Playing Vintage Guitars

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: I am completely new to the world of vintage guitars. But I decided to take a plunge recently and got a refinished 1960 Fender Strat, and I absolutely love it! I wrote a new song with it for this tutorial. You can watch and learn the song on the next page. As we all know, guitars have their own unique vibes when you hold and play them. I wanted to sit ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Before we dive in, note that we have backing tracks at both normal speed(88bpm) and slower speed(65bpm). If you're a beginner, start out with the slower one so you can work on keeping your technique clean at a slower pace. We're going to start out the song with a clean intro playing eighth notes. The heavy rhythm that comes next in bar 5 will utilize sixte...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here we have the backing track at normal speed, 88bpm. If you need to practice it slower, check out the next page to practice with the 65bpm version. Have fun!

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: This backing is slowed down to 65bpm. Practice it here, then at some point try to graduate yourself to the normal 88bpm version. Most of all, have fun while you learn!

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