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Here are some of the free lessons from guitarlessons365 and I found it very useful for all guitarists. I hope this can help you with your playing. Godbless!
Beginner
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Music Theory
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Beginner
Intermediate
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Music Theory
Jazz Guitar University
Ear Training For Guitar
Video Guitar Backing Tracks
Chords
Here are some of the free Beginner lessons from guitarlessons365. It covers about the basics of the chords. It's very useful for all the newbies out there. Enjoy!
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Basic Seventh Chords
Power Chords
Barre Chords Pt.1
Barre Chords Pt.2
Open Position Chords Pt.1 A & D Major
Open Position Chords Pt.2 E Major, A & E Minor
Open Position Chords Pt.3 D Minor, C & G Major
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Basic Seventh Chords
Power Chords
Barre Chords Pt.1
Barre Chords Pt.2
Open Position Chords Pt.1 A & D Major
Open Position Chords Pt.2 E Major, A & E Minor
Open Position Chords Pt.3 D Minor, C & G Major
Guitar Chord Chart
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Look at the chords as if you were looking at the guitar that is standing up.
Each chord has six strings. The sixth string, or low E, is on the far left. The first string, or high E, is on the far right. The space between the horizontal lines is the fret. The dots tell you where to put your fingers. The numbers tell you which fingers to use (1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring, 4 = pinky, T = thumb). An 'O' underneath a string means to play that string open. An 'X'(Dead String) underneath a string means don't play that string.
Gear Reviews
Jet City Amplification: PicoValve
Category:guitar amplifiers Rating:8.8
The Jet City Amplification PicoValve is a 5 watt tube amp that just oozes tone. It seems to made ideally for modern rock and metal.
EMG: 60
Category:pickups Rating:8.8
I have to say I am very impressed with the pickup, it's got great tone and feel and it looks pretty sleek in the guitar too.
Squier: Affinity Strat
Category:electric guitars Rating:7.3
Contoured hardwood body; rosewood or maple fingerboard; 21 frets; 3 single-coil pickups; 5-way switching; 1 volume, 2 tone controls; single-ply white pickguard; tremolo.
Aina: Days Of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera
Category:compact discs Rating:9
Release Date: Mar 23, 2004. Label: The End Records. Genres: Metal. Number Of Tracks: 23. This album definitely has its moments of grandeur that have not yet been duplicated by any other power-metal band.
Egnater: Tweaker
Category:guitar amplifiers Rating:7.7
This is a fantastic amplifier for the money, and blows other micro stacks (Vox Night Train, Marshall Haze) right out of the water.
Sheridan: A200
Category:electric guitars Rating:8.4
This guitar suits exactly my styles - rock in general. The tone is above average, very good hardware, very nice finish. There is only one fault I can find - the stock pickups. Overall a brilliant guitar for the price.
Washburn: X10
Category:electric guitars Rating:7.8
X10 including sealed schaller style tuners, SSH pickups, five position switch, heavy metal control knobs, fulcrum tremolo bridge, and a smooth fast hard maple neck with rosewood fingerboard.
GFS: Fat PAT
Category:pickups Rating:9.3
In personal satisfaction it just might be superior due to the $29.95 price tag.
Upon A Burning Body: The World Is Ours
Category:compact discs Rating:8
Released: Apr 6, 2010. Genre: Deathcore. Label: Sumerian Records. Number Of Tracks: 10. UABB have shown that Deathcore isn't dead. Unlike genre mates like I Declare War or Carnifex, they don't conform to the same mold, and create their own, unique sound that matches the emotion and delivery of the vocals.
Rocktron: Zombie
Category:guitar effects Rating:9
The Zombie creates a rectified asymmetric distortion while allowing user control of the symmetry balance of the distortion output waveform. Rocktron states that this creates a psycho-acoustic 3D sound positioning effect.
Hand Stretching
I know that a lot of guitarist don't do these exercises but I found it beneficial before playing. I think every guitarist should do these before practice or playing to prevent their hands from any injuries or stress and to make their hands more flexible. I know several guitarists who got their hands injured after months of strenuous practice. I experienced it myself. I almost got my left pinky crippled due to excessive practice without stretching. I have to stop playing for 6 months because my pinky hurts badly when doing chords or exercises. Just imagine you are jogging or swimming without doing warm-ups and stretching exercises. Your muscles will soon tremble and become stiff.
Benefits of Stretching:
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Benefits of Stretching:
- It improves muscle balance around the joint, thus improving posture.
- It reduces the chance of injury while playing or practicing.
- It increases blood and nutrients supply to the muscles and cartilage, thereby also reducing muscle soreness after practice.
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Guitarist of the Month
Keith Merrow is a studio musician hailing from Portland, Oregon- USA. His extreme style of guitar playing is a unique blend of traditional metal with a dash of obscurity. In May of 2009, he released a self produced EP titled Lonestar Transcend. This EP is a compilation of songs that were first heard on Keith’s YouTube page, where he posted playthrough videos of the songs.
Six months later in November of 2009 came The Arrival. This 10 song album has an epic and thought-provoking sound to it that he hopes will take you on a musical journey. The intense and often thematic songs on this album are punishing and brutally beautiful. Unlike the previous EP, The Arrival marks Keith’s first album that he has written from start to finish, for the sole purpose of releasing a completed album to the public.
On January 1st of 2011 Keith Released his second full length instrumental album, entitled Awaken the Stone King. Awaken the Stone King is the first album of Keith’s to be only available for a price, and also the first album billed under “Merrow”. The album continues in the heavy, groove laden style of Keith’s first two albums, and features a guest guitar solo from Jeff Loomis of Nevermore.
Keith Merrow has a sound that is original and heartfelt while remaining utterly brutal and true to his traditional metal roots.
Here's a song "Pillars of Creation" by Keith Merrow from the album "The Arrival". The cool thing about this is that you can download it for free!! yes you heard me right. Enjoy the song!
Keith Merrow Official Website >>
Six months later in November of 2009 came The Arrival. This 10 song album has an epic and thought-provoking sound to it that he hopes will take you on a musical journey. The intense and often thematic songs on this album are punishing and brutally beautiful. Unlike the previous EP, The Arrival marks Keith’s first album that he has written from start to finish, for the sole purpose of releasing a completed album to the public.
On January 1st of 2011 Keith Released his second full length instrumental album, entitled Awaken the Stone King. Awaken the Stone King is the first album of Keith’s to be only available for a price, and also the first album billed under “Merrow”. The album continues in the heavy, groove laden style of Keith’s first two albums, and features a guest guitar solo from Jeff Loomis of Nevermore.
Keith Merrow has a sound that is original and heartfelt while remaining utterly brutal and true to his traditional metal roots.
Here's a song "Pillars of Creation" by Keith Merrow from the album "The Arrival". The cool thing about this is that you can download it for free!! yes you heard me right. Enjoy the song!
Keith Merrow Official Website >>
Guitar Terms
- Glossary of Guitar Terms by melbay.com
- 3/4-size guitar - A smaller than normal guitar with shorter strings and less space between frets.
- action - A term referring to the height of the strings above the frets and fretboard.
- altered and open tunings - The result of changing the tuning of one or more strings from standard EADGBE.
- alternate picking - Picking in alternate directions (down-up-down-up).
- arpeggio - A broken chord, usually played evenly low to high and back again.
- arrangement - The setting of an original or standard tune for a given solo instrument or group of instruments
- barre chord - From the French term barré. The technique of placing the left hand index finger over two to six strings in the fingering of a chord. The great advantage of using barre chords is that they are "moveable shapes" that can be applied at practically any fret.
- bending - The act of pushing or pulling a string sideways across the a fret to raise the pitch of a note by a half to full tone or more. Used extensively in rock and blues playing as well as in jazz.
- capo - A mechanical barre that attaches to the neck of a guitar by means of a string, spring, elastic or nylon band, or a lever and thumbscrew arrangement. The capo can be used to raise the key of a song to suit a vocalist as well as to lower the action and shorten the string length.
- chord - Three or more notes sounded simultaneously.
- chorus (of a tune) - Strictly speaking, the portion of a song lyric or melody that is repeated, often with other voices joining in. In jazz improvisation, however, "playing a chorus" would mean taking a turn improvising over the tune's chords progression.
- closed voicing - The term "voicing" refers to the vertical arrangement of the notes of a given chord. "Closed voicing" places the member notes as close together as possible, no matter the inversion as opposed to "open voicing" which spreads the member notes of the chord at larger intervals.
- cutaway - A concave area generally in the upper right bout of a normal right-hand guitar that allows the player easier access to the high frets.
- dropped-D tuning - The practice of lowering the sixth string (E) by a whole tone, one octave lower than the fourth string.
- finger picks - Banjo-style picks that fingerstyle guitarists use when playing steel-string instruments.
- fingerstyle - Playing with the fingernails or fingertips with or without fingerpicks as opposed to playing with a flatpick.
- flatpick - A triangular or teardrop-shaped piece of nylon or plastic used to pluck or strum guitar strings. Flatpicks are available in a large variety of shapes, sizes, and thickness.
- footstool - A small adjustable stool used to raise the height of the guitar.
- hammer-on - A note sounded literally by "hammering" down with a left hand finger, often performed in conjunction with a note first plucked by the right hand on the same string.
- harmonics - Chime-like sounds achieved in two ways: 1) natural harmonics - by touching a string at any equidistant division of the string length (typically 5th, 7th, and 12th fret), directly above the fret with left hand, and striking hard with the right-hand fingers or pick near the bridge where there is more string resistance; or 2) artificial harmonics - touching a string with the index finger of the right hand twelve frets higher than any fretted note and plucking the string with either the thumb or third finger of the right hand.
- interval - The distance between two notes.
- inversion - Structuring a chord with a note other than the root as the lowest note.
- lead guitar - The part played by a guitar soloist in a rock band
- modulate - To change keys within a piece of music
- open voicing - A manner of chord construction in which the member notes are broadly separated. See closed voicing above.
- pentatonic scale - A five-tone scale used often in rock.
- picking - Plucking or producing a sound on the guitar in general, either with the fingers or a flatpick. Sometimes refers to playing a single-note melody line.
- P I M A - letters derived from the Spanish names for the fingers of the right hand: pulgar (thumb), indice (index), medio (middle), and anular (ring). Used to indicate fingering.
- plectrum - Another name for a flatpick.
- positions - A reference to placement of the left hand index finger at various frets.
- power chord - A chord consisting of the first (root), fifth and eighth degree (octave) of the scale. Power chords are typically used in playing rock music.
- pull-off - The opposite of a hammer-on. Performed by plucking a note with a finger on a higher note and pulling parallel to the fret to sound a lower note on the same string.
- rhythm guitar - Rhythmic strumming of chord backup for a lead player, singer, or ensemble.
- setup - The adjustment of the action of a guitar for optimal playing characteristics.
- slide - A plastic or glass tube placed over the third or fourth finger of the left hand and used to play "slide" or glissando effects in rock and blues and other forms of traditional music.
- standard tuning - The guitar is generally tuned EADGBE low to high.
- string winder - A swivel device with a handle with a fixture that fits over the tuning keys.
- strumming - Performed with a pick or the fingers. Generally consists of brushing across 2-6 strings in a rhythmic up and down fashion appropriate to the tune being played.
- tablature or tab - A system of writing music for fretted instruments whereby a number or letter appears on lines representing the strings, indicating the fret to be played.
- transcription - To write a solo, note for note, off of a recording.
- transpose - To change the key of a piece of music by a specific interval.
- tremolo - A technique performed with either a very rapid down-up movement of the pick or a pami plucking of the fingers.
- triad - A three-note chord.
- tuner - An electronic tuning device.
- vibrato - To vibrate by slightly altering a pitch higher and lower.
- voicing - The arrangement of the member notes of a chord, or placement of the melody or bass line within a harmonic progression.
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Learn to play Thin Lizzy The Solos - DVD & CD
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USB Upgrade for your Guitar?
There is a new website called iGuitar Workshop where you can get USB upgrades for your guitar.
Native Instruments release Vintage Compressors for Guitar Rig
Vintage Compressors is a set of modeled classic dynamic processors for use in Guitar Rig 4 and Guitar Rig Player.
Improvising with Intervals
Milan Polak from Shred Academy presents this lesson.
Happy Birthday Lester William Polsfuss - AKA Les Paul
The 9th of June is the birthday of the legendary Les Paul.
Dunlop Releases MXR Noise Clamp
Eliminate hiss and excess noise from your effects chain by up to 26 dB with the Noise Clamp M195.
Enter to Win in the Peterson Tuners Sweepstakes
Peterson Tuners want to be Liked, so if you're on Facebook read on to see how you can win one of 6 prizes up for grabs.
A Guitar Magazine's Answer to Shrinking Circulation & Advertising
I used to love reading magazines, we always had a bunch of them scattered around our rehearsal studio, but these days when I want guitar news and information - I head straight to the web.
Halo Custom Guitars Now Offering USA-Made Guitars and Basses
Halo Custom Guitars has been setting up, repairing and customizing guitars from their Cupertino, California, shop for many years
Win Ten Year Supply of Guitar Picks and a $1,000 Shopping Spree
Dunlop Tortex Picks are 30 years old and they're celebrating this anniversary with an interesting competition.
Guides and Tips
Guides:
Tips:
Picking
- 141-To Pick Or Not To Pick...That Is The Question
- 198-How To Hold a Flat Pick
- 203-What is Hybrid style Picking
Ibanez JS - Joe Satriani JSBDG
JS - Joe Satriani
Maestro Joe Satriani’s jaw-dropping skill on the guitar is only matched by the sheer beauty and artistry of his Signature instruments. Created in collaboration with Satch himself, these models are indeed an extension of his playing: finely nuanced yet capable of staggering heights of musicality.SPECS
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Type: | JS Prestige |
| Body: | Basswood body |
| Frets: | 6105 frets |
| Fingerboard: | Rosewood |
| Inlay: | Pearl dot inlay |
| Bridge: | Edge bridge |
| NeckPU: | DiMarzio® PAF-PRO® |
| BridgePU: | DiMarzio® FRED® |
| HW Color: | CH |
 | The JSBDG comes with some great "case candy": Satch-designed straps, picks, Surfing With the Alien CD and more. Exclusive for USA market. |
 | The JSBDG's amazing Edge bridge enables some of Joe Satriani's most famous sounds and effects. |
 | The Black Dog's Doghouse: The JSBDG comes in its own Deluxe hardshell case. |
 | The JSBDG's black headstock and locking nut. |
 | The JSBDG Blackdog features a fast maple JS Prestige neck with 6105 frets and a rosewood fretboard. |
 | Back view of the JSBDG's maple JS Prestige neck and basswood body. |
 | Close-up of the JSBDG's output jack and hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind graphics. |
 | The JSBDG Black Dog features the snarling DiMarzio® PAF-PRO® bridge pickup for classic humbucking sounds and the DiMarzio® FRED® bridge pickup for strong mids, massive overtones and harmonics (specially designed for Joe Satriani). |
| EDGE TREMOLO |
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| Acclaimed Edge tremolo features knife-edge-like pivot surfaces for virtually friction free operation. Locking studs contribute to tuning stability |
FEATURES (click to enlarge)
 | The low-profile design of the Edge tremolo includes fine tuners conveniently angled back to prevent right hand touches. |
 | The Edge bridge features a stud lock in both studs for maximum tuning stability. |
JS - JOE SATRIANI SERIES BASICS
- JSBDG, JS20TH, JS2400, JS1600, JS1200 and JS1000 are precision-made in Japan
- Select JS models feature high-pass filter on volume pot for maintaining highs at low volumes
- All models feature coil tapping on both neck and bridge pickups
- Edge III (JS100) offers the great feel of the original Edge trem but is lower profile for increased comfort
- JS2400 is first 24-fret model
- JS1600PSV offers the stylistic and sonic alternative of a mahogany body with a fixed bridge and locking tuners
- NEW JS2400 is first 24-fret modelJSBDG "Black Dog" The rumors were true – after years of calls from the legions of Satriani faithful, Ibanez was going to offer a collector's edition of Joe's storied "Black Dog" electric guitar
- JS20TH & JS20S 20th Anniversary Models – 20 Years of Surfing with Satch – Ibanez is proud to feature the Joe Satriani 20th Anniversary signature models, dressed to kill with a special 3D inlay of the Silver Surfer (JS20TH) on the guitar’s body
Gibson Epiphone Casino
Undoubtedly, one of Epiphone's greatest contributions to music, the Casino is famous for its sparkling sound heard on some of the most revered records in history, and is still in high demand today. Its secret is its thin-line full-hollow construction, twin P-90 pickups and streamlined neck.
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Yamaha FS720 Acoustic
The FS series of guitars take their design from Yamaha's flagship LS models. The grand auditorium design produces smooth, sweet sound with strong midrange and great presence and is perfect for finger picking styles.
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Specs
Control Interface
| String | Strings Scale | 634 mm (25") |
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Design/Architecture Detail
| Body Depth | 100-120 mm (3 15/16"-4 3/4") | |
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| Finger Board Width (Nut/Body) | 43 mm (1 11/16") | |
| Peg Name | Diecast Chrome | |
Material
| Top | Solid Sitka Spruce | |
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| Back | Nato | |
| Side/Rib | Nato | |
| Neck | Nato | |
| Finger Board | Rosewood | |
| Bridge | Rosewood | |
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