Guitar Instruction
I've created this page not as a pivotal resource for experienced players to expand their knowledge, but as a stepping stone for beginners and intermediate players to get into what I (and many other players, as I maintain myself as a part of many guitarist communities) believe are good habits. Also, I've included lots of topics that most players usually have to "figure out" by themselves, and are not very prominent in circles of guitar instructors.
Select the topics below to proceed:
I. Plectrum Technique
1
a. Strap Height
b. Picking
Angle/Depth
c. Floating Picking Style
II. Plectrum Technique 2
a. Picking Attack
Tone (positioning)
b. Palm Muting Technique
c. Fingerpicking Basics
d. Finger
Anchoring
III. Plectrum Technique 3
a. Downpicking Technique
b. Alternate Picking Technique
c. Economy Picking Technique
d.
Fretboard Picking
IV. Advanced Plectrum Technique
a. Introduction to Sweep Picking
b. Introduction to Hybrid Picking
c. Tremolo Picking Basics
V. Basic Fretting Technique
a. Fretting Hand Position
b. Proper Fretting
c. Finger
Sequencing
d. Fretting High Notes
(over the heel)
e. Fret Hand
Muting
VI. Basic Bending/Vibrato Technique
a. Bending/Vibrato Fret Hand Position
b. Bending and Releasing
c.
When to Use Bends
d. Using a
Vibrato
e. When to Use
Vibratos
VII. Advanced Bending Technique
a. Pre-Bending Technique
b. Pre-Bent Vibrato Technique
c. Bending Values
d. Pedal
Steel Bending
VIII. Advanced Vibrato Technique
a. Vibrato Values/Wrist Vibrato
b. Finger Vibrato
c. Vibrato
Rhythm Basics
IX. Slurring Methods
a. When to Use a Slur
b. Slurring with Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
c. Slurring with Slides
d.
Long-Range Slurs
X. Using Harmonics
a. What is a Harmonic?
b. Playing Natural Harmonics
c. Playing Artificial Harmonics
XI. Beginners' Scale and Key Basics
a. Basic Scale Theory
b. Scale Keys on the Neck
c. Key Shifting
d. Uses of
Scales in Musical Situations
XII. Chords Made Simple
a. Chord Theory 101
b. Chordal Applications on
Guitar
c. Playing Chords
XIII. Musical Applications of the Guitar
a. The Blues Guitar
b. The Jazz Guitar
c. The
Traditional Rock Guitar
d.
The Heavy Metal Guitar
e.
The Funk Guitar
f. Advanced
Applications: The Progressive Guitar
XIV. Intermediate Special Effects Usage
a. The Wah Pedal
b. Application of the Wah Pedal
c. The Tremolo Arm
d.
Tremolo Basics: the Dive Bomb
e. Performing a Wide Tremolo
f. Chorus and Reverb
XV. Advanced Guitar Techniques
a. Dead Notes
b. Introduction to Pick Hand Tapping
c. Introduction to Slide Guitar
