"Andromeda" by Marco Sfogli

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Hey all, thanks for joining me! In this tutorial we will be taking an in-depth look at the style of one of the finest emerging guitarists of our generation, Marco Sfogli. Born in 1980, Marco started playing music at 4 years of age. He got his first electric guitar at the age of 9 and started playing along his heroes like Van Halen and Europe, just to name ...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Welcome to section 1! The first thing I'd like you to be aware of is the numerous changes in meter. It can be very easy to forget about these things while you're learning a new piece so try to keep it at the forefront of your mind if you can. OK, the first three bars shouldn't present too many technical challenges for you. However, when we get to bar 4, th...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Let's continue with section 2! You'll need to spend most of your time on bars 14 to 15 here. Remember that throughout this legato passage, the lightest touch will yield the best results. Use a pickstroke(up or down) when playing the first note on every string and try to focus on the fluidity of the phrase more than anything. Obviously, you need to be mindfu...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: On with the show into section 3! The first thing you're going to need to be aware of is the change of meter here from 6/8 to 5/8. It may feel a little unusual at first so I would suggest watching the video to really digest how these sections work together. For this kind of meter you really need to 'feel' where the beats occur. Once you have that instilled i...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Now it's time to tackle the most difficult part of the solo. Although it is vital for you to understand what is happening here on a note for note level, it is much more important that you concentrate on the phrase and its crescendo from a dynamic, emotional point of view. The first step is to subdivide each quarter note beat so that you can ascertain the r...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Hang in there people, we're almost there! Bars 31 and 32 display Marco's wonderful bluesy style phrasing. To achieve this effect to the fullest, you will need to concentrate on achieving perfect intonation with a subtle but still relatively wide vibrato. I always find the best approach is to sing these type of lines to help improve your phrasing. Bar 34 r...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Crazy! Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Ok people, here's the backing track for you to play along with. Get recording because we all want to see your version of this over at the forums. Thanks guys! Get More Backing Tracks from Marco's Album

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