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| Speed Picking II, rating: 10 |
| An expansion on my previous article that reviewed the fundamentals, this one is for the more familiar player. More picking technique, concepts, and exercises. POSTED: 11/20/2009 - 06:23 am |
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| Fingerpicking Right Hand Strength, rating: 9.3 |
| Some useful exercises for strengthening up the right hand. POSTED: 11/16/2009 - 07:15 am |
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| Sweep Like Becker. Part 2, rating: 9 |
| In part 1 I've showed the positions for basic major and minor arpeggios. In this lesson I'll show new kinds of arpeggios and positions that Jason himself used to play them. POSTED: 11/12/2009 - 06:56 am |
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| Speed Up Your Soloing. Vol 2: Part II - Economy Picking, rating: 8.3 |
| While the previous lesson was about a fretting hand technique (Legato with open strings), this lesson here is about a picking hand technique - Economy Picking. POSTED: 10/19/2009 - 07:02 am |
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| Speed Up Your Soloing. Vol 2: Part I - Open String Legato Phrases, rating: 8.4 |
| In the past I made four "Speed Up Your Soloing"-lessons, which worked mainly as a beginner-oriented guide to shredding. In "Speed Up Your Soloing - Volume II", it gets a little more advanced. This lesson today is about open string legato phrases. POSTED: 10/15/2009 - 06:25 am |
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| 3-Note Sequence Ideas. Part 2, rating: 10 |
| In this lesson we are going to combine the forward and reverse three-note sequence combinations from my Three-Note Sequence Ideas Part I lesson to create even more interesting sounds. POSTED: 10/06/2009 - 08:13 am |
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| Tapping Arpeggios And Other Advanced Tapping Techniques, rating: 7.3 |
| My introduction to Tapping Arpeggios, from single string ideas to string skipping, multi ocvtave arpeggios using multiple fingers on the fretting hand. These are techniques I commonly use in my solos. POSTED: 09/24/2009 - 07:11 am |
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| Getting Around The Fretboard: Busting Out Of The Scale Box, rating: 8.4 |
| 'I know some scales (like the blues scale, major and minor) but how do I get out of being stuck in just one scale box at a time.' POSTED: 08/19/2009 - 07:33 am |
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| 3-Note Sequence Ideas, rating: 7.5 |
| In this lesson I am going to show you a way to take a common three-note sequence and turn it around to create a new sequence that sounds much more interesting. POSTED: 08/12/2009 - 07:28 am |
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| Speed Playing. Part 4, rating: 8.5 |
| A huge list of excersises and techniques, sweep picking, tapping, string skipping, alternative picking, legato and more. POSTED: 08/03/2009 - 07:04 am |
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| Power Chord Accuracy, rating: 6.9 |
| This lesson is designed to help improve your accuracy with power chords and bar chords, along with many other chords and techniques. POSTED: 07/08/2009 - 07:40 am |
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| Speed Playing. Part 3, rating: 9.5 |
| This time were going to look at vibrato, whammy bar techniques and theory. POSTED: 07/07/2009 - 07:02 am |
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| 10 Guitar Speed Puzzles, rating: 6.2 |
| Here are 10 guitar puzzles going from easy to hard, see if you can nail 'em! POSTED: 07/03/2009 - 08:53 am |
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| Sweep Like Becker, rating: 9.5 |
| In this lesson I'm gonna show you the exact positions Jason used in order to play arpeggios. I believe these shapes are the best. POSTED: 06/17/2009 - 07:05 am |
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| Ska Continuation, rating: 9.3 |
| Now that you have learned a simple ska rythm in the previous lesson, this follow up can introduce you to ska on a level where your whole band can play. I shall go into more complex rythms, how ska is played live, lead guitar in ska and how ska bass is played. Enjoy. POSTED: 06/16/2009 - 07:52 am |
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| Speed Playing. Part 2, rating: 9.4 |
| This time were going to be looking at neo-classical playing, sweep picking, string skipping and more. POSTED: 06/03/2009 - 07:20 am |
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| Speed Playing, rating: 9.6 |
| Warm ups, picking styles and legato playing used to help you speed up your playing POSTED: 05/25/2009 - 07:05 am |
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| Tapping Scales And Arpeggios, rating: 8.5 |
| A listen on advanced string skipped tapped and how to construct and tap arpeggios and scales. POSTED: 05/20/2009 - 09:05 am |
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| Speed Guitar Now. Part 1, rating: 6 |
| We’re flooded with advice on the subject, but is anyone really paying attention to the “SEED”? Furthermore, following it? POSTED: 05/18/2009 - 08:22 am |
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| Hendrix Rythm Spice, rating: 8.6 |
| Hendrix was amazing with his rythm playing, lets take a depth look inside... POSTED: 05/13/2009 - 06:59 am |
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| Troubleshooting. Part 2, rating: 6.9 |
| Have your guitar technique worries solved in the second installment. This time it's left hand tapping. POSTED: 05/11/2009 - 05:49 am |
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| Troubleshooting To Guitar Techniques, rating: 6 |
| I'll show you how to overcome any problems with technique. POSTED: 05/06/2009 - 07:14 am |
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| Rhythm Guitar For Intermediate To Advanced Players, rating: 8.6 |
| This article is aimed at an intermediate to advanced player, looking to strengthen their right hand, and left-to-right hand synchronisation. POSTED: 04/29/2009 - 06:15 am |
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| Tremolo Picking, rating: 5.5 |
| Tremolo picking is a fast technique, where you play a note in 16th or 32nd notes in a set rhythm. POSTED: 04/27/2009 - 07:47 am |
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| Harmonising The Major Scale For 5 String Sweep Picking, rating: 9.5 |
| Using the degrees of the major scale to create sweep picking sequences utilising different degree tonalities. POSTED: 04/20/2009 - 06:51 am |
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| Conclusion Of Left Hand Techniques, rating: 8.3 |
| This is a summery of exercises for the left hand and the right hand (alternate picking). POSTED: 04/15/2009 - 07:08 am |
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| How To Program The Subconscious Mind For Effortless Guitar Playing, rating: 9.7 |
| Understanding and programming the subconscious mind as it applies to guitar playing. POSTED: 04/14/2009 - 08:16 am |
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| Legato Techniques, rating: 9.6 |
| This lesson contains various licks and exercises designed to develop one's legato technique. POSTED: 04/13/2009 - 08:34 am |
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| The Church Arpeggios, rating: 10 |
| Do you know the Church Scales? What about the Church Arpeggios? POSTED: 04/08/2009 - 07:39 am |
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| Finger Picking Practice, rating: 9.2 |
| Some small tabs including practices for finger picking. POSTED: 04/07/2009 - 08:24 am |
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| Sweep Picking, rating: 9.4 |
| I made this when I was really bored. I only started learning sweep picking a few months ago, but these were some of the riffs I learned that helped me learn how to sweep pick. POSTED: 04/02/2009 - 07:22 am |
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| Basic Speed Building Exercises, rating: 7.3 |
| Some basic techniques to learn to help you build speed. POSTED: 04/02/2009 - 07:15 am |
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| Sweep Exercises For Beginners, rating: 8.2 |
| Exercises for beginner sweepers to help with strength, mobility, and speed. POSTED: 04/01/2009 - 11:54 am |
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| Crash Course Introduction To Speed Picking, rating: 8 |
| How to hammer out those notes-fast! The short crash course introduction! POSTED: 03/31/2009 - 09:06 am |
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| Controlling The Bounce And How I Speed Up My Right Hand, rating: 7.3 |
| Instead of saying that everyone is different and basically that you're on your own with right hand technique, I want to share how I pick and why I think you should try it. I also think guitarists can learn something from drummers, and I should mention it. POSTED: 03/31/2009 - 08:03 am |
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| Sweep Arpeggios. Part 2, rating: 3 |
| Taken a look at the original Sweep Arpeggios, or ready for 6 strings? Think your good but need a bit more of sweeping theory? Need some more help figuring out how to compose your own sweeps and solos? Then here's some more for ya.
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| How To Improve Finger Dexterity, rating: 7.8 |
| How to improve your finger dexterity so that your fingers can move faster while playing your guitar. This lesson is for Beginner guitarist to Average players. Not recommended to experts. POSTED: 03/26/2009 - 10:59 am |
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| Finger Nubbing, rating: 9 |
| Buckethead Tapping Techinque in detail POSTED: 03/26/2009 - 10:29 am |
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| Alternate Picking Across Strings, rating: 9.2 |
| This small lesson attempts to show you how to apply alternate picking across multiple strings, and to mix it with string skipping. POSTED: 03/26/2009 - 10:21 am |
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| Hybrid Picking Lesson, rating: 6.3 |
| This is the start of many lessons on how to use the awesome technique of Hyrid Picking in a more, unconvetional manner. Although this lesson centers more on the traditional use, ie in country and blues, I will be focusing on how to use Hyrib Picking in alternative rock and heavy metal. POSTED: 03/23/2009 - 09:02 am |
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| Tapping In Depth. Part 2, rating: 9.7 |
| Although regular tapping is very common in the modern music scene, one technique that was developed by the man Eddie Van Halen himself has remained quite elusive and hidden. Tapped Harmonics are a very interesting yechnique that you can use to spice up your arpeggio lines. POSTED: 03/21/2009 - 08:19 am |
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| Sweeping Arpeggios 101 - The Crash Course, rating: 10 |
| This lesson is aimed at being a simple and effective guide for guitarists who want to start learning to sweep, without all the technical jargon and hours of theory work. This lesson is mainly for intermediate guitarists who are wanting to push their skills that little bit further and add some new ideas to their playing. POSTED: 03/21/2009 - 07:59 am |
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| Open String Flash Licks Master Class, rating: 9.6 |
| In this lesson I am going to show you how to create your own licks using hammers and pulls combined with open strings. I like to use this technique during improvisations to create interesting, fast pedal point licks with wide intervals. POSTED: 03/20/2009 - 12:05 pm |
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| Learn To Sweep. Pt 3, rating: 8.8 |
| Well we're nearing the end of our time together, so I guess we'll wrap this up with the Face-Melters! Time to learn Sweep-Tapping, and all those other goodies you've been deprived of. POSTED: 03/16/2009 - 04:47 am |
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| Learn To Sweep. Technique, rating: 9 |
| This is not one of the three parts of my sweeping lesson, but covers what sweeping is, and how exactly you do it. Sorry, no exercises. POSTED: 03/13/2009 - 04:08 am |
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| Learn To Sweep. Pt 2, rating: 9.6 |
| If you're going on to these exercises then you must have already finished the first lesson. In this lesson we will be building on the basics you've already learned. This is part 2, so the really difficult stuff is just around the corner. Thanks for reading! POSTED: 02/18/2009 - 02:51 am |
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| Learn To Sweep. Pt 1, rating: 9.1 |
| This lesson is on the basics/fundamentals of sweeping. I've broken up the
sweep lessons into 3 parts. With this lesson you will learn the basic sweep
patterns (on three strings, for now) and be able to get a basic understanding
on how sweeping works. POSTED: 02/06/2009 - 02:14 am |
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| Writing Tips 3, rating: 9 |
| Another Writing Tips lesson, looking at techniques used for solos and licks this time around. POSTED: 12/10/2008 - 09:21 am |
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| Writing Tips 2, rating: 8.3 |
| Another Writing Tips lesson, this time aimed at giving tips of different methods of writing riffs. POSTED: 11/27/2008 - 07:13 am |
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| Harmonix: Theory And Practice, rating: 8.3 |
| Hi! It's my first lesson in UG and it's about harmonics. It includes theory, different kinds of harmonics and techniques for playing them. I tried to give short and complete information and I hope it would be useful for you. POSTED: 11/18/2008 - 06:15 am |
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| Tips On Sweep Picking, rating: 6.9 |
| Just a few tips and tricks on sweep picking. POSTED: 11/06/2008 - 09:26 am |
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| Guitar Fitness The Key To Great Tone And Flency, rating: 9.8 |
| A daily fitness program designed to get you in shape to tackle scales and arpeggios with ease! POSTED: 11/06/2008 - 09:25 am |
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| Sweep Arpeggios, rating: 7.9 |
| This Article is all about sweeping, but like some people you learn to sweep, but then quickly realize you run out of stuff to play. If you are currently at a lack for songs to play, Why not study some theory and learn how the professionals compose their songs? POSTED: 11/06/2008 - 08:31 am |
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| Harmonics, rating: 9.5 |
| This lesson covers the concept of harmonics: what they are and how they work, from the theoretical explanation you might have heard in physics class, to producing high-pitched "squealies" a.k.a. artificial harmonics! POSTED: 10/20/2008 - 07:19 am |
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| Before 'Shredding', rating: 9.4 |
| This is basically a way to get the best out of your shredding, increasing your accuracy and speed. All you need is a guitar, pick and some time to practise. Practise Makes Perfect. POSTED: 10/14/2008 - 06:05 am |
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| Speed Made Simple My Way, rating: 3.3 |
| As the title suggest, this is a way I found to increase your speed easily. I'm not saying in one week you shall be shredding faster than ritchie blackmore, or triple your speed. What I am saying is this worked for me, so why can't it work for you! POSTED: 10/13/2008 - 10:31 am |
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| All You Need To Know About Harmonics, rating: 8.9 |
| Harmonics can range from easy to hard. You will learn about three types of Harmonics: Natural Harmonics, Pinch/Artificial Harmonics, and Tapped Harmonics.
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| Finger Tapping, rating: 8.7 |
| Want to know how to finger tap but cant get round those tricky riffs, here i will break them down and give tips along the way. POSTED: 10/07/2008 - 09:44 am |
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| Hammering Pulling And Tapping, rating: 8.3 |
| Everything about hammering, pulling and tapping starting with the basics. POSTED: 10/01/2008 - 04:42 am |
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| Improvisation And Phrasing Techniques: Make The Fretboard Smaller To Improve Your Phrasing, rating: 9.5 |
| While it is important to know scales in multiple keys and on multiple parts of the fretboard, it can sometimes create too many options for note selection for someone who has been working with the patterns for only a short while. POSTED: 09/24/2008 - 08:14 am |
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| Developing Accuracy Through Double Picking Exercises, rating: 8.8 |
| Lesson designed to develop accuracy and synchronization between left and right hands. POSTED: 09/24/2008 - 08:12 am |
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| Js Bach Canon Sweeping, rating: 9 |
| Welcome for this sweeping lesson. Inspired by J.S Bach, The mini canon is my adaptation of the famous chords progression. If you are a new comer with sweeping technique this is the right lesson because it’s melodic, sounds great at any speed and also because it’s a classic so you have to know it!
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| Tapping A Different Approach. Pt 2, rating: 10 |
| The continuation of Tapping: A Different Approach (pt. 1) that accomplishes a more in depth leap into the physics of tapping. this time, vertical movement. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 08:07 am |
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| Tapping A Different Approach. Pt 1, rating: 10 |
| This article on tapping attempts to move away from the typical Van Halen triplets and their close counterparts... POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 08:04 am |
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| Pentamodal Idea, rating: 9.9 |
| Prior knowledge of the five Minor Pentatonic box patterns and the 7 modal shapes is helpful for understanding this lesson, but not absolutely necessary. POSTED: 09/18/2008 - 06:47 am |
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| Finger Strength And Speed Building, rating: 9.3 |
| These exercises can prove really helpful for beginners in building their speed and the finger muscle strength. POSTED: 08/13/2008 - 08:23 am |
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| Modulation, rating: 7.5 |
| Ever wondered exactly what modulation is? Learn with this lesson and start applying it to your playing! POSTED: 08/13/2008 - 07:59 am |
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| String Skipping III, rating: 8.4 |
| 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: 8.1 |
| An essential method in mastering technically challenging music.
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| The Art Of Sweep Picking. Part 1 - Two String Arpeggios, rating: 8.4 |
| 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 |
| Here's an intermediate to advanced lesson on string skipping. POSTED: 05/16/2007 - 03:06 pm |
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| Lateral Dexterity, rating: 9.3 |
| 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: 9.3 |
| 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: 9.5 |
| 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: 8.3 |
| 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: 7.9 |
| 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: 7.6 |
| 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: 6.2 |
| 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: 9.3 |
| 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: 9.3 |
| 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: 8.3 |
| 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: 8.7 |
| 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: 9.5 |
| 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: 7.7 |
| 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: 4.9 |
| 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: 8.8 |
| 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: 3.2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: 8.9 |
| 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: 9.1 |
| 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: 8.6 |
| 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: 4.7 |
| 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: 6.6 |
| 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: 7.7 |
| 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: 9.3 |
| 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: 8.9 |
| 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: 8.5 |
| 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: 8.6 |
| 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: 9.3 |
| 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: 5.4 |
| 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: 5.9 |
| 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: 8.1 |
| 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: 8.2 |
| 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: 7.4 |
| 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: 8.8 |
| 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: 3.9 |
| 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: 5.3 |
| 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: 5.9 |
| 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: 8.8 |
| 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: 7.4 |
| 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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