Pat Metheny at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2003 together with the Metropool Orchestra.

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Welcome to this acoustic tutorial in which I explain how to play Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder, a great song that was featured in the movie, into the wild. You start with learning the picking pattern, then the chords, and when that’s all set we move on to combine these to so we can re-create this composition. There are links in the video that you can use to skip certain parts so if you are a quick learner you can use those to have a faster tutorial. Something that is worth mentioning is that when I wanted to upload this video it was actually 1 minute too long. Because I couldn’t quite see were I could split it and upload it in two different tutorials I started cutting out to shorten the video to the allowed maximum length. Maybe somethings changing from one scene to another can be a tiny bit strange, now you know why…

Enjoy this new video!

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Free guitar video lesson: how to play blues riffs in the key of “E”

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An example would be the minor pentatonic scale – most of us are familiar with the sound of this scale, and the problem is that it is so overused in a certain context that it is easy to end up playing the same bag of blues licks over and over again. For many this is fine, but for me personally, I want to break out of the norm and develop a new slant on things. I personally love hearing familiarity but approached in a fresh way, this really gives the listener something familiar yet intriguing and fresh. A great embodiment of this would be the band “Steely Dan.” They manage to appeal to the masses yet break new musical ground harmonically. They manage to do this by fusing catchy hooks with funky grooves and cleverly interweave their clever harmonic experimentation in a non-intrusive way. Thus maintain a pop appeal yet a strong Jazz influence.

I personally always strive for a balance of familiarity with a dose of unfamiliar stuff. Initially I had to make a concerted effort to break out of the box. An example of this is that I would stop myself from playing the same licks over and over. In order to make myself aware of my repetitions, I would record myself and identify the most frequent and overused ideas or licks in my playing. I would then do all I could to avoid playing them, and everything I could to learn some new fresh ideas that would get me out of my rut and make me think outside of the box. This all sounds very conceited and pretentious, but believe me, it works and it truly helps you to breathe new life into your playing. I believe that being consciously aware is the first step to improvement – it is so easy to zone out and just play, being blissfully unaware of how safe and repetitive we are being.

To really be true pioneers and in order to do something different, we must stop ourselves in our tracks and correct our faults as well as refresh and renew our bag of tricks. This way we continue to constantly re-invent ourselves. All the most recognizable players have something so distinctive and different that sets them apart from other players. This is mainly due to the fact that they chose to think outside of the box and go against the grain of what most other players were doing at the time. I really encourage you to do the same, as I truly believe that there is a lot more out there to be discovered – we just have to be brave enough to go for it .

No one ever got anywhere by simply copying others and doing the same things over and over, so be the one to break the mold and don’t be afraid to stand out and be yourself!

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This guitar was made by a local builder, Jmac Guitars down in Massachusetts. It’s construction is very similar to an HD-28 except for a few cosmetic differences. It has a Sitka spruce top, EIR back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony bridge and fretboard. The braces were done in the Pre-war Martin design. The finish is Nitro-laquer. All these guitars are made by hand,t one at a time.

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Trace Bundy playing “I Want it That Way” by the Backstreet Boys on acoustic guitar. Funny how the crowd starts singing along.

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Free Acoustic Guitar Lessons  to learn how to play the guitar free guitar lessons acoustic

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Eric Johnson uses quite a few types of chords in his playing so this part two video continues two look at some of the more interesting chord voicings Eric Johnson uses in his playing.

Within the video we will take a look at another short little musical example that uses Eric Johnson’s signature chord voicings for playing power chords, add 9 chords and sus 4 chords. After learning those chord voicing you will then learn how to apply them to create your own Eric Johnson style chord sequences.

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Do you know who I am?

- I have planted a seed in your brain
That makes the pain stay the same

Unleash the beast!
At least I have come to join the feast

What a surprise…

A loner – never meant to be your fall
A loner – never meant to see you crawl
A loner – descendant of your act

You don’t seem to get it

- I am coming, no in fact, I am running
I will haunt you in your sleep, no relief

Bring back the beast
Don’t settle for the least

Open your eyes…

A loner – wasn’t meant to be your fall
A loner – never meant to see you crawl
A loner – descendant of your act

SOLO

A loner – wasn’t meant to be your fall
A loner – never meant to see you crawl
A loner – descendant of your act

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