Meet Charlie Griffiths
Meet Charlie Griffiths, guitarist with the band Haken, who walks through the Grade 8 metal pieces and shares tips on technique and improvisation.
What's in the course
43 lessons (3h 55m) · 1 free
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. Advanced strumming and embellishments
5:40
07. Comping on different music styles
8:36
08. Further extensions and sus chords
4:19
09. Mixing Rhythmic and Melodic comping
4:24
Lesson transcript
Welcome to Your Guitar Lesson!
Hello, I'm Charlie Griffiths, and I'm a guitar player for the band Haken.
About Me
- I authored some of the rock score syllabus.
- You might be learning pieces from my compositions.
- I have contributed to guitar magazines such as Total Guitar and Guitar Techniques for many years. (It feels like since the time of the dinosaurs!)
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, I will be:
- Playing through the metal pieces from grades two to eight.
- Breaking them down.
- Sharing tips on how to:
- Approach learning the songs.
- Improve your playing.
- Enhance your improvisation.
- Master technical skills, including:
- Left and right hand coordination
- Alternate picking
- Fretting
So dive in! Join me and 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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