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- Guitar Lick of the Day
In this Guitar Lick of the Day series you'll learn how to play in the style of '60s funk & soul legends James Brown, The Meters, Booker T & the MGs and Sly & The Family Stone. One key element you'll develop is a strong sense of rhythm by incorporating syncopated strumming patterns while playing a variety of Dom 7 and Dom 9 chords and using various guitar licks. This is an excellent lesson series for any guitarist looking to enhance their rhythm guitar chops.
About '60s Funk & Soul:
"Funk" originated in the mid '60s when James Brown first introduced "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag." This infectious sound quickly caught the attention of the world and landed Mr. Brown the title of "The Godfather of Funk & Soul." The funk sound featured tight syncopated bass and drum back beats with "scratch" guitar rhythms playing over the groove. Simultaneously bands like Booker T & the MG's were pioneering new sounds with their unique version of soul & rock 'n roll.
22 Licks, 4 Interactive Lessons
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Folk guitar is the cornerstone of modern music. Migrating from Europe as the "common man's music", it soon flourished throughout the new world, branching into country, blues, rock 'n roll, and classical. This guitar driven sound influenced many contemporary folk artists the likes of Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Joan Beaz, Joni Mitchell on up to modern folk artists like Jewel, Dave Matthews, David Gray, etc.
This lesson series focuses on many aspects of the acoustic folk sound, stressing on playing open chords and applying various picking and finger-picking patterns. The magic of this sounds comes together when you can apply these techniques together forming an orchestra of sounds, thus filling the room or recording with the sound of a single guitar. Many of these patterns are at the intermediate and above level, but most beginners will find some of these guitar patterns easy to learn and very inspiring to play as well!
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- Guitar Lick of the Day
In this lesson series you'll learn various acoustic strumming and picking patterns which synchronize to chord progressions and lick patterns. Intermediate & above players will benefit by learning how to improve their picking technique and create their own chord progressions. Beginners will benefit from learning many new picking patterns while using basic chords.
Bluegrass Info:
The Kentucky bluegrass sound originates from mandolin legend Bill Monroe (9/13/11 - 9/9/96) who is credited as being "the father of bluegrass." This lively, infectious sound is credited as being the roots of many genres of music, including Country/Western, Honky Tonk, Western Swing, Folk, Rockabilly and Rock & Roll.
23 Licks, 4 Interactive Lessons
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In this lesson series we will explore the various stages of Alex Lifeson's guitar style with Rush. The band started with a heavy rock Led Zeppelin influence, but migrated to a progressive rock sound with the addition of drummer Neil Peart. Rush was able to pull off intricate progressive arrangements with only three musicians. The guitar was key to creating the color of the band's sound while Alex would explore combing electric & acoustic guitar, mellow polytonal chords, powerful rock riffs and shearing guitar solos to create a very dynamic and unique sound. If you have always wanted to play like Rush, this is the lesson series for you!
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For well over twenty years, the style of Angus Young has been one of the most recognizable in the world of rock guitarists. Considered by many as “the riffmaster”, his high voltage attack and no nonsense approach to tone have left so many others trying to imitate him. In this series you will learn rhythm and lead riffs all in the style of the mighty Angus as you jam along. Designed for the beginner to intermediate student.
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If you are looking for new riffs and new sounds to learn and play, no matter what style, then these lessons are for you! This series of lessons will teach you arpeggios and some creative ideas on how to apply them while improvising. An arpeggio is playing the tones of a chord melodically rather than harmonically. You can learn a few basic arpeggios, then apply a few simple substitution rules to create different sounding arpeggios from the same ordinary ones you know.
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Do you want to learn how to play the blues like “the King?” You can in just a very short time with these lessons specifically designed to teach anyone from beginners to advanced how to play blues guitar riffs and solos just like the King of the Blues himself, Mr. BB King. Learn from simple step-by-step instructions on how the style and sound of the King’s legendary riffs can be mastered by you from this high quality Riff Interactive lesson series. Learn the scales, riff positions, signature blues riffs and solos with the help from lots of video clips, interactive TAB, and play-along jam tracks in all 5 of these lessons. There is no better way to learn the blues other than to start by learning from the best, the BB King style.
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Learning classical guitar can be both challenging and very exciting. Learning how to coordinate basic chords with fingerpicking brings the guitar alive. In this lesson series you will learn standard compositions designed for beginners and taught in most method book. The Riff Interactive technology takes learning classical guitar to a new level where you the student have full control over selecting segments to rehearse and practice over and over again.
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Congratulations, you have chosen to play guitar! Maybe somebody gave you a guitar as a gift recently, or you had a guitar sitting in the closet and always wanted to learn how to play, or maybe you finally bought yourself your own guitar. Either way, you're going to have fun learning, practicing, and playing guitar with these Riff Interactive lessons designed just for you, the total beginning guitarist!
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All the lesson examples in this series were designed for the beginner, with easy-to-understand notation, pictures, videos, and straightforward timing and rhythm examples. Learn how the fretboard is laid out and learn the name of the notes everywhere. Learn to play a song as well as learning your first real major and minor chords that you'll be able to use in thousands of songs.
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