Lesson 2 of 42GuitarIntermediate

Meet Charlie Griffiths

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Meet Charlie Griffiths of the band Haken, who introduces the metal pieces he'll break down across the Grade 4 guitar course.

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42 lessons (3h 27m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:33
- 02. Meet Charlie Griffiths
  You are here
  1:23
- 03. Meet Stuart Ryan
  1:52
- 04. Meet Marcus Bonfanti
  2:12
- 01. Base Jumper
  2:08
- 02. Crop Duster
  2:11
- 03. Circus Experience
  2:15
- 04. Dirt Wizard
  Free lesson
  2:00
- 05. Funkometer
  2:14
- 06. Carbon Footprint
  2:11
- 01. Base Jumper
  9:36
- 02. Crop Duster
  13:47
- 03. Circus Experience
  13:38
- 04. Dirt Wizard
  10:20
- 05. Funkometer
  13:43
- 06. Carbon Footprint
  13:57
- 01. Intro to technical exercises
  2:44
- 02. Rob Luft on how to practice exercises
  3:31
- 03. Group A: Scales
  4:05
- 04. Group B: Arpeggios
  1:07
- 05. Group C: Chords
  1:49
- 01. Alternate picking
  3:08
- 02. Legato (hammer-ons & pull-offs)
  5:29
- 03. Barre chords
  6:15
- 04. Vibrato
  7:37
- 05. Advanced Legato
  5:45
- 06. Natural harmonics
  3:16
- 07. Pinched harmonics
  5:01
- 08. String bending
  8:59
- 09. Tapping
  6:39
- 01. Intro to Approaches to improvisation
  1:00
- 02. Recap on chord tones
  4:07
- 03. Improvising over chord tones
  10:18
- 04. 7th chords
  6:38
- 05. Embelleshing a melody
  5:36
- 06. Challenge: Submit your melody
  0:26
- 07. Composing your solo
  8:53
- 08. Rhythm guitar and Embellishments
  5:40
- 01. Sight reading tips
  1:51
- 01. Course outro
  0:32
- 02. About Rockschool exams
  0:30
- 03. Preparing for your Rockschool exam
  1:28

Lesson transcript

Introduction

Hello, I'm Charlie Griffiths, and I'm a guitar player for the band Haken.

Background

I wrote some of the rock score syllabus.
Some of the pieces you might be learning are my compositions.
I've also 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'll be playing through the metal pieces from grades two to eight. I will break them down and show you some tips on how to approach learning the songs.