Hi Friend, ok, so guess what I did today? It’s something I almost NEVER do… I went to a Yoga class! Not just *any* yoga class, it was an “advanced” class and the room was all heated up so you sweat more. I survived. 🙂 You know what made the class cool? It was the …
Hi Friend, So I’ve been playing around with this new “Song Surgeon 3″… ******* (get it fa-fa-fa-phree for a limited time here): https://guitarcontrol.net/gc-preview/gcblog4/songsurgeon ******** Revisiting some of my favorite guitar licks and solos. The other day I was decoding some Satriani licks from one of my favorite solos. I sent you an email about it …
Hi Friend, I just learned a lick that I’ve been wanting to play for 10 years. It’s a crazy-fast Joe Satriani lick from the Crystal Planet album. Even crazier is that it only took me a few minutes to learn it. That’s how slick this new Song Surgeon 3 software is. I tabbed out the …
Hi Friend, What if I told you that you can learn to play any guitar solo by ear, no matter how fast and complicated it is? What if I told you that you can do it TODAY? How? Well maybe its “cheating” but there’s a software that can slow down any audio track or part …
Hi Friend, So the weather’s heating up. Seems like it was just winter and now we’re heading into summer soon. And, well… like they: “Summertime’s here, need something to keep you cool” That’s a line out of “Ice Cream Man”, the classic blues song covered famously by Van Halen. So, guess what: I HAVE something …
Continuing our discussion about the Lydian mode, let’s stay in the key of E Lydian. A simple trick to making the Lydian sound come out is skip the 2nd note of the mode, and just play around with the root, 3rd, fourth, and fifth notes of the mode… With special focus on the 4th note. …
Hi Friend, Did you check out my last email? About that cool Lydian chord? If you didn’t read it, check it out… OHHH, and by the way, please make sure you’re getting all my emails. I have another cool lesson for you on the Lydian mode, but first do me a favor and check your …
If you’ve been playing guitar for more than a day, you’ve probably heard about scales and “modes”. Although they can sound mysterious, they’re really nothing more than inversions of a scale. If you have C major scale, you have the notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Then you also have: C Ionian …
Hi Friend, If you’ve been playing guitar for more than a day, you’ve probably heard about scales and “modes”. Although they can sound mysterious, they’re really nothing more than inversions of a scale. If you have C major scale, you have the notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Then you also have: …
Here’s a nice little pentatonic lick in the key of B. Make sure to pay attention to the upstrokes, downstrokes and hammerons/pulloffs. Start on an upstroke with your pick. Check it out: [audio:https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/audio/may2011-ex1.mp3] Hey hey, if you haven’t seen our catalog yet of fine courses and products, please check it out. CLICK HERE TO SEE …