Guitar Lessons With Tune In, Tone Up!

https://tunein-toneup.com/ In guitar lesson 31, Dan reminds me about some of the approaches you can use when embellishing chords, including the use of double stops and different intervallic sounds. You will hear Hendrixisms, discussion on how to connect major scales, chords and intervals in your thinking and some interesting approaches to help make your rhythm playing more interesting. Finally we look at the different flavours created by a variety of intervals. We hope you enjoy this lesson and use it as a springboard to improve your own rhythm playing. 1:25 Our introduction and initial questions 1:58 Story about music course at Canterbury University with Big Jim Sullivan 3:04 Dan raises the issue of how there is a slight disconnect between lead and rhythm playing 4:40 Can you see how the two -chords and melody - link together? 5:34 Double stops are somewhere in between chords and melody 7:41 Look at chords in a key and write out the chords and notes 9:10 The chords and notes in any key go in a cycle 9:

In guitar lesson 30, I go to Dan with three questions looking for his guidance. Dan picks up on some very important points about the big picture, maintaining enthusiasm, the importance of live work and how to push yourself towards being an advanced player. You will hear some jamming over a Danny Gatton style backing track, a blues shred idea and plenty of snippets from players as Dan shares the wisdom of his experience. Hopefully, you will be as inspired and motivated by this episode as I am. 02:22 - Introduction - I ask whether we can look at some questions around bringing your skills along 02:36 - Question 1: Advice on having the time to practice 02:55 - Question 2: What skills do you think you need to be moving along from intermediate to advanced guitar 03:14 - Question 3: What do you do to get you out of being in a rut? 05:34 - What causes the ruts? Sometimes caused by doing the same thing and sometimes caused by being on a plateau 07:34 - QUESTION 1: So how do you get out of a rut? 09:52 - Advice on

Webpage: https://tunein-toneup.com/2018/02/28/guitar-lesson-29-funk-groovy-note-durations/ First backing track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwnEIWJG_g4 Second backing track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V5lB0n5Cbo In Guitar Lesson 29, we decide to return to rhythm playing: this time looking at staying in time, feeling the pulse and playing rhythmically, with interest and in the groove. The lesson is divided up into three parts: Firstly, we look at playing funky grooves and using a metronome; secondly, we have a look at how to play Back in Black in time; finally we look at practising different note groupings and note durations over a couple of backing tracks. 1:25 Introduction - What is it about rhythm that gets missed? 5:12 Hot for teacher clip – Van Halen – to hear the rhythm playing in this song 6:00 Dan’s question: So what aspects of rhythm are tricky? My answer: Making it interesting and groovy. 7:45 We start with a classic funky groove demonstrated by Dan and destroyed by me ;) 9:00 What does

Chris Green's website - http://www.chrisgreenmusic.com/ Chris Green on 'emusicworkshop' with Rick Beato - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g37WOXC17U&list=PLb4x6Fj6B5zzs1Bm5EA8HJadYxnZqhblA The Guitar Guru Network - https://www.facebook.com/groups/513586505353886/ Tune in Tone up - https://tunein-toneup.com/ In our second interview with a musician we are really pleased to be able to introduce Chris Green of Tyketto from Atlanta, USA. If you’ve not already heard his stylish playing and excellent musicianship, then you should definitely check it out along with his lessons on YouTube. In the interview, among other things, we talk about some of his projects, what wisdom he has gained over the years and what it was like to go to the NAMM show earlier this year in LA. 01:26 Introduction to the interview with Chris Green from Tyketto, Rubicon Cross, Furyon and Pride 02:11 What are you working on and how can our listeners hear more? 04:14 Discussion about Furyon 06:49 Furyon - Disappear Again 07:28 Rick Beato a

Tune in Tone up! Interview 1 with Dan Davies In this first interview with a guitar player, Gary asks Dan Davies for his thoughts on some questions about what the guitar means to him. We are aiming to include lots of other players in the future and ask t hem similar questions too. With questions about how he first came to play guitar, what his motivation and inspiration is and how he gets past stagefright and nerves, these interviews will enlighten, educate and entertain. 3:30 What first got you into playing the guitar? 8:30 What do you wish you'd done more of when starting out? 12:33 Where do you draw your motivation and inspiration from? 18:47 What advice do you have for others interested in pursuing a career in music? 21:57 What do you think guitarists do well that other musicians aren't as good at? 25:23 What weaknesses are there particularly for guitar players over other musicians? 29:55 What are your thoughts about songwriting? 35:09 What genres, styles and techniques do you want to improve in your

In guitar lesson 28, Dan and I look at how to arrange and develop the song we began to look at last lesson. We thought it would be useful to develop the guitar parts of this song and look further at how to arrange it. With lots of suggestions to support songwriters, we particularly focus on lead-ins, harmonising vocals and guitar parts, palm muting and using intervals to create dynamics. 3:30 Guitar parts and arranging 7:05 The opening riff and building in dynamics by doubling parts 9:45 Remember to strip back for the verse to make the chorus big 10:25 Lead-in, harmonised vocals & palm muting – The Foo Fighters, Pretender 13:50 Breaking up the verse to allow the song to breathe 14:30 Some ideas for skinnying the riff out 15:30 Thicker notes on thicker strings or more strings 16:00 Using intervals to harmonise two guitar parts 20:00 Quick recap 25:10 Developing a spacious and pretty guitar part for the verse 30:20 Tremolo pedal effect to create shimmery tone 32:10 Developing the chorus part 33:30 Explanatio

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/12/31/guitar-lesson-songwriting-tips/ In guitar lesson 27, Dan and I look at the thorny topic of songwriting and arranging original songs. Starting with a riff I wrote a long time ago and with lots of background discussion about how to write songs in general, Dan develops my idea and gives me some options for second guitar parts and song structure. By the end of our lesson we really have something which I can take away and work on. We hope you like this lesson and will look forward to some further developing of our song next lesson. 5:14 Gary’s riff and the basis for our song lesson 8:30 Discussion of famous songs and an examination of what makes a good song 12:30 Tweaking the main riff 14:30 Starting to consider a melody which will work over the riff 18:05 Exploring the chorus and finding a way back into the key of the main riff 20:31 A potential melody as a hook 26:46 A review of what we’ve done so far 29:33 Further work on the m

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/12/10/guitar-lesson-country-rock-rhythm-licks-petty-campbell/ You can see my fan post on Tom Petty here: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/12/10/tom-petty-music-heartbreaker-mike-campbell/ In guitar lesson 26, I ask Dan for his advice about playing in the Country / Rock / Pop genre with the aim of supporting both rhythm playing in the style of Tom Petty and lead playing in the style of his guitarist – Mike Campbell. In this lesson Dan begins by choosing a chord progression with a Tom Petty-like rhythm, then looking at incorporating bass runs, arranging songs for dynamic interest, adding some country bends and soloing using double stops. The lesson ends with us looking at a series of licks and how to incorporate these into our chord progression; a quick study of mixing the major and minor pentatonics and a final challenge to play changes up the fretboard as a useful practice idea. 3:35 Chord progression, with a little chat about tone – B

In guitar lesson 25, Dan and I improvise over a Blues backing track in G (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5r_KSLxYkg) and then we examine some of the licks and approaches which add some oomph into someone’s style and playing. Dan patiently breaks down a few of his licks for me and hopefully, after some practise, I will be able to inject them into my own playing to give it some clout. All our improvisations over the backing track have been left in warts and all so you can learn from my mistakes as well as Dan’s playing and hints. I've been going back over the riffs Dan shows me In this episode and thought it might be helpful if I shared the timings on this episode in case you, like me, want to go back over some of these riffs to try to commit them to memory and file them away in the old trick bag! In minutes and seconds: 4:30 jam 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5r_KSLxYkg) 13:35 double stops 14:20 riff on top strings 15:10 same including blues note symmetrical 16:30 same staggered pattern across

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ As always, we welcome your engagement and would love to hear from you through our website (https://tunein-toneup.com/contact/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/tuneintoneup/) if there are any lessons you would like to hear us cover, or want to start a dialogue about anything guitar-related. The number of listens we receive inspire us to keep doing what we are doing, so we hugely appreciate all your shares, likes and support. Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/11/19/guitar-lesson-24-blues-identify-chops/ In Guitar Lesson 24, Dan suggests that we go back to look again at my Blues playing in order to identify areas which I ought to work on and potential weaknesses in my improvisation skills and techniques. Bearing this in mind we take a Blues backing track in E and play over it in turns, then look at some things which I should work on and also some tips and guitar hacks to assist. During the episode there are some suggestions about playing rhythmically, note ch

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/11/11/guitar-lesson-23-arranging-songs-prince-foo-police/ In guitar lesson 23, I ask Dan to give me some pointers on how to arrange songs for a three piece band, with a particular focus on some tunes I want to play with some friends. First, Dan shows me some ideas for Times Like These by the Foo Fighters to increase the interest in the rhythm playing so that it works well with the melody. He also gives me some thoughts about dynamics and harmonising the chorus. Next we look at Message in Bottle and how to augment the famous riff with a second guitar part. Finally, Dan takes me through his arrangement of Purple Rain which has some chimey chords and licks. We finish with the solo.

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/11/04/guitar-lesson-22-warm-ups-practice-schedule/ In guitar lesson 22, which is being released as a whole episode, Dan and Gary examine the rationale behind warming-up before playing the guitar, looking at reasons which different people might have. Following this Dan takes us through a range of warm-ups and exercises which you can use. In the second part of this lesson we look at some ways you might put together a practice schedule in order to gain the most benefit from your time.

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Dedicated post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/10/27/guitar-lesson-21-style-technique-steve-lukather/ Backing track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1xhSg-_oa8 This episode of our podcast, guitar lesson 21, is an introduction to the style of Steve Lukather - session guitarist extraordinaire and virtuoso. In it we examine his note choice, techniques and approach to the guitar. This lesson is being released as one whole lesson as we felt that it fitted together better this way. It begins with Dan's improvisation over the YouTube backing track, which we found to use as the basis for this lesson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1xhSg-_oa8). The lesson then starts proper with a background discussion of Lukather's playing and session work. Next Dan breaks down some of the techniques and ideas which he employed in his imrovisation. Finally, it ends with a jam in which we both take it in turns to improvise over the backing track.

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/09/30/guitar-lesson-20-setting-up-small-pedalboard-tips-and-advice/ In guitar lesson 20, I take a set of pedals (which a friend has kindly lent me) around to Dan's house to ask for his advice on how to use them.  Dan chooses to part with his Pedal Train Nano + and CIOKS 'Adam' power supply and then helps me to set up this small pedal board.  As we put together my mini-board, Dan shares lots of tips and things to consider when doing this which we now share with you. In summary, Dan's tips are: Put together the board which suits you - don't go all out on a huge pedal board if you need to carry your pedal board by public transport to each gig.  Start small and build it up from there.  Pre-plan everything. Consider a switching system.  Careful how you wire in your pedals and make sure that the pedals will be compatible and not draw too much power. Lots of options to look at for cabling.  Consider this carefully. Plan your board so everyt

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Backing track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5-Zm1zEMk In guitar lesson 19b, we begin again with the improvisation from episode 19a and then Dan explains some of the techniques and themes which he used in his playing. He outlines a series of legato exercises, some of which are pretty advanced, which can be practised to improve this area of your playing. This episode culminates with some great improvisation from Dan and some rather more amateur improvisation from myself. iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/guitar-lessons-tune-in-tone-up-podcast/id1187509288?mt=2

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/09/22/guitar-lesson-19a-satriani-rhythm-and-legato/ Track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5-Zm1zEMk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxcNU7lrHXU In guitar lesson 19a, Dan and I look at a backing track from YouTube in Em at 137BPM. First, Dan explains how to play the rhythm sections and the make-up of the chords. Secondly, Dan introduces the concept of legato which is widely used by Joe Satriani and this episode then ends with a demonstration of an improvisation over this backing track.

Website - https://tunein-toneup.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC80JJZ1RRZ5bxEiphLVi_Jw In guitar lesson 18b we look at further jazzy ideas to add interest to solos and improvisations in any genre. During this episode we record Dan demonstrating this over a YouTube backing track. The video of this demo you can find on our own YouTube channel.

Website: https://tunein-toneup.com/ Dedicated post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/08/14/guitar-lesson-18a-jazz-improvisation-for-blues-and-rock/ The backing track featured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy9j101wuu4 Dan's Youtube improv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp-f7Qd72Ic In this lesson, 18a of our podcast, Dan showed me some useful Jazz ideas to better inform my improvisation skills, including playing outside the box (using notes essentially out of key), rhythmic swing phrasing and how to think of chord changes in terms of one or two notes.

In the second part of our lesson about playing acoustic guitar, Dan answers my question about how best to develop dynamics in an acoustic band.  Clearly much of this is down to good communication and familiarity with the people who you are playing with, but Dan comes up with some really interesting techniques and advice for being heard when soloing and having interesting dynamics for your audience.

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC80JJZ1RRZ5bxEiphLVi_Jw Website: https://tunein-toneup.com Dedicated post: https://tunein-toneup.com/2017/07/24/guitar-lesson-17a-playing-acoustic-guitar-with-rhythmic-tricks/ In this lesson Dan and I look at the topic of playing acoustic guitar. In particular, Dan comes at this topic from the perspective of viewing the acoustic guitar as an entirely different instrument to an electric and then from this how to play rhythm to the strength of the acoustic instrument. Our next podcast – 17b – will tackle the question I ask of Dan which is how to add dynamics and include a punchy solo when playing in a group setting. The last thing you want is to get to the solo and require a massive volume decrease from everyone in order to be heard. 5 mins 40 – Dan has just explained how he views the acoustic as a different instrument to the electric guitar and at this point introduces his aim for the next section where he hopes to have a look at some of the main things wh