I hope your guitar playing is going well. My Golden rule is : "If it sounds right, it is right!"_. You could play with your toes for all I care! What's important is that you're getting the fun and enjoyment you want from your instrument. So far in this eCourse , you have learnt a few simple techniques which are the building-blocks to becoming a great guitarist. You may not be able to play any "songs" yet, apart from a few of the bits 'n' pieces I've shown you in the mini-video-guitar-lessons. Feel free to browse the archive (www.vGuitarLessons.com/archive) for any songs you think you'd like to learn to play. Remember, this eCourse is designed to be an introduction to basic guitar techniques, which you'll need in order to be able to play all the cool songs you like! (or write your own songs!)
In this segment of the eCourse I'm going to show you a very very important pattern of notes called "the minor scale" (sounds like the title of a horror movie doesn't it?!) The minor scale to guitar playing, is what bricks are to buildings, or what the alphabet is to the English language, or what electric is to a computer! ITS VERY IMPORTANT. Ask Slash! Ask Eric Clapton! Ask Carlos Santana! Ask Steve Vai! If you want to be able to play great guitar solos like, "sweet child of mine by guns 'n' roses" , or "Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix", you absolutely need to learn this scale of notes. Also, practising a scale is a very good "work-out" for your fingers. It will improve the speed, accuracy, and smoothness of your playing.
I divide guitar playing into two categories. (remember I told you in one of the ealier segments).
There is rhythm and lead.
1. Rhythm is strumming and chords. (usually multiple strings at once)
2. Lead is riffs and solos, (usually playing one note at a time).
By learning the minor scale, you will be enhancing your ability to play lead guitar.
When I learned this stuff at school, it took months and months for me to understand it because they made it out to be so much more complicated than it really is. So I will now attempt to explain it as simply as I can, and the mini-video-guitar-lesson will also clarify it for you.
A scale is a group of notes which sound good! That's it! You can use the notes in that scale to improvise. What that means is, you can play any of the notes in any order and they will sound good! Isn't that Cool??!! So you can make up your own melodies, by using the notes in the scale as a template to work from.
Let me explain ,,,,,,,, there are only 11 musical notes (the 12th is the same as the first ,, the 13th is the same as the 2nd and so on,,) .And very basically speaking, only 7 of them ever sound good together in one song. An octave is just a higher version of the same note. E.g. The 6th String Open is a Low E, the 6th string at fret 12 is a high E. The 1st string open is an even higher E, and the 1st string at fret 12 is an even higher E again!!
In this mini-video-guitar-lesson I'm going to teach you the minor scale and also give you some advise about how to use a plectrum to your best advantage. In this lesson we are not going to learn how to improvise, I've saved that for another segment of the eCourse which you will receive in the next few weeks.
So,,,, Would you like to begin a journey? - A journey which ends in incredible guitar solos? A journey which ends with your fingers being able to move at lightning speed?, , Ok Good.
to Watch Your MINI-VIDEO-GUITAR-LESSON "minor scale and plectrum technique"_ (I suggest you do watch it!) click the download link above or below.
Once you've watched the mini-video-guitar-lesson, BROWSE THE ARCHIVE at www.vGuitarLessons.com/archive . I've put a whole selection of full-length-video-guitar-lessons there, you can learn guitar solos, riffs, licks, and lead, such as "Hotel California solo by the Eagles"_, "Pluggin Baby by Muse"_, "Sweet child of mine by Guns 'n' Roses"_ , "I believe in a thing called love solo by the Darkness"_, "Samba Pati by Santana"_ and more.
Also, if you have friends who are learning guitar, send them this link www.vGuitarLessons.com/course because I'm sure they will benefit from this eCourse also.
Until next time, keep practising, and enjoy playing guitar no matter what standard you are at. I'll see you in a few days with the next segment of your eCourse. Remember don't make it more complicated than it needs to be, start simple , follow my instructions , and your ability will improve as you continue to practise.
Ben Lowrey
P.S.
Remember I'd love to hear from you personally so if you have any feedback about our vGuitar Lessons, send it with a pic of you and your
guitar to students@vGuitarLessons.com and we may put it on the homepage.
P.P.S
If a song you want to learn isn't listed on our archive, send me the track name and artist to requests@vGuitarLessons.com and I will find it, listen to it, figure it out, record a full-length-video-guitar-lesson and post it on the archive for you to download.
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