Lesson 2 of 44GuitarAdvanced

Meet Charlie Griffiths

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Meet Charlie Griffiths, guitarist with prog-metal band Haken, who breaks down the metal pieces and techniques across the Grade 7 guitar syllabus.

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- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:33
- 02. Meet Charlie Griffiths
  You are here
  1:23
- 03. Meet Rob Luft
  3:02
- 04. Meet Stuart Ryan
  1:52
- 05. Meet Marcus Bonfanti
  2:12
- 01. The Pants Era
  2:56
- 02. Soma
  2:46
- 03. Broadway and 9th
  3:00
- 04. Chaos Pad
  3:00
- 05. Nachez Trace
  2:53
- 06. Times Square
  3:11
- 01. The Pants Era
  20:27
- 02. Soma
  15:49
- 03. Broadway and 9th
  9:21
- 04. Chaos Pad
  14:50
- 05. Natchez Trace
  11:17
- 06. Times Square
  11:40
- 01. Intro to technical exercises
  2:44
- 02. Rob Luft on how to practice exercises
  3:31
- 03. Group A: Scales and Modes
  2:30
- 04. Group B: Arpeggios
  1:35
- 05. Group C: Chords
  1:44
- 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. Embelleshing a melody
  5:36
- 03. Challenge: Submit your melody
  0:26
- 04. 7th chords
  6:38
- 05. Composing your solo
  8:53
- 06. Further extensions and sus chords
  4:19
- 07. Comping on two different music styles
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  8:36
- 08. Mixing Rhythmic and Melodic comping
  4:24
- 09. Rhythmic improv & comping
  9:55
- 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

Welcome to the Guitar Lesson

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've been a contributor to the guitar magazines Total Guitar and Guitar Techniques for many years, since the time of the dinosaurs, it seems!