In this masterclass, we welcome back the amazing Jarrod to walk you through a super cool fingerstyle blues track, perfect for beginners to this style. Our aim is to start to create thumb and finger independence, and this track, custom-written by Jarrod, is the perfect start to that journey. If you love a bit of Delta blues and want to try your hand at the style, you'll absolutely love this!
In this masterclass, we introduce Jarrod to our team of online guitar tutors! Jarrod will be taking you through some of the key principles behind the Gypsy Jazz style of rhythm playing, including the use of minor 6th chords, the awesome La Pompe rhythm and much more! By the end of the webinar you'll have a cool piece to work through, and a much better understanding of this awesome genre!
Our MD, Dan Holton, takes to the stage for a fun chat all about the blues! We discuss the brand new Blues Essentials course alongside answering all of your blues related questions! It's a fantastic excuse to have a full-blown bluesy chat with YGA's blues expert, Dan (including some fun gear talk as well). See you at the webinar!
In this masterclass with Dion, we'll be guiding you through the amazing "Bright Lights" by Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr is well known for his fuzz fueled riffs, and this song is a perfect example of how you can use your pentatonic scales, heaped with some cool fuzz tones, to create chunky, cool and very rhythmical riffs! We'll take you through the whole track and even show you the key bits of the improvised solo!
In this masterclass with Dion, we'll take the theory skills you learnt in the previous webinar and apply them to real songs! We'll take you through the process of learning an entire song by ear, using your theory, with plenty of guitar-based practical tips. We don't want to have to reply on chord charts and tabs forever so this will be a massive step towards training your ear and trusting your own skills, rather than someone else's!
In this masterclass with Dion, we'll be guiding you through the amazing "Belief" by John Mayer. Dion will guide you through all the key parts in this track, including that awesome opening riff! Whenever we learn John Mayer tunes, we make sure that you understand and apply all of the CAGED and pentatonic theory you need to be able to play using this "chord and lead combined" approach. It's a fantastic track to apply all these guitar skills that you will have been learning.
In this masterclass with Dion, we'll focus on the theoretical skills you need to start working out songs by ear! This is an absolutely crucial skill for any guitar player or musician, and we take baby steps through the key theory that you need to achieve this. This is very much the first part of a two-part webinar series, and this session will ensure you have the theoretical skills in place before tackling the more practical side of working out songs in session 2!
Check out this acoustic guitar lesson on how to play 'Isn't She Lovely' by Stevie Wonder from our live Facebook streams. Simone skillfully guides you through all the chords, meldoy parts and structure of this classic Stevie Wonder hit. It is such a cool song to play on the guitar, and great to sing along with as well!