Meet Charlie Griffiths
Meet Charlie Griffiths, guitarist with the band Haken, who introduces the metal pieces and the picking and fretting techniques he'll cover on the Grade 2 guitar course.
What's in the course
41 lessons (2h 51m) · 1 free
01. Intro to Approaches to improvisation
1:00
02. Getting started with improvisation
9:22
03. Assignment: Finding chord tones
4:05
04. Improvising using chord tones
10:18
05. Adding rhythmic interest to your solos
4:11
06. Assignment: Improvising over a chord change
2:52
07. Challenge: Submit your improv
0:24
08. Rhythmic improv & comping
9:55
Lesson transcript
Introduction
Hello, I'm Charlie Griffiths, and I'm a guitar player for the band Haken. I also wrote some of the rock score syllabus, including some pieces you might be learning from my compositions. Additionally, I have been a contributor to the guitar magazines Total Guitar and Guitar Techniques for many years, since the time of the dinosaurs, it seems!
Lesson Overview
Today, I will be:
- Playing through the metal pieces from grades two to eight
- Breaking them down
- Offering tips on how to approach learning the songs
- Looking at techniques to improve your playing:
- Left and right hand coordination
- Alternate picking
- Fretting
Join Us
So dive in! Join me, along with the other guitar teachers, and bathe yourself in Rock School.
Goodness, it'll be fun, I promise. Come on, let's do it!
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