Guitar EDjumacation Thread

[GAR]

Coverdale looks so fat wet n sweaty, about as bad as me comin out of the shower into my pyjamies.. he's a fuckin PIG isn't he

[jhale667]

Let's do another Gilbert alternate-picking rutbuster before we get into more scale forms..

[Igosplut]

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Coward says what?

[jhale667]

[jhale667]

[jhale667]

Oh, and before I forget...

[jhale667]

No shit, it works...

So here's a real-world example: Lead section for a tune I was finishing the guitar tracks on. Though the overall tonality of the tune is F# minor, for the lead break it modulates to C#minor (trying in some cases to make the lead sections mini-compositions ala Rhoads).

So the chord progression I had to work with was an arpeggiated C#min, A, and B. Which meant my "inside" scale choice was Emajor and C#minor. And then I also had to come back from the lead into the chorus, and had the tag for the fadeout to do, which is fully over the main theme of the tune, which is in F#minor. OK, so automatically I've got that and A major to work with there. Knowing I had other options to choose from allowed me to throw in blues scale notes and chromaticisms to spice things up a bit:

SoundClick artist: Jay Hale - Guitarist, songwriter, guitar-builder

For the end part of the lead though it was a semi-conscious decision, it wasn't a big deal to pull an ascending run in C#minor, hold the end note, and them descend in F#minor and vibe out, if that makes any sense.

I'm not saying you (or I, or anyone) should know every one of these scale forms and permutations by heart, but getting their various tonalities under your fingers opens up a whole different ballpark of improvisational options...

[jhale667]

[jhale667]

[ace diamond]

THANKS HALE.......keep it coming........oh, and before i forget, thanks for the "iwato"
i am slowly working my way through this stuff and finding how very useful the different tonal variations
can be.
this is excellent stuff to add into my admittedly limited bag of licks......it's really opening new doors to new avenues of improvisitation and exploration.

this stuff is ace!

[jhale667]

And you thought I'd forgotten...

Alright, have a minute to bump this...

[ace diamond]

Yeah, as far as the fingerings go, they're totally up to interpretation.
Like the 4th finger example I posted...a lot of these will have to be RE-interpreted by someone who thinks their pinky is for decorative purposes only...

come now hale.......i use my pinky plenty.
i'm developing a quite considerable reach soloing on the higher frets further down the neck.....when i'm just jamming and practicing here at home.

[jhale667]

Professor Shred Edjumacational BUMPAGE.

Guthrie Govan Blues Scale incorporation, Chromatic-passing tone-using -String-Skipping Arpeggio Lesson BUMP.

[jhale667]

Sometimes it helps just to watch someone else's technique...

This is a pretty good close-up "how do you play that?" vid...

[Nitro Express]

I aways wondered how Ed got that nice ringing sound when he tapped the strings. Then I learned you really have to smack the hell out of them. You have to have strong hands to play like Ed and finesse. I actually got better at playing guitar by playing bass. It just built my hand strength up to the point where the guitar felt like a little toy and I could torture the thing into screaming out some good music. That really is the secret to Ed. Abuse the guitar with finesse. Just pretend the guitar is your bitch and slap it around until it screams and moans. It really is electric sex.