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Chord Alchemy with John #9: Relationships

John will now develop more insight into the relationships between intervals and how the colors can vary depending on how the notes will be used, whether in a full chord, small solo or lick.

• Jun 18th, 2013 at 4:26 pm EDT
• Posted by T.Rugh

Guthrie Trapp Artist Series #5: Funk Ideas

In the fifth lesson of his artist series, Guthrie Trapp detours a little and talks about fundamental funk ideas. Specifically he talks about rhythmic features of the genre and how he attacks it.

• Jun 18th, 2013 at 12:06 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Nashville Style Country Guitar #9: Country/R&B Licks

In the groove yet? ...Good! Now add some tasty embellishments to your modern Country/R&B flavored playing and let Brent Mason show you how!

• Jun 17th, 2013 at 11:58 pm EDT
• Posted by C.Liepe

Chord Alchemy with John #8: Taking it all a Step Further

Continuing on within voicing, John will now demonstrate how to take what has been taught already to the next level. Some examples will include how to play advanced Jazz material over Blues sounds.

• Jun 17th, 2013 at 7:06 pm EDT
• Posted by T.Rugh

Jazz with Paul Musso #1: Series Introduction

JamPlay is proud to welcome senior professor and Coordinator of Guitar Studies at the University of Colorado at Denver, Paul Musso. This series of lessons will be focusing on jazz walking bass lines, which is a technique that is great for many things, so hop on in and get excited for what's to come.

• Jun 17th, 2013 at 1:05 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Robbie Merrill Artist Series #17: Tapping

Although somewhat of a difficulty for Robbie, he strives to be the best bassist he can be. In this lesson, he demonstrates a tapping piece that he wrote to help him work on the technique.

• Jun 17th, 2013 at 10:52 am EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Disturbed - Down With The Sickness

Here is a lesson from Dennis Hodges on Disturbed's most well known song "Down With The Sickness". The song is a concert staple and was certified platinum. Dennis breaks down all the parts and even shows you how to play the hard to hear but very cool clean overdubbed part in the verses.

• Jun 15th, 2013 at 12:26 pm EDT
• Posted by A.Miller

Rhythm Guitar with Brendan Burns #19: Understanding Subdivisions #4

Brendan wraps up this series with a look at some crazy sixteenth note, over the bar line rhythm patterns!

• Jun 14th, 2013 at 9:59 am EDT
• Posted by C.Smith

Nashville Style Country Guitar #8: Country/R&B

Learn how to take a basic chord progression and inject some Country tinged soul in to it. Brent Mason shows you how simple things played with the right "attitude" or "vibe" can be extremely catchy and powerful!

• Jun 14th, 2013 at 9:20 am EDT
• Posted by C.Liepe

Chord Alchemy with John #7: Find the Voices

John dives deeper into the topic of simple note movement. This lesson will cover topics which include shifting register, bass development, and finding the best way to create new chord options.

• Jun 14th, 2013 at 12:27 am EDT
• Posted by T.Rugh

Robbie Merrill Artist Series #16: Developing Mood

Robbie Merrill from Godsmack is back with a look at how he develops mood in his playing. To do so, he demonstrates a piece he wrote entitled Baby Niannah. He discusses how he uses open ringing notes and harmonics to develop the characteristic moodiness in the piece.

• Jun 13th, 2013 at 10:29 am EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Chord Alchemy with John #6: Chord Vocabulary: Geometry vs Geography

With a quick recap of inversions, John will now discuss his techniques of geometry vs geography and how each are used to create a whole vocabulary in finding chords. This will include shifting registers and octave displacement to generate a different voicing.

• Jun 12th, 2013 at 5:20 pm EDT
• Posted by T.Rugh

Nashville Style Country Guitar #7: Moderate Train with Licks

You've played the rhythm part. Now you can join Brent Mason in playing three different licks or embellishments that can be added while playing the rhythm. Some are fast, some are slow, but they all require a good amount of precision to pull off authentically!

• Jun 12th, 2013 at 1:30 pm EDT
• Posted by C.Liepe

Guthrie Trapp Artist Series #4: Blues and Swing Rhythms

Continuing with his rhythm style studies, Guthrie Trapp provides a lesson on some of the swing and blues styles that he uses in his session playing. He discusses chord voicings and easy ways to get around the neck.

• Jun 12th, 2013 at 11:40 am EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Rhythm Guitar with Brendan Burns #18: Understanding Subdivisions #3

Brendan takes us deeper into Understanding Subdivisions by looking at 16th note subdivisions, coupled with fun 8th and 16th note patterns!

• Jun 12th, 2013 at 10:06 am EDT
• Posted by C.Smith