Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Jazz
Excerpt: Our last chord progression is going to live firmly in the jazz camp. It's still a blues, but it's mainly called a 'Parker Blues'. Named after the famo...
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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Now comes the section where we begin playing the "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" theme. This section begins at a very soft volume and I'd suggest using...
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Okay! For those of you Elves that have passed the previous example, it's time to advance to the level of Gnome! You should all be familiar with the s...
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock
Excerpt: Hey guys! Thought I'd throw out another "Licks in the Style of..." tutorial! This time we're covering the amazing Guthrie Govan! Personally, Guthrie...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: ...The basic melody-line from Walter Rollins' "Frosty The Snowman"! Be sure to, yet again, focus on phrasing nuances and vibrato; it's important when...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Up next, the only "fully original" section of the medley; an arpeggio sequence used as a compositional segway. Ay 180BPM, 8th notes should be well wi...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Hope you all enjoyed that 'special' performance lol! OK, let's get cracking with this rather festive tutorial of an arrangement I made of this classi...
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Instructor: Nick Granville Level: Intermediate Topic: Scales Style: Blues
Excerpt: Now I'll show you a simple way to play arpeggios for each chord change over a 12 bar blues. Using arpeggios when soloing over a blues is a great conce...
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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Ahh, the Grinch, the furry little green devil of Christmas that just won't leave us alone! But, in the spirit of his genial personality and insanity, ...
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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion
Excerpt: Lick 2! This is a fast one! I actually use this lick a lot in live situations. The way I'm thinking of this lick is being based around three pentato...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Welcome to part one! The opening of this arrangement is very homophonic in nature, using a variety of inversions in block chord format. Take for inst...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Hey fellow IGers! T'is the season once again. This year, I decided to take a holiday favorite, Silent Night, and arrange it in such a way that is quit...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Alright so let's get started with the main "Rudolph" verse melody. Most people who exist on planet earth know this melody to some extent, so that part...
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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Technically, you may find the position shifts need the most work in this section as the alternation between the chords and the octave figures require ...
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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Holiday
Excerpt: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This is the segment where we totally sell-out and play one of the all-time most famous Christmas songs. Forced into a...
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