Single String Picking Guitar Lesson
Single String Picking
Brad Henecke explains how to properly hold the pick. He also provides several single string picking exercises.
Taught by Brad Henecke in Beginner Electric Guitar with Brad Henecke seriesLength: 10:19Difficulty: 1.0 of 5
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Beginner Electric Guitar with Brad Henecke
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsBrad Henecke starts you on your journey into the world of the electric guitar with this beginner oriented lesson series.
Lesson 1
Buying a Guitar
Brad Henecke gives some thoughts on buying a guitar and related accessories. A perfect lesson for an absolute beginner!
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Hand Stretches
In this lesson, Brad Henecke covers the important topic of hand stretches. Failure to stretch and warm up can lead to injuries including tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Length: 3:30 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Using a Tuner
Brad Henecke talks about different kinds of guitar tuners, including his personal favorites - the clip-on tuner and floor tuner.
Length: 10:30 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Fifth Fret Tuning Method
Brad demonstrates how to use a tuning fork and the famous fifth fret tuning method.
Length: 5:42 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Single String Picking
Brad Henecke explains how to properly hold the pick. He also provides several single string picking exercises.
Length: 10:19 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
The Language of Music
In this lesson, Brad talks about the language of music and introduces the chromatic scale.
Length: 6:11 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Learning Chords
In this lesson, Brad Henecke introduces the concept of playing chords. He teaches the A, D, and E chords.
Length: 9:54 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Rhythm Patterns
Now that you have a few chords under your belt, Brad Henecke discusses some relatively easy strumming patterns.
Length: 7:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Two New Chords
In this lesson, Brad introduces the C major and G major chords. Every guitarist must posses this potent knowledge!
Length: 16:01 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
A Minor Chord
Brad introduces the A minor chord and teaches a chord progression to go along with it.
Length: 7:24 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
D Minor Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the D minor chord and several chord progressions.
Length: 7:06 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
The E Minor Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the E minor chord and teaches several chord progressions that use it.
Length: 5:18 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The A7 Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the A7 chord and teaches three chord progressions that can be used for practice.
Length: 4:56 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
The D7 Chord
In this lesson Brad Henecke teaches the D7 chord and several useful chord progressions.
Length: 4:49 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
The E7 Chord
Brad Henecke teaches the E7 chord and teaches several exciting examples to be used as practice.
Length: 5:54 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The G7 Chord
Brad Henecke teaches the G7 chord as well as several useful chord progressions.
Length: 5:07 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The B7 Chord
Brad Henecke teaches the B7 chord and several useful chord progressions.
Length: 4:42 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The C7 Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the C7 chord as well as several useful chord progressions.
Length: 4:17 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The F Major Chord
Brad Henecke introduces one of the more difficult beginner chords, F major. He shows how this chord is played and teaches a few chord progressions.
Length: 5:18 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
About Brad Henecke
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Brad Henecke was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on May 5th of 1963. He has been a fan of music for as long as he & his family can remember. You could always find him running around the farm wailing on his cardboard guitar, pretending to be a member of the rock band KISS. Additional inspiration came during his first concert when he got the chance to see Boston & Sammy Hagar in the early 1970's.
This opened up a whole new world of rock and roll music for him; his parents noticed his growing interest in music and enrolled him into guitar lessons when he was 13.
From there he jumped into two years of lessons at a local music store in Cedar Rapids. After discovering Eddie Van Halen, Brad knew that the
guitar would always be a part of his life. He took his love throughout the city as he played as a pit musician & jammed at parties for friends.
This made him thirsty for more. He enrolled classes at Kirkwood Community College & also took lessons from the one & only Craig-Erickson (www.craig-erickson.com).
His love for music landed him a gig opening for Molly Hatchet in Cedar Rapids with a band called "Slap & Tickle". He has also played in the Greeley
Stampede show for quite a few years with "True North".
Brad is currently playing in Greeley, Colorado with a rock band titled "Ragged Doll". They play a wide variety of music with an emphasis on
classic rock from the 60's to present, with Brad playing electric guitar in the five piece lineup.
He currently jams on his all-time favorite guitar: a Paul Reed Smith Custom 24. Beyond guitar, he plays also plays drums & bass guitar. He has
also been known to thrash a banjo from time to time. He is still actively playing & passing his 31 years of playing experience on to others (you!).
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Hey Brad, I have looked a few other instructors lessons and the exercises are a common thing but yours differs in the way of using the 5th to 8th fret. Is the reason for this simply to not have to stretch your fingers to much? I am asking purely because a lot of the following chords lessons are mostly centerd arround 1st to 4th fret and that would mean having a different stretch
anothet good video
This lesson is a big help. Making the switch from bass to 6 string guitar is difficult.
Hey nice lesson, i have an odd question, ive been playing mostly rythm acoustic guitar so ive never really had to bother playing single notes, on the exercises i notice that my pinky comes off the neck alot and when you do them you seem to keep all your fingers rather close to the neck. Ive done the exercises but i just cant keep that pinky down, any suggestions for fixing this? thanks
how fast should i be to go to the next exercise ? Thanks,,
great lesson, thanks
Hey Brad.... Great lessons...... I was wondering if the clanging rattling noise you get and I get when picking the 6th string during the first exercise is a normal sound.... thanks..
im having a hard time getting my pinky finger on to the 8th fret 6 th string are my fingers too small or will they get better with more practice
I see a big difference in a week. Little fingle need more work. It has a mine of its own.
nice lesson dude
thanks !