Great to find stuff like this online, in a few minutes, Scott Henderson explains how to use the old pentatonic shape and create new sounds. To summarize, here he uses the minor pentatonic shape starting from the root, 2nd and 5th of the key of the moment. In the example in B he uses B,… Continue reading Great lesson on Pentatonics from Scott Henderson
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Monk’s rules for his band
This post is slightly different from the usual guitar lesson, but I feel that this online find can teach a lot in terms of band politics. This is written by Thelonious Monk for his band…just read through and I am sure you’ll find something enlightening. (Click on picture to enlarge) I personally like: ‘Don’t play… Continue reading Monk’s rules for his band
Hyper Touch Guitar by Givingshape
The HTG byt giving shape is a different breed altogether. I am personally not into very futuristic and innovative concepts, but I must say this guitar caught my eye. The whole fretboard is a touch screen and it is customizable in many different ways, from the fretboard to the picking area. You can find more… Continue reading Hyper Touch Guitar by Givingshape
Steve Vai’s Online Record Guitar Lesson
Watch live streaming video from berkleemusic at livestream.com I wanted to repost this great online lesson that Steve Vai did for Beklee Music, on Livestream a few weeks ago. It’s always humbling to see a player of his calibre to touch basic topics as chords and strumming, but also to give ‘life’ and business lessons… Continue reading Steve Vai’s Online Record Guitar Lesson
Tips to adjust your guitar pickups height and balance
This is a great video from Greg V. with a lot of tips on how to get a good and even tone from your guitar by adjusting the pickup height and individual pole pieces. Enjoy.
Strumming ‘In Four’ With Bassline
In this lesson I explain how to comp in four strumming with a bass line. Usually this is done quite easily in finger style but I find the strumming to change the feel quite a bit, adding a nice groove to the whole thing.
Swing Technique – Jazz Articulation on guitar
In this video I explain how to approach right hand technique to have a better ‘swing’ when playing jazz solos…obviously this works well for any style of music that has back beat (blues, rock and so on…). The idea is to PICK the note on the UPBEAT and SLUR the note on the DOWNBEAT, using… Continue reading Swing Technique – Jazz Articulation on guitar
Most used 7th guitar chord shapes
In this video I show the most common 7th chord shapes, it’s all pretty self explanatory! for the theory you can also checkout these other lessons: https://www.trueguitarist.com/understanding-how-triads-and-other-chords-are-built https://www.trueguitarist.com/from-the-major-scale-to-the-harmonized-scale-pt-2-7th-chords And the shapes I use are here: https://www.trueguitarist.com/LESSON%20MATERIAL/7th%20chords.jpg
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Harmonized major scale with 7th chords on guitar
We have seen in previous lessons how to build the harmonized scale from the major scale. In this video I show the application on guitar in three different keys, using 7th chords. This is what I play in the video: You can find the most used 7th chords here as well: Most common 7th chord shapes on… Continue reading Harmonized major scale with 7th chords on guitar