About Don J MacLean

Don J. MacLean is one of the world's leading authorities on accelerated learning systems for guitar—with students using his methods in more than 50 countries worldwide. Don is the author of over 60 books including The World of Scales, the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar, How I Got Killer Guitar Chops While I Was Still in High School: Confessions of a High School Shredder, 21 Secrets to Learn any Guitar Song Super-Fast, and Guitar Essentials: Chord Master Expanded Edition.

Playing Rhythm Guitar: Understanding Triplets Part 3

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Now it’s time to jump into some chord progressions that use triplets.

We will use a popular chord progression that you have probably heard in many early rock songs.

The chord progression is known as a I-VI-IV-V chord progression.

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Playing Rhythm Guitar: Understanding Triplets Part 2

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In our previous tutorial, Understanding Triplets Part 1, we looked at the basics of how to count triplets.

In this tutorial, we turn our attention to playing triplets on the guitar.

Specifically, we will look at how to perform triplet strumming patterns.

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Lead Guitar Basics – How to Learn Guitar Solos Fast Part 2

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In Lead Guitar Basics – How to Learn Guitar Solos Fast Part 1, we began our look at an effective way to learn guitar songs and solos faster.  In this tutorial, we look at some ways to apply the technique of chunking to an actual song.

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Top 5 Overlooked Ways to Improve Your Guitar Playing Part 2

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In this tutorial, we wrap up our look at 5 overlooked ways to improve your guitar playing.  So lets jump right in with a great way to sneak in extra music time…

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Top 5 Overlooked Ways to Improve Your Guitar Playing Part 1

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Want to make fast and consistent improvement in your guitar playing?

There are many things you can do to ensure you make consistent and quick improvement in your playing.

In this two part tutorial, we will look at 5 overlooked ways to improve your guitar playing.

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Lead Guitar Basics – How to Learn Guitar Solos Fast Part 1

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In my 20+ years of teaching guitarists of all levels, I’ve consistently found that most guitarists make learning new songs and guitar solos way harder than it needs to be. This of course means it takes most guitar players way too long to learn songs.

In this tutorial, we look at an accelerated learning technique for learning guitar solos faster.

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