How To Expand Your Chord Voicing And Vocabulary

Hey guys, check out the latest guitar lesson from Jon MacLennan… Today, Jon will teach you all the chords with seventh from the G major tonality, using really nice chord shapes! How’s it going, everybody? This is John McClennan and I’m here today with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this guitar lesson. Today I want to talk …

Your favorite band in the whole wide world

hi Friend, I’m going to teach you an awesomesong from your favorite band. Ormaybe I already have. Here’s the scoop: 2 months ago, I asked for advice on my blogabout “what to teach next”. I was quite overwhelmed by the 1200+ commentseven after analyzing the information withpiecharts and bargraphs (seriously). lol… However, one obvious thing …

DIMISHED ARPEGGIOS

     As you will find out, arpeggios are truly one of the keys to the kingdom for learning to play wicked sounding electric lead guitar. For the uninitiated, an arpeggio is simply the notes of a chord played separately. However, there are endless ways to use them in cool combinations.      One particular variety of chord or …

2 STRING LEGATO

     Legato technique is essential, and contrary to popular belief, it is not necessarily “easier” just because you don’t have to pick as many notes. The left hand actually has to work harder to get all those hammer ons and pullofs going. This is especially true when transversing from one string to the next.      The following …

ONE OF MY FAVORITE TUNES

Check out “Catharsis” — one of my favorite Silvio Gazuez tunes. This is actually the song that caught our attention as “guitar talent scouts”… We noticed the combination of great song writing, strong melodies, and amazing technique with great feel. Should we be surprised that since writing this, Silvio has gone to place at the …