Guitar Tricks - May 2006
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Guitar Tricks
May 2006
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1) Fingerpicking 2 - Benoit Nadeau
This is a variation of one of my songs. It's a ballad best played on a
nylon guitar but the sound file is done on a acoustic electric guitar
for recording purpose.
You need to let ring the fifth string. This will give the piece more
depth.
The third bar is kinda tricky but breaks the routine of the riff.
Concentrate on getting this bar right. Once you can play it well, the
rest of the riff is quite easy.
Also, concentrate on getting from bar 8 to 1. You need to shift from the
third fret to the 7th quickly. Sounds easy? not at first, at least not
for me :)
I suggest (on bar 8) to position your index on the second fret and doing
the hammer-on on the third fret with your middle finger. That way, you
don't have to change string to go to the 7th fret and your index is free
to be place on the 7th fret of the fifth string.
So it should go like this: index on 1 string - 2 fret, hammer-on with
middle finger on third fret, shift middle finger to 7th fret and
position index on fifth string 7th fret for the first note of bar 1.
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2) Ave Maier - Basic Touch Technique HPCRAZY
(VIDEO LESSON)
This lesson about touch technique actually is the beginner lesson to get
into the basic movements.
1. Play chords with tapping : In the first part I play G ? C/E ? D/F# .
This is a way how it is usually done in classical music where you play
the so called " classical cadence " or I IV V with inversion of the
chords. This is it what gives the classical approach to this lesson.
2. Move the melody with your tapping hand : With the basic of the chords
you can start to move the melody as you can see in my example. This is
very easy since this is the basic movement and you don't have and
synchronisation problems here.
3. In the second part it moves to Em / Am / . There for changing the
chords you use the open E- or A-string and you switch the melody between
the triad and the 9th. This gives this open sound.
4. Ending with 6th : On the very ending you can see how to can switch
from on tapped note to 2 notes by using the 6th's of G. There you can
move the 6th's diatonic as you can see at the ending.
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3) One Fingered Barre Chords - Schmange (VIDEO LESSON)
The trick behind this lesson is to take a D shaped barre chord, and
simplify it so that you can play it with only one finger.
This is a technique youll hear players such as Jimmy Page use quite a
bit in such albums as Presence for instance.
The secret behind doing this properly is to use a combination of left
and right hand muting so that unplayed strings dont ring on.
On the left hand, youll want to use your thumb to wrap partially around
the neck so that you can mute the 5th and 6th strings.
Youll also want to partially use whatever finger youre using to hold the
barre chord down, to mute the first string so that it doesnt play either.
All the chords are played on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th frets only.
You can use any one of your fingers to play chords, but most likely
youll be using your third finger the most, followed by less use of the
first and second
fingers. The pinky can also be used, but since youll have less muscle
strength, try to avoid it
unless absolutely necessary.
Once you get understand this concept you start to realize that you can
play anything from an open G chord to just about any major barre chord
going up the
frets.
You can also expand the sound youre getting by doing harmonics on the
5th, 7th and 12th frets as well as using the low E and A strings to fill
in the bottom end
on barred E and A chords.
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4) Chromatic Exercise 1 - Wayne Neal
This exercise can be used as a kick off,turn around, or ending. This is
simply combining scales.
NOTE:Remember you can transpose to different chords. And if you can play
them all forward then try them backwards.
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5) Smokin' Country Lick Using Open Strings - Doug Seven
This lick sounds best in a fast country beat setting (2/4 train beat).
I am using my two middle fingers (Middle & Ring) for the popping
upstrokes.
Down with the pick and up with the fingers (for that hard plucking
popping sound)
I recorded a slower tempo and a fast tempo for better understanding.
Try this really slow for a while to get your brain working with your
"muscle memory". Try an concentrate on only letting the correct strings
to be heard.
It's easy to make these licks "dirty" sounding if too many strings are
ringing out.
Lots of Pull-offs and slide-ins and outs in this example.
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6) Funk Guitar - Strictly Rhythm 1 - Tim Dutton
This is the first in a series on funky rhythm playing. This is in no way
all there is to funk guitar but if youve never tackled the style before
you should, after covering these lessons, be able to pick up most funk
stuff that you hear and play it. Funk guitar influence is so wide spread
that you can hear it in artists from Vai or the Peppers to James Brown,
or from rock to pop, and blues or even jazz on occasion.
In this lesson Ive played the example slow then fast so you can hear it.
This lick is based on the E9 chord (which is an E7 with an added 9
(F#)). There is a triplet feel to it even though it is a 4/4 semi-quaver
(16th) pattern. The D means strum down, the U means strum up and the Xs
are the E9 muted. To mute, just release the pressure a little with the
fretboard hand but dont change the chord shape, stay where you are in
position. If you take it slow Im sure that youll pick it up fairly
easily. Remember, dont let the triplet feel put you off, it is a
sixteenth pattern (semi quaver). You'll also see the 4 count above the
tab to put it in perspective for you, if it doesn't make sense just
ignore it.
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7) 4 Scale Solo - The Falcon
When soloing, its a good idea to use different scales to avoid sounding
too repetitious. In my example I use four scales. I start off with the
natural minor scale(aeolian mode), Then the phrygian mode, then a
Japanese scale (hirajoshi) which is a shortened form of the aeolian
mode, then I finish using the classic minor pentatonic. These are all
minor scales.
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