String Skipping for Guitar Speed

Thanks again to Chris Elmore of Elmore Music for another fascinating mini-lesson.

Chris shows in video, sound and tab, how to create lead patterns with unexpected wide leaps, which creates a turbo-speed sound that makes people sit up and listen!

Check out this mini-lesson at the link below:

Chris Elmore - Explore the World of Chords to become a Balanced Musician!

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Play Guitar Backwards!

Once again, a tip from Chris Elmore, owner/creater of ElmoreMusic

This is a brilliant article/lesson, with tab, sound and video, where Chris shows you how to play some really fancy and nifty riffs on lead guitar. Just watching Chris's hand movements as he switches between standard and "backward" fretting with his left hand makes you want to stop what you're doing and try that out right away!!

I'm not a lead guitarist myself, but I find with the help of the lessons ( like this one ) generously made available to my Blog readers by Chris and others, I'm starting to surprise my friends at our jam sessions. The look of astonishment on their faces when I add in a nifty lead break on one of the other players' numbers is priceless!


Check out the tip at this link: How to play Your Guitar with your hand 'Backwards'

BTW, Chris has offered a great deal to my Blog readers - lifetime subscription to his fantastic Guitar Tips learning program for an unbelievable $27 ( it was already a steal at $49.95 ).
Just click on the special link below:

www.guitartips.com.au/murphypj

Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
webmaster, PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics
http://www.guitarsongs.info
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How to play "Blue Star" ( Shadows )

This latest tip also comes from Chris Elmore, CEO of Elmore Music ( creators of GuitarTips, and Guitar Songs, among other great guitar learning sites and resources.)

Chris shows you - with guitar tab, audio and video, how to play a really neat but tricky guitar song - "Blue Star" by the Shadows.

While you may not be a huge Shadows fan, the approach to learning demonstrated here will be helpful to you, as Chris breaks the song down into bite-size components, for easier learning. There is the expected melodic guitar line that typifies the Shadows' work, but also the chord patterns which fit in to the mix for you to learn. The techniques learned here can be applied to other songs you might be more familiar with, but this is quite a challenging lesson, these guitar tunes were always 'show-off' numbers.

Who knows, maybe you will be adding it as one of your 'party pieces'!

Check out this in-depth lesson, and learn the song at: How to Play 'Blue Star.

Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
webmaster, PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics
http://www.guitarsongs.info
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com
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pjmurphy@guitarsongs.info

Mastering the Fretboard

This tip comes from Andrew Koblick, owner/creater of the Guitar5Day program .

This tip helps you to achieve mastery of the fretboard by practicing a 4-octave run covering all strings. Try it slowly at first, then gradually build up your speed until your finger positions become automatic.

Check out the tip at this link: Master the Fretboard - 4 Octave run

Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
webmaster, PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics
http://www.guitarsongs.info
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com
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pjmurphy@guitarsongs.info

Free Video lesson + New Guitar Leads course info

Firstly, apologies for the delay since the last Guitar Tips post here.

Dan Denley, of Amazing Guitar Secrets and Blues Guitar Secrets renown, has just this week released a fantastic new resource, Lead Guitar Secrets, which contains everything you could possibly need to help you become an accomplished Lead Guitar Player.

I was privileged to receive an advance copy of the full course - I told Dan that if it didn't live up to the high standards of his previous works, I could not, in all conscience, give it a review, much less a 'thumbs up'. But, as I might have guessed, he has exceeded himself once again - this is the most complete and well-presented instruction set I have EVER seen for lead guitar players, whether at the early stages of learning or for the already proficient player.

There are 4 DVD's with video and audio lessons, backed up by a 200 page detailed instruction manual with music notation as well as tab for each of the lessons, PLUS a CD-ROM tutorial AND an audio CD full of backing tracks to help you to practice your new-found skills.

If you're convinced, or would like to find out more about the course, go straight to the launch page at the link below:

Lead Guitar Secrets - Everything you need to know about playing Lead Guitar

Meanwhile, Dan has kindly supplied me with a condensed version of one of the lessons from the Amazing Guitar Secrets course, which you can check out at: Amazing Guitar Secrets

Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
webmaster, PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics
http://www.guitarsongs.info
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com


pjmurphy@guitarsongs.info