
Allen "Robot" Van Wert teaches his approach to developing technique necessary for fast playing.
Lesson 1
Allen kicks off his technique series with a primer lesson on right hand picking.
Length: 30:52 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 2
Allen shows you the 24 rudiments crucial to developing finger dexterity.
Length: 7:22 Difficulty: 1.5 FREELesson 3
Allen shows an amazing muscle building exercise that really works out the left hand!
Length: 9:32 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
This lesson covers an exercise that works on all the major picking techniques.
Length: 11:15 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
Allen shows you a great exercise set that helps with synchronizing your hands as well as stretching your left hand.
Length: 8:18 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Allen Van Wert explains his system of programming, reinforcing, and forgetting primary functions of guitar playing. This system is a long term practice routine that will take some time to fully implement...
Length: 50:53 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
This is the next step after you have learned Allen's "system". If you follow Allen's teachings you are sure to have a deep understanding of intervals and scales.
Length: 21:29 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 8
First, Allen gives a pop quiz for you to check your own ability to visualize the fretboard. Then he gives exercises for programming your triad arpeggios.
Length: 21:30 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 9
Allen Van Wert shows you how to apply his systematic practice approach to 7th arpeggios. If you are just discovering this series make sure to start at the beginning or some things may not make sense.
Length: 8:36 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 10
Allen briefly explains how he refers to modes in the context of this lesson and then shows you how to grow your knowledge of the fretboard.
Length: 15:35 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 11
Get out of that rut with these exercises from Allen Van Wert!
Length: 10:44 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
About Allen Van Wert
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Allen Van Wert got the nickname "ROBOT" from his unusual guitar tapping techniques that often sound like a video game more than a guitar. He has studied and played a wide variety of genres. His experimental and eclectic amalgamation of music combining shred guitar, crazy tapping techniques, and electronically infused composition contrasted by a highly emotional soft melodic side, make his debut album a really fun and interesting listen for just about anyone.
Allen has recorded guitar for the famed video game soundtrack composer Jesper Kyd (Composer of Hitman, Splinter Cell and many other big title games) as well as composing and recording for movie trailers and TV commercials. He has also been producing, recording and co-writing for local artists in his small home/project studio.
His three books on guitar technique, ear training and songwriting have helped many students over the past couple of years. Allen has also played in various cover bands in many genres since the age of 16 and has played to over 5000 on a few occasions. He was a featured guest musician on the album "West Coast Shred Fest".
In his spare time, Allen programs video games for fun. Wooo!
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Member Comments about this Lesson
Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.good stuff Allen, I like your teaching style.
thanks a ton Allen you are really tearing that fretboard apart so we can see the what it's made of...patterns of notes
Glad it helps!
This is freakin' AWESOME Allen!!! YOU DO ROCK DUDE!!!
Man!!! can now see how the scale goes all over the fret board in 10 minutes of learning from you! I tried learning these from others with different method and I can never never remember. Lazy may I was but I just want to play guitar. Thanks!
Amazing stuff Allen! The mind's eye talk was very interesting and made me think about how we all naturally develop these techniques in everything we do, but specifically focusing on them speeds it up tremendously Could you maybe post some ideas on a practice schedule that incorporates these lessons as a whole, it feels like i'm just getting the hang of the sequencing patterns and already you're shredding arpeggios ><