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| String Skipping III, rating: 8.5 |
| What you need, how to build skips, simple skips, and a complex skip. POSTED: 10/03/2007 - 06:26 am |
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| 3 Shape Pattern Of Hammer-On Technique, rating: 8.7 |
| This lesson will help you with areas of left hand speed and agility (or "shredding" as people like me who grew up in the '80s will call it), changing shapes and patterns. Specifically designed for players who have some trouble stretching or spanning, and for players who want more muscle out of each finger. POSTED: 05/25/2007 - 03:45 pm |
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| Taking Bites, rating: 8.3 |
| An essential method in mastering technically challenging music.
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| The Art Of Sweep Picking. Part 1 - Two String Arpeggios, rating: 8.5 |
| The idea is that by practicing this series of exercises you can learn the principles of sweep picking. POSTED: 05/25/2007 - 01:32 pm |
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| String Skipping II, rating: 6.3 |
| Here's an intermediate to advanced lesson on string skipping. POSTED: 05/16/2007 - 03:06 pm |
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| Lateral Dexterity, rating: 9.1 |
| Focusses on positions shifts and improving speed going up and down the neck laterally rather than keeping in position and going accross strings. POSTED: 05/16/2007 - 02:22 pm |
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| Sweep Picking II, rating: 9.2 |
| This lesson will teach you how to sweep pick, and hopefully in more detail than the previous ones. POSTED: 05/16/2007 - 02:19 pm |
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| Guide To Sweep Picking, rating: 9.6 |
| Learn the basics of sweep picking! This lesson covers the proper technique for the right hand, hand rolling (not finger), 3, 4, 5, and 6 string sweeps, sweep tapping, finger rolling (not hand). POSTED: 05/16/2007 - 02:09 pm |
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| All The Aspects Of Picking. Part 2, rating: 8.6 |
| This elaborates on economy picking and provides some examples to clarify what it exactly is. POSTED: 10/03/2006 - 06:56 am |
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| Economy Picking, rating: 9.5 |
| In the lessons that are currently available on UG.com, I find very little information about the most important technique in fast guitar play: economy picking, the key to real speed! POSTED: 09/22/2006 - 06:12 am |
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| Slide Guitar, rating: 9.3 |
| There are a few a few lessons in the slide directory but none of them really tell a beginner how to play slide. The basics of slide guitar. POSTED: 09/05/2006 - 08:18 am |
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| Hopscotch Method. Part 2, rating: 9.1 |
| Learn about the modes of the major scale and how to connect each of them all across the neck. Plus a cool soloing technique which comnbines the minor pentatonic with the modes. This is for those soloists stuck in a rut. POSTED: 06/13/2006 - 09:19 am |
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| 'B.B. King Box' Technique, rating: 8.5 |
| In this lesson, we're going to learn how to use the 'B.B. King Box' we're also going to compose a song and write wicked solos along the way. POSTED: 06/07/2006 - 08:08 am |
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| Hopscotch Method. Part 1, rating: 9.7 |
| Learn about the 5 shapes of the minor pentatonic, how they fit together on the fretboard, and how to break out of staying in one box and using most of the neck in your soloing with them. POSTED: 06/06/2006 - 09:13 am |
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| Right Hand Fret Tapping, rating: 7.4 |
| This lesson goes over the basics of tapping the fretboard with the right hand, as well as a few other cool tapping tricks. POSTED: 06/01/2006 - 10:24 am |
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| Slide Rhythm Guitar In Drop D, rating: 9.4 |
| Here is a neat slide guitar rhythm part, played in dropped D. It incorporates a bunch of techniques: slide, normal playing, muting. POSTED: 03/03/2006 - 08:12 am |
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| Slide Guitar In Drop D. Part 2, rating: 9.5 |
| Here is another interesting look at how notes conveniently line themselves up in standard/dropped D for slide. POSTED: 02/28/2006 - 04:39 am |
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| Slide Guitar In Drop D. Part 1, rating: 7.8 |
| Here's a begining of 'Slide Guitar In Drop D' series that would help you to master this beautiful technique. POSTED: 02/14/2006 - 05:45 am |
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| Increase Your Technique, rating: 6.3 |
| In this lesson, I will be teaching you some basics on becoming a technically more proficient guitarist. POSTED: 07/01/2005 - 07:42 am |
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| Shredding. Part 2 - Speed & Technique, rating: 9.2 |
| This is the second lesson in a series on shred, the first was the fundamentals, but in this one we are going to delve a little deeper. POSTED: 07/01/2005 - 07:06 am |
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| Triplets, rating: 8.7 |
| Want to add another feel to your playing? Then add 1/8 and 1/16 note triplets to your repetoire. POSTED: 07/01/2005 - 06:16 am |
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| Cross-Handed Tapping, rating: 7.5 |
| This is a different way off tapping. Cross-Handed Tapping is very flashy and looks cool. POSTED: 07/01/2005 - 06:05 am |
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| Shredding. Part 1 - Fundamentals, rating: 9.2 |
| In this lesson, I am going to teach you guys how to really build your speed and technique up to your hero's. POSTED: 04/12/2005 - 09:57 am |
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| All The Aspects Of Picking. Part1, rating: 9.7 |
| This is my method for developing your picking in all picking styles and is a great warmup exercise and will motivate you with the extra speed edge you need to break the plateu. POSTED: 04/12/2005 - 07:53 am |
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| Tapping In Depth, rating: 9.5 |
| Tapping for many is a difficult thing to learn. To learn it, you must start at hammer-ons/pull-offs and work your way up. POSTED: 01/19/2005 - 09:49 am |
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| Counterpoint Explained: Contrapuntal Motion, rating: 8.3 |
| A quick lesson explaining the four types of contrapuntal motion along with examples for each. POSTED: 11/11/2004 - 07:45 am |
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| Tapping ll, rating: 8.6 |
| Basic right hand tapping is not as difficult as you might think. Some of the more advanced techniques are quite demanding. POSTED: 09/23/2004 - 07:08 am |
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| Pinch Harmonics, rating: 8.6 |
| If you listen carefully to some songs, you'll notice every now and then, a really loud screeching, squealing sort of sound. If you've ever wondered how to pull that off, then pinch harmonics is your answer. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 08:22 am |
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| Guitar Harmony, rating: 9.3 |
| Harmony is often used in orchestra and classical music, but on guitar it can be used for two or three guitars to play on each other. POSTED: 07/15/2004 - 05:50 am |
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| Vibrato Techniques For Beginners, rating: 7.4 |
| Vibratos are possibly the most used technique for stringed instruments all along the history of music. So, electric guitar couldn't be the exception. POSTED: 04/30/2004 - 10:12 am |
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| Advanced Legato Techniques, rating: 8.5 |
| How to play using only one hand - omitting any need for picking and playing as smoothly (legato is latin for smooth) as you can! POSTED: 04/21/2004 - 07:34 am |
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| Pings In Chromatix: Artifical Harmonics, rating: 5.5 |
| There are two ways of Harmonics, the Natural and the Artificial Harmonics, but this lesson only focus on the Artificial side. POSTED: 04/01/2004 - 06:11 am |
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| Speed Buster. Part 3 - Improving Technique, rating: 9 |
| Increasing speed above 140 beats per min, was a great challenge for me. I just couldn't. I played wrong notes, and eventually lost control. Thats when I started watching John Pettrucis Rock Disclipline carefully. POSTED: 04/01/2004 - 05:51 am |
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| Playing Arpeggios Fast. Part 3 - Arpeggios From Hell, rating: 3.3 |
| Part three of playing arpeggios fast series: this lesson based on Malmsteen's "Arphell" song. POSTED: 11/24/2003 - 06:31 am |
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| Playing Arpeggios Fast. Part 2 - What to Practice, rating: 8 |
| Before I begin, I just want to say that classical guitar (or guitar in general) is a discipline. If you want to get good, you must discipline yourself to practice. POSTED: 11/24/2003 - 06:15 am |
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| Playing By Ear: Tips & Tricks, rating: 5.6 |
| Harmonic charts, gregorian modes, pentatonic scales, the mythis and a lot of good tips on how to play by ear! POSTED: 11/24/2003 - 05:06 am |
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| Playing Arpeggios Fast. Part 1 - The Basics, rating: 8.3 |
| Everybody's talkin' about arpeggios... and being fast! Here are few tips on how to play arpeggios fast & accurate with examples. POSTED: 11/24/2003 - 05:01 am |
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| Sweep Picking Arpeggios, rating: 5.5 |
| Well, I know someone just covered this lesson so ill just send you exercises that will train you discipline in accomplishing arpeggios using sweep picking. POSTED: 08/31/2003 - 06:38 am |
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| Playing Fast Tricks, rating: 4.8 |
| This lesson is on how to appear to be playing a lot faster than you really are. Of course, there's no substitute for true speed, and there are a lot of lessons here and elsewhere covering this adequately, but in the meantime before you perfect this here are some tips on appearing to play very fast. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Blue Notes, rating: 7.3 |
| The lesson about blue notes, passing tones and bending. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Finger Picking, rating: 9 |
| This week we're going to do a technique that has it's roots in classical music but is commonly used in rock and other genres as well. This week we're going to cover finger picking. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Hammer Ons and Pull Offs, rating: 9.4 |
| These two things refer to techniques employed by the left hand to sound notes without the direct aid of the right hand. The main difference between hammer ons and pull offs is that pull offs generate vibrations, while hammer ons generally don't. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Phrasing, rating: 8.8 |
| A lot of cool lead players like Steve Vai and Marty Friedman use a really cool idea called rhythmic displacement. What this means is that they are playing phrases with a different number of notes than the amount of notes in each rhythmic division. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Slides, rating: 8.4 |
| A slide refers to the action of 'sliding' your left hand finger across one or more frets to reach another note. In one respect, they can be looked at as similar to bends, because they can be used to create a 'swooping' effect between two notes. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Playing by Ear, rating: 8.4 |
| When I first started playing guitar I was ultimately frustrated that I couldn't play the songs that I heard on the radio unless someone showed me how. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Harping Technique, rating: 4.1 |
| Get an acoustic, preferably a nylon, and with no other fingers touching the string, tap one of the high strings at a high fret, say 17 for example. You may notice that you hear two pitches. Why? POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Legato, rating: 7.2 |
| This week we'll do a technique/style that's covered a lot on the Internet, but is always touched on very lightly. The technique we're going to be covering is a favourite of musicians such as Hendrix and Satriani. This technique is legato. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Sweep Picking, rating: 7.6 |
| To start things off I'm going to do a lesson on a technique that's becomming very popular as of late and that people on UG seem to talk about frequently: sweep picking. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Tapping, rating: 9.2 |
| To understand and be good at tapping, you have to understand and be good at doing hammer ons and pull offs with your fretting hand. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are formally referred to as "slurs" in music theory. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| String Skipping, rating: 8.8 |
| String skipping can be quite difficult to do, but if you master it you can create hi-tech sounding licks that can help your solos really stand out. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Right And Left Hand Technique. Part 2 - Left Hand Position, rating: 8.2 |
| With your fingers in this position, the tip of your thumb should be touching the midline of the neck; that is, behind the G string. Most people tend to have the thumb peeking up over the top. Also, most people tend to squeeze much too tightly, grinding in with the knuckle of their thumb. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Right And Left Hand Technique. Part 1 - Guitar Position, rating: 8.3 |
| The guitar should rest on your abdomen, well above your left leg, such that it is in the same position whether you are sitting or standing. The neck should be at a 45 degree angle up. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Speed Buster. Part 1 - More Practice, rating: 9.7 |
| Speed is something which comes to a guitarist with constant practice! Determination and consistency are two things that will get you to your goal. One of the biggest secrets is no secret to a developing guitarist, you have to go up gradaually. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Speed Buster. Part 2 - Developing Speed And Accuracy, rating: 9.5 |
| When I first heard of the metronome, I thought it was yet another one of those lousy drum machines which was too difficult to use. I was wrong. Nowadays thanks to the metronome, I get a little faster everyday. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Polyrhythms, rating: 6.5 |
| Although the word polyrhythm technically means "many rhythms", it's most commonly used to describe the layering of multiple time signatures. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Rhythm, rating: 5.6 |
| One thing that is important to technique is a good sense of rhythm. You must be able to play along with the beat, if you don't it will sound sloppy. Especially when you're playing very fast, it gets hard to keep track of whether you're playing 16th notes or triplets. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Right And Left Hand Technique. Part 3 - Left Hand Position, rating: 7.8 |
| The palm of the left hand should be parallel to the underside of the neck. Untrained people tend to place their hand so that the bone leading to their index finger is much closer to the neck than the bone leading to their pinky. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Right And Left Hand Technique. Part 4 - Right Hand Position, rating: 8.6 |
| Overall position. If you have set up the guitar position as in lesson I, your right forearm should be making an angle of about 160 degrees with the strings. That is as it should be. rn POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Right And Left Hand Technique. Part 5 - Right Hand Position, rating: 7.1 |
| I recommend that the right hand not be braced against the strings or the surface of the guitar in any way, shape, or form. Most people start by placing. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Triplet Kills, rating: 5.8 |
| This lesson is about triplets, use strict (down-up-down) picking. Start off slow then blast it to warp speed. Its kind of long but break it down to pieces to have finger muscle memory. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Reharmonization, rating: 8.3 |
| The basic idea behind reharmonization is taking a lead phrase and modifying it slightly so that it fits in to a completely different key and scale all together. In otherwords reharmonizaion is transposing a lead based on one scale into another scale so that the same lead phrase can be used (slightly modified) to achieve an entirely different tone. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Two Hands Tapping, rating: 4.5 |
| Most of you are probably quite familiar with the cliched tapping licks like fast trills, three and four note patterns, etc. Here I will show you some unconventional but very cool uses for this great technique. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Time Signatures, rating: 5 |
| Most of the music heard in most genres of Western music relys on symmetrical time. This means that the number of pulses in the bar is divisible by two, i.e., there is a defined "center" of the bar; with an equal number of beats either side of this "center". POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Alternate Picking Technique, rating: 9.8 |
| How do players like Yngwie Malmsteen, Al Di Meola, Steve Morse and Paul Gilbert pick so quickly and cleanly? Hyper speed picking abilities are the product of a logical, pragmatic technical approach based on economy of movement-playing the most notes with the least amount of effort. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Arpeggios Used In Leads, rating: 4.6 |
| The first thing to note when using arpeggios in your solos is try not to think of chord forms. A lot of beginners, and even some seasoned players like to think of chords as the shape they make with their fretting hand. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Bending Technique, rating: 8.7 |
| Bending strings refers to stretching them with the left hand to increase their pitch, gradually or instantly. When bending a string, the string is still contacting the fret, but the string is being pushed either up(towards the ceiling), or pulled down(towards the ground). POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Unusial Bending Techniques, rating: 9.8 |
| Hey all, this lesson is on some different sounding ways to bend notes. Some of these examples will require a whammy bar that can be pulled up; If you have one that normally only works one way, email me and I'll tell you how to mod it so it bends up, if you want. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Modes, rating: 7.1 |
| Modes? What are modes? With this lesson I will make them clear. The major scale can have 7 other scales derived from it - these are its modes. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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