Month: May 2015
This lesson isn’t going to deal with writing harmonies, so much as what to do with them once we have them. We’ll cover two simple concepts that will give awesome results for your writing. You ...
As a bassist it is very important to know how chords are made up, especially if you want to get better at improvising quickly and/or coming up with bass lines that are more than just ...
Two Finger Exercises This is part 1 of 4 in a Legato Series that I’ve written. These simple yet effective exercises should help you improve your technique. Things to focus on: Play with a metronome! ...
Funk is some of best fun you can have on the guitar. It’s a party; get on up! The simplicity to the style is a part of its beauty, but also becomes deceptive in how ...
The Angus Young lead guitar sound originates from his unique application of the common major and minor pentatonic scales, as well as, how he employs the diminished 5th tones from the blues scale. He orchestrates ...
Do I Need to Learn to Read Music? If you are a hobby guitarist, the outright answer is no. If you enjoy playing songs, can play along to backing tracks in time and can read ...
Mapping out the C scale. Let’s memorize those whole and half steps with scale degrees as well. C step D step E half step F step G step B half step C. Step = 2 ...
In this lesson I’ll show three pentatonic scales to soloing with in the Dorian mode. I’ll be in the key of A minor (Dorian). The common pentatonic scale in that key is the A minor ...
Ladies! Gentlemen! Cyborgs of indeterminate sex! It’s time for a brand new installment of “This is Why You Suck at Guitar.” It’s been far too long since Uncle Ben here dropped a TiWYSaG lesson on ...
Using chromaticism with swing picking Hi Guys. I’m taking a break from interval-related theory, to show you some ideas for working with chromaticism and the technique of swing picking. This can really help open up ...
