The best way to acquaint yourself with each and every guitar playing technique! With the help of these courses, which include musical scores and tabs, you – irrespective of your level or preferences – will be able to improve your way of playing. Études and, above all, musical applications have been placed at your disposal, so that you can practice keenly these numerous playing techniques which really make all the difference.
Playing Open Chords
Open chords are absolutely necessary and very easy to perform. We distinguish between major, minor and seventh chords. They are played on the lower end of the fretboard, near the guitar’s head. ...Playing Basic Bar Chords
The bar (or barring) technique allows you to transpose any chord whatsoever – be it a major, minor or seventh chord. For transposing open E chords (EM, Em, E7) you will use the root/tonic on ...Other Bar Chord Forms
In addition to the basic major, minor and seventh bar chords, you should get to know the other bar chord forms, which allow you to play one and the same chord along the entire fretboard. In order ...Playing Chord Sequences
Once you’ve internalized open and bar chords, you’ll find that there are numerous possibilities of playing the same harmonic progression. Nevertheless, it’s best to be able to regroup the ...Playing Power Chords
Power chords, which are indicated with a “5”, basically consist of a root/tonic and a fifth. You have the possibility to double or triple these notes by playing them one or two octaves ...Finger Independence
The ability to move fingers independently is crucial to all guitar players – for comping/accompanying, as well as for solo playing. If you don’t have this skill, you will neither be able to ...Legato Techniques (Hammer-on & Pull-off)
Legato or articulation techniques allow you to play several notes with only one right hand stroke, smoothing the connection between the notes. A hammer-on enables you to play two consecutive ...Bending Techniques
Bending the strings produces a very expressive melodic effect that is indissolubly linked to blues, rock and heavy metal guitar. This technique enables you to connect two notes situated half a ...Sliding Techniques
The sliding technique, which considerably facilitates lateral movement, is particularly effective in contexts such as blues, rock, heavy metal, or jazz. To be able to perform a slide perfectly, ...Splitting into Eighth Notes
When splitting beats a continuous down-up strum pattern is maintained, regardless of whether or not strings are hit. By doing this you achieve perfect, faultless timing. This applies not only to ...Splitting into Sixteenth Notes
When splitting beats a continuous down-up strum pattern is maintained, regardless of whether or not strings are hit. By doing this you achieve perfect, faultless timing. This applies not only to ...Alternate Picking with a Plectrum
Alternating downstrokes with upstrokes is an elementary technique every guitar player should master! It will allow you to play fluidly and rapidly. Therefore it is absolutely indispensable for ...First Sweep-Picking Lessons
Sweep-picking consists in letting your pick glide over the strings, letting it ‘sweep’ downwards, from low to high strings, and upwards, from high to low strings. When you don’t move to a ...Finger Stretching
Finger stretching exercises are absolutely essential for a large number of solo licks and accompaniments – be they in chords or arpeggios; this is illustrated by numerous musical examples ...Rhythmic Single-Note-Figures
What we have here are the famous essentially melodic rhythm grooves generally found in soul and funk music. To achieve that specific single-note-sound, you will have to cope with sound muting and ...String Skipping
The practice of string skipping, notably in the context of solo play, allows for great distances between intervals and gives you the possibility to use original and savory melodic formulas. This ...Horizontal Playing
Horizontal playing, as opposed to vertical, consists in fully exploiting a chord or similar group of chords in order to promote the homogeneity of the sound. By abstaining from frequently ...Hybrid Picking
This playing technique, which is now used in every musical style, allows you to combine finger-picking (mostly the middle finger) and flat-picking (using a plectrum) with the right hand. This ...Playing Legato
With just one stroke of the right hand (or even none at all) you have the possibility to perform a whole lot of notes only using your left hand by employing playing techniques, such as hammer-on, ...
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