Tag: Guitars
Classical guitar may seem intimidating, but it can be a great entry point for beginners just starting to play as well as a way for experienced guitarists to widen their repertoire. The study of this ...
Lightning licks from the speed maestro Andy rounds off his lessons by sharing more of the secrets that have earned him a reputation as one of the world’s most formidable shredders. In his final lesson ...
This month, we’re showing off the hottest gear from the all-new 2016 Guitar World Buyer’s Guide, which collects the latest and greatest gear from a host of manufacturers. Today, we present a host of new ...
Guitarist’s own Neville Marten demos Roland’s avant-garde SynthAxe design in 1985 Many have tried to make the guitar synth cool. Most have failed. Let’s take a quick journey through the evolution of the instrument… The ...
Stagg products are made for precision, established in 1995; Stagg is dedicated to bring the high quality musical instruments and accessories to the entire musician catering to all types, at the most affordable price. Right ...
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 ...
In this lesson we discuss how to phrase melody lines over progressions that will leave the key centre to include the use of multiple modes. Modes are often thought of as being used within a ...
The aim of this lesson is to take licks, scales, bass lines etc that you already know and turn them into something new and cool by simply adding 5ths or octaves. If you don’t know ...
Hello once again fellow shredders, and welcome to Operation Shred Guitar II: Soloing on a Dead End Road! My name is Jake Popowski, and in this lesson, you will learn how to play my solo ...
In this lesson I want to introduce a type of chords that I use a lot which are a versatile and practical way to play chords with 2nd intervals in them which is often difficult ...
Jimi Hendrix is arguably one of the most influential players ever to wield an axe. His mind, his touch, his technique, were a magical combination of talent, prowess, dexterity, and explosive creativity – it was ...
Difficulty Level: Advanced Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard Tuning) When I first purchased the “Countdown to Extinction” album I was a pretty die hard fan of Metallica and thought that guitar solos ...
In our last article we discussed on how to select the guitars that suit your needs without getting distracted and getting confused. The Research Now that you’ve played a bunch of guitars, and hopefully found ...
Buying a new piece of instrument is always a tough task at times, with so many lucrative options available. Musical instruments are always very alluring and 90% of the times one ends up getting distracted ...
Were you ever discouraged in math class when you were deducted points for not adequately showing all of your work? It seemed like a trivial thing. The answer to 1 + 1 is 2. The ...
It has become more and more popular over the years to create unplugged acoustic versions of electric songs. Sometimes these acoustic versions you hear sound great, and other times they can kind of miss the ...
When you start out playing blues guitar one of the most challenging things is to make the blues scale actually sound bluesy. It’s one of those scales that require an extra effort in order to ...
I am Greg Studley, and this is Lesson 6 of Improvising With Knowledge on Ultimate Guitar. These lessons are designed to get you accustomed to yet another pentatonic scale shape, which can be used as ...
I’ll keep this as short as possible. The motivation for this video is the fact that most lessons out there require you to perform sweeps in downward/upward motions. That means, you start either by picking ...
Standard tuning: E A D G B E Level: Intermediate I’ve always loved this song. I just think the chorus is great. It’s the kind of chorus you sing really loudly whilst quite intoxicated and ...
Practicing can be a lot less tedious when you play music instead of many exercises in a row. If you are having trouble with a certain technique, or want to explore what sort of musical ...
We will create a chord chart for each key in the major scale. This will show you each chord in a key and when to use sharps and when to use flats when you are ...
Hey guys! Here is a simple worksheet that will help guide you through the modes of C Major. I enjoy this because it opens up a whole lot of exercises that I will cover later! ...
