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Austin Criswell - Lullaby Chords by Misc Unsigned Bands. Next Level Guitar Lessons - Learn How To Play Guitar from Beginner to Expert. Easy Lead Guitar | Guitar Scales. Use a flat-pick and alternate picking techniques or just fingerpick. To economize movement and develop better speed, practice using alternate picking that means hitting a note on both the down stroke and up stroke of the pick. But a word of caution, don't get too carried away with alternate picking or your music will just sound like a machine gun firing notes to impress people. Sometimes only using down strokes creates the sound, the feel and the pace that really taps into emotions. Flatpicking Use your thumb for the lower three strings and your index, middle and ring finger for the higher three strings.

Do your guitar scale warm-ups while a cd is playing. Your first few times, your scales will not have any melodic quality to them but as you continue to warm up with scales and if music is in the background you will start to be inspired to create melodic phrases. As you progress, try to get away from repeating sequential notes and bouncing around a bit more. ^ back to top Chromatic Scales. Guitar Solo - Scales, Chops, Licks, Technique, Improvisation, Guitar Lessons. Before The Storm Chords (ver 2) by Jonas Brothers. Phrygian Dominant Scales | Lessons. The Phrygian Dominant scales are some of the most popular scales in music, especially in the Middle East. The Phrygian dominant scale is widely used in flamenco, as the scale sounds very exotic.

Many artists use the scale, including Dream Theater and Joe Satriani. In fact, Satch even once said that this is his favorite scale! The solo in Metallica's 'Wherever I May Roam' is a great example of the scale, along with Iron Maiden's whole song 'Powerslave'. Another example is the solo in Rush's 'YYZ'. So, onto the lesson... The overall shape of the scale isn't that difficult to memorize, just take a few minutes and run over each scale quickly and you'll have it memorized in no time.

E|----| B|----| G|-13-| D|-12-| A|-14-| E|-12-| In case this lesson didn't cut it for you, there's plenty of great videos on Youtube you can check out. True Colors Chords by Glee Cast. Until We Meet Again Chords by Showbread. Canon Rock tab by Jerryc.