A quick little Sweep Picking étude that I made up called "Attack of the photocopier". Just a bit of fun ;0)
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Just a bit of a Rock moment while waiting for my next student ;0) I was sent a message by a Facebook friend asking if I could give him some advice on Picking. I said to him if I get time I would record a short video as I would prefer to demonstrate it rather than just write it down. I had a few minutes before I taught my last lesson today and recorded a short video. Anyway though that I might post it on here too as it might be of interest to other guitarists. You can tell I'm a bit tired though........ hehehe ;0) Just dusting the cobwebs from a few Neo Classical tunes. Neil ;0) Just a short improvisation based on the Kenny Burrell tune Chitlins Con Carne.  Whilst teaching today in Curlys I noticed that we had in stock this Iphone cradle that attaches to your guitar...... so had to try it out. Just using it here to check out my Alternate Picking ;0) Facebook Page for Neil Mellor https://www.facebook.com/NeilMellorGuitarist Facebook Page for Liverpool Guitar Tuition https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolGuitarTuition Liverpool Guitar Tuition Licks:- This is a Rock Arpeggio lick in A minor. Pay close attention to the picking directions in the Tab. Don't forget to LIKE the youtube video. Cheers, Neil ;0) Download the lick as a PDF file.
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Liverpool Guitar Tuition Licks:- This is a Country style lick that can be used over a G Major or G7 chord. It has a few hammer ons and pull offs so pay close attention to the tablature. Grab your cowboy hat and get stuck in. Neil ;0) Download the lick as a PDF file.
Liverpool Guitar Tuition Tips:-
If you can wizz up and down the fretboard as fast as you like but are not good at identifying the note names on each string your going to hit a brick wall very soon. If you have go through the musical alphabet fret by fret from the open strings in order to know what the 10th fret on the D string is, your falling into a bad habit of thinking that its OK to know the notes names in that way. Another bad habit is only being able to locate notes from thinking of octaves from the Low E string and A strings. The goal should be to eventually just know the note names on each string without having to go through the alphabet fret by fret or thinking of octaves from other strings. One method I use with my students is simply to memorize one note on each string and remember the fret number as if it where a telephone number, for example the note of C on the low E string is the 8th fret, A string 3rd fret, D string 10th fret, G string 5th fret, B string 1st fret, High E string 8th fret. So the note of C on each string from Low E to High E gives us the Telephone number of 8,3,10,5,1,8. Now if you know where the note of C is on every string, finding the note of B is simply a semitone (one fret) before C. So the telephone number for the note of B is 7,2,9,4,0,7. I think you get picture.... This is one of several methods that I use in my teaching to enable the students to eventually just know the information rather than allow them to fall into a bad habit. I hope that this tip has helped you in some way. Neil ;0) http://www.liverpoolguitartuition.com |
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