Entries from January 2008
January 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Welcome to Guitar Heat Lessons- I hope you have a good time RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!String Skipping one of the difficult techniques a guitarist has to master. But once done properly can help you create some wild licks. Some of the Guitar Guru’s that do a lot of string skipping is Paul Gilbert. […]
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Tags: Guitar Techniques · Advanced Techniques
Metronome is the key to your success. You can play hundreds and hundreds of exercises, but without the metronome you’ll never get faster. Download it from any website. There are hundreds of free ones. Now there is a lot of stuff like 6th note, 8th note, 16th note. But I will go the easy way. […]
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Tags: Guitar Techniques · Correct Practice · The Basics · For Beginners
January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Speed is something which comes to a guitarist with constant practice! Determination and consistency are two things that will get you to your goal.Remeber no one reaches the speed of Michael Angelo in a day or so. One of the best ways to increase your speed is use of a Metronome.Now there are alternatives to […]
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Tags: Guitar Techniques · Correct Practice · The Basics · For Beginners
January 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments
In this lesson i will be covering the most basic chords and their theory. To make it clear in the beginning itself, many people will not agree with what i will tell you in this lesson, but as i said this is just for the “Beginners”. A few important open position chords are
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Tags: Chords · For Beginners
A capo is a mechanical device that can be fixed/attached to the neck of a guitar. It is very much like when u play barre chords. It is derived from the Italian “capo tasto” or “capodastro” which literally means “head of fingerboard”. Though you dont need any music theory to understand about capo, some part […]
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Tags: The Basics
January 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Devoluping ear is a difficult and time consuminng process.But it is also one of the most important things needed to become a good musician. If you have a good ear you will be able to identify chords, you will be able to identify notes, you can tell which key a perticular song might lie in.
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Tags: Correct Practice
January 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The most important part of a guitar is its tuning.Here i am only gonna teach you about standard tuning.It is very important for a person to learn how to tune his guitar.For example say you are at your friends party, and someone hands you a guitar and asks you to play, if you can not […]
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One of the most common question that people ask is,how should i build speed.Now this is a question with multiple answers,as there is no one way to build speed.One should also realize that building speed may take up years of hard practise.Ill tell you a few ways that can help you start:
1)Using a Metronome-One of […]
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Tags: Guitar Techniques · The Basics
January 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
When you see or hear the word “legato”, it usually means to play a given passage smoothly or flowingly. When you pick a note, you hear a certain articulation. The best way to approach a legato passage is with the use of hammer-ons and pull-offs. Start with a couple of fluttering exercises (trills) like these:
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Tags: Advanced Techniques