This lesson explains altered harmony and why and how we alter 7th chords. It’s a theory lesson and might just do your head in! Taught by Justin Sandercoe. Full support at the justinguitar web site where you will find hundreds of lessons on a wide range of subjects, and all the scales and chords that you will ever need! There is a great forum too to get help, no matter what the problem. And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships, no free ebook. Just tons of great lessons To get help with this lesson (and for further info and tabs), find the Lesson ID in the video title (like ST-667 or whatever) and then look it up on the Lesson Index page of justinguitar.com www.justinguitar.com Have fun .
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“When I think of Rick Washbrook and guitar playing I think of taking the instrument to a whole other level, a level I was never aware of until I had the pleasure of studying with him. Rick can take a simple idea and come up with a variety of ways to instill it, leading not only to understanding of the student, but builds up the arsenal of tools in the guitar player’s toolbox. To say Rick Washbrook is creative is an understatement, he uses strategies and exercises I have never seen in any book before and I found them very effective and helped me to pick up major concepts faster.

Rick Washbrook is truly a maestro of the guitar. One only has to listen to his incredible New Flamenco guitar technique on the “Roncesvalles Tango” CD, or his tribute to Lenny Breau “A Gypsy’s Bed” to appreciate his incredible flamenco and jazz playing. What impresses me most about Rick along with his incredible playing is his ability to teach and break down techniques and theories so the average guitar player can flourish.

He has a knack for examining the student and offering the most appropriate feedback with a plethora of ideas to build skills on the instrument. It is indeed a privileged to study with Rick Washbrook.”
By: Warren Graves

July 16th, 2011

Rick Washbrooks answer to his student Warren Graves.

“I really appreciate that you have run the 1000 mile guitar run with me, over and over again.  We both learned. You fueled me with your questions.  I was there to break it down, and get you and I to watch it build up again, that creative knowledge seen from many door ways.  When one is the servent to the music you are the music, and you are filled with youth.

The truth of it all is, play someone what you really feel and you are alive, and your listener is alive, in the spirit of the performance, where you will have no boundaries”

Learn guitar from recording artist and teacher Rick Washbrook. Rick Washbrook offers private lessons or global instruction via guitar videos. He offers half hour or one hour sessions, and pricing is lower than most music stores. As a teacher/songwriter and award-winning guitarist, Rick Washbrook offers his students 38 years experience.

This is important for both the beginning guitarist and those requiring advanced studies because his experience brings methods that many guitar teachers do not provide. His teaching studio has a nice atmosphere that is relaxed and enjoyable for the student.
For further information and pricing, please contact Rick Washbrook at

www.rick@washbrookmusic.com

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Two bass solo’s from the king of bass, Cliff Burton, RIP
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For those who were born after the 1950′s, rockabilly is the famous and earliest style of rock ‘n roll. With a mixture of hillbilly or country music, rockabilly has been the favorite especially of Southern people in the US. Rockabilly is considered to be a result of mixing jazz, rhythm and blues music. Today, the genre is still very much appreciated by musicians especially those who love to learn more about the different rock ‘n roll styles.

Rockabilly may be a pretty old type of genre to be played in the music scene today but a lot of musicians are now trying to recycle music. From mixing the old school and the new school styles, musicians start to create innovations in music and how it is perceived by the listeners. If you are a music lover or would love to create your own music, learning how to play rockabilly in guitar would surely help you in astounding your audience through your unique way of playing.

If playing the guitar has been your thing but would still want to discover if there is something in more you can do with that knowledge then learning rockabilly in guitar would be a great deal. In fact, there are a lot of videos uploaded on YouTube and some other sites that provides rockabilly guitar lessons. You can also find websites that specializes in teaching musicians or even regular students how to play rockabilly. Free video tutorials by Paul Pigat and Pete Turland (also known as the “Pigland”) would surely help you in your rockabilly adventure.

Learning rockabilly may seem to be for the old-fashioned. But to tell you, rockabilly guitar lessons would surely help you exercise your fingers so you can take the other genres as easy-plays only. Anyway, rockabilly just sings for fun and relaxation. Not too heavy for the ears, not too heavy for your hands to play. There are a lot of tutorials to choose from and all you need to have is patience and discipline for you to perfect the skill. Pick your tutor, listen to your most favorite rockabilly guitarist and you’re off to go and discover what was in during the 1950′s.

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Have you ever wanted to play guitar like a professional? Be able to play guitar like The Who? Well my friends, this isn’t too far out of reach and you won’t have to dig too deep into your wallets. Think of it like this, taking a course at a school could cost up to 600 dollars a semester, and that is only covering the basics. A tutor will cost you anywhere from 20 to 50 dollars an hour. Think of it, at 25 bucks an hour times 3 times a week at 52 weeks in a year, thats roughly 3,900 dollars a year! There just simply is not a cheap way to learn how to play guitar?The above sentence couldn’t be more of a joke. There are a lot of products on the market today that promise they will teach a beginning guitarist everything they will need to know. Now are most of these lessons, books, or audio cd’s worth anything? Not at all. They teach you by the boring book, this is a guitar. This is an acoustic guitar, this is a neck, hold the guitar the right way. If you really want to learn guitar, you need something that isn’t going to make you lose interest in learning, much like these lessons. These lessons making learning to play guitar boring!Imagine a tutor if you will, compacted into a guitar lessons program. Such things do exist. Learn & Master Guitar will not disappoint you, offering a fraction of the cost of a live tutor, its functionality and convenience, comprehensiveness, and attention grabbing are just a few.Learn & Master Guitar by Steve Krenz is a great example of these superior lessons. Learn & Master Guitar comes with 5 audio CD’s, 20 DVD’s, 100 pages of lessons, and also a massive online forum constructed with helping students along their journey of becoming a successful guitarist. Learn & Master products include training products on Learn and Master Blues Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Guitar Setup and Maintenance.To put it bluntly, it is a no brainer. Check it out, you get to pause and play your guitar lessons on DVD, and play them anytime. You can’t tell your tutor to hang on a minute while you go cook dinner or take your kids to their soccer game. For an one-time fee, you get access to Learn and Master’s product, site, forum and 24/7 support. If you have any problems with L&M guitar, all you have to do is contact them for quick support. You can chat with their support team or other guitarist if you have any problems. Good luck learning guitar!

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Answer by The MopPetal
I taught myself to play guitar just by learning songs with either Power Tab Editor or Guitar Pro just by downloading songs and learning them. I’ve done that over the past 2 years or so and I taught myself how to sweep and I’ve become a lot faster. I also watched tons of videos on youtube about how to do certain things like sweeping. My advice would be to practice as much as you can. I tried to practice at least an hour or more every day.

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Your Weekly Riff today is the Hubert Sumlin classic, Smokestack Lightnin, which he played in Howling Wolf’s band. It based on the recording made for Chess Records. It’s become a blues classic and covered by many people. There are clips of Hubert playing it on YouTube but thought I’d help you out and explain what is going on – but MAKE SURE you check the original and listen to the blues master play it for real, copy that, not me! Taught by Justin Sandercoe. Full support at the justinguitar web site where you will find hundreds of lessons on a wide range of subjects, and all the scales and chords that you will ever need! There is a great forum too to get help, no matter what the problem. And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships, no free ebook. Just tons of great lessons To get help with this lesson (and for further info and tabs), find the Lesson ID in the video title (like ST-667 or whatever) and then look it up on the Lesson Index page of justinguitar.com www.justinguitar.com Have fun .
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Article by Brian Gardner

There must be literally thousands and maybe millions of acoustic guitarists around the world. It’s the most popular musical instrument to play, because of it’s portability and the fact that you can get a basic tune out of it in a relatively short time. I write ‘acoustic guitar’ because this is my instrument and I’m going to talk about finger picking styles.

Normally, electric guitarists pick with a plectrum of some kind to pluck the strings in an up down motion. Of course, there are always exceptions, like Mark Knoppfler, who prefers bare fingers to play both electric and acoustic guitars.

His self-taught techniques caused Chet Atkins to say “I don’t know how he’s doing, but he can sure do it! ” It’s not necessary to follow the herd – let’s make new rules. However, we need to start somewhere. This starting point is generally focussed on the masters. When talking about acoustic blues guitar, we refer to people like Robert Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Doc Watson, Reverend Gary Davis,Blind Blake and many others.

We’ll ignore how many picking fingers they use for this article. How is the sound different and what effect does a fingerpick have on technique? I’ve watched ragtime blues artists play competently using up to three picks on the right hand, which didn’t include the thumb!

At the other end of the spectrum, some master pickers only use one, which could be either steel or plastic. There are many variations in style, but pickers can be broadly divided into two categories – those who favour fingerpicks and those that don’t.

Thumb-pick or bare thumb.

In general, the pick gives a sharper, harder sound and amplifies somewhat. Some striking techniques are easier to perform using a pick, like ‘throwing’ the thumb onto a bass string get a percussive sound. A significant boon is that it stops the thumb from getting sore. Bare finger players need to practice continually in order toencourage a thick callous so that they can play in comfort. In general, picks are easier to get between the strings, so are great for picking individual strings in rapid succession.

Use those bare fingers.

A bare thumb can hook behind the string, pulling it away from the body of the guitar and letting it snap back, producing an accented beat which can be effective in some styles of blues. Bare fingers are very accurate and help to make a bouncy style when playing ragtime music, either in the style of Joplin type piano rags or ragtime blues in the style of Blind Blake. The thumb rolls and triplets heard in Blake’s music make it very difficult to play with finger picks.

Picks for the fingers.

I like a steel pick, because they can be bent over so that the tip of the pick approximates with the contact point of a bare finger when it hits a string. The advantage here is that there’s no adjustment necessary for the angle of attack. Plastic finger picks are mostly thicker and protrude a little more, so an adjustment in picking style is required. This is of importance if playing some songs that require picks, and some bare fingers, let’s say.

Several later stylists, like Chet Atkins, strengthened their finger nails. I doubt that many older blues guitarists used this technique, but who can say? Some Texas guitarists favored a plastic thumb pick and bare fingers, often just using one finger of the right hand with amazing dexterity. Blind Blake seemed to have used bare fingers and some classic bluesmen recollected that he had a hole in his right thumb, where it was worn away by the bass strings of his guitar.

The enigmatic Wille Walker, who just made two records in 1926, seemed to be a true master of the ragtime style. His songs feature lightning fast single string runs which seem difficult if using the thumb and index finger one after the other. It seems probable that he used a plectrum held between thumb and forefinger, using this to alternate the bass line while picking with one or two fingers.

There are many, many techniques of finger picking and we can use the example of great blues guitar masters to help us to develop our own technique.

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In a long run I’d like to play the guitar, but for the band I’d probably play the keyboard or bass.
If I want to learn to play the guitar, what would be best:

Take piano lessons first
OR
Learn to play the bass first
OR
Just take guitar lessons then learn to play the bass?

I was thinking learning piano would be best, because don’t the piano and guitar use the same type of notes?
Oh gosh! I know nothing about this kind of stuff. Help?!
Thanks <3

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Answer by utfan2012
okay i learned to read music because in my opinion it helps out in the long run switching between instruments but if your just going to do guitar for sure you can look up “tabs”
they show you what frets to play
www.ultimate-guitar.com/
My friend plays the guitar great but he doesn’t know how to read music so its just up to you

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