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“Monday Monster Licks” Lead Guitar Tricks

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Rock, Scales, Technique, UncategorizedBy Michael CampanileSeptember 10, 2018Leave a comment

“Monday Monster Licks” Lead Guitar Tricks Thanks for taking the time to read this article! This lick is a combination of essential techniques for lead guitar players. For the most part, I used scale fragment ideas (as shown in the lesson here, Dominate Your Scales. The tab for this lick is down below!     The…

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Songwriting simplified

Chords, Ear Training, Essential Skills, SongwritingBy Michael CampanileAugust 15, 2018Leave a comment

Songwriting Simplified How to create endless melodic content for songwriting   In this lesson we’re going to look at how to take a very simple idea, and shape it into something we can use for songwriting. This exercise can be done with any idea you have, and is a great way to brainstorm little snippets…

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Dancing in the Streets – Martha and the Vandellas

All Songs List, Beginner's Songs, Chords, Intermediate Songs, TranscribingBy Michael CampanileJuly 31, 2018Leave a comment

Dancing in the Streets – Martha and the Vandellas Transcribed from the 1964 recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhbM2mqhCQ   Learning “Dancing in the Streets” is a good track for a beginner to intermediate player. This classic motown hit has many of the signatures in form and arrangement. The majority of the tune is only a few open chords,…

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Assessment Lessons – The First Step Forward

Beginner's Course, Essential Skills, Practice Better, Quick Tips, Scales, Songwriting, Teaching, Technique, Theory, TranscribingBy Michael CampanileJuly 25, 2018Leave a comment

Assessment lessons – The First Step Forward The internet is flooded with questions and answers. Some true, some false. Entire websites are built trying to answer guitar specific questions, more forums are created that try to correct or dispel the questions, and on and on. We avoid that by directly addressing the specific student.  An…

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Mr. Crowley – 10 licks Free E book and example Video

Video LessonsBy Christopher CampanileJuly 16, 20182 Comments

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Creative Tapping Licks – One lick with Variations

Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Quick Tips, Rock, Technique, UncategorizedBy Michael CampanileJune 25, 2018Leave a comment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Creative Tapping Licks One lick with Variations In this article we’re going to check out a single tapping exercise. We’ll provide some examples of how to come up with variations on it. With one lick, you could come up with 100’s if not 1000’s of variations. This type of practice is taught in our lead…

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Making the most with what you know: Part 2

Classic Solos, Ear Training, Essential Skills, Intermediate Method, Jazz, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Quick Tips, Technique, Theory, TranscribingBy Michael CampanileJune 25, 2018Leave a comment

Making The Most With What You Know: Part 2   To continue from the last article, we’re going to check out some more licks, and how to start practicing them with purpose.  The hardest part of learning new material is how to integrate it into your playing thoughtlessly. It should slowly become second nature, like…

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Make the most with what you know

Making the most with what you know:

Awesome Licks, Blues Licks, Classic Solos, Essential Skills, Jazz, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Quick Tips, TheoryBy Michael CampanileJune 22, 2018Leave a comment

Making the Most with what you know: Today we’ll be showing a few examples of how to take a single idea, and start using it in licks you already know. Although this example is primarily for Jazz, the concept can be applied to just about anything.  The concept here is to take a new idea…

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Major 7th Phrasing part 2!

Awesome Licks, Ear Training, Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Quick Tips, Rock, Technique, TheoryBy Michael CampanileJune 9, 2018Leave a comment

Major 7th Phrasing Part 2 Check out part 1 if you have any questions about the theory and basic approach to these exercises. Check our our video showing all of the exercises from part one and part two here: https://youtu.be/YVstW7o3v6I When practicing these on your own, the easy way to think about applying them is…

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Major 7th Phrasing

Ear Training, Essential Skills, Lead Guitar, Practice Better, Rock, Technique, TheoryBy Michael CampanileJune 9, 2018Leave a comment

Major 7th Phrasing Part 1 In this article we’re going to talk about using major 7th chords over minor chords, and minor chord progressions. We’ll talk a little about the theory, how to apply it, and provide some examples. There is also a short video of each example https://youtu.be/YVstW7o3v6I take a look and listen, it’ll help give…

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