http://electricguitarplayer.info A blog for guitarists Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:59:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're looking to reduce the cost of your guitar strings then I recommend having a look at a new online guitar string store http://sunburymusicshop.com By taking advantage of the high Australian dollar Sunbury Music Shop can offer Rotosound, Elixer, D'Addario, Ernie Ball, and more at up to 50% off ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=25 If you're in the Sunbury area and looking for Guitar lessons, you've found the right place. Whatever style path you want to go down - blues, rock, funk, metal. Come and have a free lesson. First lesson free! casual lessons $26, permanent term lessons $21. Beginner through to Advanced, I've ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=24 Here is a link to the Manual for the Roland GP-16 Guitar Effects Processor (PDF) The Roland GP-16 Digital Guitar Effects Processor has some great features, they include: 24 bit internal and 16bit AD - DA 16 Built in stereo effect units with 12 available at one time midi connectivity With use of the FC ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=20 Satch is one of my favourites so, I just had to add this YouTube Video to the site. With a lot of the 'great' guitarists like steve vai and joe satriani, their experience, technique and knowledge is so far out of reach of the average student. Guys like Joe Satriani ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=19 MSWORD - chordchart I thought I'd put together a guitar chord chart for all to take home with them from the site. I've put enough chords on the sheet to get you into trouble. I've gone through minor, major, 7th, minor 7th, major 7th, sus2 and sus 4 in the open ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=15 Understanding the natural progression of scales in contemporary Jazz and Classical styles is a key to song writing and can also be used in practice. This image of the circle of fifths / cycle of fourths is reversed to most you will see. The Cycle of Fourths runs clockwise and the ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=14 Modes are produced by displacing the starting point of the scale without changing it's the interval formula. What this means is that depending on where you start a scale depends on it's mode. During the process the notes of the original scale stay the same. It's alway simple to use the ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=13 You really need to start this exercise by reading the post about Major Scales, that post gives a Scale Theory foundation and will help you understand what I am writing about here. You can create a Minor scale by having a flat 3rd, 6th and 7th. This is a cumbersome approach ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=12 Having an understanding of Major Scale Theory and Major Triads will make this formation a simple execution. In fact, you would have probably come across this type of triad a long time before seeing it explained here. Minor Triad: ROOT, m3, P5 So as for most chords we start with the root, ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=10 This is the most simple triad to create. It is a Major Chord. You can use this triad as the basis of creating other chords by altering it on the fly. Major Triad: ROOT, M3, P5 This is the 1st, 3rd and 5th of the major scale. It is a simple as ... http://electricguitarplayer.info/?p=9