Yngwie J. Malmsteen, that is. Is there any other? The Swedish guitarist is known for his sweep picking and tapping.
It’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
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
Keeping with the heavy metal lessons, the terrific Ultimate-Guitar.com has tutorials on a lot of exotic techniques — tapping, arpeggios, sweep picking and exotic scales.
Pretty soon, you’ll be so good, it will be SCARY!
WADE
This lesson will teach about the modes, give you songs to listen to for the modes, and be able to see in notes how the modes work out in theory.
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This lesson details an example beginner guitar session. It shows you some specific things to practice and for how long you should aim to practice.
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If you are a beginner or need brushing up on some fundamentals of playing the guitar, get your picking fingers over to Lessons @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com and check out techniques for making barre chords.
WADE
This is a lesson (sort of) showing you the best (IMO) warm ups to get your fingers limber in as short a time as possible, these DO work. My hands are always cold and they even manage to warm mine up after about 10 minutes with a metronome.
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This lesson is a collection of tips that will help you get the most out of these lessons and your practice.
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A brief lesson detailing some pitfalls to watch out for whilst starting to play guitar. Some tips and ideas on how avoid these pitfalls and remain motivated in your practice.
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Tired of practicing your scales straight up and down? This article will help you bring some life to your scales, and train your ears at the same time.
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