How To Play Guitar Scales And Guitar Solos?

Howdy!In this guitar lesson I will continue to teach you how to play guitar scales and guitar solos. all of you who want to play guitar in high speed and become a pro level guitarist, you should follow the instructions given in this article.First off, look at the figure#1 below:This exercise is little bit boring to practice but this would give training to your left and right hands to ordinate with each other simultaneously. So lets start now!Important Note: As mentioned in earlier guitar lessons, you have to stick to the alternate picking method in order to achieve maximum results.So, keep continuing it.Following is a chromatic sequence:^ = (This symbol represents a down-stroke)V = (This symbol represents an upstroke)^ V ^ V ^ V ^ VHere goes the exercise:e-1--2--3--4----2--3--4--5----3--4--5--6----4--5--6--7---B------------------------------------------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------------------e-8--9--10--11----12--11--10--9----11--10--9--8---------B------------------------------------------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------------------After...

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How to play scales and solos as fast as metalica, kid rock, disturbed and greenday

Hi guys! I know you have been practicing guitar scales and solos for a long time now but you see no progress in your speed and you are frustrated for the reason that you still cant play guitar like your favorite guitarists, even the easy guitar parts.The first thing that you need to understand is; "YOU CANT PLAY GUITAR SCALES IN SPEED UNTIL OR UNLESS YOU PRACTICE ALL THE SCALES IN SLOW SPEED WHILE USING AN ALTERNATE PICKING METHOD, AND REMEMBER ALL THE SCALES WHETHER THEY ARE MAJOR, MINOR, BLUES OR PENTATONICS" First off, the most crucial thing the use of alternate picking. Alternate picking method is something in which a tab sequence/Guitar solo/Guitar scale is played with alternate up and down strokes. You have to strictly follow the rule of alternate picking in order to get speed...

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Why couldn't I learn the guitar? : A question that 98% of people ask themselves who once wished to learn guitar, Are you one of them?

Guitar is the world's most played and liked instrument because of its style and the fact that you can play almost everything on a guitar when you talk about other instruments you are in certain boundaries but with guitar, you can go beyond the imaginations. Guitar is something that makes almost everyone to wish that if he could play a guitar too! 98% of people wish but not become guitarists. For that, there are 3 reasons; They think that it is impossible to get their hands on a guitar and their are no music institutes to learn guitar so how are they going to learn guitar? They don't consider it a good hobby. They think that it's a useless activity and they wont get anything by playing or learning guitar or, they just stop their self from going towards their dream only because they think...

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STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO HOLD THE GUITAR & PLAY IN THE CORRECT POSITION

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GUITAR GLOSSARY

Open chords - chords usually contain open strings (not fretted with left hand). Often the first kind of chords a beginner learns (D - G - Am etc). You can call it the overturn of barré or power chords. To transpose - A lick in A minor played on the seventh fret will be played on ninth fret if transposed to B minor lick. Hexatonic scale - Scale with six notes per octave (a pentatonic scale has five notes per octave). Staccato - Is gained by using strictly alternate picking. Sweeping - The pick is swept through the strings in a downward or upward motion, this technique is largely used with arpeggios. Syncopate - To transform the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat, purposely playing off beat. Bpm - Beats per minute. It defines the tick speed of the metronome. Barré chords - Are...

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