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Improvising With Knowledge: Lesson 6

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Learn A Song : Iron Maiden - 'Aces High' Guitar Solo Lesson With Chris Zoupa

By January 26, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Iron Maiden Tech Tips

Standard tuning: E A D G B E Level: Intermediate I've always loved this song. I just think the chorus is great. It's the kind of chorus you sing really loudly whilst quite intoxicated and embarrass your girlfriend in front of her friends and family. The solo in this song...

Make It Musical: Etude Instead Of Just Practicing Exercises

By January 26, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

Practicing can be a lot less tedious when you play music instead of many exercises in a row. If you are having trouble with a certain technique, or want to explore what sort of musical capabilities the technique in question offers, you could try to come up with a little...

Should You Be Using Sharps Or Flats When Transcribing Tabs And Chords?

By January 23, 2015 | Acoustic Guitar Category_Tips & Guides>Guitars Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

We will create a chord chart for each key in the major scale. This will show you each chord in a key and when to use sharps and when to use flats when you are transcribing music into tabs and chord sheets. Creating a chord chart in the major (Ionian)...

Lesson Of The Day : 3 Notes Per String Scales/Modes

By January 23, 2015 | Category_Videos>Guitars Guitar Guitar Lessons Guitar Tips Guitars Tech Tips

Hey guys! Here is a simple worksheet that will help guide you through the modes of C Major. I enjoy this because it opens up a whole lot of exercises that I will cover later! Hope you enjoy! Things to focus on: Make sure you are constantly alternate picking Try...

Greek to Geek - Buying Guide of Headphones and Earphones

By November 27, 2014 | Buying Guide Category_Buying Guide>Accessories Closed Back Earphones Headphones Open Back

Purchasing a good set of headphones has always been a tough task, like a leg day at gym, specially when there are so many options available in market and people in reviews talk in all Greek with all the fancy jargon that you just can’t figure out. To help you...