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

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...

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Chromaticism And Swing Picking

Chromaticism And Swing Picking

By Kailash Pate May 05, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Solos Tech Tips

Using chromaticism with swing picking Hi Guys. I'm taking a break from interval-related theory, to show you some ideas for working with chromaticism and the technique of swing picking. This can really help open up a whole new world of sound and expression, building on the patterns you may know...

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Learn Phrasing With Multiple Modes

Learn Phrasing With Multiple Modes

By April 30, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

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...

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Learn To Create Fabulous Bass Fills By Thinking Rhythm 1st, Notes 2nd - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley

Learn To Create Fabulous Bass Fills By Thinking Rhythm 1st, Notes 2nd - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley

By Kailash Pate April 27, 2015 | Bass Guitar Bass Guitars Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Tech Tips

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...

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Learn On Adding 5ths And Octaves To Licks And Lines - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley

Learn On Adding 5ths And Octaves To Licks And Lines - Bass Lesson By Scott Whitley

By April 27, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

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...

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Learn To operation Shred Guitar II: Soloing On A 'Dead End Road'

Learn To operation Shred Guitar II: Soloing On A 'Dead End Road'

By April 27, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

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...

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Learn The Cluster Like 7th Chords With Jens Larsen

Learn The Cluster Like 7th Chords With Jens Larsen

By April 27, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

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...

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Learn The Jimi Chord: That's Some Backwards Guitar, Bro!

Learn The Jimi Chord: That's Some Backwards Guitar, Bro!

By April 26, 2015 | Artists Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Jimi Hendrix Tech Tips

Jimi Hendrix is arguably one of the most influential players ever to wield an axe. His mind, his touch, his technique, were a magical combination of talent, prowess, dexterity, and explosive creativity - it was effortless. Far ahead of his time, the flare, the charisma, the passion with which he...

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Learn On Megadeth: 'Skin O' My Teeth' Guitar Solo Lesson With Chris Zoupa

Learn On Megadeth: 'Skin O' My Teeth' Guitar Solo Lesson With Chris Zoupa

By Kailash Pate April 24, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

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...

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Learn To Use Intervals For Emotion - Part 3

Learn To Use Intervals For Emotion - Part 3

By April 24, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Tech Tips

Example for This Lesson Look at the pattern of coloured circles on this next diagram. The solid red circle, numbered zero, is placed at an arbitrary fret. The pattern shows it uses pitches that are two, three, four and ten semitones above the solid red circle (see how they are...

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Showing Your Work: The Difference Between 6 And 13

Showing Your Work: The Difference Between 6 And 13

By January 29, 2015 | Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

Were you ever discouraged in math class when you were deducted points for not adequately showing all of your work? It seemed like a trivial thing. The answer to 1 + 1 is 2. The answer would always be the answer - and that's all it can be! It's a...

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How To Take Any Song And Make A Really Cool Unplugged Acoustic Guitar Version Out Of It

How To Take Any Song And Make A Really Cool Unplugged Acoustic Guitar Version Out Of It

By Kailash Pate January 28, 2015 | Guitar Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Music Tech Tips

It has become more and more popular over the years to create unplugged acoustic versions of electric songs. Sometimes these acoustic versions you hear sound great, and other times they can kind of miss the mark, and end up sounding pretty average. It all comes down to how you approach...

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