Learn The Fretboard Part 2 Hey, back again to continue helping you learn the fretboard! So last time we were naming all the natural notes on the guitar neck using the intervals of half steps and whole steps. If you missed that lesson, here it is https://vancouverguitarlessons.net/2019/06/02/learn-the-guitar-fretboard-part-1/ This time we are going to take 3[…]
Learn The Fretboard Part 2
By fearzero Guitar Lessons Sep 09, 2019
Acoustic Fingerstyle For Beginners Hey everyone, this week I go through a couple of very simple fingerpicking exercises in the key of G. The chords being used are as follows: The first pattern is in 6/8 time (count 123456) and uses a thumb, index, middle, ring, middle, index finger order for the picking hand.[…]
5 Things I Wish They’d Told Me Before My First Gig Hey everyone, today we are going through a checklist you should have before you ever play your first guitar gig. Much of this I learned through trial and error and some of it just makes sense. I hope this helps all of you from[…]
Learn The Guitar Fretboard – Part 1 Today we are looking at the first step in learning the guitar fretboard. To do that we need to understand what intervals are. Intervals are the distance between two notes. Knowing this, we can start with the smallest interval which is called a “half step.” A half step[…]
5 legendary blues guitarists
5 Guitarists That Changed Rock Music Today I have some great music for you and some comments on these guitarists! 5. Chuck Berry Chuck is thought of by many influential classic rock musicians as the father of rock and roll music. He turned the guitar into the defacto instrument of rock and roll with[…]
How To Play Quarter Note Triplets Perfectly!
By fearzero General Music Lessons, Guitar Lessons Mar 27, 2019
How To Play Quarter Note Triplets Perfectly! Hey everyone, today we are tackling quarter note triplets. Whenever a new student hears this particular rhythmic grouping they seem to be baffled by its complexity. Some people feel their way through it, others have a really difficult time mastering exactly what this rhythm sounds like. If[…]
3 arpeggio blues guitar lesson
By fearzero Guitar Lessons Mar 19, 2019
Hey everyone, this week I dissect a lick from the Joe Bonamassa live performance of the intro to “I Gave Up Everything For You Except The Blues” which you can find on Youtube. This is a very Eric Johnsonesque lick so be sure to follow the proper picking that I mention to get it down[…]
Shapes Of Things Guitar Solo Lesson (Gary Moore) Hey everyone, this week I have a real treasure transcribed here for you; the great solo to “Shapes Of Things” as performed by the late great Gary Moore. This solo has it all; feel, phrasing, technique, melody and more. The guitar world lost one the finest to[…]