RGPTV – Episode 3 – Soloing & Shredding Over Chord Changes

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It’s shredding time! So I couldn’t help myself. I was really excited to get to doing some lead guitar work over the chord progression I came up with so in this video you get to see me improvise and solo for awhile over the changes. I’m really loving this tracks so far and hopefully this video will show you why. I’ve made the backing track that I’m jamming to available to everyone. It’s in the free backing track section of Rock Guitar Power.  To gain access sign up with your name and email in the box to the right of…

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Using itunes As A Source For Backing Tracks

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One of the best things that you can do to further yourself as a guitar player is to play along with the recordings of the songs that you are working on as well as to use backing tracks to jam along to. Actual recordings are pretty self-explanatory, after you learn the song you just hit play on the cd player and play along to the tune. Backing tracks, also known as jam tracks, are a little different in that they will usually have one element of the song missing, usually the lead or rhythm guitar part. This makes it easier…

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The Importance Of Warming Up On Guitar

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I chose to write about this topic this month because I am actually recovering from a pretty bad hand injury that I sustained over a month ago. The actual injury was a result of a combination of things but it has given me a very good reason to remember the importance of warming up before playing and practicing because, due to my injury, I have not been able to play my guitar for over a month! Not cool to say the least. I’ll first give you a quick recap on what happened and then I talk about some exercises and…

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The Top 10 Reason Why Students Quit Taking Guitar Lessons

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1. They are not focusing on playing the kind of music they want to If you want to learn how to play Rock music and your teacher is pushing you to learn classical guitar, then chances are, you are not going to want to play at all. Always tell your instructor what you want to learn so that they can keep things fun and interesting. There is always a certain amount of basic technique and skill that needs to be developed, but you can do this while still learning the style of music that interests you the most. 2. The…

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