• Mastering Guitar Vibrato • Modes of the Minor Pentatonic
• Chords from Chart to Neck • Fingerpicking for Ambient Guitar
• Phrasing Guitar Lines
Vibrato technique is one of the most important guitar techniques we have available to us as guitar players. There are five primary vibrato approaches covered in this video lesson; Finger, Whole-hand, Pivoting-hand, Classical, and Elbow vibrato technique.
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The most widely used scale for improvisation on the guitar is the Minor Pentatonic. By focusing upon notes of this scale, other than the tonic, we can create modes of this common scale pattern.
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Learning how to navigate a chord chart and find all of the chords from the chart upon the neck is a very valuable skill. Add to that, essential chords which are must know shapes and you'll never be stumped again by any rhythm guitar chord chart that comes in front of you.
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Fingerpicking for Ambient Guitar
Performing two-finger plucking (also often called traditional American Fingerpicking) involves the thumb and first two fingers of the strum/picking hand. There is much to be said for the clarity gained in using this approach. Certain styles (such as Ambient Guitar) are wonderful examples of the beautiful sound achieved in applying this approach.
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Phrasing lines is quite often one of the most misunderstood and confusing areas of musical development. Lines, whether improvised or composed, need to flow seamlessly from one musical statement into another. The art of perfecting phrasing can take many years, and many hours of study to truly master.
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