A great way to improve your alternate picking is to work on a song that focuses on this very important lead guitar technique. J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto Number 5, first movement, is a great alternate picking workout for the intermediate to advanced lead guitar player.
Continue readingWow, this is really cool. The Metal Den has come across an isolated guitar track of Crazy Train from Ozzy Osbourne’s album the Blizzard of Ozz featuring the late great Randy Rhoads. If you love to play this song or … Continue reading
So What is the Best Guitar Scale Fingering System? It all depends on whom you ask. Most guitar players tend to favour the first guitar scale fingering system they learned. After all, it’s the way they have always played guitar … Continue reading
Are you tired of being confused by all of the different fingerings for guitar scales? Discover the truth behind all of these scales fingerings…
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With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, you might be looking for a special gift for that very special someone. If you’re tired of the typical Valentine’s Day gifts and would love to do something more personal, why not a guitar serenade? … Continue reading
Now that we have covered the basics of finger-picking, we will now look at some specific examples of finger-picking patterns applied to guitar chords. The best way to practice these finger-picking patterns is to apply them to individual chords, then … Continue reading
In today’s guitar lesson we will now look at finger-picking patterns that use strings 5-3-2-1. Finger-style Exercise # 7 5-1-2-3 p-a-m-i Finger-style Exercise # 8 5-1-3-2 p-a-i-m Finger-style Exercise # 9 5-2-1-3 p-m-a-i Finger-style Exercise # 10 5-2-3-1 p-m-i-a Finger-style … Continue reading