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How To: Play a 2-5-1 chord progression in C
We're going to learn some chords to play over a 2-5-1 chord progression in C. We will look at different neck positions and chord shapes to generate unique sounds. Play a 2-5-1 chord progression in C.
How To: Perform pull-offs correctly on an electric guitar
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How To: Familiarize yourself with 18 guitar chords
Check out this instructional guitar video and familiarize yourself with 18 guitar chords. Included in this tutorial are also 18 exercises to help you play the chords and apply the strumming techniques that you've learned. Watch this video to improve your guitar playing skills. Familiarize yourself with 18 guitar chords.
How To: Play a guitar cadence
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to play a guitar cadence. A cadence is the tension that is created between 2 chords, typically at the end of a phrase. There are 2 types of cadences, perfect cadence and playable cadence. The perfect cadence goes from the 5 chord, to the 1 chord. It has a tremendous amount of tension between the chords. The playable cadence has a soft strum and less tension between the chords. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy playing the guitar, and wou...
How To: Play major triad inversions on the guitar
There is an endless amount of guitar chords available to play. Learn how to play major chords on the guitar in these free music lessons on video, with finger picking & guitar strumming patterns.
How To: Transpose triad chord progressions
"I was wondering if you could take the triad Harmonic Analysis lesson you had done a step further and cover the concept of Transposing chord progressions into other keys?" Before you begin you do have to know some background information about your key signatures, knowing major, minor and diminished steps in triad analysis, and seventh chord harmony. The idea of transposing is that your take a set of notes and change they key it is originally played in. Andrew will walk you through all the ste...
How To: Play the Ionian mode on the guitar
Ionian mode is the first of the modes, and in a way, is the major scale! It has the same steps as the major scale, for those of you playing from home that's whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step! In this video you will learn how to play and apply the Ionian mode on the guitar!
How To: Use jazz chord substituions
Having a pocket symphony in your head–or pocket, as it were–does you little good if your hands aren't on board. Fortunately, YouTube user freddym233 is here to help you train your head and hands with his series of free video guitar lessons. In this installment, you'll learn how to use chord substitutions when playing your favorite songs. Remember, the more you practice and the more theory you know, the better you'll sound and the better able you'll be to play what you hear. To start playing u...
How To: Learn and play over 300 barre chords on the guitar
In this two-part tutorial, we learn how to play (and recall) over 300 barre chords on the guitar. It's a lot easier than you'd think! So easy, in fact, that this guitarist's guide can present a complete overview of the process in about twenty-five minutes. For all of the details, and to get started using these chords in your own guitar playing, watch this free video guitar lesson.
How To: Practice string skipping and fast picking on guitar
Learn how to play a fast-picking, string-skipping arpeggio on the guitar. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need your head and hands on the same page. And there's no better way to get your head and hands on the same page than to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in video tutorials like this one.
How To: Incorporate rhythm into your guitar solos
To play a guitar riff is to do more than simply to memorize a short musical phrase. Guitar riffs are like any other musical exercise; practicing them can be a terrific means of building manual dexterity and improving your overall playing technique. We can say of riffs, then, that they are not so much about rote repetition as making available to the guitarist new and different ways of playing. Every new riff you learn will make you a more able and versatile guitarist and better equip you to st...
How To: Use key modulation in a musical piece
This how-to video will show the proper use of key modulation in music. Follow Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio as he takes you through the uses of key modulation in music writing. Watch as he explains the difference between direct modulation and pivot chord modulation. Once you know the different types of modulation, you can learn how to introduce both of them to your music writing as you continue growing as a muscian.
How To: Restring your electric guitar
Learn how to change the strings on your electric guitar. Most guitarist's agree, your guitar sounds best with new strings. After an initial break in period, new strings are brighter, warmer, increase sustain, and even tune better. Restring your electric guitar.
How To: Play the autowah effect on an electric guitar
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How To: Play chords on the guitar
If you are looking to begin playing the guitar then this how to video is the place to start. This is a short demonstration lesson about left-hand technique while playing chords. You will learn where to place your fingers and the best and most comfortable way to hold your guitar. With this tutorial you will learn tips to improve your left hand technique.
How To: Play modal progressions on an electric guitar
This free video guitar lesson will teach you how to incorporate modal progressions into your playing. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need your head and hands on the same page. And there's no better way to get your head and hands on the same page than to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in video tutorials like this one.
How To: Develop Alternate Picking
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How To: Warm up before playing the electric guitar
Just like in sports, you must warm up before starting to play. Bobby Crispy shows you the proper way to warm up before playing the electric guitar.
How To: Improvise on guitar
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to improvise on the guitar. This video lesson will cover how you can make a study of the fretboard layout of notes and then move on to applying scale patterns on top of, "octave templates," to gain a better working knowledge of the guitar neck. Soloing skills have a lot to do with having a great connection between left and right hand techniques. This means that phrasing devices are of the utmost importance. Learning to phrase lines can help you achiev...
How To: Play minor scales on electric guitar
Watch to learn the theory and technique behind playing a minor scale on guitar. This video is for beginning guitar players.
How To: Exercise picking musically on the guitar
To play a guitar riff is to do more than simply to memorize a short musical phrase. Guitar riffs are like any other musical exercise; practicing them can be a terrific means of building manual dexterity and improving your overall playing technique. We can say of riffs, then, that they are not so much about rote repetition as making available to the guitarist new and different ways of playing. Every new riff you learn will make you a more able and versatile guitarist and better equip you to st...
How To: Incorporate fingerstyle into your guitar playing
This video shows how to incorporate fingerstyle into your playing. A step by step video tutorial for guitar players that have little to no experience with the fingerstyle approach. It teaches you the basics of the technique. Andrew Wasson will help you get familiar with your plucking hand at the strings and will give you a couple of exercises to get you started. He goes on to show you the letters associated with the different fingers as written in musical literature. Andrew also shows you var...
How To: Play octave effects on an electric guitar
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How To: Play phase shift effects on an electric guitar
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How To: Play scales and keys on the guitar
In this video series, our expert Stephen Haendiges will show you how to play the guitar from a left handed persons perspective.
How To: Get the sound you want from an electric guitar amp
Learn how to use an amplifier to get the sound you want out of your electric guitar. Get the sound you want from an electric guitar amp.
How To: Learn augmented and diminished triads on guitar
Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Assistant Chair of the Berklee College of Music Guitar Department, Rick Peckham explains augmented and diminished triads.
How To: Play barre chords on the acoustic guitar
In this two part lesson we'll discuss the differences between open chords and barre chords, then introduce the 4 main primary barre chords. I'll give a few tips on how you might position your hand to play the barre chords cleanly, and explain how each barre chord pattern relates to the guitar neck to produce a chord in all 12 keys. With these 4 patterns and some practice you should be able to play 48 chords. I'll suggest a couple of practice routines and give you a quick demo using "Light My ...
How To: Practice electric guitar with different techniques
Tired of practicing? Stuck in a rut? Here are the 5 best tips to help all levels play more often without seeming like a waste.
How To: Play chorus effects on an electric guitar
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