JGuitar JGuitar is a set of useful tools for players of stringed instruments. JGuitar's powerful chord and scale calculators replace traditional chord and scale dictionaries by providing dynamic calculation which works for any stringed instrument in any tuning. Users can alter the tunings of the instruments and even the instruments themselves. In fact, JGuitar was designed to work with any number of strings or frets. Trying to learn a song and need some chord diagrams? We'll be adding more tools in the future and improving the ones we have based on your feedback so feel free to use our contact page to send us any feedback. Au fait, c’est quoi un mode ? | Cours de guitare Rassurez-vous Guitar School Garden ne devient pas un blog de mode, c’est bien de musique et d’improvisation modale dont nous allons parler ici (même si j’admets que Mark Knopfler a eu un impact majeur sur les ventes de bandeaux de tennis au milieu des années 80) . Je me suis rendu compte que je parlais souvent des modes pour l’improvisation à la guitare sans jamais vraiment expliquer de quoi il retournait. Voilà donc un petit topo théorique sur le sujet (tout du moins ce que j’en comprends), pour vous montrer que derrière les noms barbares de ces fameux modes se cachent des outils géniaux destinés à enrichir notre vocabulaire musical. Première chose, rappelons nous les intervalles qui composent la gamme majeure : 1 ton – 1 ton – 1/2 ton – 1 ton – 1 ton – 1 ton – 1/2 ton. La gamme de Do majeur nous donne donc les notes suivantes : Visualiser ces intervalles va être fondamental pour bien comprendre cet article. Ce petit schéma vous aidera peut être à y voir plus clair : Ecouter : Have Fun !
99 Ways To Play Better (And Sound Better) Right Now 99 Ways To Play Better (And Sound Better) Right Now - See more at: Here at GP , we figure that if you’re going to expand and maximize your talents, you may as well learn from the best. So we offer these 99 tips from cats who know their stuff—from rock royalty to jazz patriarchs to any-and-all, top-of-their-game bad asses. Hopefully, you’ll find something in these cosmic, practical, and musical nuggets of wisdom that will kick that rut-raddled mind of yours into higher gears of inspiration. If you’re locked away in a basement for eight hours a day with a metronome and a torturous practice book that is equal parts Mel Bay/GuantanAmo Bay, you’re still not assured of transcendent 6-string skills. 1. “Moving into uncharted territory is a key ingredient to making your practice sessions a success. 2. “Before you play a solo phrase, sing it first. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
fretjam Guitar Lessons - Be Yourself On Guitar Au fait, c’est quoi un mode ? Le retour ! | Cours de guitare Cet article est la seconde partie de mon billet d’introduction aux modes issus de la gamme majeure. Si vous voulez vous rafraichir la mémoire ou tout simplement comprendre ce qu’est un mode en musique, c’est par ici. Ce second billet reprend l’aventure où nous l’avions laissé, avec la composition des 7 modes issus de la gamme majeure : Sur ce tableau, nous avons donc la distance entre chaque note du mode (W = Whole step = 1 ton, h = half step = 1/2 ton) ce qui nous donne en quelque sorte son « ossature ». Alors c’est bien beau de connaitre leurs structures, mais ça n’est pas ça qui nous permet d’apprivoiser les particularités de chaque mode ainsi que leurs sonorités. Au bout du compte, l’idée est d’entrainer notre oreille à la reconnaissance des sonorités modales, étape indispensable avant d’attaquer l’improvisation à l’aide de ces précieux outils. Le mode Ionien (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) Le mode ionien correspond par sa structure à la gamme majeure. Exemple d’impro en Ré ionien : En résumé
GuitarHabits.com GuitarBob - Les leçons de gratte du Bob 16 Legendary Fingerpicking Patterns For tabs see below. Fingerpicking style is a technique that is used in many famous and legendary songs over the years. The 16 examples in this post are a good source to learn the most common fingerpicking patterns you will ever come across. The fingerpicking patterns can be applied to almost every folk, pop, country or rock song. Try and figure out which pattern suits your favorite song. I personally think pattern #12 is a really nice one. Right hand finger positioning Now let’s take a look at the finger positioning assuming you are a right handed guitar player. For my right hand position I use my thumb to pluck the low-E, A and D-string. For each different chord, you play the corresponding bass note with your right hand thumb. In the video lessons above the tabs I show you what each pattern sounds like and explain the pattern slowly in close up. Practice each and every one of them thoroughly. Enjoy! Did like the patterns and do you like Guitarhabits?
Guitar Lessons : Steve Vai's 30 Hour Workout - 30 hour path to virtuoso enlightenment or how to destroy your pop career in one easy lesson In this section, I'll explain methods to help you find your unique voice as a guitarist, and explain techniques that can aid your expression on the instrument. These laner items include vibrato, bent notes, harmonics, whammy-bar stunts and dynamics. Everything I've told you thus far will help you in your quest to become an accomplished guitar player. Victor Wooten Prosessions Giant Steps For Guitar: Simplifying The Coltrane Matrix When guitarists first begin to explore Giant Steps changes in their studies, this series of course can seem like an impossible mountain to climb, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Rather than focussing on big, two-octave scales and arpeggios right from the get go, which can make soloing over this tune very difficult, you can instead start your study of Giant steps by using triads, one-octave arpeggios, and the 1235 outline to get your ears and fingers around these changes quickly and enjoyably. This lesson will break down those three approaches, providing four practice variations for each along the way, as well as give you examples of how to turn these technical approaches into licks over the first 8 bars of Giant Steps, which is also called the Coltrane Matrix. Click Here To Download Your Free Jazz Guitar eBook Triad Outlines The first motive that we'll use to outline the Coltrane matrix is the root based triad: 1-3-5 Listen & Play Four Note Arpeggio Outlines 1235 Outline Giant Step Licks
50 rock guitar licks you need to know | 50 rock guitar licks you need to know | Guitar Tuition For the past few weeks, Guitar Techniques have been posting sections of this bumper feature showing you how to dramatically increase your rock soloing potential, and boost your fingerboard knowledge at the same time. Here, though, are all 50 licks in the same place for the first time. Scroll down for the full tutorial, and check out the gallery for larger tab… The main focus here in terms of vocabulary is classic rock, which we're going to define for the purposes of this study as pre-Van Halen, so you'll find no eight-finger tapping, no three-octave sweep picked arpeggios and no 32nd-note legato monster licks. What you will find, however, is a choice selection of medium-tempo classic rock phrases that are stylistically diverse, melodically flexible, and display a wide range of articulation and dynamic devices. They are all also completely useable to guitarists of many levels and in a variety of settings. This study divides the fretboard into five areas, or positions. Scale diagrams
The Holistic Practice Routine While there is certainly no ‘one size fits all’ practice routine, there are some basic principles that can help you develop the best one for you, which is what this article is all about. Over the years I have come across many different approaches but I have always favoured the ‘whole body’ approach to practice. Using the analogy of our own body, you wouldn’t want to go to the gym and work on just your weakest arm (or your favourite arm) and get it looking super buff, without looking at the rest of your body at the same time, would you? I see the fundamental areas of practice falling into six areas; Ear Training, Knowledge, Technique, Repertoire, Improvisation and Time - depending on your goals, the type of music you want to make and your strengths and weaknesses you will want to manipulate the amount of time you spend on each (or potentially drop areas if they are not relevant). Let’s have a look at each area and explore things you might like to add in each area. Time.