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  • E Shape Sixth Chord Barred

    E6 Open E6 Barred (the audio example is an A6 chord with it’s root on the 5th fret) Fret/Chord Chart Depending on the fret your 1st finger barres determines what chord you are playing. For example, in an open E6 chord the open E string is the root. The E6 chord barre on the 1st…

  • How To Play Slide Guitar: An Overview

    Sliding is an effective technique for creating a very vocal, wailing sound on your guitar. It is popular with many lead guitarists, especially in blues. The very first thing that you should know is that in this lesson case the guitar is tuned to open G. That means that you’ll hear a G chord when…

  • 4 Ways To Learn New Songs On Guitar

    Many of us spend years practicing guitar. We learn how to play all sorts of things like scale, chords, arpeggios, and whatnot. Ultimately the goal is always the same: we want to play songs! When you break it down you’ll find that there are 4 different ways to learn new songs. They are as follows…

  • An Introduction To Intervals And Scales (Video)

    This video will help you to understand what intervals and scales are.

  • Black Dog by Led Zeppelin

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    What a crazy sounding riff! It’s fairly easy to play, but the time change may throw many people off. Guitar 1 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Black Dog” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Black Dog” (Power Tab)

  • Pretty Woman by Van Halen

    Let’s take a sneak peek into the trick bag of the one and only Eddie Van Halen. One of the most innovative rock guitarists to come along. The guitar parts in Van Halen’s take on the Roy Orbison song “Oh, Pretty Woman” gets an Eddie Van Halen facelift. The intro to the song is a…

  • Betterman by Pearl Jam

    Difficulty: Intermediate You’ll use your fingers to pick this one.

  • Polly by Nirvana

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy This is an easy power chord based song.

  • Undertow by Tool

    You will need to tune to Drop D.

  • “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden

    Difficulty: Intermediate