I believe arpeggios to be some of the most beautiful sounds we can produce on the guitar. The word 'arpeggio' simply means broken chord. On the guitar, the notes of a chord can be played in a melodic fashion (think of the beginning melody to 'The Star-Spangled Banner') or in a chordal fashion where the notes overlap and ring together. The latter is common in ...
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Hey Guitar Players,
This latest website page is a test of a new video template I plan to use for upcoming guitar lessons. The video shows how to play the opening riff to Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love". Cream featured, of course, Eric Clapton.
The video features both full-speed and half-speed versions of the parts shown. In an overlay within the video I show full tablature (with ...
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Did you ever have one of those days you just feel like ROCKIN??!! That is just about every day for me ;-) And I hope to make this one of those days for you with the following METAL GUITAR JAM TRACK!!
The jam track pedals on the open 5th string A note while stabbing out a C major triad across strings 2, 3 and 4 at ...
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Today's post is a looping jam track with a feel reminiscent of rock-fusion pioneer Billy Cobham.
It is in the key of B with a distinct minor/Dorian character.
Try the following scales:
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Hey, six-stringers! In the change over to the new website format I know alot of the old content is now unavailable. I will repost old favorites as I can with plenty of new content to come!!
Today's post is a looping jam track with a Santana flavor.
You can play standard rock and blues licks but ...
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