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Lurking around the forums i noticed a lot of different threads asking generally the same question. I've been playing for about 4 years and i struggle with a lot of guitar issues. For me it helped a lot to have different links that would provide mp3/vids a long with tablature or in depth discussion on a certain technique. i hated having to get little pieces here and there have to piece a huge concept together by myself...

 

 

 

 

Soo.. without further adue, I introduce to you.. THE ULTIMATE LESSON THREAD.

 

 

 

 

Rules: Please provide a description with the link you post.

 

 

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- Links to music theory sites, guitar informational sites, tab sites, lick sites, riff sites, videos! lessons! DVD'S!Chord-Construction/progression lessons, scale/mode sites, introduction to different styles i.e, jazz, blues, country.., things that would help improve speed, warm-ups or strength builders, even changing strings or regular guitar maintenance, maybe a page to introduce different parts of the guitar and how they effect sound, amp sites, explanations of the various styles of guitars and their sounds, hell maybe even a part on the styles of different artists.

 

 

ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING GUITAR!:mad: m/ (educational of course)

 

 

 

 

think back to a time when you were starting out, what advice would you give yourself? Post rules-of-thumb or little tips that can help any beginner-intermediate guitarist. feel free to even type up your own lessons in this thread.

 

 

 

post inspirational quotes! it maybe enough to give someone that extra little 'umph':p

 

 

 

I'll start.

 

 

http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/105

cool little lesson on chord/scale relationships

 

 

 

http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/

music theory lessons that helped me a lot

 

 

 

http://www.guitarists.net/lessons/lessons.php?id=63

another theory site

 

 

 

http://lessons.mikedodge.com/lessons/AdvPent/AvdPentTOC.htm

cool little pentatonic lesson

 

 

 

http://www.thecipher.com/intervals_1.html

explanation of intervals

 

 

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/guitar_techniques/shredding_part_1_-_fundamentals.html

(advanced) speed-shred informational

 

 

 

http://www.f-p-e.com/media2.php?id=2

some sweet videos

 

 

http://www.pentatonic-guitar-lessons.com/online-guitar-lessons.html

more pentatonics!

 

 

http://www.musictheory.net/index.html

music theory galore

 

 

http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm

awesome site with tons of info

 

 

 

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely."

 

 

 

 

i want all the info in this thread to kick you in the face:mad:

 

 

:thu:

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Hey, I'm the one who did that "cool little pentatonic lesson" in wtf's orignal post :)

 

Here's mine...

 

For Blues and Rock players wanting to get started in Jazz or get a taste of it. It'll take everything you already know and turn it into Jazz before your eyes, and show you how simple some cool stuff can be...and how simliar all of the styles actually are...

 

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/3573/blues1.html

 

This one will show you common ways Jazz players form their chords...again it will show you how primitive Jazz stylings are and that there isn't a whole lot of intimidation involved...

 

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/3573/swing1.html

 

This is a wonderful lesson by the Chord Master, Ted Greene. He'll show you what 'chord voicing' really means.

 

http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=7&storycode=11345

 

For some great ii-V-I stuff...Scroll down to the ii-V-I Progessions and the ii-V-I Lines lessons. You'll have to signup. This is a great site.

 

http://www.guitaraxis.com/LearningCenter.asp

 

Many many licks, ideas, and phrases from just about every great jazz guitarist. Invaulable stuff here:

 

http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_licks.html

 

 

 

 

And, you'll get some very vaulable, and usable, lessons from my website as well. There's theory lessons on Intervals and Chord Construction. As well as On Topic Tutorials such as the Phrygian Dominant Tutorial, a Melodic Minor Scale Primer, and Super Imposing basic Pentatonic Scales to create musical phrases as opposed to 'scale licks' as well as automatically adding Chromatics to your playing...these are ALL things most guitarist know for years but never peice the puzzle together on.

 

http://lessons.mikedodge.com

 

I was also going to add the same site that RavenCad mentioned. That's THE info, man.

 

Oh yeah...and everyone should get the book: Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene. If your serious, for under $10 now at Amazon you can get a whole different grasp on the fretboard. I can not stress how important this book has been for decades..two words...get it!

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898986966/sr=8-1/qid=1141138195/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9032006-2789442?%5Fencoding=UTF8

 

And, everyone should drop the money for John Mclaughlins 3 DVD instructional set. I've seen over 30-40 instructional videos since people started doing them in the late 70's...nothing has compared to what John shows you, nothing, incredible. Think of it as Miles Davis giving a trumpet lesson...over and over. That's the extent of it knowledge wise.

 

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14743

 

I haven't read through this book yet, but...this is the book that I've heard Miles and Coltrane and Dolphy and others read that that really turned the tables on jazz and formed a lot of what became Be-bop and Jazz Modal Concepts...The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. Check it out!

 

http://www.lydianchromaticconcept.com/review_McBride1.html

 

http://www.marsjazz.com/georgerbio.html

 

http://www.georgerussell.com/lc.html

 

 

 

Happy learning.

 

This should maybe become a Sticky.

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Yet another one:

 

http://www.petethomas.co.uk/jazz-theory.html

 

And a good one too, I've used this one a lot, together with two or three more that have been mentioned already.

 

Plus a text from that site which can't be missed, here:

http://www.petethomas.co.uk/jazz-yogi-berra.html

 

Interviewer: "Can you explain jazz?"

 

Yogi: "I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, it's right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong."

 

Interviewer: "I don't understand."

 

Yogi: "Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it."

 

Interviewer: "Do you understand it?"

 

Yogi: "No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it."

 

Interviewer: "Are there any great jazz player alive today?"

 

Yogi: "No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it."

 

Interviewer: "What is syncopation?"

 

Yogi: "That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds."

 

Interviewer: "Now I really don't understand."

 

Yogi: "I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well."

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I'll give a couple on Modes...

 

This first one has some cool examples where you can play different modes over some songs (mainly Dead, Phish, Floyd) It's a nice prctical application because you get to hear the different "colors" of the modes in an actual song.

Be sure to check the link "introduction to modes" midway down on the page

http://www.highcountryguitar.com/mode_workshop_frameset.htm

 

 

 

Here's some more from Mel Bay on modes. It's a three part series...

http://www.guitarsessions.com/nov05/rockblues.asp

http://www.guitarsessions.com/dec05/rockblues.asp

http://www.guitarsessions.com/jan06/rockblues.asp

 

 

finally a general theory one...

http://www.chrisjuergensen.com/lessons.htm

 

Another forum with some great discussions and lessons related to theory...

http://therhombus.com/forums/index.php?showforum=42

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Great thread! I've used the links a lot, keep it coming! :D

 

 

Fretboard Warrior, nice freeware program to help you memorize the notes on the fretboard:

Fretboard Warrior

 

Some information about guitar maintenance and repairs, like "what is fret-dressing", etc.:

Tips and Tricks

 

In-depth instructions for the proper care and maintenance for a Floyd Rose bridge; much of this was news to me, and it has vastly improved my understanding of my instrument, so anyone with a Floyd Rose-type bridge, give it a read:

Floyd Rose manual

 

Free lessons by Steve Vai:

Little Black Dots - Free mini-lessons

 

Some advanced picking techniques (George Benson style):

Pick and Fingerstyle guitar

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This is a great idea for a thread...Here is my first contribution!

 

Check out the sample lessons and audio/video examples on this site to get an idea of this approach to jazz studies. At the very least, this guy should inspire you to take your playing to new levels!

 

Remember, it's important to challenge yourself!

 

 

http://www.sheetsofsound.net/lessons/index.htm

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Here's a vote to sticky this post. Bump-it-up, and here's a cool link so that I can contribute.

 

http://intimateaudio.com/psycho_licks.html

 

This site has a bunch of lessons on various topics, including legato from Satriani, picking by Gilbert, sweeping from Malmsteen, and others. Be sure to look on the right side of the page for special lesson links.:thu:

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INTERVALS

 

I got this site off of the first link that was posted.

 

http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/31

 

and I wanted to add this site.

 

http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer

 

Also some good programs:

 

Keynote-----practice reading the treble clef, and the notes on the guitar/piano

 

PET (Personal Ear Trainer)-----I used this one for interval ear training, but its the trial and it expired so now I ues that link I posted above.

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