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- The Basics -
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How To Read Tab
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This is a vital lesson if you are new to playing the guitar. Tab is the easiest form of transcription on the guitar and it is something that you will definitely need to know. |
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Left Hand Dexterity
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This is a very simple excercise to help your left hand fingers move independent to each other, which will help you a lot with your guitar playing in the future. |
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Basic Rhythm Guitar
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This lesson covers the basics of how to play rhythm guitar, covering timing, basic rhythms, swing rhythms, offbeat rhythms and power chord rhythms. |
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Staying In Tune
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Once a guitar has been restrung, it often goes out of tune very easily. This lessons explains what you can do when restringing to stop this from happening. |
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- Tuning -
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Drop D Tuning
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Drop D Tuning is commomly used in Nu-Metal, because it allows artists to produce that low D power chord constantly used in the genre. |
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Tuning Down A Half Step
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Tuning down a half step allows you to play a tune a half step lower which sounds great because it is a different and unique sound compared to standard tuning. |
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Tuning Down A Whole Step
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This tuning allows you to play your guitar a whole step lower, which allows you to play some really low notes, for example a low C. This is a whole new sound for you to try out. |
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Drop C Tuning
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Drop C is one of the lowest tunings possible on a guitar and is being used commonly by artists such as System Of A Down and Metallica.
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Staying In Tune
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Once a guitar has been restrung, it often goes out of tune very easily. This lessons explains what you can do when restringing to stop this from happening. |
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- Chords -
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Chord Library
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Are you stuck trying to learn a song which uses chords you don't know? Look them up here - This lesson contains all of the major, minor, 6th and 7th chords. |
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Key Library
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This lesson tells you which notes are in which key. This is important to learn because keys are the building blocks of music. The lesson contains all major and minor keys. |
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Run On Chords
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This lesson is to add an uppity beat to your normal guitar playing. Instead of just switching to chord after chord, you can now add a bit of a recession in between chords. |
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Power Chords
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Power chords are used by many artists, purely because of their simplicity and the way they sound. This lesson will teach you how to play power chords, and how they are formed. |
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Barre Chords
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By learning barre chords, you will be able to play any chord you want by using the same position up and down the fret board, and is something that you will explore for yourself in more depth later. |
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Chord Progressions
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Have you ever wondered why certain chords constantly appear while playing in different keys? This lessons explains all about chord progressions and how they are arranged. |
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Triads
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Triads are the building blocks of all types of chord so they are a great thing to know. This lessons will teach you about major and minor triads and how they are formed. |
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Sus Chords
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Sus chords replace the third of a chord with another scale degree. I love to use sus chords as a "pivot" between major and minor chords, or to finish a progression for that unresolved sound. |
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6th Chords
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There are two types of 6th chords that you will need to learn. These are the major 6th chord and the minor 6th chord. This lesson teaches you how both of these chords are formed. |
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7th Chords
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7th chords are regularly used in music and are brilliant to know. There are three types of 7th chords and you can learn how they are all formed in this lesson. |
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Slash Chords
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This lesson is particularly useful for rhythm guitarists! These chords are normal open chords, but you can make them sound fuller just by adding one more note to them! |
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- Techniques -
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Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs and Trills
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This lesson teaches you about a number of crucial techniques used in many different genres. It will teach you how to play hammer-ons, pull-offs and trills. |
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Bends and Vibrato
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Bending strings and vibrato is excellent to help improve your lead playing and to help put some emotion into your playing. This lesson will teach you about both of these important techniques. |
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Slides
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A slide is a technique which will brighten up your lead playing and bring it to life. Slides are frequently used in all types of musics, especially in solos. |
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Palm Muting
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Palm muting is a technique commonly used in heavy metal. It is what produces that heavy crunching sound, that you're probably very familiar with. |
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Left Hand Muting
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Left hand muting is a regularly used technique, which most guitarists pick up without even thinking about! However, it is still a lesson worth learning. |
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Natural Harmonics
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Natural harmonics are what can make your guitar sound like a harp or bells! These are what produce that high-pitched ringing sound that you may have heard before. |
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Artificial Harmonics
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Artificial harmonics are similar to natural harmonics, but artificial harmonics can be produced on any fret, rather than just E, A, D, G and B. However, their versatility makes them more difficult to play. |
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Pinch Harmonics
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Pinch harmonics are what can make your guitar squeal! You can find them on almost every fret, however, because they are so versatile, they are much harder to produce. |
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Tapping
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This technique is an excellent way to add some speed to your playing. It is an easy way to re-create having an extra finger on your left hand! |
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String Skipping
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This lesson is about string skipping and will help you develop a little bit of versatility in your both picking and fretting hands, helping you move from one string to another that is not next to it. |
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Pick Slides
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Pick slides are so simple that I wasn't even going to do a lesson on it! This is a technique regularly used by guitar players, especially in punk bands. |
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- Theory -
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Key Library
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This lesson tells you which notes are in which key. This is important to learn because keys are the building blocks of music. The lesson contains all major and minor keys. |
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The Major Scale
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Most songs are commonly formed around scales, and this lesson will teach you how major scales are formed and how you can play any major scale on the guitar. |
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Chord Progressions
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Have you ever wondered why certain chords constantly appear while playing in different keys? This lessons explains all about chord progressions and how they are arranged. |
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Triads
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Triads are the building blocks of all types of chord so they are a great thing to know. This lessons will teach you about major and minor triads and how they are formed. |
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Sus Chords
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Sus chords replace the third of a chord with another scale degree. I love to use sus chords as a "pivot" between major and minor chords, or to finish a progression for that unresolved sound. |
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6th Chords
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There are two types of 6th chords that you will need to learn. These are the major 6th chord and the minor 6th chord. This lesson teaches you how both of these chords are formed. |
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7th Chords
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7th chords are regularly used in music and are brilliant to know. There are three types of 7th chords and you can learn how they are all formed in this lesson. |
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- Equipment -
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Effects Pedals
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This lesson will teach you about the basic types of effects pedals and how they affect your sound. The lesson icludes everything from distortion to wah wah. |
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EQ Settings
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If you're struggling to find your favourite tone in a guitar amp, this lesson should help. It will teach you the principles of equalization and what the different controls do on an amp. |
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An Introduction To Microphones
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Microphones come in all shapes and sizes and this lesson takes you through the various kinds of microphone and the kind of tasks the advantages and disadvantages of the main types. |
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