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Hawaiian Slack Key Lesson 20 - Playful Popoki

Good afternoon, JamPlay! Mark Nelson has just finished his twentieth lesson in his Hawaiian Slack Key series. Today he will teach you a fun song entitled Playful Popoki. Popoki in Hawaiian means cat, so get playful and learn this song!

Added Jul 8th, 2008 at 5:36 PM CDT | Posted by nessa

Blues Guitar Lesson 3

Hawkeye Herman, our fabulous Blues teacher, is back! This time around his lesson is all about playing Blues Rhythm. This lesson is very interesting as he shows many common Blues rhythm patterns, as well as a country rhythm that was derived from the Blues.

Added Jul 7th, 2008 at 12:38 PM CDT | Posted by jbooth

Happy Fourth of July

I would just like to send out my personal greetings to all JamPlay members and wish those of you living in the USA a wonderful Fourth of July. Have a safe, happy and fun holiday and enjoy the fireworks, barbecue or whatever festivities you have planned. As it is a holiday there will be no new lessons today, however in the spirit of the holiday please feel free to check out any of the following lessons:

Advanced Star-Spangled Banner with David MacKenzie.
The Star-Spangled Banner with Steve Eulberg.
i miss america with Steve Eulberg.
Yankee Doodle with Steve Eulberg.
Boston Beans with Steve Eulberg.
America the Beautiful with Steve Eulberg.
My Country 'Tis of Thee with Steve Eulberg.
Regular Star-Spangled Banner with David MacKenzie.

Have a great holiday!

Added Jul 4th, 2008 at 6:13 PM CDT | Posted by jbooth

Metal Lesson #7 - " Metal Poisoning" by Mr. Hodges

Dennis brings you to a series checkpoint with a metal song lesson. "Metal Poisoning" is a freshly packaged metal tune written by Dennis himself. This song will act as a proving ground for everything you have learned in the previous six lessons. If you have mastered lessons 1-6, you are indeed ready to take on this Hodges original.

Dennis wrote this entire song and solo just for JamPlay and his Metal series, and will allow you to put all your techniques to use in a musical manner.

Update: We have just posted 3 tracks to go along with this lesson.

The first is the full song with all instruments.

The next can be considered a backing track.. and is what Dennis used to record the final scene of the lesson

The last track is an output of what we recorded during the lesson

Hope this helps the learning process and be sure to download these tracks to use with the lesson.

Added Jul 3rd, 2008 at 2:29 PM CDT | Posted by VinnyB

Understanding Blues Chords

Hawkeye Herman is back with another lesson in his Blues Guitar series. This time around Hawkeye talks about Blues chords and explains an easy way to figure out the I, IV and V chords in any given key.

Added Jul 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 PM CDT | Posted by jbooth

Introducing the Blues

JamPlay is very proud to announce that the Blues lesson series with Hawkeye Herman is now online. Hawkeye is a critically acclaimed songwriter, performer and teacher who specializes in the world of the Blues. In this lesson series Hawkeye will not only teach you how to play the Blues, but to understand and appreciate it as well.

In the first lesson of the series Hawkeye plays a beautiful introductory piece, talks about the history of the Blues and explains how a common Blues song is constructed.

Remember, many popular genres of music including rock, country and jazz draw upon the Blues so this series of lessons is useful even if you are interested in one of those styles.

Added Jul 2nd, 2008 at 3:34 PM CDT | Posted by jbooth

Advanced Star Spangled Banner

Our last and final fourth of July lesson is at hand! In our grand finale David Mackenzie teaches a more advanced version of the Star Spangled Banner. In this lesson David makes use of bends, hammer-ons, pull offs, slides, sweeps and other various techniques to enhance the American national anthem. This lesson also includes a backing track.

Even if you aren't into 4th of July songs be sure to check out the first scene. Watching David play his rendition of this song is amazing. Be aware that the tablature will likely not be up until tomorrow. We wanted to get this song out as soon as possible so you could prepare for your 4th of July celebration.

Added Jul 1st, 2008 at 8:01 PM CDT | Posted by jbooth

New JamPlay Feature: Articles

We've just launched our articles section. Here, we'll be posting articles from various people covering biographies, concerts, guides, music history, industry reviews, interviews, music theory, and much more.

Added Jul 1st, 2008 at 6:51 PM CDT | Posted by kevinace

Hawaiian Slack Key Lesson 19

Today is Monday, the most stressful and miserable day of the week. If today has been a rough day, why not take a little vacation to Hawaii with Mark Nelson.

Mark has just put the finishing touches on his nineteenth Hawaiian Slack Key guitar lesson. This time around Mark teaches useful chords and double stops for G Wahine / Double Slack tuning. You'll be surprised to find out how easy it is to make beautiful music in this tuning with the basics laid down in this lesson.

Added Jun 30th, 2008 at 4:25 PM CDT | Posted by jbooth

Just another Metal Monday! Dennis Hodges is back!

The Hodge chalks up another one to his metal series with lesson #6. Rhythm and timing are the key topics in this lesson and Dennis covers them inside and out. A metronome is used in this lesson and Dennis shows you how to play in perfect time while using one. Mr. Hodges also explains rests, ties, and everything from whole notes to sixteenth notes.

These exercises are crucial for building strong rhythm and timing, so study this one carefully. That includes all shredders in training, Rock on!

Added Jun 30th, 2008 at 1:43 PM CDT | Posted by VinnyB