Month: July 2015
The era of legendary Everett ‘Vic’ Firth, long time timpanist at the Boston Symphony Orchestra has come to an end. Vic passed away at the age of 85, on Sunday at his home. Diagnosed with ...
Legends are born, only once in a blue moon. APJ Abdul Kalam was truly nothing less than a legend. Unfortunately last evening, India was baffled with the sad demise of our beloved former president, APJ ...
Darren Jay Ashba, popularly known as DJ Ashba has called it quits on the legendary band Guns N’ Roses. After six years as a guitarist with them, DJ Ashba has decided to leave the group. ...
No matter which part of the world you stay in, if you are a musician there is absolutely no way you couldn’t have heard about Hohner Products! Known for their state of art design and ...
In this lesson I will show you how I advise my students on choosing a variety of guitar picks – we will look at which ones are suitable for which type of song, guitar and ...
Most of you would have heard of Marshall Amplification, for those who haven’t, Marshall Amps is one of the most trusted and acknowledged amps in the world of music. English company that designs and manufactures ...
In my opinion, 90% of guitar players fail because their lack of discipline and believing in themselves. I got a solution – they should believe that it’s possible to learn difficult thing like sweep pick ...
The dominant chord is an important chord in improvisation and in music in general. You can experiment a lot with the dominant chord regarding to scales and chord shapes. In this lesson I’ll talk about ...
This lesson shows how the guitar tuning dictates shapes we get on the guitar, and shows how we arrive at the various octave shapes, which in turn break a 12-fret block of the guitar into ...
Hey guys, this exercise involves 9ths up and down the fretboard using the lower strings. I hope you enjoy and please rate and comment! Tips: Memorize your three shapes first. Trwy and incorporate these into ...
Modes are one of the most important harmonic and melodic ideas used by guitar players and we need to study them so we have a solid handle on how we can use them to the ...
Welcome UG readers to this lesson on live performance. I went through sitting in my room for hours just practicing my techniques. Getting the drills right, learning songs and riffs and getting a sound for ...
I was mucking around with some 2 string arpeggios and just messing with your standard 1, 3, 5 triad over 3 octaves and decided to add a descending run. I put a few different arpeggios ...
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This is a great lick to learn! It has a pure ’70s rock ballad vibe in it. Expression is the key here. Pay attention to vibratos, bends and rhythm as well. Also be careful with ...
Hey guys, here’s a short lesson on single string pedal point shapes. It is all in C major but as usual, I urge you to apply this to every key and string. A pedal point ...
We did mention in our previous blog that M-Audio has always been a trusted brand with musicians and it is only plausible that M-Audio introduces an ‘all-in-one’, most handy computer recording projects. The best in ...
In this lesson I want to talk about the I VI II V turnaround and what you can play over it and how you can practice it. The lesson will give you some exercises and ...
Most of the guitar books, Internet guitar lessons and guitar teachers show the fret-board’s scale patterns in tight fingerboard position layouts (approx. 4-5 frets horizontally). And, while some guitar licks are played from within those ...
Some artists remain in our hearts eternally. They are passed on from generations to generations without being hindered anywhere in the process. This week at Bajaao we will tell you all about such artists and ...
“Modern” and “Rhythmic” Music of the 20th Century One of the most distinctive features of “modern,” “popular” music styles that have emerged with the 20th century (including, but not limited to everything that is usually ...
Hey guys, here’s a lesson on some scale shapes on the top 3 strings that could further enhance your picking, speed, endurance and overall knowledge of the fretboard. Enjoy! Quick tips: I like playing with ...
The eleven chord is a strange beast all to its own. It is one of the easiest chords to play, but also one of the hardest to wrap your head around. The essence of the ...
Soundproofing is also known as ‘Isolation’ for the simple reason that it stops sound from disturbing people inside the house or around you. Soundproofing is also important because it stops all the noise from coming ...
Hello! In this lesson of Developing Legato, I will play through exercises that involve hammer-ons and pull-offs used together. While these exercises are not musical, they are focused to help you build strength so that ...
Looks like it is an early Christmas on the block this week! We are back and we have just the presents you need! Right from brand new modulation pedals to drumsticks, we have it all. ...
Hello all, and welcome to Operation Shred Guitar IV: Strings Attached. My name is Jake Popowski. Since you clicked on this lesson, I’m assuming you are interested in learning some more of the magical tricks ...
Hey, guys! Today’s lesson is actually a request. A handful of people who have been especially helped by my Musician Psychology series asked me to answer the question of whether it’s ever too late to ...
Hey guys! I hope you enjoy this exercise. I use this one to practice alternate picking and speed while staying in a key. Diatonic Exercise 1 This exercise is in the key of C major ...
This lesson is a short etude, a chord solo on an F blues. You should be able to use it as inspiration and resource to make your own chord solos but if it was played ...
Key changes are almost a taboo subject in the music community. Some songwriters shun the use of them, while others like them so much they employ them constantly. So who’s right? The way I see ...
Guitar players can apply scales/modes much more effectively if the modes’ pitches are focused directly from off of their appropriate “tonal note.” This way, guitar players can create a strong tie-in to the shape of ...
