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  1. J. Vader

    Overview of The Pentatonic Scale – Lesson 20

    I was playing around with a bluesy scale a friend taught me years ago that could translate over most of the fretboard that was pretty close to this. It made learning it pretty easy. The one I learned went -------------------------------------------------------------5---8----...
  2. J. Vader

    New and Old – G D & A – Lesson 14

    For some odd reason, I've always done it this way, but it feels like a better fit for me to place my index finger on the 2nd fret G string when playing an A chord. I place it right behind my middle and ring finger, and it just fits better that way for me. So if anyone is struggling with...
  3. J. Vader

    Just For Fun – Six Magic Notes For Soloing – Lesson 10

    I had quite a good time with this one, I went over this one a few times to see if I could keep up with papa gates, and I got kinda close.
  4. J. Vader

    How To Hold The Pick – Lesson 4

    I have struggled for about 20 years to be able to do those quick successive alternate picks, like when playing Crazy Train, in that part when you play the A string 3x muted and strum the chords in succession, I could never get it. I tried it with this pick position, and got it with ease. My...
  5. J. Vader

    How To Tune Your Guitar – Lesson 3

    I found that if I have a guitar that is a good bit out of tune, I will need to run through tuning the strings a few times over because the tension increases from the bridge to the nut overall, which will pull the low E out. It's also quite a challenge if I'm changing strings to a different...
  6. J. Vader

    Overview of the Electric Guitar – Lesson 1

    I love these beginner lessons, even if I've played on and off for 22 years. There is always something that gets mentioned that I really didn't know. I had no idea the body material of the guitar had any effect on tone at all. I also didn't know that Syn uses the neck pickup for soloing. I'm...
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