One of the cool things you can do with a scale is to use it’s notes to create a melody. In this practice session we’ll do just that. It’s fun to do and provides great practice using scales and ultimately understanding how scales, and music as a whole, works.Read More »Scales 4: Creating Melodies With Scales
Here’s a great routine that will give your hands a great workout while practicing a key rhythm found in many types of popular music. The boogie can be found in rock, blues, and even country. It’s a very simple pattern that’s pretty easy to play in open position, but as you move it up the fretboard it starts to tax your hands.Read More »Boogie Woogie Guitar
In this session I will introduce to you a version of the major scale that spans 2 octaves and all six strings. The PDF for this session will be great to practice building speed.
In the video I perform this session’s exercise at three different tempos. Try to play along, or practice it on your own. In the video I stop at about the 12 fret, but you can keep going up the fretboard if you so desire.
In this practice session, we’ll learn about quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and eighth notes. We’ll learn how to read them in notation and practice playing basic exercises using these types of notes.Read More »Basic Rhythmic Notation
Intervals are the distance between 2 notes. Recognizing the sound of different intervals by ear is a key part of your development as a guitarist. We’ll learn all about intervals during our practice sessions. With the ‘Ear Training’ track we’ll enhance our intervals training by being able to identify intervals by ear from any reference tone.Read More »Intervals #1 (Unison And Octaves)
It’s usually a good idea to spend 10-15 minutes warming up- especially if you plan on doing a lot of playing. Below I’ve devised a simple warm up routine that should get you going. I’ll show you how you should run through it in the video.Read More »Warm Up Routine
Before you tackle this sessions you may want to take a look at these two lessons: note values and measures as I talk about them a lot in… Read More »Rhythm Notation Practice Session
Get In Tune The very first thing that you should do when you pick you guitar is to tune it. Let’s face it, an out… Read More »Practice Tips
This song teamed up two of the greatest singers in modern music history. It’s a great song to add to your repertoire.
There’s a quirky lead part that was originally played on a synth in this song, but here we have it transcribed for guitar. It’s fun to learn and play – perfect for all of you lead-guitarist-in-training.