This guitar lesson covers the sections of Lai Lai Hei by Ensiferum where the 2nd verse begins, and continues through the end of the 1st Chorus.
***Lesson has been corrected and updated!!!***
2019-07-04 00:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lesson covers the sections of Lai Lai Hei where the vocals first come in, and just before the 2nd section of vocals start.
There is some clean barre chord strumming, some very simple power chords where they ring out for a bit, a melody revisited, plus a fairly fast gallopy riff/rhythm section.
2019-06-28 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lesson covers how to play the 2nd half of the intro to Lai Lai Hei by Ensiferum.
This section of the song is when distorted guitars first come in. Some clean/acoustic guitars make another appearance in between distorted guitars.
The distorted rhythm guitars are good to learn for those looking to improve their palm-mute accent patterns.
2019-06-21 21:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lesson is on how to play the acoustic/clean intro to Lai Lai Hei by Ensiferum.
More video lessons are going to be released to cover the entire song.
2019-06-15 01:33:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lesson continues with another rhythm pattern that focuses on up beat/up strokes.
The count is _n2_3n_n
The strum pattern is ____up, down____down, up____up
2019-06-07 21:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I wanted to share the lessons planned on being released over the next few weeks. Some of these are requests/suggestions so I wanted to make sure that if you were the one who made a request/suggestion that I haven't forgot about you, and your stuff WILL get done!
The order of things may change depending on how long certain lessons take to put together, but here's what you can expect...
2019-06-06 23:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lesson is about how I recommend learning and practicing scales.
Here are some key points to keep in mind:
This guitar lesson continues with increased up beat/up stroke focus.
The rhythm is 1__2 and__and__and
The strum pattern is down__down up__up__up
2019-05-25 22:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The 2nd half of Beyond Eternity by Destruction continues with the arpeggio theme that happens in the 1st half. This time it's done with distorted guitar instead of an acoustic, and it's far more difficult.
Now, I do apologize for being a bit out of it during this lesson. I came down with some kind of head cold last night, and have been in bed most of the day despite REALLY wanting to get ...
2019-05-19 01:08:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! The material for this week's lesson has proven a bit more difficult than anticipated.
I'm still smoothing out how to play the 2nd part of Beyond Eternity by Destruction. I was hoping to have it down well enough to record it today, but it doesn't seem to be that way. I am VERY close though. I think the material is still just too new, and I need one more day to have it soli...
This guitar lesson covers how to play the 1st half of Beyond Eternity by Destruction.
Lots of acoustic arpeggios with a moving bass line and 3 part harmonies by the distorted guitars.
I like to finger pick the acoustic part. This is a good piece of music for those new to finger picking. You can use a pick if you prefer that to finger picking.
2019-05-11 05:36:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This lesson demonstrates a rhythm pattern where you do not strum anything on two down beats.
The count is 1, and, _____, and, _____, and, 4
The strum pattern is down, up _____ up _____ up, down
Sorry for the delay in this week's lesson. My schedule got hi-jacked with getting back on stage for my first show in at least 3 years. Things will be caught up and back to normal coming up though.
For now, I wanted to share the preview of Rhythm Work Set #10. This work set takes the up beat/up stroke focus even further. The past 4 work sets had only one down beat not being played on. Now ...
2019-05-06 01:44:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lessons shows how you can take 7th chords in the key of A minor and change them to A harmonic minor.
Here are the chords in the key of A minor plus the notes found within those chords:
Am7 = A C E G
Bm7b5 = B D F A
Cmaj7 = C E G B
Dm7 = D F A C
Em7 = E G B D
Fmaj7 = F A C E
G7 = G B D A
Here are the chords in the key of A minor plus the notes foun...
2019-04-28 01:11:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This guitar lesson is the 4th set of 10 up stroke/up beat 8th note rhythm examples.
The count is _n2_3_4n
The strum pattern is ____up, down,____, down,____,down, up
2019-04-20 23:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! On March 19th a post was made talking about tier changes. This post shows what will most likely be the new stuff for a while. Only the $1 tier will remain, but everyone gets to stay in their current tier as long as you want even when they're no longer displayed on the Patreon page.
In other words, you don't have to do anything, and your current tier will still be good to...
This lesson shows how you can take your basic triad chords in a natural minor key, and change them to a harmonic minor key.
We'll start with the key of a minor which contains the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
The triad chords we get are A minor, B diminished, C Major, D minor, E minor, F Major, and G Major.
A harmonic minor raises the G in a natural minor to a G#. This means ...
2019-04-13 23:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This lesson covers the guitar solo heard in the Power Rangers theme song found on YouTube.
2019-04-05 19:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
This lesson covers the main guitar solo in the song Hall of the Mountain King by Savatage.
2019-03-30 08:54:40 +0000 UTC View Post
This lesson continues with up beat/up stroke focus with 8th note subdivisions.
The rhythm count is 1_2_3n_n
The strumming pattern is down_____down_____down, up_____up
Tomorrow's lesson will get released a little later than usual. So, in the meantime, you can check out the preview and look through the tabs for the new rhythm set.
2019-03-22 02:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! Just finished transcribing the main solo in Hall of the Mountain King by Savatage. You can get a jump on this if you'd like by checking out the attached tabs.
I highly doubt I'll be able to get the whole thing up to speed for Friday's lesson due to a busy schedule, but next week it should be ready to go.
Most likely this week's lesson will be the next rhythm work se...
2019-03-19 21:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The rhythm pattern in this lesson continues with an up beat/up stroke focus using 8th notes as the smallest subdivision. 10 examples are shown that include basic chord strumming, single notes, legato, and string skipping.
The count is 1n_n3_4_
The strum pattern is Down,Up,_____,Up, Down,_____Down_____
This guitar lesson covers the intro riff in the Power Trip song Ruination. Lots of palm-mute accent thrashy goodness here!
2019-03-08 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJust got done transcribing a riff off the song Ruination by Power Trip; a Patreon lesson request. Expect the video this Friday!
Attached are the tabs for those interested in taking a crack at it early.
2019-03-03 18:36:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This lesson covers the guitar licks/fills in the Savatage song Hall of the Mountain King.
2019-03-01 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the 1st patreon rhythm work set to begin focusing on up beats/up strokes. The count is 1_2n_n4_. The strumming pattern is down______down, up______up, down______
Most people struggle to grasp this rhythm when first introduced to it. If you have any questions on what to do after watching the video explanation, let me know!
2019-02-23 03:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe beginning of up beat/up stroke focus will be introduced in Rhythm Work Set #6 which is planned for release this Friday.
After that will be a lesson covering the guitar licks/fills in the Savatage song Hall of the Mountain King.
You can get a jump on these now if you'd like. The tabs are attached to this post.
The next two planned lessons will be the main opening riff in ...
This lesson covers how to play the rhythm guitar for the song Nightmare Logic by Power Trip.
2019-02-15 23:52:50 +0000 UTC View Post
A fairly short solo found at the start of the Savatage song Hall of the Mountain King.
Just because it's short doesn't mean it lacks challenge!
2019-02-08 17:43:43 +0000 UTC View Post