Gary Moore - Tech Session
Lessons Included in this Course
Course Content Overview
This course offers a deep dive into the mechanics and musicality of Gary Moore’s legendary guitar style. Each lesson is meticulously designed to build your technical vocabulary and show you how to apply these skills in a real-world musical context. You will move beyond simple imitation and learn to integrate these powerful techniques into your own unique voice on the instrument.
Here’s a breakdown of the lesson contents:
- Vibrato and Bending: Master the art of expressive string bending and add a vocal-like quality to your vibrato, two of the most crucial elements of Gary Moore’s sound.
- Alternate Picking and Legato: Develop the speed, accuracy, and fluidity required for Moore’s blistering runs and smooth, connected melodic lines.
- Harmonics and Effects: Learn to incorporate tapped harmonics, pinched harmonics, and other techniques to add texture and aggression to your solos.
- Advanced Phrasing: Explore double-stop bends, unison bends, and trills to create the rich, harmonically complex phrases that were a hallmark of Moore’s playing.
- Rhythm and Foundation: Solidify your rhythm playing with an understanding of the power chords, barre chords, and chord progressions that grounded Moore’s music.
- Sustain and Tone: Discover the secrets to achieving Moore’s legendary sustain and learn how to dial in a powerful blues-rock tone, even on a budget.
- Performance and Application: See how all these techniques come together in a full performance piece, giving you a blueprint for your own musical application.
This Course is Ideal for Players Who...
This course is perfectly suited for intermediate to advanced guitarists who are ready to take their blues-rock playing to the next level. It is especially beneficial for those who aim to:
- Master the signature techniques of one of rock’s most influential guitarists.
- Develop a more expressive and emotionally resonant playing style.
- Improve their technical proficiency in areas like alternate picking, legato, and string bending.
- Incorporate advanced blues-rock phrasing and vocabulary into their solos.
- Understand the nuances of tone and sustain to achieve a professional sound.
What will I achieve from completing this course?
Jamie Humphries’ ‘Gary Moore - Tech Session’ stands apart by offering a structured and highly detailed examination of a legendary guitarist’s style. Rather than just demonstrating licks, Jamie breaks down the underlying mechanics and musical concepts, empowering you to understand why these techniques are so effective. The course is built around a series of focused lessons that allow you to target specific areas for improvement, from your picking hand mechanics to your fretting hand’s expressive capabilities. With high-quality video instruction, detailed transcriptions, and practical play-along tracks, you have all the tools you need to absorb and master this iconic style. This Lick Library online guitar lesson will not only teach you to play like Gary Moore but will also provide you with a deeper understanding of the guitar, helping you to become a more versatile and expressive musician.
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Gary Moore - Tech Session by Jamie Humphries
Lesson Part 1
In Lesson Part 1 of "Gary Moore - Tech Session" by Jamie Humphries, guitarists are introduced to the foundational techniques that Gary Moore used to craft his iconic sound. This lesson focuses on various essential skills including vibrato, alternate picking, and string bending.
Vibrato
Vibrato is a crucial technique that involves oscillating the pitch of a note to create a rich, expressive sound. Mastering vibrato enhances the emotional impact of your playing, allowing you to convey deep feelings through your music.
Alternate Picking
Alternate picking is a method where you alternate between downstrokes and upstrokes with your pick. This technique improves speed and accuracy, making it essential for playing complex passages with clarity and precision.
String Bending
String bending involves pushing or pulling a string across the fretboard to raise its pitch. This technique adds a vocal-like quality to your solos, emulating the expressiveness of the human voice and adding a dynamic element to your playing.
Lesson Part 2
Lesson Part 2 delves deeper into more advanced techniques, ensuring that guitarists can emulate Gary Moore's sophisticated style. This session covers legato, hammer-ons, and pull-offs.
Legato
Legato playing involves smoothly transitioning between notes with minimal picking, relying on techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. This method creates a fluid, continuous sound, ideal for fast runs and melodic phrases.
Hammer-Ons
Hammer-ons are executed by striking the fretboard with your finger to produce a note without picking. This technique allows for seamless note transitions and adds speed and fluidity to your playing.
Pull-Offs
Pull-offs are performed by pulling a finger off the fretboard to let a lower note ring out. This technique works in conjunction with hammer-ons to create smooth, flowing lines that enhance your melodic expression.
Gary Moore Tone on a Budget
Achieving Gary Moore's legendary tone doesn't have to break the bank. In this segment, Jamie Humphries provides practical advice on how to replicate Moore's sound using affordable gear. Key components include understanding the use of power chords and palm-muting.
Power Chords
Power chords are two-note chords that create a powerful, driving sound. These chords are fundamental in rock and blues, providing a solid foundation for rhythm playing and contributing to the fullness of your tone.
Palm-Muting
Palm-muting involves lightly resting the edge of your picking hand on the strings near the bridge while playing. This technique produces a muted, percussive sound, adding rhythmic definition and control to your playing.
Performance
Seeing techniques applied in a performance context is invaluable for understanding how to integrate them into your own playing. Jamie Humphries delivers a captivating performance that showcases the techniques taught in the lessons, providing a real-world example of their application. Watching a skilled guitarist like Jamie use tapped harmonics, pinched harmonics, and slides in a musical context helps solidify your understanding and inspires creative application in your own practice.
Tapped Harmonics
Tapped harmonics involve tapping a fret lightly to produce a chime-like harmonic. This technique adds a sparkling, ethereal quality to your playing, perfect for highlighting specific notes in a solo.
Pinched Harmonics
Pinched harmonics are produced by striking a string with the pick and the edge of the thumb simultaneously. This technique generates a high-pitched squeal, adding excitement and flair to your solos.
Slides
Slides involve moving your finger along the string to reach a new note. This technique creates a smooth, gliding transition between notes, enhancing the expressiveness of your playing.
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About The Tutor
Tutor Profile
Jamie Humphries
Jamie is one of the mainstays of LickLibrary, having a stream of hugely successful best selling DVDs, Jamie is best known as Brian May's sideman who he's played shows with all over the world. Aside from this Jamie is a hugely popular clinician working all over the world with Ernie...