Difficulty 5 of 10
Country cheating One-on-One lesson
Time for some wild Country/Bluegrass style guitar - hopefully this will get you closer to masters such as Albert Lee and Greg Koch etc.
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One-on-one (101) Lessons
Difficulty 2 of 10 How to Use a Metronome - Step by Step GuideMost techniques on the guitar require a lot of practice - and when you practice guitar techniques, it is mandatory to use a metronome! Being able to aggressively use speedpicking in sync with a beat, is an ability given to few. Now you can get there - just stick to the rules of this video lesson.
Difficulty 5 of 10 Speedpicking/alternate picking vertical playingIn this third part of our speedpicking serie - we are starting to get serious. Until now we have only covered exactly how to technically achieve speedpicking - as well as what exercises to practice etc. Today we will put it all together - and create vertical speedpicking runs - by stacking speedpicking patterns. This is most likely what your favorite guitarist is doing - when you think he/she is improvising mindbogglingly fast. Be prepared to see the light...the speedpicking light!
Difficulty 3 of 10 Speedpicking/alternate picking patternsSo now that you have got the basics down - it's time to get speeding. The key to "mastering" speedpicking is to be completely comfortable with a few of patterns of your choice. You will find that "pro guitarists" often don't have more than a couple of different speedpicking patterns - which they are so comfortable with that they can apply them to any scale in any direction on the guitar. This should be your goal too. In this lesson I will give you the tools to get going.
Difficulty 3 of 10 Speedpicking/alternate picking basicsNumerous are the guitarists who speedpick, to mention a few: Yngwie Malmsteen, Al di Meola, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Steve Morse, Vinnie Moore, Tony Macalpine, Ronni le Tekro, Jason Becker, Shawn Lane etc. I personally believe that this is one of the most difficult techniques to master on the electric guitar - especially if your goal is to be able to improvise with speedpicking. So let's dive into the world of guitar speed...
Difficulty 3 of 10 Guitar Harmonizing - Harmony introduction/explanationWhy play harmonies? - Simply put, this is the easiest way of "fattening" up a basic melody. What's cool is, if you know how to play the melody, all you have to do is move it up or down on the neck, and you'll be playing awesome harmonies in no time! In this lesson I will only cover the harmonies wich I personally find most useful for rock situations. For simplicity, I have divided them up into "horrible sounding" and "strong sounding". The "horrible" ones are b2, minor second, and b5, flat fifth/tritone. The "strong" ones are perfect fourth and perfect fifth. STOP! If you don't understand what this means, don't worry - We will go through exactly where to put the fingers. So you too can understand what a "b2" is, just read on...
Difficulty 2 of 10 Guitar Exercises (Beginner and Beyond)Think about it : a daily twenty minute exercise schedule which you keep up fo a while, and then one morning you wake up, pick up the guitar and... WHOOOMM. An over night sensation. You're finally there...you have had a treshold experience...you are a pro...! Is this possible? This lesson will show you...
Difficulty 2 of 10 Guitar Scales for BeginnersGuitar scales are boring, theoretical and unnecessary to play cool music...NOT! Ask anyone who has started out as a self-taught riffer, what happens to your ability when you start realising how to use a theoretical tool, such as scale. YOUR ABILITY BOOSTS - LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
Difficulty 4 of 10 How to Practice GuitarThere are good and there are bad ways to practice - there are efficient and unefficient ways. Unfortunately, there is no one way of practicing - since music is about personal preference it would be a shame if everyone practiced the same way. There are however some general guidelines which apply no matter what you want to achieve. Since practicing is the path to your goal - it is the most important subject we will touch upon.
Difficulty 7 of 10 Marty Friedman style arpeggiosMarty Friedman is a true arpeggio master. He makes use of them in all possible ways: As effective shred licks, as a melodic tool and for phrasing. In this lesson we will have a look at the shred way of doing them - in the style of Megadeth "Rust in Peace" album.
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