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Coming Soon:
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Another new guitar lesson from Tennyson Williams
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Forum member cob's new Etude lesson
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updates to the tech section
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Lots of album reviews, including "From The Blindside"
by Scott Allen!
Classic Album Review
Under Lock & Key (1985)
How To Make Money Teaching Guitar
Learn To Play Guitar With Jamorama
How To Build Your Own Guitar
New Featured Programme:
"With the Burning Metal series you can discover all
the techniques, tips, and tricks needed to play all aspects of heavy
metal, from the very beginnings to modern metal masterpieces."
User Submitted Lessons
Have you ever thought
about writing your own lessons for Shredaholic.com? A large number of
our lead guitar lessons are written by the Shredaholic community,
people just like you. Perhaps you could share a way of getting past
some of the struggles you've faced learning to play lead guitar
competently?
Why not
give it a try over at the forum's lessons board - you've got nothing
to lose, and if its a well written lesson we will post it onto the
main site's lessons page!
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Shredaholic
News
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 (01/02/2010)
News:
We've just got a
press release this week about a brand new shred compilation album, from
Mad Guitar Records, titled "Melodic Soloists". Featuring 72 minutes and
17 tracks of skilled guitar playing and catchy songs, this sounds really
promising.
Click here to read the press release.
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(22/01/2010) New Rhythm Lesson!
"Dropped-D
Rhythm Guitar Patterns" by
Paul Tauterouff
A
new lesson to boost the long-neglected rhythm guitar lessons section
thanks to Paul Tauterouff. Paul is working on helping us out in
proving better rhythm guitar tuition to catch up with the lead section
so definately watch this space!
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(09/01/2010) New Industry Article
"Improve
Your Guitar Teaching - Part 1"
by Tom Hess
Further expanding
upon our unique website section that focuses on teaching guitar,
Tom Hess has written an article for a new series on how to improve your
guitar teaching.
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 (05/01/2010)
News:
If you haven't
noticed already, one of the contributors to Shredaholic, Tennyson
Williams, has cut the price of his downloadable book "The
Essential Guide To Guitar Virtuosity"
for a limited time to $29.99! If you're interested in getting a
dedicated manual to improving your speed on guitar, we'd highly
recommend it.
Also worth mentioning
is the release of a brand new Marshall Amp Mods website called "Plexi
Mods" - if vintage Marshall guitar amps are your thing, take
a look!
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(28/12/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"Pentamodal
Idea" by
Paul Tauterouff
A lost
lesson from the Shredaholic vaults! Paul sent us this lesson a year
ago but due to problems with our host, it got lost and was never
published. Now recreated in its full glory, enjoy Paul's first
Shredaholic lesson on the Pentamodal Idea!
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(27/12/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"8
Finger Tapping... ...Continued!" by Blank
Previously posted on the forum in the lessons section, Blank's lesson
has now been posted on the main site's lead guitar lessons section.
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(27/12/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"How
To Practice For Maximum Guitar Speed - Part 3"
by Tom Hess
After contributing some excellent articles for the Industry section on
performance and teaching, Tom is back with a brand new guitar lesson -
this time striking at the heart of what separates good shredding from
the bad.
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(21/12/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"4
Tips To Make Playing Guitar Fast A Lot Easier"
by
Tennyson Williams
Looking for some easier ways to increase your speed on guitar in 2010,
without having to put in hours and hours of effort? Check out
this new lesson by Tennyson!
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(08/12/2009) New Industry Article
"How
To Prepare For Gigs And Make Your Live Shows Better"
by Tom Hess
Something a little
different this week from Tom Hess for our ever-expanding Industry
section. Here Tom goes through all the problems commonly experienced
when you gig, and gives some great advice on how to make that next
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(03/12/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"Sweep
Picking Lesson For The Guitar"
by
Tennyson Williams
One
of the most difficult techniques to master is sweep picking, yet its
one of the most important for shredding and virtuoso guitar.
Fortunately, Tennyson has sent us another excellent lesson on sweeping
that is useful for everyone from beginners to advanced players.
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(26/11/2009) New Industry Article
"Teaching
Chords To Beginning Guitar Students"
by Tom Hess
Another excellent
article from Tom on transferring the valuable skills you've learnt as a
guitarist, to teach other guitarists, this time working through issues
encountered when teaching chords. |
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(18/11/2009) Site News:
New
lead guitar lessons
page is online!
We've
redesigned it quite a bit, to make the lessons in more appropriate
categories, grouping them in lesson type instead of author. There's
still work to be done though to make it more user-friendly, if anyone
wants to give opinions on the forum or even help with the html coding,
here is a
link!
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(13/11/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"10
Guitar Speed Training Exercises That No Guitar Player Should Be Without!"
by
Tennyson Williams
Check out this fantastic new lesson by Tennyson Williams, author of
"The
Essential Guide To Guitar Virtuosity"
- featuring plenty of
exercises and tab to get you shredding away as fast as possible!!!
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 (12/11/2009)
New Industry Article
"Behind
'From the Blindside'"
by Scott Allen
Something a little different this week! Scott takes you through a
behind the scenes look at his new album, with a track by track
analysis of how he went about constructing his album, track by track,
such as what inspired the songs and what he looks for in a track.
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 (08/11/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"Complexity
- Speed - Perfection" by
Roberto Moretti
Our
latest contributor Roberto Moretti, author of the popular book
'Practice Made Perfect', has sent a brand new lesson in this week to
Shredaholic - check it out!
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(02/11/2009) New Guitar Lesson -
with video!
"How
To Make A Great Guitar Solo"
by Tom Hess
Hot off the press, a
brand new lesson from Tom featuring an embedded video demonstration! |
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(30/10/2009) New Guitar Lesson
"5
Priceless Composition Tips For The Young Composer"
by Kole
Kole is back in action on Shredaholic with a brand new article on
composition!
Also,
don't forget to check back here this monday, as we should be featuring a
special lesson from Tom Hess!
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Cy shows you
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