It's nearly 15 years since the death of guitarist/songwriter Kurt Cobain but the music of Nirvana still influences almost every 'alternative' rock group to this day. Great songwriting, great voice and a great riff writer. This video guitar lesson shows how to play Nirvana's "About A Girl", the MTV Unplugged "Live in New York" version.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeERl0DhBKo
On the video I first run through the parts ...
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This has a feel reminiscent to the Miles Davis track "Jean Pierre". Great for open-ended, anything-goes jamming in E. It is basically a static E7 chord with some extensions thrown in for "jazziness".
Here are a few scale suggestions:
The F Diminished scale give you the E Half Step/Whole Step Diminished Scale which is gives some nice ...
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I added a forum today, bringing a new layer of interactivity to the website. This forum is available for everyone at
http://guitarteacher.com/forum or by simply clicking the link at the top of each page.
There are three main areas. Guests can view and post in the first area. I will answer questions as I can. The second area is viewable to all but can be ...
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Changing keys is a challenge presented by jazz and jazz-rock styles. Today's jam track exercises your key-changing prowess.
It back-cycles through the Circle of 5ths every 2 bars through all 12 keys. A great way to workout your ear and all those scale patterns you're learning on GuitarTeacher.com!
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A new subscriber to my 'Ask the Teacher' service asked for a rhythm guitar lesson. This is what I came up with. It works out three-string 'triad' shapes to breath new life in to a well-worn A-G-D-A rock progression. Check it out.
I hope this is along the lines of what you had in mind, ...
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I am really digging
Wordpress. It is the 'blogging' software that I switched to a couple of months ago to run this website but, really, it does so much more. It is an excellent content management system, it has a built in comment function and it tracks popular posts and pages. And the price is right: FREE!
Anyway, I have consistently found my ...
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Jimi Hendrix influenced how we think of and play the guitar more than anyone in history. In homage to him check out the intro and verse guitar parts to the Hendrix classic "Purple Haze", from his first album "Are You Experienced".
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hbZSRRLjI4
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If you like this lesson and want to dig in on this song or Jimi in general, consider taking ...
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Yes, a song as good as
"Google It!" deserves a video. And it definitely deserves a video better than the one I made for it! Be that as it may, the video is now available for viewing and commenting on YouTube. Have a look.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6hxjIdIAw8
Importantly this video fit the operating budget for the 'alloneword' project. FREE!
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Here is a fun backing track for your endless-jamming pleasure. It is a rock shuffle jam in the key of A.
The chord progression is: |A - - - | G/A - - - |D/A - - - |A - - -| . The way to read 'G/A' is 'G over A' and means a G chord is played with an A bass note. Essentially the ...
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Naming the guitar strings is a fundamental that no beginner should overlook. There are two ways that we can name the string being played.
The first way simply numbers the strings from skinniest to heaviest, 1 through 6. The second names the string by the pitch it is tuned to. Standard guitar ...
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