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| New Delta Blues Resonator By Johnson |
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| Johnson introduces a new guitar to its collection of wood body resonators, the JR-410 Delta Blues Resonator, which was inspired by the craftsmanship of the earliest resonators. Available in roundneck and squareneck designs, the resonator comes with a 10.5" hand-spun continental cone, a mahogany top, back, neck and sides, and a chrome-plated bell brass coverplate and tailpiece. |
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| Neoclassical Rock Ideas |
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enigmatic_minstrel writes "Given our recent Yngwie-bashing, I thought it would be good
to look at some interesting neo-classical ideas that made Yngwie
Popular in the first place- because even though he can be slightly
over-the-top, he is still a fantastic and popular player. Even if
this style of music isnt your thing, a lot can be learned, and applied to other styles." |
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| 10 Essential Blues Guitar Albums |
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| We put together a top 10 collection of the best and most important blues albums out to date. A great collection to have if you dig the blues or you would like to learn the ropes of the blues. Some of the artists include Robert Johnson, Freddy King, BB King, Elmore James, Blind Blake and more. |
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| Finger Tapping keyboard Style [Part 2] |
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| brian writes "As promised here's Part 2 of the finger tapping keyboard style lesson. In this lesson I will show you how to finger tap using 2 pentatonic scales (octave) at the same time. Ok, first things first, let me show you the two pentatonic patterns. Their pretty easy as their the same scale, but one is a octave higher." |
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| Finger Tapping Keyboard Style - Part 1 |
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| Most if us know the style of finger tapping that Eddie Van Halen introduced back in 1977-78. This style of tapping was played over and over back in the 80's. In this lesson I will show you what I call a keyboard style finger tapping. It's much more interesting and truly a breathe of fresh air! |
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| Frank Zappa Guitar Style |
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| The following are a few examples of the late great Frank Zappa. This file aims to demonstrate some different melodies he would use. With all of these examples, It's strongly recommend that you take the time to listen his songs, due to odd time signatures etc. They only really make sense if you can hear them! |
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| Blues Rhythm Shuffle |
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| In this short lesson, we'll look at the basic blues shuffle. The first step in learning the shuffle is getting familiar with the "swing" type of feel that is inherent to what they call the shuffle feel. Instead of playing straight 8th notes on an even pattern, every second 8th note is delayed, giving it more of a triplet feel. Straight eights are widely used in Rock music, but rarely in the blues. |
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| Western Swing Guitar Styles |
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| This is a short lesson in Western Swing or Texas contest-style backup guitar. This lesson will present the basic concepts with some arrangements of tunes with backup parts. This is a short lesson in Western Swing or Texas contest-style backup guitar will present the basic concepts with some chord arrangements of tunes. |
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| Rock/Metal Starter Tips (Part 2) |
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| slong writes "This short lesson will cover a technique called palm muting. This is what gives you that fat chunking sound, as heard in most if not all rock and metal tunes. It is simple and only takes one hand to learn. First you want to get tuned up and you can so so from the main menu! Now kick on the distortion pedal and here we go." |
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| Rock/Metal Starter Tips |
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| slong writes "Before we get started make sure your tuned up. Next grab your distortion pedal, doesn't matter what kind just a long as it growls back at you. This is what gives you that cool heavy sound. Ok lets roll on. First place your first finger (Pointer Finger) on the 3rd fret E string/big string. If you don't know what fret this is just count from the guitars nut until you reach the third fret or just place your finger on the 3rd box on the guitar neck.
" Thanks for the lesson Ron D. |
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| Beginner Blues Soloing Tips |
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| brian writes "In Blues Music the most popular scales by far is the Minor Pentatonic, Minor Blues Pentatonic and the Mixolydian Mode. If your playing in the key of C for example you would play your blues solos in A minor pentatonic, Blues pentatonic. A minor is the 6th chord in the key of C and works well playing over all the chords in that key." |
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| Time,Harmony,Melody in Popular Music Styles |
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| We thought this would be a useful file to expand your knowledge of different music styles. Included is a chart that shows Time Signatures, Harmony and Melody in many Popular Music Styles of today. |
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| The Style of Billy Gibbons |
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| enigmatic_minstrel writes "The bearded Texas guitar guru is one of the premier blues players around. His growling Les Paul tone, huge beard and raw voice the defining features of ZZ Tops music. Here we shall take a look at some of his trade marks licks." |
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| Chet Atkins Style |
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| brian writes "Chet Atkins is by far one of the best guitarist who ever lived! His style was a country, folk, jazz, blues mix with even some Spanish flavors at times. His style was based from another great guitarist "Merl Travis", but Atkins took it a step further. He is one of those guitarist that you can identify when just one note." |
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| Jimi Hendrix Style (Part 2) |
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| brian writes "In the first Jimi Hendrix style lesson ( click here) we showed you how he would utilize his chords and scales. We also came to the conclusion that Hendrix used mostly Pentatonics and Blues scales for his solo's. He also made use of basic chord inversions while interweaving them with blues licks. In this lesson we will take a look at some of Hendrix's trademark chords and licks." |
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