Guitar Shred

ckoMusic.com has new guitar backing tracks lessons

bluesguitarlessons — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:44:37 +0000

ckoMusic.com is releasing free guitar backing tracks lessons to be used with their CD’s. The first one was released this week and there are weekly lessons to follow. Check out ckoMusic.com guitar backing tracks and get your playing moving.

bluesguitarlessons — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:30:55 +0000

Guitar Shred Slow down guitar Licks

bluesguitarlessons — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:25:31 +0000

How many times have you racked your brain trying to hear that super fast Van Halen lick? How many times have you heard a guitar player at a club blazing through SRV? You ask yourself “how did they learn this stuff?” If you are like most players it has probably happened more than you care to remember.

Having the ability to slow down guitar licks is the secret to your success. If you can’t hear all the notes, you won’t be able to learn the whole solo. How many times have you heard a guitar player doing a “hack” version of a famous solo? The reason is they just couldn’t hear all the notes. Maybe they just weren’t motivated to do something about it. Maybe they didn’t care enough about sounding good to put in the time. These people are never willing to make an investment in a product that would have them playing note for note solos of the master’s.

The technology is there now so there is no excuse for not making the investment. You may even have played around with some of those awful slow down machines on the market. Most of them (maybe all) suck and are useless. That’s why it took me so long to even think about trying Riffmaster Pro. I wish it were around when I was first learning because I was horrible at transcribing! I may have been the worst out of all my friends.

The cool thing about Riffmaster Pro is, it doesn’t sound like garbage. You will be able to slow down any lick you want. You will be able to play along to the slow version and gradually speed it up. You will be blazing through solos at your next show. Your friends are going to wonder what you have been doing to make your playing so much better than theirs now.

Make this investment in your guitar playing now. You won’t regret it. Visit RiffMaster Pro.

Irish Guitar Shred

bluesguitarlessons — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:01:33 +0000

ckoMusic .com- the guitar backing tracks site, has just added 2 more Irish guitar tabs to their site. This stuff is great guitar shred material. Grab your acoustic guitar and be ready for a serious workout.

I think these kinds of tunes have been too much over looked by guitar shred players. We need to add this stuff to our library of tunes. check out the email we got

Hey there

How are you doing with the Irish Washerwoman. This is just a quick email to let you know that 2 more Irish Guitar Tabs have been added to the ckoMusic.com lessons. So download them and learn them. They are called Morrison’s and Rolling In The Ryegrass.

Remember if you are struggling at all with these tunes, download your copy of Guitar Burning Speed. It will make these tunes a whole lot easier. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Click here to download Guitar Burning Speed

Colin

www.ckoMusic.com

Irish Washerwoman Guitar Tab -ckoMusic.com

bluesguitarlessons — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:21:36 +0000

Hey, our friends at ckoMusic.com just informed us that they will be posting some Irish Fiddle Tunes on their site. The Guitar Backing Tracks people have sent us the Irish Washerwoman Guitar Tab. If you want to check out a different kind of guitar shred, try out this tune. Heres what they had to say

Hello everyone. St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner! This year we decided to do something special. I have selected 3 of my favorite Irish tunes for you to learn. The first one is the one most people will know. It’s called The Irish Washerwoman. And there is a reason I chose it.

For the last 7 years my friends and I have been recording Irish tunes for my father for Christmas and Father’s Day. This is one of his favorites so I thought I would post this first. Hope you enjoy. The arrangement is different to say the least.

Have you ever learned any old Irish tunes? If you have you know they can be pretty demanding. And you need to have your chops up. If you haven’t, well make sure to get your chops up quickly. The best way to do that is to get yourself a copy of Guitar Burning Speed right now! Click here to order. We will even throw in a free download Hard Rock Band Jams.

So I won’t keep you, Get going because a new tune is coming in a couple of days.

Best of Luck

Colin

www.ckomusic.com

Guitar Shred – Yngwie Malmsteen Interview

bluesguitarlessons — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:35 +0000

Hey all you shred guitar fans, check out the new issue of Guitar World. There is a great interview with Yngwie Malmsteen and a killer poster to go along with it. He seems to be grateful for what he has, it was nice to read. Check it out.

Guitar Shred – Just hit 2000 visitors and a gift from ckoMusic

bluesguitarlessons — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:01:02 +0000

Thanks to everyone who has visited this guitar shred site, we just had our 2000th visitor. So we got an exciting offer from our friends at ckoMusic.com. Buy either Jamorama Lead Guitar by Ben Edwards or Guitar Burning Speed by Charlie Wallace. When you buy either of these instantly downloadable programs through this site, you will receive a FREE download of ckoMusic’s Hard Rock Band Jams AND Jam Band Jams.

Don’t miss this. The offer is only good until Monday April 20th 2008!

Click Here For Guitar Burning Speed or Click Here For Jamorama Lead Guitar

Thanks again for visiting guitar shred!

Guitar Shred – Practice Routine Idea to Get You Going

bluesguitarlessons — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:45:54 +0000

Searching around Guitar Shred forums, I have noticed a lot of people asking about practice routines. Some people are just unaware of what they should be practicing. Personally I think you should be practicing whatever is going to inspire you to pick up your guitar. I also believe that if you are having trouble getting going, you probably have overwhelmed yourself with things to practice. So let’s simplify your routine and get started.

So what do we want to get better at? For most of the people here it is technique and soloing. But we cannot ignore rhythm so that’s going to be part of our guitar shred routine. Also our first example is assuming you are going to practice 1 hour a day.

Sample practice routine

Technique – Plan to spend at least 20 minutes on finger exercises, hammer-ons and pull-offs, trills, alternate picking etc. Personally I am a HUGE fan of Charlie Wallace’s Guitar Burning Speed program because you hit all these topics in one 20-minute program. You could also check out Left Hand Red from ckoMusic or Rock Discipline by John Petrucci
Learn new licks – Grab your favorite CD or Tab book and get 1 or 2 new licks and really get them under your fingers. Do this for about 15 minutes.
Guitar Backing Tracks – Now we put this stuff to use! Pick a track from your Play Along CD collection. Remember we mentioned rhythm? Spend the first 5 minutes of this part of your guitar shred routine on learning and playing the chords to the track. Then spend the last 20 minutes jamming with your new technique and the new licks your learned.

I hope this gets you going. As you make more of a habit of practicing everyday you should add new stuff. Also you will start spending more time each day on the topics we mentioned. It’s also very important to start today. Don’t wait until tomorrow – it will probably turn into the next day and so on. Print this out and put it on your music stand and start your new guitar shred routine today!

Jamorama Lead Guitar and Free Backing Tracks

bluesguitarlessons — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:17:43 +0000

Order Jamorama Lead Guitar through here and receive a free download of Hard Rock Band Jams backing track CD from ckoMusic.com CLICK HERE!

Guitar Shred – 6 Minute Trills

bluesguitarlessons — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:08:04 +0000

I found this guitar shred exercise as a kid in a guitar magazine. Full credit must go to Gary Hoey for it. This is great because it is only going to take you six minutes a day to practice. I remember reading the Steve Vai 10 hour guitar workout and he mentioned that he would practice trills for an hour every other day. So we can easily do six minutes a day everyday.

Step One: Put your 1st finger on the 1st string 5^th fret. Using your 1^st and 2^nd finger, play the 5^th and 6^th frets over and over using hammer ons and pull offs only. Do this for 1 minute.

Step Two: repeat this exercise using the following finger groups: 1-3,1-4,2-3,2-4,3-4. Do each group for one minute. That’s only six minutes a day. You may find that using the 3^rd and 4^th fingers only extremely hard at first. Don’t give up! In a few days you will have it.

Also note that the 1^st finger covers the 5^th fret, 2^nd on the 6th, third on the 7th, and 4^th on the 8th. You should change this up eventually but start this way.

For all of you fellow Guitar Burning Speed users, this 6 minutes makes a great addition to the 20 minutes a day you already put in. All this guitar shred and you are still under 30 minutes!