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The Spider Exercise

April 8, 2009 By Gil Namur 3 Comments

They say that a picture is worth a 1000 words. Well, have a look at this picture. This is an exercise called the spider. There is no picking required in this exercise. Just place four fingers on your neck on the E string and do exactly what I do in the the animation below. Move your 1st and 3rd fingers up one string. Now move your 2nd and 4th fingers up 2 strings. Now move your 1st and 3rd fingers up 2 strings and continue till your hand is walking like a spider up and down that neck. … [Read more...]

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Guitar Lessons: Learning the open chords, part 2

April 8, 2009 By Gil Namur 1 Comment

Like in part 1, in this lesson we will work on shifting between chords. These shifts are a little trickier but with some practice you will be playing these chords in no time at all. Click here if you're not sure how to read the chord blocks. Click on the diagrams for an MP3 audio example. 1) We'll start by playing the A Major, A Major7 and A7 chords. Play the A Major chord. Strum it trying to have each string ring cleanly. Now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Chords, Chords, Lessons Tagged With: Chords, major, minor, progression

Guitar Lessons: Learning the open chords, part 1

April 8, 2009 By Gil Namur 3 Comments

Learning the open chords need not be a difficult task. In fact, if you look at the similarities between some of these chords you will see that often only one finger needs to be moved to play a different chord. These lessons are designed to help you see these similarities and get you playing the open chords cleanly and help you to memorize them. Click here if you're not sure how to read the chord blocks. Click on the diagrams for an MP3 audio … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Chords, Chords, Lessons Tagged With: Chords, major, minor

Tune Up Here

April 7, 2009 By Gil Namur Leave a Comment

I would really like to offer you an online digital tuner and will look for something that I can put up here at Synaptic Studios. In the mean time, click on any of the 6 strings for an audio clip of that string. You can use it as a reference to tune by ear. After all, this is the way its been done for years! E A D G B E © Synaptic Systems Inc., 2000 … [Read more...]

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