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Beginning Electric with Chris Liepe: Tablature, Chord Charts and Musical Notation

Chris is back with his most information packed lesson to date. In this lesson, you will learn how to read tablature, chord charts and susical notation. With this basic introduction to these tools, they will drastically help you in your journey to learn guitar.

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• Mar 10th, 2010 @ 5:52 PM EST
• Posted by Tyler.Rugh

Three New JamTracks

JamTrack Wednesday continues, this time with two new tracks from Steve Eulberg. Today Steve has supplied us with the following acoustic goodness:

Snowy Afternoon Groove
Steve has prepared a bluesy backing track for your jamming pleasure. This track is perfect for either an acoustic or electric jamming.

Rakes of Kildare (Fast)
This track is Steve's rendition of the classic Celtic backing track "Rakes of Kildare." With this track you can play either the high or low melody version in the provided notation, or create your own Jam.

Rakes of Kildare (80bpm)
A slower version of Rakes of Kildare for those who want a more relaxed experience.

To access these tracks and more please check out the JamTrack section.

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• Mar 10th, 2010 @ 5:35 PM EST
• Posted by jbooth

Three New JamTracks

David MacKenzie has returned to the JamTrack world with three amazing new tracks. The following tracks are now available in the JamTrack player:

- R&B Funk Hybrid.
- Arpeggiated Rock Ballad in B.
- Modal Rock in A.

Well, what are you waiting for? Head on over to the JamTrack section and get your groove on.

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• Mar 10th, 2010 @ 4:59 PM EST
• Posted by jbooth

Five New JamTracks

David Wallimann has kicked his JamTrack production into high gear this week with five amazing new tracks. The following tracks are now available in the backing track section:

Relaxed Ionian Feel
This beautiful mellow backing track in the key of E Major will help you master the secrets of he Ionian scale.

F# Aeolian Dream
Explore the intriguing color of the natural minor scale with this jamtrack in F# Aeolian.

Aeolian Tribal Feel
This new backing will help you hear the color of the natural minor scale. Experiment with bends and new melodic lines.

Outside
This fusion funk backing track is the perfect musical bed to develop new musical phrases using the Dorian mode. Try playing outside of the scale every once and a while and experiment wit chromatic ideas.

Dorian Out
The Dorian mode will be handy in this funky backing track. Try developing new ideas with chromatic notes and keep it groovy!

These tracks as well as hundreds of others can be found in the JamTrack player.

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• Mar 10th, 2010 @ 4:26 PM EST
• Posted by jbooth

Kaki King - Doing the Wrong Thing

Kaki King is back with another song lesson. This time, she demonstrates and breaks down her song "Doing the Wrong Thing." Using altered tuning as a vehicle to express her music, this simple yet elegant song includes a fingerstyle right hand arrangement with a simple left hand pattern and percussive elements to round it all out!

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• Mar 10th, 2010 @ 3:41 PM EST
• Posted by Jason.Mounce

Kris Norris Artist Series: Betcha Can't Scale This

Kris shows you how to learn scales vertically and horizontally on the fretboard. He explains how you can also use these exercises to learn the note and interval names.

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• Mar 9th, 2010 @ 11:56 PM EST
• Posted by AaronMiller

Orville Johnson - Slide Guitar Lesson 3: Trouble In Mind

Your friend Orville Johnson has returned to his Phase 2 slide series with a lesson on the classic blues song, "Trouble In Mind." You will learn the standard way of playing and singing the song along with a fun little variation you can mix in. Enjoy!

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• Mar 9th, 2010 @ 6:03 PM EST
• Posted by nessa

Kaki King - Playing With Pink Noise

Getting her artist series rolling, Kaki King sits down with JamPlay to teach her song "Playing With Pink Noise." In this song lesson, Kaki will demonstrate the track, then break down the individual sections. This song combines rhythmic, tapping and chordal elements centered around an altered tuning. Get you're chromatic tuner out and have a good time learning to play with pink noise!

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• Mar 9th, 2010 @ 12:24 PM EST
• Posted by Jason.Mounce

3 New Chords: Complete the CAGED Method

Here in lesson 3, Chris Will teach you chords C,G, and D. After you have mastered these and the A and E chords from our previous lesson, you will have learned The CAGED method to remembering the fundamentals of open chords. Also, Chris will provide another backing to rock out to. Be creative and have fun with this beginner lesson.

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• Mar 8th, 2010 @ 4:04 PM EST
• Posted by Tyler.Rugh

Hawkeye Herman in Acoustic Blues Lesson 90

Hawkeye provides a refresher on putting your bass notes in the treble, gives some tips on palm muting and also talks about variation. As always, if you've made it this far you won't want to stop now. Enjoy another fantastic lesson from Hawkeye!

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• Mar 8th, 2010 @ 2:22 PM EST
• Posted by nessa