I've set up a 'social networking' site called Guitar Mates. Primarily for the 'mature' learner guitar player. Women and men alike!
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Somewhere you can meet like-minded people to:
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This Major Scale Mode video shows the 3-note-per-string patterns for the guitar fretboard.
These modal patterns are based on using the 1st finger for the root note. They clearly demstrate the difference between each mode.
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This is the Major Scale Modes video lesson #2.
These are applied to Amaj7, A7, and Ami7 chords.
Major 7th chords use Ionian and Lydian modes. Dominant 7th chords use the Mixolydian mode. Minor 7th chords use the Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian (natural minor) modes.
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Confused by modes? Here's the start of a guitar lesson video series on Major Scale Modes.
Watch the video clip instructional and leave a comment. It will help me to make better videos for you.
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Here's a great interview with SRV. He does some playing too.
If you're into blues guitar, you should learn some of his songs. You can use software like Transcribe to slow down the music and learn his licks one by one.
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Brand new from Legacy Learning Systems. Learn and Master Piano!
If Learn and Master Guitar is anything to go by, then this new Piano Lessons DVD series with Will Barrow will be a huge winner.
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Here's a video explaining how the major 3rd tuning of the B string on a guitar causes chords and scales to change shape.
This tuning creates a 'parallel universe' for the 1st and 2nd strings where everything is played one fret higher.
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Download a free trail of the best music slowdown software on the market. Now works with video too!
Click here to download a free trial now. This amazing software will slow down and loop sections of audio AND video files so you can learn songs and your favorite licks fast. Suitable for all instruments.
Read more on Guitar Software: Slow Down Music Software Now Works With Video!…
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In days gone by us oldies had to use a turntable and learn everything off LP's and 45's. We could change the speed of the player and that would slow down the music by about 50% to learn those faster bits. But it would also lower the pitch of the music by one octave also.
Read more on Slowdown Music Software: 3 Reasons Why Tab Sucks and What You Can Do About It!…
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Free-Guitar-Chords has a blues backing tracks page. They have just added 15 new downloadable blues mp3 backing tracks.
These blues tracks are great and have some very good guitar playing examples you can learn a lot from. There's a variety of styles, tempos and keys.
Filed under Blues Guitar by on Sep 20th, 2007. 2 Comments.