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This lesson will teach you how to compose and play art rock. You will learn progressive chords, scales, rhythm patterns, odd time signatures, and the music theory behind it all. The material cove ...
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01. Introduction02. How to read tab03. Power chords04. Octaves05. Drop D tuning06. Palm muting07. Natural Harmonics08. Techniques a. Hammer-ons/ Pull-offs b. String bending c. Slides09. Solos10. ...
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01. Intro02. The Feel03. Standard 12 Bar Blues04. Breakdown of the I chord05. Breakdown of the IV chord06. Breakdown of the V chord07. The Turnaround08. Minor Blues09. Other Blues Forms (8 bar, 1 ...
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First And Foremost: this guide is not for lead guitar. In Funk, the guitar is used for rhythmic purposes, while a sax or some other horn or woodwind for the "lead" work.The Chords.In the style of ...
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In counteraccordance to the metalcore lesson, I am writing this lesson to cover everything not covered by that guy. I am an all around player, playing anything from blues/bluegrass to metal to cl ...
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Punk. Loved by many, hated by many. If you are one of the latter types, read with an open mind, you might learn something. Punk and pop-punk get stereotyped as nothing but power chords played in ...
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This little document is mainly on how to solo using the blues pentatonic scales. A blues pentatonic scale, from what I understand, is simply a minor pentatonic scale with a blues note between the ...
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Table of contents:1. Introduction2. Kinds Of Punk3. Practice4. Chords5. Riffs6. Palm Muting7. Skunking8. Finishing1. Introduction.Before I can teach you how to play punk you need to know real pun ...
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This lesson is to help all of you metalcore/hardcore music lovers who want to get a cored band started but don't quite understand the logic behind the music style (please note this is only t ...
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This lesson will teach you how to become the next Kerry King or Mick Thompson! Here we go. Heavy metal involves alot of distortion and fast fingering so this could be a tough one to learn for poe ...
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Content:1. Palmuting2. Powerchordsa) Standardb) One fingerc) Inverted4. Alternate picking5. Harmonics6. Octave chords---------------------1. Palm muting.This is self explanatory. Lay your hand on ...
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Alright. There are five "easy" blues chords to memorize, that shouldn't be that hard. In fact, all of these are ridiculously easy, and with a simple progression, can produce a hit.[Chords]- ...
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First of all, to play ska you need to know how to barre. Then, you should practice playing barre chords only on the upstroaks, and doing a "rhythmic click" on the downstrokes.First Practice.The " ...
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Okay in this weeks article/Lesson I'm going to to show you some licks commenly used by Guitar Players such as, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and others. Beca ...
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I am writing this article assuming you already know how to tune your guitar and at least have the key (tuning) you are in memorized (ex: EADGBE). Well then, this is pretty much how I learned how ...
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In these three examples I've used some pedal point notes. (Here they are alternatively repeated with chords, although this technique is also very often used in flatpicking. )I think this fin ...
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Table Of Contents1.introduction2.practice3.chords4.riffs5.palm Muting6.finishingNotice: this lesson is for all those guys that want play in band but they dont know what kind of music they should ...
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This lesson will tell you how to know what scales to improv from when soloing over a jazz chord progression. It does not include specific riffs and licks to use is is more of a theory oriented le ...
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Hey, I'm back with another lesson. This one's on soloing over metal progressions. Typically, metal chord progressions involve unusual chord movement, like E5 to F5 (1 to b2) or E5 to Bb ...
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Contents-I. IntroductionII. PointersIII. ChordsIV. Relative MinorV. Dominant ChordsVI. Introduction to ModesVII. ProgressionsIntroduction:The purpose of this page is to give the curious guitar pl ...
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Welcome to my first metal tutorial! My name is Fatty Mcgee, and here I will be introducing you to the basics of heavy metal and nu metal. Let's get started!Introduction:First off, an explana ...
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Beginner's Metal Lesson.Alright, the best way to start anything is to jump right into it, and since you probably clicked on this link to learn how to play metal instead of hearing some guy t ...
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Table Of Contents1.Introduction2.Influence3.Technique:-Power Chords-Slides-Fill ins-Hammering-Palm Muting-Check Lesson Pages for more techniques4.Warm-Ups5.Style1.Introduction.There's a reas ...
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Why? When I first bought my guitar, all I wanted to do was play heavy metal licks, and after playing the intro to Enter Sandman ten thousand times, I got sick of my guitar because I didn't k ...
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Blues has always been a stylistic sponge, soaking up the sounds of other, more popular musical trends and incorporating them into its timeless framework. Over the years elements of rock, Latin an ...
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Somone reqestd country lick so here are some. I don't know if they could be considerd to be "standard" but I enjoy them. Mail me if you got Q's and please post your'e own favorite ...
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First, take a look at the scale used:
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(BU)=Bend Up(RE)= Release(HO)=Hammer On(PU)=Pull Off(V)=Vibrate(SL)=Slide
Lick 1
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These turnarounds are mainly in E, but I've put in a few in other keys. They are just a collection of things I've picked up over the years. I'd be very interested in any others any ...
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key:
| = qtr note beat(1,2,3,4 - got it?)
/ = upbeat (the "and" in "1 and 2 and 3 and 4" - got it?)
(t) = thumb
(x) = muted or not played - yer preference
(#) = optional (# = integer = ...
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First you need the open (GM) pentatonic (P) plus the blues notes(*) to add color, tension, what have you.
I II III IV V VI VII
E-P-||-* ...
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This text help to "open the Blues ear..." Enjoy !
Lick 1: Lick 2:
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If you read my previous lesson on the blues scale, you will remember that the blues-tonality is unstable and unsettled, because you play a minor of scale over major chords. You should also rememb ...
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First you need the open (GM) pentatonic (P) plus the blues notes(*) to add color, tension, what have you.
I II III IV V VI VII
E-P-||-* ...
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I will start with a look at the basic 12-bar blues form, familiar to almost any guitarist. Every guitarist interested in blues, folk, country or rock should know the 12-bar blues by heart; Just s ...
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Those who want to play blues, should know the blues scale. Guitar players should know how to finger blues scales all the way up the neck in the so called "box position". But let us start with som ...