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Soling With Chords - Part 1 With Jens Larsen
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...
Learn Phrasing With Multiple Modes
In this lesson we discuss how to phrase melody lines over progressions that will leave the key centre to include the use of multiple modes. Modes are often thought of as being used within a single harmonic situation, such as in a, "modal progression." However, when modes are used in...
Learn The G Ionian Grace Note Lick With Chris Zoupa
I was always pretty into rock and heavy metal as a whippersnapper. As I grew older though I found myself getting very used to the sound of pentatonics, diatonics and arpeggios working "in key." It wasn't till my mid-20s that I got infatuated with jazz and "outside notes" and of...
Learn To Create Fabulous Bass Fills By Thinking Rhythm 1st, Notes 2nd - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley
In this video lesson I'll demonstrate how to start thinking more like a drummer/percussionist. The idea is to practice playing along with songs etc. Just tapping out rhythms on your knees, desk, steering wheel - whatever. Once you're into the idea of doing this, you can 'vocalize' these rhythmic ideas...
Learn On Adding 5ths And Octaves To Licks And Lines - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley
The aim of this lesson is to take licks, scales, bass lines etc that you already know and turn them into something new and cool by simply adding 5ths or octaves. If you don't know what a 5th or an octave is, for the sake of this lesson don't worry...
Learn To operation Shred Guitar II: Soloing On A 'Dead End Road'
Hello once again fellow shredders, and welcome to Operation Shred Guitar II: Soloing on a Dead End Road! My name is Jake Popowski, and in this lesson, you will learn how to play my solo in "Dead End Road" by Damned Empire, and I will teach you about how I...
Learn The Cluster Like 7th Chords With Jens Larsen
In this lesson I want to introduce a type of chords that I use a lot which are a versatile and practical way to play chords with 2nd intervals in them which is often difficult on guitar, but has a very nice and interesting sound. I had quite a hard...
Learn On Megadeth: 'Skin O' My Teeth' Guitar Solo Lesson With Chris Zoupa
Difficulty Level: Advanced Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard Tuning) When I first purchased the "Countdown to Extinction" album I was a pretty die hard fan of Metallica and thought that guitar solos just didn't get any better than Kirk Hammett (as I was a wee tot at...
Jeff Beck's Lead Guitar Style With Andrew Wasson
Jeff Beck is without argument one of the world's most famous guitar players. Both his compositions and his guitar playing style are quite diverse. He plays a unique blend of rock and jazz alongside of his own take on R&B and funk, as well as, blues. And, he does it...
Improvising With Knowledge: Lesson 6
I am Greg Studley, and this is Lesson 6 of Improvising With Knowledge on Ultimate Guitar. These lessons are designed to get you accustomed to yet another pentatonic scale shape, which can be used as a major pentatonic scale or minor pentatonic scale when improvising. Here's what we've covered in...
Neapolitan Chords: What They Are And How To Use Them
Hey guys, I decided to make a very random but informative video about Neapolitan Chords! These chords are my absolute favorite when it comes to chromatic harmony. Neapolitan Chords: Neapolitan Chords have a very distinct sound in the chord progression. A Neapolitan Chord is a bII chord. If we are...
Sweep Picking Lesson: Starting From The Inside
I'll keep this as short as possible. The motivation for this video is the fact that most lessons out there require you to perform sweeps in downward/upward motions. That means, you start either by picking the lower strings or the higher strings. Seldom never are you required to start from...