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Guitar Solo Examples in A Minor

4/29/2019

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This was given to a guitar student to demonstrate some ideas you can play while doing a guitar solo in a minor.
Guitar Solo Examples in A Minor
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Paradise Lost Inspired Riff - Guitar Lick Idea

11/24/2018

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This guitar lick was given to a student to help him understand Paradise Lost writing/playing.
mile high shred paradise lost inspired riff guitar lick idea
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How to Use Chromatic Notes in Solos

7/22/2017

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This is something I know very little about. I understand a general idea of how you can approach using chromatic runs during a solo to make things sound more interesting, but nothing too advanced.

"So how are you going to teach how to use chromatic notes in solos?"

Well, I'm not. Guthrie Govan is!

I found this lesson to be very informative on how to utilize chromatic notes, and wanted to share it!
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John Petrucci Unique Shred Runs

11/2/2016

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John Petrucci is a beast on guitar. He is also one of the few super shredders who can ACTUALLY TEACH.

In a Guitar World lesson, John shows two "shred runs" that look like the opposite of how it sounds.

What the heck does that mean?

It means the notes ascend when his hand descends. 

....what?!

​Just watch:
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Steve Vai Crossroads Intimidation Lick

10/26/2016

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Crossroads tends to be a pretty popular movie among guitarists. ESPECIALLY those who like shredding.

Although the "karate kid" faked all his playing, Steve Vai was the real deal.

Plenty of people have wanted to learn how to play the final solos of this movie to show off their guitar playing egos.

Thankfully, Troy Grady of Cracking the Code has made learning some of this stuff easier. Here's a lesson showing how to play the "intimidation lick".
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Multi-Finger Tapping Lesson by Joel Hoekstra

10/25/2016

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PLENTY of guitar players use the finger-tapping technique to create rapid, fast sounding notes in their solos. RARELY do you ever see or hear someone using more than one finger on their tapping hand.

Joel Hoekstra did a lesson with Guitar World that shows some examples on how to use 2 and 3 fingers on your tapping hand to create some cool sounding patterns.

Joel does a damn good job of muting the strings not being played to get a very clean performance.

​Here's the video lesson:
Guitar World was kind enough to provide tablature, and more video, for each of the examples here: ​http://www.guitarworld.com/columns-rock/your-guide-fretboard-tapping-using-mulitple-fingers/29448
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Shred Battle with the Count!

10/22/2016

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Fellow shredder, The Count, challenged me to a shred battle!

For those of you who love a good wanker fest and lots of widdly widdly wah, check out this video:
The Count has made some pretty damn entertaining videos. I highly recommended checking out his channel.

​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTGui7BwhA1dEIz4hhha3A
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https://www.facebook.com/countchaoss/
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Finger Tapping PLUS String Bending

8/10/2016

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A not so common thing to do on guitar is combining finger tapping with bending strings. It can create a really cool sound and add some unique flavor to your solos.

​Check out the following video to see some examples of how to do this:
Here are the tabbed examples shown in the video:
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Unwanted Noise When Bending Guitar Strings?

2/5/2016

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It's very easy to get a lot of unwanted noise when bending strings on the guitar. You must be able to mute out adjacent strings to the one you're bending.

Some things that can help is to always use your picking hand to mute out all strings lower than the one you're bending. That means if you're bending the G string, your hand should be aiming to mute the E, A, and D strings.

If you're bending the high E string then you'll be trying to mute out the E, A, D, G, and B strings.

Having at least one finger on the fret hand muting the adjacent strings helps too. Let's take your index finger for example, and you're bending the B string. Your index finger needs to be barely touching the G string AND the high E string.

​These ideas will make a lot more sense after you watch this video:
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Do You Hate Your Guitar Solos?

1/13/2016

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Do you hate the way your own guitar solos sound? Have you thought about why?

If you don't like what you've been playing, I have some questions for you.

Are you playing in the appropriate key? Are you using the correct scales? Are you staying within those scales?

If the answer is no for those questions, then that may be a good place to start looking. It's important to know what key you are going to solo in, and what scales work with that key.

However, if you answered yes to those questions, then perhaps you are actually playing better than you realize.

Quite often, people are just overly critical of themselves and will automatically put down anything they do. This is especially true when it comes to those new to learning guitar. Even if it actually does sound good, their mindset is already focused on the negative and that's that.

So, if you're playing in the correct key, using the right scales, perhaps you can ask your teacher to listen to you play and get their opinion. You can also ask friends or family members. If you're brave enough, you can post an audio clip or video of you doing some improv online. I'm more than happy to take a listen to what you're working on.

Now, if you get compliments on your playing, I invite you to accept them and the idea that you actually play better than you give yourself credit for.

​And, as always, the more you play solos the better they'll sound to you. So keep playing, and keep trying to have fun with your leads!
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