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Free Guitar Lesson - Learning Scales
This free guitar lesson lets a little light on the subject of scales. Guitar players are always looking for ways to make their solo playing sound more interesting. Our audiences only keep coming back to our gigs if they feel that we have more to give them, so we need to be ahead of their expectations. One of the ways we can do this is to add another scale or mode to our repertoire. Once we have a collection of... (posted by Ricky 2 years 334 days ago.)
This free guitar lesson lets a little light on the subject of scales. Guitar players are always looking for ways to make their solo playing sound more interesting. Our audiences only keep coming back to our gigs if they feel that we have more to give them, so we need to be ahead of their expectations. One of the ways we can do this is to add another scale or mode to our repertoire. Once we have a collection of... (posted by Ricky 2 years 334 days ago.)
Eric Clapton Guitar Settings - The Woman Sound
Eric Clapton has used many guitar settings in a career that goes across several decades but people are still fascinated by the sound that people call the "woman" tone. If you don't know what that means listen to the Cream track, "Sunshine Of Your Love" that features the guitar solo starting with the melody of "Blue Moon" by Rodgers and Hart. With none of the modern technological stuff available to him in the... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)
Eric Clapton has used many guitar settings in a career that goes across several decades but people are still fascinated by the sound that people call the "woman" tone. If you don't know what that means listen to the Cream track, "Sunshine Of Your Love" that features the guitar solo starting with the melody of "Blue Moon" by Rodgers and Hart. With none of the modern technological stuff available to him in the... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)
Download Guitar Backing Tracks To Become The Complete Guitarist
Backing tracks are audio tracks you can buy or download that give you accompaniment to your guitar practice. As you grow as a guitar player, you will find that your backing tracks, sometimes referred to as "jamtracks" will be as useful a tool as your metronome or your guitar tuner. There is no lead guitar or vocalist on your backing tracks just the backing that you can play lead guitar in... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)
Backing tracks are audio tracks you can buy or download that give you accompaniment to your guitar practice. As you grow as a guitar player, you will find that your backing tracks, sometimes referred to as "jamtracks" will be as useful a tool as your metronome or your guitar tuner. There is no lead guitar or vocalist on your backing tracks just the backing that you can play lead guitar in... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)
Beatles For Classical Guitar
One of the big events in fingerstyle guitar playing many years ago was the publication of a music book called "Beatles For Classical Guitar". This was the world's first attempt to mix the simplicity of the Beatles' tunes with the complexity of classical guitar technique. One of the first things that fingerpicking guitar players who were not trained in classical guitar playing noticed was that the fingerings to some of the... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)
One of the big events in fingerstyle guitar playing many years ago was the publication of a music book called "Beatles For Classical Guitar". This was the world's first attempt to mix the simplicity of the Beatles' tunes with the complexity of classical guitar technique. One of the first things that fingerpicking guitar players who were not trained in classical guitar playing noticed was that the fingerings to some of the... (posted by Ricky 3 years 20 days ago.)
Learn To Play Blues Guitar Solos And Make Them Yours
When you first think about learning to play blues guitar solos you will be faced with wanting to play the blues like the guitar players of the past, but at the same time you don't want to just play their material note for note. The sooner you get rid of the idea that you have to be original right off the bat, the sooner you will be really original. By learning the riffs and licks of B.B. King, Eric... (posted by Ricky 3 years 37 days ago.)
When you first think about learning to play blues guitar solos you will be faced with wanting to play the blues like the guitar players of the past, but at the same time you don't want to just play their material note for note. The sooner you get rid of the idea that you have to be original right off the bat, the sooner you will be really original. By learning the riffs and licks of B.B. King, Eric... (posted by Ricky 3 years 37 days ago.)
Learning The Acoustic Guitar
Learning the acoustic guitar is not difficult but what can be a little tedious is wading through the swamp of advice from friends, family and the internet. Come to think of it, a lot of advice is better than no advice so maybe it's just a question of organizing what you want to do with your music. What's your plan with learning the acoustic guitar? If you don't know the first thing abour the guitar, there are books... (posted by Ricky 3 years 41 days ago.)
Learning the acoustic guitar is not difficult but what can be a little tedious is wading through the swamp of advice from friends, family and the internet. Come to think of it, a lot of advice is better than no advice so maybe it's just a question of organizing what you want to do with your music. What's your plan with learning the acoustic guitar? If you don't know the first thing abour the guitar, there are books... (posted by Ricky 3 years 41 days ago.)
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