonic scales, as well as, how he employs the diminished 5th tones from the blues scale. He orchestrates his sound by cris-crossing these scales against classic, "blue notes," to create very interesting combination...

Soloing With Three Pentatonic Scales In The Dorian Mode With Thomas Berglund

By May 07, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons

In this lesson I'll show three pentatonic scales to soloing with in the Dorian mode. I'll be in the key of A minor (Dorian). The common pentatonic scale in that key is the A minor pentatonic scale. That's the first scale to come up when one starts to soloing in...

This Is Why You Suck At Guitar: Your Picking Patterns Suck, With Ben Eller

By May 05, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

Ladies! Gentlemen! Cyborgs of indeterminate sex! It's time for a brand new installment of "This is Why You Suck at Guitar." It's been far too long since Uncle Ben here dropped a TiWYSaG lesson on you guys, but what can i say? Touring and recording with Whitechapel, Unearth, Far Far...