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Coutry/Banjo Lick For Guitar

2009-07-27T15:18:00.000-07:00

Continuing on our banjo theme of a few days ago, here is banjo-like lick for guitar. :)

Don't forget to check out his cool website:

www.onlineguitarcoaching.com

Enjoy

Guitar Tricks 16: Free Funk Guitar Lesson

2009-07-25T15:15:00.000-07:00

Saw this video and thought I'd share.
Some great practice tips and also an awesome funk guitar lesson ;)

Enjoy,

Slash SOLO!!

2009-07-23T15:10:00.000-07:00

For those of you who haven't seen this yet,
this is an awesome solo that Slash did at a GnR Show.

He is def. an inspiration to a lot of musicians out there, including myself!

Enjoy :)

Reno Revisited 06

2009-07-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!

Saw this cool video and thought I would share.
Cool banjo licks! :)

Mixolydian Improv + Lesson

2009-05-06T13:09:00.000-07:00

Found this Mixolydian Lesson the other day and thought I should share!
Took me back to my school days! Great Stuff!

This guy can really play.

Jazz Lick of The Day

2009-05-04T13:06:00.000-07:00

Jazz Blue Lick of The Day by lickoftheday.blogspot.com

Enjoy :)

Jody Fisher Plays Jazz

2009-05-03T12:58:00.000-07:00

Feeling a little Jazzy?

A Different Kind of Shred

2009-05-01T12:55:00.000-07:00

Tobias Hurwitz plays a different kind of Shred!
Great Technique! :)

Mark Tremonti Live Solo

2009-04-30T12:52:00.000-07:00

Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge Playing a Live Solo

Anatomy of Acoustic guitar

2009-04-29T12:44:00.000-07:00

Great Video Explaining the Anatomy of the guitar!

Mario Tomic Playing Some Fusion

2009-04-07T17:05:00.000-07:00

Great Chops!

Quick Tip-Finger Strumming On An Acoustic Guitar

2009-03-25T08:20:00.000-07:00

Jimmy Wahlsteen Performing Live

2009-03-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

This is a great piece called "Tranquility".
I found this while surfing the net, and thought I'd share! :)
Great piece, and greatly played!

Learning to Play With Time

2009-03-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

Many guitar players get discouraged, specially when starting to play the guitar, with the concept of "timing". A lot of my students understand this concept, but for some reason don't seem to be able to fully grasp this concept.

In music, playing in time means that you are playing within a steady pulse that happens at a certain speed. There are two ways to go about this that I recommend.

One way is to play along with a metronome. (A device that was made simply to keep a steady pulse, or keep time). Another way, which I prefer, is simply to play your instrument along with music that has already been recorded.

As a guitar player, in the early days of my playing, I always enjoyed putting on my favorite songs on my CD player and just jamming along with them. My favorite bands at the time were bands like Guns 'n Roses, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, Etc..

Those were my favorite bands, and since I didn't like practicing with a metronome too much, I would just put on these CDs and play along with them.

Of course, it won't always sound like you are playing correctly with the music, but that is OK! As long as you are listening to what is going on in the recording, and are trying to adjust, you should be fine. It is better to try and play along with a record and fail than not try at all.

After playing a few times, focus on the parts of the song that you can't play up to speed yet, and play them at your own tempo. A metronome might come in handy here. Turn on the metronome at a slower tempo than the song, and play along until you have it up to speed.

Summing up:
It is very important for musicians to play along with recorded music. It is also very important to play with other live musicians. Find people that you like to play with. People that play other instruments than you do, and just jam! It's fun, and definitely helps us practice our timing in a more creative, and fun way.

Until next time!

http://www.ultimateguitarlibrary.com

Great Video For Beginners on How to Change Chords Smoothly!

2009-03-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

Guitar Virtuoso German Schauss Contributes to UGL

2009-03-17T15:23:00.002-07:00

Guitar Virtuoso and Shred Genius German Schauss has contributed with a few lessons to the UltimateGuitarLibrary.

It is truly an honor to have his lessons on our website, and we hope to be adding some new ones soon.

For more info on this great guitar player, you can check out his websites:

www.germanschauss.com
www.myspace.com/germanschauss

You can find the his lessons at:
http://ultimateguitarlibrary.com/guest_lessons_german_schauss.html

New Look

2009-03-17T15:23:00.001-07:00

UGL has a new look! Let us know what you think!! :)

We're Back In Business!

2008-09-29T10:07:00.000-07:00

What's going on everybody?

After a break from the UltimateGuitarLibrary, we're back, and
in full gear this time. So what's new here at UGL?

We have added a Guest Instructor section to our site which
is going to be awesome! We are now accepting submissions from
guitar instructors that have something to offer to our community,
in return, you will gain some exposure, and possibly some fans
along the way. So guys, send your material in to

mario@ultimateguitarlibrary.com . :)

Our first guest instructor here at UGL is my good friend
mr. John Huldt. He's written a lesson on advanced sweep picking!
This guys is crazy! You can check him out at http://www.johnhuldt.com/ .

You can Purchase his Awesome CD "Rules Do Not Apply", at:

http://www.guitar9.com/rulesdonotapply.html

Stay tuned for more amazing stuff coming to the UltimateGuitarLibrary.

http://www.ultimateguitarlibrary.com/ :)

Mario

UltimateGuitarLibrary Team

What is New at the UltimateGuitarLibrary?

2008-07-09T17:44:00.000-07:00

Soooo, it's been a while without any major updates to the site!
It's summer, and although I would love to say I am on vacation,
I actually have been working more than ever!

So, next I will be finishing up all the tabs and other little things
I left undone with the site last time I updated! Then, We will be
introducing Modes to the site! With lots of videos and info on
how to improvise using modes, how to write with modes..
all that good stuff!

Keep your emails coming, and don't forget to visit

http://www.ultimateguitarlibrary.com

Mario

Sweet Jazz Solo Over Autumn Leaves

2008-07-09T17:08:00.000-07:00

Transcriptions

2008-06-08T18:31:00.001-07:00

We will soon be offering transcription services at UGL!

E Phrygian String Skipping Lick

2008-05-20T14:42:00.001-07:00

Here's a sample lick from the UltimateGuitarLibrary.
Enjoy!

Quick Updates

2008-05-15T12:26:00.000-07:00

Just thought I should keep you guys posted on what has been
updated to our website :)

05/12 - Major and Minor Scales Added
5/13 - Major and Minor Scales Videos Added
5/14 - Pentatonic/Blues Videos Added
5/15 - 7th Chords Added
5/16 - Sweep Picking, and String Skipping Licks Added
05/19 - Licks Added
5/20 - Video Licks String Skipping Added

Ultimate Guitar Library On Squidoo

2008-05-14T11:02:00.000-07:00

That's pretty much it folks :)
For lessons, polls, interaction, and all that fun stuff, please visit:

http://www.squidoo.com/ultimateguitarlibrary

More updates coming soon :)

Mario

New Videos Added

2008-05-12T23:14:00.000-07:00

New videos added to the scales portion of the site :-)
You can check them out at:

http://www.ultimateguitarlibrary.com/scales.html

Please leave your comments and suggestions.

Enjoy,

Mario

Major Scales and The Circle Of Fifths

2008-05-07T12:01:00.000-07:00

Hi Everybody! Here is an article on major scales and the circle of fifths.

Objective: To learn and memorize the 12 major scales, the circle of fifths, and how they connect together.

Circle of Fifths

A great way to learn and memorize our major scales is through the circle of fifths. What exactly is the circle of fifths?

Here it is Clockwise: C - G - D - A - E - B - Gb/F#
Here it is Counter Clockwise: C - F - Bb - Eb - Ab - Db/C# - Gb/F#

So, what does this circle mean?
- The circle of fifths has many purposes, but in this article, we will use it as a way to memorize our major scales.

As you can tell, the top of circle starts on a C note, and clockwise, it goes up in intervals of perfect fifths. However, counter-clockwise, it goes down in intervals of perfect fifths.

Cool, now that we have that down, we can begin to learn the notes on our major scale in a simpler manner. One way of finding our major scales is by the order of whole and half steps that make them up.

Major scales are made up of this order of steps:
- whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.

An example would be the C major scale: C, D, E, F, G, A, B.
Another example would be the Eb major scale: Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D.

If you analyze both scales, you will realize that they are both made up of that order of steps, w,w,h,w,w,w,h.

-- However, a very easy way to remember these scales to the core is by using the circle of fifths, and here's what I mean by that.

By memorizing the circle of fifths, we will know exactly how many sharps (#) or flats (b) each major scale contains. Every time we go up (clockwise) the circle of fifths, we add a sharp to the scale, and every time we go down (counter clockwise) the circle of fifths, we add a flat to the scale.

With that information, now we only need to memorize which sharps and flats to add to each scale.

Ok, enough talk, let's start to dissect this circle.
Let's go up (clockwise) through the circle of fifths until we reach C#, which should give us 7 sharps.

C (No Sharps) C, D, E, F, G, A, B.
G (1 Sharp) G, A, B, C, D, E, F#.
D (2 Sharps) D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#.
A (3 Sharps) A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#.
E (4 Sharps) E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#.
B (5 Sharps) B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#.
F# (6 Sharps) F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E#.
C# (7 Sharps) C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B#.

See the pattern?
Ok, now let's do the same thing, except now we'll go down (counter clockwise) the circle of fifths until we reach Cb, or (B), which will give us 7 flats.

C (No Flats) C, D, E, F, G, A, B.
F (1 Flat) F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E.
Bb (2 Flats) Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A.
Eb (3 Flats) Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D.
Ab (4 Flats) Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G.
Db (5 Flats) Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C.
Gb (6 Flats) Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F.
Cb (7 Flats) Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb.

Awesome! Now we have all our major scales in all 12 keys!

Now, let's not be discouraged by the sharps and flats on each scale that we need to memorize. If we take a closer look at those scales, we'll find out that we only need to memorize patterns. And of course, the more we practice thinking of these patterns, the easier it will be to identify every major scale that you want, effectively and quickly.

The sharps are added to each scale in this order:
- F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#.
The flats are added to each scale in this order:
- Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb.

Conclusion: By memorizing the circle of fifths and which sharps and flats to add to each scale you should be able to play any major scale you wish without a problem.
Hope you enjoyed and found this information useful.

To get your free beginner's guitar 5 day mini course, and more music and guitar lessons, visit http://www.ultimateguitarlibrary.com/ .

80's Rock Style Solo

2008-05-06T15:53:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys and Gals!

Since the launch of the site, things have been great!
We have been working hard to get more and more material to the website.
For now, here's a video we are using to promote the site!
Thanks for your support!

Mario
Ultimate Guitar Library

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Ultimate Guitar Library Is Now LIVE!

2008-05-03T15:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody!

The Ultimate Guitar Library web site is finally up!
It is still in it's beginning stages, so there isn't much up there yet,
but we will be updating it frequently so it can soon be the one
stop online for guitar players everywhere to get their guitar content!

Please check out http://www.ultimateguitarlibrary.com .

Don't forget to sign up to our newsletter to be always updated on what
is going on with the site, and please leave your comments here to let us
know your opinions, and what we can do to make the site better!

Get your guitar, and let's rock!

Mario
Ultimate Guitar Library