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Welcome to our collection of FREE #guitarlessons!! If you ❤️ LOVE GUITAR then you’ve come to the right place for #guitar tips, chat and ideas. Our #podcast is aimed at every level of guitarist, with some quite advanced ideas. You can listen here on #SoundCloud or via other streaming sites like iTunes or Stitcher. As a podcast you can listen while cooking, cleaning, working, driving, commuting, in the gym or while doing other activities… What a great way to use your time to polish up your guitar knowledge and gain some ideas to look further into and try out when practising!

Listen in to Dan Davies’ superb guitar lessons and learn (with me, Gary Shilladay) from an excellent player. Stay tuned for more guitar tricks, tips and advice. Subscribe, follow and comment on our website https://tunein-toneup.com (see for show notes, further research, videos and tabs).

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Video Guitar Lesson 11: Rhythmic advice and some ideas for phrasing your improvisations Apr 28, 2019

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Video lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlMOoyccwU0&feature=youtu.be In this lesson, Dan and I explore rhythmic patterns, how to practise rhythm and work towards playing ‘in the pocket’ and then, using a backing track, we look at how to phrase improvisation. We start this lesson by examining some of the regular rhythmic structures which you can form from quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and triplets. I show Dan the cards which I created by methodically identifying the possible structures. Dan unpicks most guitarists’ rhythmic journey and how we usually develop over time and as a result of need and gives some of his advice, tips and techniques for helping me. In the second part of the lesson (starting at 26:37 or 27:10 on SoundCloud) we take a look at how to phrase and articulate your melodies over a backing track when improvising to give them form, meaning, interest and clout. After our first improvisation, Dan gives some central focus for us to consider in my phrasing ideas. Finally, we then have another go at improvising and after this Dan gives me some of his thinking as he formed his melodic phrases, some of his licks and things to try. Timings for the SoundCloud audio version 00:05:08 Gary shows the rhythmic structures for quarter beats on A4 card and talks about his aim to improve his rhythm playing 00:06:42 Great app for strumming patterns - 8 strummer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNIElEfxL0 00:07:34 Dan's ideas on rhythmic playing and why most tuition is not too methodical 00:11:18 One thing about rhythm playing is that you tend to learn rhythm parts for band songs as you go 00:13:09 Gary on how he's been using a metronome 00:14:10 Sometimes it's really good to count the in-between beats which you don't play – perhaps by saying “miss”, or as part of your usual count 00:15:21 Think like a drummer - playing the different beats using low or high strings with different accents or mutes 00:16:16 Dan: “Maybe it is the offbeats when you lose your count” 00:16:59 Dan: “Using a faux strum is good” 00:18:18 One thing that really caused problems recently for Dan was the riff from Human by the Killers and how it starts after the beat 00:20:18 Dan: “Using downstrokes & upstrokes can also accent notes in different ways” 00:21:42 A difficulty in rhythm playing is trying to make it sound natural rather than robotic 00:22:48 Irish triplet jig rhythms, Dan’s take 00:23:33 Slowing things down can be really useful to hone over time 00:25:34 Using an acoustic guitar is good for strumming practice 00:26:25 A rhythmic part which really challenged Dan was when he was required to play ‘Wheatus – Respect’ 00:27:10 Phrasing and rhythmic structures in improvisation 00:28:24 Soloing over a backing track from YouTube - Fancy Fusion Backing Track in Bm 00:37:49 Quick bit of reflection on our first bit of improvising 00:38:36 1) How you group your notes in 3s, 4s etc. 00:39:09 Groups of 3. Also advice on tailing the lick off a bit 00:40:08 Groups of 4s 00:40:54 Groups of 4s in pentatonic licks 00:41:59 Grouping rhythmic notes but not scalar intervals 00:43:13 2) varying the length of your phrases 00:43:53 Start with something small and push it out from there 00:46:26 Quick recap - length of phrases, groupings and follow the rhythmic idea rather than scalar notes 00:47:32 Second improvisation over the backing track 00:53:24 Dan shares some of his thinking on this improvisation 00:53:34 1) swing and groove 00:54:15 2) think like a horn player 00:56:21 3) target certain notes (e.g. 9ths) 00:57:01 d) The 5th is a nice note 00:57:22 e) Resolve to the minor 3rd 00:58:36 f) Thinking chord tones 00:58:52 4) bending licks 00:59:52 5) going down an additional note 01:00:26 c) Going back on the note a little bit 01:00:52 d) Even using a muted note for rhythm 01:01:47 6) scoopy trem lick 01:03:57 7) pentatonic lick with tapping 01:05:04 Giving your licks form

Video Guitar Lesson 10: Tremolo bar acrobatics. Uses, tricks, tips, rules and advice Apr 05, 2019

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In this lesson, Dan and I revisit the tremolo or whammy bar to go over some of the subtleties of using it to best effect. Dan starts this lesson by giving an overview of the different types of tremolo systems and then we get stuck into some different ideas and uses of the whammy bar to gain different effects. First we look at the subtle warble idea to add some shine and sparkle to your playing (we also return to this as a means of gaining vibrato high up on the fretboard at the end of the lesson). Then we take a look at some ideas widely incorporated into Jeff Beck’s style. Next we look at scooping between notes. Finally we look at the more extreme techniques of dive-bombing to catch harmonics, pinch harmonics and the ‘gurgling’ sound. Timings for the SoundCloud audio version 00:05:47 I show Dan where my trem bar skills are (or are not) 00:06:19 An exploration of the different types of trem systems 00:08:46 Uses 1) A gentle 'warble' 00:16:35 Point two: you donon't need to move the bar as much as you think 00:17:03 2) Some Jeff Beckisms 00:18:24 2a) Dipping down the pentatonic 00:23:35 2b) similar idea - modulating the pitch up 00:25:17 2c) putting the two together 00:27:38 Moving down the bar for better control 00:30:03 3) Scooping into notes 00:32:53 3b) A variation is to scoop up between notes 00:34:36 3b) Scooping up to the semitone gaps in the Phrygian Dominant 00:38:20 4) Divebomb on the G String catching the harmonic on the way back up 00:43:56 Getting a pinch harmonic and using the trem 00:46:14 Gurgling action of the trem bar by twanging the springs suddenly 00:50:06 Remember the golden rules / summary 00:50:52 Final idea - using the trem as a vibrato when playing high up the fretboard 00:51:58 Most strat trem systems and tuning stability For more on tremolo bar systems see this useful blog: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-tone-garage/top-10-tremolo-systems

Video Guitar Lesson 9: Usable Ideas For The Melodic And Harmonic Minor Scales And Selected Modes Mar 23, 2019

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Video Guitar Lesson 9: Usable ideas for the melodic and harmonic minor scales and selected modes YouTube version = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LnRYVsaA3g&feature=youtu.be Guitar Gear Mentions: Wrist Grips Website: http://www.wrist-grips.com Sure Grip Guitar Picks Website: http://suregripguitarpicks.com Curt Mangan Strings Website: https://www.curtmangan.com/ In this lesson Dan helps me to develop what we began to look at last lesson by taking the theory and looking at how we can actually use and implement it. As always, there is plenty of demonstration and guitar playing throughout including over some ideas like the progression in Stairway to Heaven and California Dreaming. Covering quite a few genres and concepts, we hope you get a lot out of this lesson, whether you want to shred or are aiming for some new strategies to add interest to the melody of your improvisation. All the best, Gary and Dan https://tunein-toneup.com/ https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup/ Timings for the SoundCloud audio version 00:06:23 The first scale we look at is the melodic minor 00:11:48 The first use is a descending bass line progression like: Stairway to Heaven 00:16:20 Dan's example over Stairway to Heaven progression 00:17:27 Funkier ‘Stairway’ backing demo 00:19:41 Using melodic minor in a horror movie soundtrack for tension 00:21:41 Using in tune where you use an [i IV ii V] progression like Am D Bm E 00:23:42 Considering the mode: Locrian #4 00:24:32 Locrian #4 over the E of Blues in A 00:26:19 Droning an E7#5 for a melodic minor feel 00:28:31 Using over a rock song that sits in a static place 00:35:17 The second scale we look at is the harmonic minor 00:36:56 California Dreaming - using the major chord instead of the v (minor 5th) chord of the minor scale 00:37:29 Demo of this use of the harmonic minor 00:39:45 Metal backing track and the phrygian dominant mode 00:42:58 Using diminished arpeggios

Video Guitar Lesson 8: Unusual scale choices (e.g. harmonic minor modes) and grace notes Mar 01, 2019

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VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0XOIw8mCaI WEBPAGE: https://tunein-toneup.com/2019/03/01/unusual-scale-harmonic-minor-modes-grace/ In this lesson Dan really helps me to further my exploration of the harmonic minor by examining some usable situations in which to employ it. We also talk about grace notes and the value of 'feel'. There is plenty of other material and hints in this lesson too from using the tremolo bar to a major 7th variation of the pentatonic scale. As always, there is plenty of demonstration and guitar playing throughout. We hope you get a lot out of this lesson, whether you want to shred or are aiming for some new strategies to add interest to the melody of your improvisation. 00:00:00 Discussion about my gig with the new band and some insights about gigging 00:02:12 Introduction to the topic of the lesson 00:02:37 What are grace notes? 00:04:21 Blues in A - Gary improvising over the top 00:06:11 Dan demonstrating slides as slides or as grace notes 00:08:17 Discussion about 'feel' 00:10:21 Slides as a useful jazz tool, as indicative of the genre 00:11:04 Whereas Blues is categorised by more bending 00:12:12 Me improvising again trying to use grace notes over a Blues 00:20:37 Appoggiatura 00:22:39 Transition of topic from grace notes to scale choices 00:23:30 Playing the aeolian mode or natural minor 00:24:52 The harmonic minor scale 00:25:31 Harmonic minor demo 00:26:18 demo using the major seventh as a quick flavour 00:28:00 Using harmonic minor modes 00:28:11 E as tonal centre: Phrygian Major 00:31:57 Phrygian Major (Dominant) over a more metal groove 00:33:41 Taking each diatonic chord and changing to add the major seventh from the harmonic 00:37:50 Dorian #4 - Harmonic minor off the fourth (D for A harmonic) 00:39:53 Playing the Dorian #4 over a dorian vamp 00:47:50 Comparing to a diminished arpeggio 00:50:24 Marty Friedman type ideas for getting an unusual sound 00:51:32 Introducing the tremolo bar to increase the pitch capacity of bends 00:52:39 Using the trem to shape the transitions of the notes 00:54:39 Tremolo bar demo 00:58:25 New strange scale - move each root note in pentatonic a semitone lower 00:59:49 Funky vamp demo 01:02:56 Final suggestions 01:07:35 Diminished string skipping ideas

Video Guitar Lesson 7: Performance tips for acoustic guitar Feb 14, 2019

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Video Guitar Lesson 7: Performance tips for acoustic guitar by Dan and Gary

Video Guitar Lesson 6: Getting different sounds with pedals and guitars Jan 23, 2019

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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zHvJTDgPM8 In this lesson, I bring to Dan my Epiphone ES-335 Pro with its upgraded pedals (courtesy of Pedro Martins - Brighton Guitar Repairs, https://guitarrepairsbrighton.com/), my PRS and my pedalboard. I spent quite a lot of this lesson without the camera rolling looking at these pedals and checking out my Gibson J45 which Pedro has also done an excellent job of setting up. We then set the camera rolling, which is a new video camera that I hope will improve the quality of the picture, and I ask Dan to go through some of the sounds which I should be aiming for in an upcoming gig my band and I are doing for my friend's 50th birthday. As always, much of what Dan tells me is stuffed with loads of gems and nuggets and a lot of the general rationale behind music over time and a consideration of what was available then. At just before 36 mins in, we swap my PRS for my Epiphone ES-335 with the Iron Gear Blues Engines (http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_pickups_006.htm). Dan gives it a go, but unhelpfully it's in Open G for my Stones parts. I show Dan what I do for Tumbling Dice and Jumpin Jack Flash and we look at the sound which the new pickups give it - pretty much straight away gaining a good tone for those songs. While Dan explains about effects and technologies over time I re-tune the guitar to standard tuning and finally Dan gives it a proper play to hear the different sounds available to it. It seems like a very impressive improvement to this guitar and I couldn't recommend Pedro Martins' work strongly enough. All the best, Dan and Gary https://tunein-toneup.com/ https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup

Video Guitar Lesson 5: Tapping Techniques, Usable Ideas And Exercises For Improvisation Jan 16, 2019

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Video Guitar Lesson 5: Tapping techniques; usable ideas and exercises for improvisation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TpqchLVg4 In Tune in Tone up's second full lesson we explore the theme of tapping: using the strumming / picking hand to hammer on to notes which would normally be out of reach for your fretting hand. Dan gives me some hints and useful tips to get me started and help me to develop in this area and we also spend some time trying to put some of these ideas into some improvisation over backing tracks. As always this lesson has been uploaded warts and all in order to deliver our content to you, the listener, as frequently and in as full a format as we can. We hope that this is useful to you and that there are no glaring mistakes or editing issues. We really hope that you're enjoying this new format of our lessons (with our audio also released on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup - as per our older format) and look forward to many more lessons with Dan and I as we tweak our setup and smooth out our production. Do get in touch with us for anything at all, including feedback in the comments below, through our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/tuneintoneup/) or via our website (https://tunein-toneup.com/) and we'll do our best to respond to your suggestions, ideas and comments.

Video Guitar Lesson 4: Scales, note choices and playing over the changes Jan 12, 2019

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Tune in, Tone up! Guitar Lessons Published on 12 Jan 2019 In this full length video lesson with Dan Davies, I hear with you (the viewer) Dan's advice and hints on picking good notes when improvising and study with you the variety of different sounds which you can use to give some different flavour to your solos. We really hope that you're enjoying this new format of our lessons (with our audio also released on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup - as per our older format) and look forward to many more lessons with Dan and I as we tweak our setup and smooth out our production. Do get in touch with us for anything at all, including feedback in the comments below, through our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/tuneintoneup/) or via our website (https://tunein-toneup.com/) and we'll do our best to respond to your suggestions, ideas and comments. All the best, Gary and Dan. https://tunein-toneup.com/

Video Guitar Lesson 3: Eric Johnson, speed and legato.mp3 Jan 01, 2019

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This lesson, released on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC80JJZ1RRZ5bxEiphLVi_Jw?view_as=subscriber, is the finale of the first three mini video lessons with which we are kickstarting our conversion to YouTube from an audio only format. The audio for these formats is much more organic that the edited audio only lessons, so we apologise for the farts and whistles which you may or may not hear. We have decided that in the interest of publishing more regular material we will maintain our recorded lesson in it's entirety. This lesson is all about Eric Johnson's playing and what we can take from it with regard to speed, fluidity and legato - our current topic.

Video Guitar Lesson 2: Using and understanding legato Jan 01, 2019

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In this second brief lesson on Youtube, Dan explains the rationale and usage of legato and how he uses it to great effect in his playing.

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