Allen Van Wert
Allen is a Guitar instructor at JamPlay.com
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.
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Allen currently offers 58 guitar lessons at JamPlay, with 19 intermediate lessons, 19 song lessons and 20 Lick & Riff Library entries.
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Speed And Technique
Allen "Robot" Van Wert teaches his approach to developing technique necessary for fast playing.
Series Introduction And Picking Primer
Allen kicks off his technique series with a primer lesson on right hand picking.
30:52 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
Rudimentary Drills
Allen shows you the 24 rudiments crucial to developing finger dexterity.
7:22 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
Left Hand Endurance Building
Allen shows an amazing muscle building exercise that really works out the left hand!
9:32 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
Fundamental Picking Exercise
This lesson covers an exercise that works on all the major picking techniques.
11:15 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Synchronize And Stretch
Allen shows you a great exercise set that helps with synchronizing your hands as well as stretching your left hand.
8:18 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
The System
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 but the benefits are great.
50:53 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Interval Exercises
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.
21:29 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Triad Arpeggio Exercises
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.
21:30 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Seventh Arpeggio Exercises
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.
8:36 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Fretboard Advancement
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.
15:35 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Rut Busting Exercises
Get out of that rut with these exercises from Allen Van Wert!
10:44 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Basic Tapping
Allen returns to his speed and technique lesson series with a look at the basics of tapping. This lesson will act as a primer for more advanced tapping concepts and eventual speed increases as well!
30:42 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Using Tapping to Extend Your Range
Allen is back with the next installment in his look at tapping. In this lesson Allen discusses and demonstrates how you can use tapping to easily extend your range while playing.
11:05 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Single String Tapping
Allen is back with more tapping goodness! This time around, he discusses single string tapping.
10:27 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Multi-String Tapping
By this time you should have a pretty strong grasp of tapping basics and be proficient at tapping on one string. In lesson 15 of his Speed and Technique series, Allen starts working you up to tapping on multiple strings!
14:46 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Tapped Octave Minor Pentatonic
In this lesson Allen demonstrates an octave displaced, tapped, minor pentatonic scale. This can be useful for solo work and getting around chord changes!
10:28 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Emulating Keyboards
Allen is back with a comprehensive look what what many people call "Touch Tapping." Allen likes to describe this as emulating a keyboard on the guitar.
32:41 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Combining Tapping Techniques
Now that you should have most of the tapping techniques under your fingers, it's time to put them all together. In this lesson Allen provides you with a piece of music that encompasses all of the techniques he's taught.
11:16 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
String Skipping Exercises
To wrap up his current film session and look at the speed and technique series, Allen provides a lesson based around exercises to build your string skipping technique.
29:31 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
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