have yet to find a good detailed list of guitar sites on the net so I decided to just compile my own. There are thousands more sites, these are just the ones that I’ve used. Enjoy
JustinGuitar is one ofthe most popular guitar sites on the internet. Justin Sandercoe is the featured guitarist who makes the videos with his videoman Jedi. Justin has produced hundreds of lessons including a an extensive beginner course that starts with the absolute basics and leads into a comfortable playing standard. I personally went through the beginner course and it was very good with an amazing teaching method. Along with his beginner course, Justin has produced some more general sections including Chords, Rhythms and Aural Training (ears). Perhaps one the best sections on his site is the “Songs and Tabs†area where Justin has created a comprehensive list of song lessons. Songs range from easy acoustic chord songs to solo arrangements. He also has a YouTube channel that contains more song material. If your interested in more extensive material, Justin has also produced several DVD’s that are available for purchase on his site. So go check it out.
FarHatGuitar is a guitar site set up by Marcus FarHat. He has put together a few general guitar lessons and a list of popular rock n’ roll songs. The song lessons are set up in an excellent manner. Each song is broken down into sections and taught in individual videos. Included in the rock n’ roll song list are ACDC, Guns n’ Roses, and several others. Also listed on the site is a set of Spanish classical and rock artist lessons.
Riff-o-Matic is a great site for accurate tablatures that can be downloaded into PDF format. Hundreds of the tabs are free and some have short video clips showing how that riff is played. However to access some of the more complete tabs a pay membership is required.
Some other free sites: Vanderbilly Video-Tabs GuitarVideoTabs GuitarNoise YouTube
If your looking for a little more commitment in your guitar playing a few simple pay for membership sites might interest you.
ShowMeHowToPlay is an interesting site for guitar playing. They facilitate a multiplayer that plays downloaded media files from the site. Registration is free and so is the multiplayer download, however each lesson costs a payment. You have the option of downloading lessons for individual instruments such as the guitar or bass, but also song lessons such as AC/DC’s Back in Black. The multiplayer incorporates many different functions for learning your instrument. The player allows for individual instrument muting and slow playback. Once you get your part down in the song you can mute your instrument and experience playing with the band. This is a great resource if you are insterested.
JamPlay is another great guitar site that uses a unique teaching style. Essentially you learn from a teacher in a series of videos. The site offers a limited amount of free content, the rest is accessed through a $19.95 per month payment plan. This is actual pretty cheap compared to the $50 personal lessons. You can watch an everyvideo on the site as many times as you want for that small fee. Enjoy!
Various other paysites: GuitarTricks iPlayMusic
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TheWitt is a blogger who writes many articles on various topics, mostly computers and computer related. The blog can be found at http://www.the4thwall.org
Monday, June 23, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Online Guitar Lessons, The Beatles - 3 Tips For Acoustic Guitar Magic
At some point of your guitar playing career, you will discover The Beatles, in fact some players never recover from this intoxicating musical experience.
It's hard to imagine the musical world without this famous group. Whether you are an ardent Beatles fan or a working musician in a cover band it's important to able to authentically play some tunes.
There has been hundreds of articles, books etc written about The Beatles telling the reader "what" the Beatles did, I'm going to approach The Beatles music from a different perspective and look at "why" they did it.
By understanding "why" a particular group chose certain musical resources the guitarist/musician moves from merely imitating a sound to being able to create his or her own sound based on proven time tested musical examples and formulas... and as we all know The Beatles formula certainly works!
As most guitarists own an acoustic guitar the following tips are offered primarily in mind, however these ideas can be applied to electric guitar as well.
Tip 1. Blues progressions ...
Often guitarists underestimate the importance of learning to recognizing blues chord progressions by ear, in fact the term 'Blues' often conjures up images of smokey jazz clubs etc., something that the rock or pop guitarist may have no particular interest in at present.
It's important to keep in mind how groups like the Beatles learnt their craft. Countless hours of jamming with a good dose of blues chord progressions resulting in songs such as ...
Boys/ Chains/ Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Money (That's What I Want)
In addition to these blues based original compositions The Beatles or individual members of The Beatles often recorded cover versions of well known blues based tunes such as Kansas City and Be Bop A Lula (By Paul McCartney -Unplugged Album).
Tip 2. Harmonized scale ...
The Beatles are a very interesting group to study because of their mixture of blues styled songs blended with traditional classical music principals.
Whereas the blues scale is one of the most unique and frequently used scale in pop/ rock music because of it's flexibility and feeling The Beatles were aware of the benefit of using contrasting musical material that stem from European musical culture i.e., the European diatonic scales.
Listen to the final set of chords in "Let It Be" and you will hear a good example of how Paul McCartney harmonized scale in the descending chord progression.
"Let It Be" is in the key of C Major which produces the following chords: C major / D minor/ E minor/ F major/ G major/ A minor/ B diminished
As example of how Paul applies the harmonized scale would be if the basic chord progression is F major to C major, Paul would often play: F major to E minor then D minor and finally arrive at C major.
As you can see he simply played the two minor chords that exist in between the F major chord and the C major.
Tip 3. Slash chords ...
This is a favorite of the Beatles, a slash chord is written in the following manner: A/B
In this example the chord is represented by the first letter whilst the second letter identifies the specific bass note the composer wants to hear.
Therefore our chord would be an "A" major chord with a "B" note in the bass.
Have a listen to "The Long And Winding Road" for a classic example of this ambiguous sounding chord.
After the lyrics ... "The Long And Winding Road", you will hear two chords, that's our slash chords.
There's a wealth of rich chord progressions and musical ideas in the music of The Beatles waiting to be discovered by the guitarist with an inquiring mind. Persistent, patient study will reveal many new sounds that can be applied to all styles of music.
About the Author
Mike Hayes develops systems and products to help you succeed in your guitar playing. Find out more about how to learn guitar fast with his popular free ecourse, available at: => http://www.guitarcoaching.com
It's hard to imagine the musical world without this famous group. Whether you are an ardent Beatles fan or a working musician in a cover band it's important to able to authentically play some tunes.
There has been hundreds of articles, books etc written about The Beatles telling the reader "what" the Beatles did, I'm going to approach The Beatles music from a different perspective and look at "why" they did it.
By understanding "why" a particular group chose certain musical resources the guitarist/musician moves from merely imitating a sound to being able to create his or her own sound based on proven time tested musical examples and formulas... and as we all know The Beatles formula certainly works!
As most guitarists own an acoustic guitar the following tips are offered primarily in mind, however these ideas can be applied to electric guitar as well.
Tip 1. Blues progressions ...
Often guitarists underestimate the importance of learning to recognizing blues chord progressions by ear, in fact the term 'Blues' often conjures up images of smokey jazz clubs etc., something that the rock or pop guitarist may have no particular interest in at present.
It's important to keep in mind how groups like the Beatles learnt their craft. Countless hours of jamming with a good dose of blues chord progressions resulting in songs such as ...
Boys/ Chains/ Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Money (That's What I Want)
In addition to these blues based original compositions The Beatles or individual members of The Beatles often recorded cover versions of well known blues based tunes such as Kansas City and Be Bop A Lula (By Paul McCartney -Unplugged Album).
Tip 2. Harmonized scale ...
The Beatles are a very interesting group to study because of their mixture of blues styled songs blended with traditional classical music principals.
Whereas the blues scale is one of the most unique and frequently used scale in pop/ rock music because of it's flexibility and feeling The Beatles were aware of the benefit of using contrasting musical material that stem from European musical culture i.e., the European diatonic scales.
Listen to the final set of chords in "Let It Be" and you will hear a good example of how Paul McCartney harmonized scale in the descending chord progression.
"Let It Be" is in the key of C Major which produces the following chords: C major / D minor/ E minor/ F major/ G major/ A minor/ B diminished
As example of how Paul applies the harmonized scale would be if the basic chord progression is F major to C major, Paul would often play: F major to E minor then D minor and finally arrive at C major.
As you can see he simply played the two minor chords that exist in between the F major chord and the C major.
Tip 3. Slash chords ...
This is a favorite of the Beatles, a slash chord is written in the following manner: A/B
In this example the chord is represented by the first letter whilst the second letter identifies the specific bass note the composer wants to hear.
Therefore our chord would be an "A" major chord with a "B" note in the bass.
Have a listen to "The Long And Winding Road" for a classic example of this ambiguous sounding chord.
After the lyrics ... "The Long And Winding Road", you will hear two chords, that's our slash chords.
There's a wealth of rich chord progressions and musical ideas in the music of The Beatles waiting to be discovered by the guitarist with an inquiring mind. Persistent, patient study will reveal many new sounds that can be applied to all styles of music.
About the Author
Mike Hayes develops systems and products to help you succeed in your guitar playing. Find out more about how to learn guitar fast with his popular free ecourse, available at: => http://www.guitarcoaching.com
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