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Yngwie J. Malmsteen, that is.  Is there any other?  The Swedish guitarist is known for his sweep picking and tapping.

Yngwie J. MalmsteenIt’s not easy, and it doesn’t sound real easy, either.

If you’re interested in some basic techniques, jump over to Ultimate Guitar and start digesting.  There’s a lot of stuff there — but it’s only scratching the surface.

Hey, yeah!  Let’s learn scratching as well as tapping.  Maybe next lesson.

WADE

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First you learn some basic chords — maybe the C-A-G-E-D system.

Then you put them together in some kind of chord progression, like I-IV-V7

Then you will start wanting to play some lead licks or simple melodies.

If you are at that stage, go over to Ultimate Guitar — there is some guidance on playing simple melodies over common chords.

WADE

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I learned to play guitar to accompany myself while singing.

It took me a while to work up proficiency to play in any key, but some songs sound better in one key than another.  An “E” chord has a distinctive sound and a “G” chord has a different sound.  If you like the key of E but sing in the key of G — what will you do?

Well, there is this little gizmo called a capo (KAY-poe) that adjusts the guitar strings so that you can play with your fingers on familiar chords, but be in a whole different key.

It also works great if you are jamming and the other folks play a song you know in a key different than what you’ve practiced.

Details and pictures after the jump —

Read more on Play Guitar In YOUR Singing Key…

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