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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!

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Guitar Lessons with Tune in, Tone up‪!‬ Dan and Gary

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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).

SHARE our playlists and help to spread some free guitar tips. We really appreciate all your help, support and involvement!!
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    Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1b: Ideas to develop your groove, pulse and funk

    Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1b: Ideas to develop your groove, pulse and funk

    Timings for the SoundCloud audio version of Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1b:
    00:00:22 Using Eartrainer to practise the rhythm of a piece separated from the melody
    00:01:08 A simple idea for practising rhythm
    00:01:22 Starting with a bar of 4/4 and then throwing in some 8th notes
    00:02:28 Using the offbeat and how to play challenging rhythms
    00:02:58 Riff from Human by the Killers and timing it right
    00:03:40 The 8th note at the beginning of the riff that isn't heard
    00:05:10 Sing the rhythms - do it in your head
    00:05:20 Sixteenth notes starting on the offbeat can be tricky
    00:05:43 Start of our Funk mini study
    00:06:39 Yngwie's quote: "groove or die"
    00:07:21 Right hand playing, percussive hits in funk music
    00:07:51 Sixteenth notes with accents on the beat
    00:08:26 Make the right hand consistent, lock in with drums / metronome
    00:11:12 Demo of the same funk groove with and without the percussive notes
    00:13:00 All this kind of practise helps to instil a sense of pulse
    00:13:57 What does a drummer do when he is performing fills?
    00:14:09 Demo of acting like a drummer
    00:15:18 Playing funk solos in this way is a great way to practise
    00:17:00 Dan's advice to listen to Cory Wong - will share in our show-notes
    00:19:31 There is life beyond power chords

    Here is the second half of the lesson: Dan gives us some reminders for your practice and how to play 16th funk strumming patterns with confidence and so that they sound groovy. Dan demonstrates what we’re aiming for when developing an inner pulse through a funk improvisation in which he mirrors what a drummer is thinking when they support a funky track with fills and mini solos. I have been adding to my own new practice regime lots of metronome work based on what we will discuss next time.

    • 20 min
    Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1a: Note divisions, terminology and practice ideas

    Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1a: Note divisions, terminology and practice ideas

    This is the first lesson in our new mini-series on the topic of rhythm.

    R.I.P. Jeff Beck :(

    Dan and I, in our first lesson look over the basics of rhythm: Firstly, covering what the difference between a quarter note, eighth note and sixteenth note along with the synonyms of crotchet, quaver and semi-quaver. Next Dan talks about staccato, dotted notes, tied notes, off-beats and counting; along with guitar strumming techniques which work for him. Finally, we look at some reggae and funk examples – although the funk examples will be reserved for next installment of the podcast when we will release the second half of the first lesson. Stay tuned for some brilliant reminders for your practice and how to play 16th funk strumming patterns with confidence and so that they sound groovy – all coming up in Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1b. I have been adding to my own new practice regime lots of metronome work based on what we will discuss next time.

    Timings for the SoundCloud audio version
    00:01:25 A few words on Jeff Beck
    00:04:45 Intro to rhythm and a reminder about how important it is to work on
    00:05:32 Quick bit on EarMaster and how Gary has been using it in his practice
    00:07:22 Look at the real basics of note values and rhythmic divisions in a bar
    00:08:27 Dan's breakdown of rhythmic values and basics of music reading
    00:14:22 Stacatto notes
    00:14:52 Extending notes with dots or ties
    00:15:34 Using the spider gym for warming up, rhythm and playing without tension
    00:16:01 Variations of Spider Gym finger patterns - see notes
    00:16:51 Funky and reggae rhythms and use of syncopation and off-beats
    00:18:40 Keeping track by using down and upstrokes to help your rhythmic work
    00:20:21 Reggae: focussing on the offbeat on the high strings

    I have always struggled with rhythm playing: it doesn’t come very naturally to me. Recently, I have been coming to the realisation that this aspect of my playing, while I have already worked hard to really improve it, needs a lot more work and practice. I remember having a discussion with a musician friend of mine and we were discussing ‘groove’ and ‘being in the pocket’ and he mentioned a person who he played with sounding so professional and being of the mind that it is because her rhythm playing is so strong and well-rehearsed. This rings true for me and I can hear that same level of precision and expertise in Dan’s playing.

    Spider Gym finger patterns:
    1234 2134 3124 4123
    1243 2143 3142 4132
    1324 2314 3214 4213
    1342 2341 3241 4231
    1423 2413 3412 4312
    1432 2431 3421 4321

    • 24 min
    Jeff Beck songs and albums to listen to and a quick update

    Jeff Beck songs and albums to listen to and a quick update

    Rick Beato and Tim Pierce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IWnGNF80I
    Andy wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGcCswgaleE
    Rick Beato on Jeff Beck having just seen him 3 months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9bnaqqfq8&t=161s
    Live at Ronnie Scotts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFx__GfJHWw
    I just wanted to share my own listening and way of absorbing the tragic news of Jeff Beck's passing. I really thought I was going to see him again. The man was such a legend and what he played on the guitar is from another world, sublime and glorious. He is not just one of best guitarists, but one of the best musicians and of all time! RIP

    • 8 min
    Guitar lesson on using bends, specifically overbends, when improvising

    Guitar lesson on using bends, specifically overbends, when improvising

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    This is our follow up episode following on from last week’s foray into the jamming tracks created by Andy Timmons on TrueFire’s “In the Jam” tracks. This week, we start the episode with a quick shout out to our Patreon page which we hope that you will seriously consider giving to. You will get a shout out in future episodes, if you wish, and there are tiered benefits available. If we had a pound for everyone who has ever listened to Tune in Tone up, then we would be very happy guitar podcasters indeed.
    After this initial launch, Dan and I have an improvisation over the Andy Timmons track from last week. We then have a listen to a snippet of Andy Timmon’s own improvisation and if you would like to hear more and have these tracks for yourself, then click this link: https://prf.hn/l/MDmJ5bB and find his set of jamming tracks and buy it using TONEUP30 at the check out.

    We then move on to talking about bending and Dan distinguishes between under and over bending as a mistake that lots of guitarists, especially as they are starting out, make frequently. Then we move on to the topic of overbending as a technique in itself and put this to some use over another one of Andy Timmons jam tracks – A Funky Motif, key of Cm.

    Finally, we take a cursory look at Matt Schofield’s amazing course – Blues Speak. We listen to him talking about Albert Collins using the minor pentatonic with an added 6th, then an excerpt of an improvisation by Matt Schofield to demonstrate this idea. We then take a very quick look at where the idea of overbending came from: Matt Schofield’s, Blues Speak on Albert King where we hear him ‘wrestle’ the notes from the bend.

    Timings for the SoundCloud audio version
    00:00:33 Final Christmas call to use our links to start your TrueFire journey
    00:00:45 Our 30% off promo code: "TONEUP30"
    00:01:19 Patreon donations: https://www.patreon.com/tuneintoneup
    00:01:28 Improvisation over Andy Timmons backing track
    00:05:58 The advantages of TrueFire's In the Jams
    00:07:43 Andy Timmons improvising over his track on TrueFire's In the Jam
    00:08:23 Principles of bending and an intro to the idea of overbending
    00:08:29 Often people accidentally over or under bend when learning to bend
    00:09:05 A brief word on muting with the left and right hand
    00:09:20 Easier to remedy an overbend than an underbend
    00:09:49 Overbending as a technique in itself
    00:10:24 Overbending over Andy Timmons - funky motif, key of Cm
    00:15:07 Matt Schofield on Albert Collins - minor pentatonic with the 6th
    00:15:29 Gary briefly talks through the TrueFire course platform
    00:16:16 Matt Schofield's 'BLUES SPEAK' course on Albert King and overbending
    00:17:06 TrueFire Advert - last chance to use "TONEUP30" to save 30% on TrueFire
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    Gary and Dan

    • 19 min
    Guitar lesson on dynamics, motifs and subtlety using Andy Timmon's TrueFire Jam Track

    Guitar lesson on dynamics, motifs and subtlety using Andy Timmon's TrueFire Jam Track

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    Timings for the SoundCloud audio version
    00:00:34 TrueFire - offers and advert
    00:02:17 Jam over Andy Timmons TrueFire track
    00:05:36 Talking about Andy Timmons
    00:06:56 Introduction to TrueFire's 'In the Jam' controls
    00:08:46 Let's listen to Andy Timmons playing over the same track
    00:09:56 Moved along towards the end of Andy Timmon's solo
    00:10:41 Again with the lead analysis on and changing track volumes
    00:11:45 Learning point: it's okay to make mistakes
    00:12:02 Playing at home or in rehearsal is the time for mistakes
    00:12:43 Know exactly what you are doing for performances
    00:13:36 Targets should be challenging
    00:14:00 Discussion around dynamics and having a motif
    00:16:23 Try having a repeated motif for cohesion
    00:17:13 Guthrie Govan: each note has a special quality
    00:18:16 Listen to how the track builds up
    00:18:35 2nd set of improvisations over the track

    This is our follow up episode on playing using dynamics, subtlety and motifs to build interest into your improvisations and melodies. It follows on from our earlier lessons on how to use sequences to open the fretboard and also the previous episode on TrueFire courses and their jam tracks. Last lesson we looked at building pace and speed and this time we look more at the finer points of improvising.
    During this lesson Dan and I start and end this episode with a jam over one of Andy Timmon’s jam tracks produced for TrueFire. This track forms part of their series called ‘In the Jam’ and as the title implies, these are multi-track top quality produced tracks where you have the control over the different tracks. It is possible to easily mute the lead guitar and use it as a backing track. Another great feature is the function to play a lead guitar commentary video and audio. For the track we are looking at, Andy Timmons talks over his solo and improvisation choices to explain what he did and why he did it, along with sharing his wisdom. It is a fantastic feature, which is not shared by all the series of ‘In the Jams’ but something which we loved about the Andy Timmons series.

    • 23 min
    Guitar lesson on playing with pace: plectrums, picking, practise, sequences and strings

    Guitar lesson on playing with pace: plectrums, picking, practise, sequences and strings

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    This is our follow up episode on playing at speed and pace.
    It follows on from our earlier lesson on how to use sequences to open the fretboard and also the previous episode on TrueFire courses and their jam tracks.

    During this lesson Dan discusses plectrums and we look at 5 specific types and discuss some of their pros and cons. Next, we look at and review some sequences which will speed up your playing and give you some automated patterns to throw into your solos. Next, we discuss the picking hand and give some brief insights into some picking techniques. Finally, we discuss some areas to focus on in your practice and the difference that strings make to your speed and tone.

    Thank you TrueFire for sponsoring our podcast and with Christmas coming, what better gift could there be for a guitar fanatic? We are grateful for your vote of confidence and are fully enthusiastic about your product in return. How could we not be? The TrueFire guitar learning platform is massive and meticulous in its layout and content.

    Timings for the SoundCloud audio version
    00:02:16 Start of remit on playing at pace
    00:03:39 What plectrum to choose?
    00:04:42 Pick number: A jazz 3, Jim Dunlop - Eric Johnson shape
    00:06:45 Pick number 2: Big Jazzer Red Bear pick
    00:07:29 What is a bevel?
    00:08:52 Pick 3: Red Bear Jazz3
    00:09:46 Pick 4: John Petrucci Dunlop
    00:14:03 Some sequences to have in the trick bag
    00:14:04 Top tips for pentatonic blastage
    00:14:43 First - the 4s pattern
    00:15:05 Pattern 1 (ex1): 8 5(e), 8 5 (B)
    00:15:11 Pattern 2 (ex2): 5 (e), 8 5 (B), 7 (G)
    00:15:31 4s, down the pentatonic, ex1 and ex2
    00:15:53 Reverse 4s sequence
    00:17:44 Moving up the frets through different positions
    00:19:00 Moving up using 2 string and 3 string sequence of 4s
    00:21:12 Eric Johnson uses straight pentatonic
    00:22:53 Classic Johnson 6s
    00:23:38 Roll notes using economy picking
    00:24:35 Using sequences of 3s
    00:24:35 Group into sequences of 3
    00:26:20 Joe Bonamassa / Eric Johnson - top notes of Pentatonic and work up
    00:27:18 Adding the 9th
    00:28:20 Four notes: the root and adding a 3rd note on the string
    00:30:40 Practice regime - straight up and down the pentatonic scale
    00:31:40 Playing without tension
    00:32:36 Playing very gently and still lightly holding onto notes
    00:34:37 Strings, tone and frequencies
    00:37:23 Doubling up on your highest and lowest notes
    00:37:47 Why does it feel easier on 3 notes per string?
    00:39:05 Focus your practise on your picking hand

    Hey everyone! We are really pleased to have this mini-series sponsored by TrueFire until Christmas: it is the most excellent, expansive and extensive online lessons platform. Their product is so well thought out and educational that Dan and I are confident that you will find it an inspirational and valuable addition to your guitar learning arsenal. Sign up and receive 14 days to decide before you wish to pay for your subscription, without even needing to enter your card details. You really have nothing to lose and a world of knowledge and skills to gain.

    • 41 min

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