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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 …

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 …

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: …

Hi Friend, I’ve got a lot of fish frying in a lot of pans. Meaning, I’ve got a lot of good guitar goodies I’m cooking up for you as usual. But since I don’t have any big dishes to serve today, I thought I’d give you just a little somethin somethin just to tide you …

Hi Friend, Wow… believe it or not, an email just came in from none other than Dweezil Zappa… regarding Derryl Gablel’s fusion guitar secrets instructional DVDs. (For those not familiar, he is the son of the late, great Frank Zappa, and an incredible guitarist in his own right) And he writes: *** “Hi Derryl, I …

Hi Friend, Here’s another neat little guitar exercise you can to improve your chops. It’s an 8-note repeating pattern using alternate picking. Kind of like the one I sent in the last email, but different. It’s cool becaues its a good one to alternate between an “up , down and back” lick and a straight …

Hi Friend, There’s SOOO many ways to improve your guitar chops. Let’s talk about one of them: Your pinky. Today I’ve got a lesson for you I just uploaded to my blog that will help you get some: PINKY POWER 🙂 Check it out: https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog I myself have been focusing on a lot of physical …