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Learn The Jimi Chord: That's Some Backwards Guitar, Bro!
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...
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...
Learn To Use Intervals For Emotion - Part 3
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...
How to Buy a Handheld Recorder
Handheld recorders are one of the most important and hottest products in the audio world! You can use them just about anywhere to record anything. With hours of recording time on affordable media, remarkably high audio quality, and simple operation, a handheld recorder belongs in every musician’s and engineer’s gig...
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...
How To Avoid Mistakes As A Self-Taught Guitarist
I used to really suck getting better at guitar. Actually, that's a pretty blatant understatement. I was a terrible self-teacher and progress was agonizingly slow. Back in high school, I lived and breathed rock music, so naturally I wanted to become a great guitarist. Unfortunately, I had to stop taking...
How to buy a Guitar! - Part 2
In our last article we discussed on how to select the guitars that suit your needs without getting distracted and getting confused. The Research Now that you've played a bunch of guitars, and hopefully found a few that you really like. It's time to do some research on all the...
How to buy a Guitar! - Part 1
Buying a new piece of instrument is always a tough task at times, with so many lucrative options available. Musical instruments are always very alluring and 90% of the times one ends up getting distracted and starts checking out super cool instruments, that you can't help, but admire. This 3...
Showing Your Work: The Difference Between 6 And 13
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...
How To Take Any Song And Make A Really Cool Unplugged Acoustic Guitar Version Out Of It
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...
How To Make The Blues Scale Your Own
When you start out playing blues guitar one of the most challenging things is to make the blues scale actually sound bluesy. It's one of those scales that require an extra effort in order to get some rewarding sounds out of it. You could learn a bunch of licks and...
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...