This is the — for now — final post in the Slash guitar lesson series of articles at The Lone Guitarist. It is a guest post by Dr. Matt Warnock of Guitar International Magazine. I often have students and players come to me asking about which books they should buy in order to learn how [...]
September 12, 2010
In my previous post (see “Slash Guitar Lesson and Tips” which I did for Guitar International Magazine) I talked about three ideas that Slash uses that are typical of his lead playing style. In this post I want to add three more ideas that you can incorporate into your own lead playing. Let me emphasise [...]
September 6, 2010
I have written a guest article over at Guitar International that discusses three lead playing ideas that give Slash his unique style. You can incorporate these ideas into your own lead playing. I have also added a video example, so head on over! The link is Slash Guitar Lesson and Tips. And the second instalment: [...]
September 3, 2010
There have been many times in the past when I’ve sat down to improvise a solo only to find that my fingers automatically do the same thing every time. Have you ever tried to improvise a lead only to find yourself playing the same licks over and over again? You try another song, but the [...]
August 22, 2010
Wait. Jimi who? Wasn’t he the guy with the big hair who held his guitar the wrong way round? Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist who — to many people — is considered to be among the greatest guitarists ever to have graced our ears. His style is easily recognisable – raw, melodic, rhythmic and with [...]
August 17, 2010
In my previous post I talked about the source of improvisation, your inner jukebox. Your inner jukebox fuels your ability to improvise, it is your inspiration, it is the tool by which you express yourself as an individual. If you can tune into your inner jukebox, tap into the musical ideas that it generates, and [...]
August 16, 2010
I believe that true guitar mastery can be directly judged by a player’s ability to improvise. You can learn all the technique you want, know all the theory, be able to play any song beautifully -no matter how technically difficult- with all its dynamic subtleties, and to me you’d be merely good. But to be [...]
September 15, 2010