Ultimate Guitar Techniques Fretboard Navigator

Welcome to "Ultimate Guitar Techniques Fretboard Navigator," a comprehensive guitar tutorial from LickLibrary.com. Designed for guitarists at all levels, this course focuses on key techniques essential for mastering the guitar. Let's explore each technique and their benefits. This course is taught by Jamie Humphries.

Learn Over 100 Chords

This course introduces over 100 chords, ranging from basic triads to complex extended chords.

Benefits

  • Enhances versatility in playing different styles and genres.
  • Improves songwriting skills with a broad chord vocabulary.
  • Builds a strong foundation for advanced guitar techniques and improvisation.

Memorise the Notes on the Neck

Memorizing the fretboard is a crucial skill for any guitarist. This course offers strategies to internalize every note on the guitar neck.

Benefits

  • Facilitates improvisation with thorough fretboard knowledge.
  • Speeds up the learning process for new songs and solos.
  • Enhances understanding of music theory through fretboard familiarity.

Understand Major Chord Scales

Understanding major scales and their chordal relationships is vital. This course demystifies these concepts, crucial for any aspiring guitarist.

Benefits

  • Improves soloing skills by mastering chord scales.
  • Enhances ear training for a better musical understanding.
  • Broadens musical perspective through scale knowledge.

Pentatonic and Blues Scales

The pentatonic and blues scales are essential for many music genres. The course teaches their effective use in various musical contexts.

Benefits

  • Essential for genres like blues and rock.
  • Improves phrasing in solos and melodies.
  • Builds confidence in soloing and improvisation.

Using Backing Tracks for Practice

Practicing with backing tracks is an integral part of this course. It simulates a real-band environment, helping you apply the learned techniques in a practical, musical setting. This approach improves timing, enhances musicality, and prepares you for live performances or jam sessions.

Guitar Techniques Used in the Lessons

At the end of the course, you'll have familiarized yourself with various guitar techniques. Here's a list of techniques covered, along with resources for further exploration:

  1. Vibrato
  2. Alternate Picking
  3. Legato
  4. Tapped Harmonics
  5. Double Stop Bends


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...

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