Want to learn to play rock guitar in 6 weeks? New Lick Library course details

Posted on April 9th, 2010 GuitarSavvy No comments

Danny Gill’s Learn Rock Guitar in 6 Weeks

This 6 DVD course is available from Lick Library as a set or you can buy the DVDs individually. This ambitious but achievable rock guitar course promises to take the rock guitar student through their paces and is aimed at the beginner (rather than the “raw novice” – if you’re a raw guitar novice, work your way through our Guitar Intro section for free while you’re waiting for your DVDs to arrive) to intermediate guitar player but is also useful to provide context for the more experienced guitar player. As with all Lick Library products, you are assured of high quality visuals, clear sound and excellent instruction (check out Danny Gill talking about the course below). Rock Guitar in 6 Weeks is available directly from Lick Library.

How much do these cost?
If you’d rather buy the DVDs individually, these are currently priced at £16.99 each (click on the relevant course description or the wee Lick Library thumbnails below). All 6 DVDs will cost £101.94 when bought individually. You can have the complete set of DVDs for £79.99, saving you £21.95.

Week 1 includes: Power Chords, Minor pentatonic scale Pattern #1, Blues Scale Pattern #1, Minor pentatonic and blues scale licks, bending, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; 3 licks in the style of Slash

Week 2 includes; Minor Pentatonic and Blues scale pattern #2, connecting patterns, sequences, pre-bends and rhythmic bends, 3 licks in the style of Jimmy Page

Week 3 includes; Major pentatonic scale, Major blues scale patterns #1 and #5, Minor Pentatonic Pattern #5, connecting patterns, combining major and minor blues scales, double stops, 3 licks in the style of Angus Young

Week 4 includes; Minor Pentatonic and Blues scale patterns #3 and #4, harmonics,3 note per string minor pentatonic scale, connecting the entire fretboard, 3 licks in the style of Zakk Wylde

Week 5 includes; Major pentatonic and Blues scale patterns #3,#4, relative scales, harmonizing the pentatonic scale, playing with space, 3 licks in the style of Joe Satriani

Week 6 includes; Major pentatonic and Blues scale pattern #2, soloing over changes, adding chromatic notes, review of all 5 Major and Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns, review of all 5 Major and Minor Blues Scale Patterns, 3 licks in the style of Van Halen

Danny Gill on his new DVD-based Lick Library guitar course:

A little bit of info about Danny Gill:

Danny first learned to play guitar when he was 12 years old and is a former student of Joe Satriani. Danny was a teacher at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California for 13 years, during those years he had his first record deal with his first band Hericane Alice on Atlantic Records), appeared on MTV, toured the USA and opened for bands such as Whitesnake & Skid Row. He then recorded 3 CD’s with Medicine Wheel, got to tour in Japan before joining Speak No Evil – they released 2 CD’s with Universal Records and opened for bands such as Megadeth, Staind, and System of a Down.

So it’s probably an understatement to say that your guitar training is safe in Danny’s hands!

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Practising guitar with a metronome can drastically improve your playing

Posted on February 15th, 2010 GuitarSavvy No comments

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One of the most important aspects of learning to play any instrument, the guitar being no exception (whatever type of guitar you play (blues, rock, metal, folk, classical)) is to develop a sense of timing. You might think your guitar playing sounds alright – I mean you can recognise the tune, right? – but until you can place the notes both where and when they belong, you and your audience will feel rather cheated.  Now most experienced guitarists know the importance of owning and using a metronome when practising but how many of you own a metronome and it stays in your guitar case?  Whether shredding guitar is your thing, or just plucking away a semi-recognisable tune, good guitar technique is essential…

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