This video shares a really simple trick for soloing with an augmented chord shape! It is a very easy idea and has a really cool sound! This can be used in any genre and in most minor songs. Try it out and add this idea to your “bag of tricks!”

https://youtu.be/8b1e–pc_Jk

This video is about incorporating “polyrhythms” in your solos. Using polyrhythms can open up a whole new musical world for you and the people you play with. Adding polyrhythms in your solos will also give you the upper hand at a jam session. Most people don’t use them and they are really cool! Try this idea out for a few weeks and you will transform your playing!

https://youtu.be/lsfyWMuZ6AA

Guitar Soloing Tip

Due to the demands of schedule I am finding it increasingly hard to supply you with guitar lessons and tips that you have come to expect in this newsletter.  As a result, I have brought on board another guitarist to help me assemble these videos.  I’d like to introduce Sean Rohrer to all of you.  Sean has 20 years of experience as a guitarists musician and mix engineer. He and his bands have toured extensively and shared the stage with acts like Sleeping with Sirens, Soulfly and Static X.

I have reviewed this first lesson assembled my Sean and I think you’ll find it to be excellent. Here is a brief summary:

There are certain guitar techniques which are instantly recognizable, timeless sounds. Pentatonic double stop rhythm playing is one of those techniques. Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Pearl Jam, Lynyrd Skynyrd and countless others have all used this to write classic songs which still hold up decades later. Using mostly one shape, moved strategically to different places, you can outline a chord progression while combining lead and rhythm playing, all at the same time! The prerequisite techniques for this kind of playing are: pentatonic scales, barring, hammer on’s and pull off’s. See the video below for more information:

https://youtu.be/8bAM672v0vw

Don’t forget to check out my Learn2Jam guitar soloing course.  Get up to speed with soloing quicker than you every thought possible. www.guitar-1.com

The folks at Forte are celebrating their 500,000th download by giving away FORTE Basic (a $24 value), absolutely free.

I have downloaded and installed this program and it is a really nice, professional looking applications. FORTE was created specifically to be user-friendly, functional, and fun! It’s perfect for all ages and all skill levels! You do not need time-consuming tutorials to get started. With FORTE you will be able to compose your first piece of music in as little as 10 minutes.  Here is the link to some additional information about the product:  http://www.fortenotation.com/en/product-tour/

And, here is the page to grab your free copy:

http://www.fortenotation.com/en/lp/give-away/

If you use video in your guitar lessons, learning or teaching, then you really should try this product. It will enable you to learn guitar songs, solos and riffs easier and quicker. It not only saves you time but it enables you learn material more accurately – because you can break a solo or riff down, analyze it and then put it back together again by doing video slow motion, video zooming and repeated playing – ALL at the same time.

Click the link below to get more information At a minimum, even if you don’t buy the product, today you MUST give it a try.  Once you do, you’ll be hooked!  The demo is a fully functional 4-hour trial. Take it for a test drive and see for yourself, just how valuable this product
 
http://tinyurl.com/oxq5m5v

Here is what one user said.

You should hear my first assignment vs. those who didn’t use Video Surgeon. It could be the difference between a passing grade and a failing grade for me. You are changing the way people learn! I’m the third student in this class that already bought Video Surgeon. You should hear my first assignment vs. those who didn’t use Video Surgeon.

Andrew W.
Guitar Student, Berkley School of Music

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Stay tuned, because with Sean’s help I hope to send you a steady diet of new guitar lessons.

Best Regards,

Tony Aja
Learn2Jam Guitar Soling System
Guitar Leads Master Volume

Tony Aja here from Learn2Jam.  Since it is summer and most everyone is outside, this is going to be a short newsletter.  It has only two items… but both of these are FREE and well worth your time.

The free video tip will help you learn to play a soloing on the spot, whenever you are called upon. It’s a neat little tip that relies upon soloing from a Barre position.

http://youtu.be/DPU-Ao2PIhY

Interested in learning more soloing tips?? Check out my Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System at:    www.guitar-1.com

A Free Tool of the Trade for Guitarists

If you don’t have a audio slowdowner you should.  It’s one of those required tools of the trade that helps you better hear how and song is being played, thus enabling you to play along and learn new material quicker and easier.  

Song Surgeon Trainer is a FREE Android app that you can install on your phone or tablet and it will allow you to change the tempo and key.  It is a basic app, and doesn’t do all of the fancy stuff that other apps might do.  But it is a good place to start and the price is right!

Here is a link to the app on the Google Play Store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laxyo.SongSurgeon

I am told that a Apple version is under development and should be available by the end of August – so if you are an iPhone or iPad user you’ll have to wait a bit longer – but I will let you know when it is available for iOS.

Best Regards,

Tony Aja
Learn2Jam Guitar Soling System
Guitar Leads Master Volume

Wow! In just a little more than a week it will be Christmas. I can’t believe that; 2014 has flown by so quickly!

In order to get everything to you by Christmas, Wednesday the 17th will be our last shipping day.  That means that all orders for Christmas MUST be placed by MIDNIGHT on Tuesday the 16th.

To be specific, that means that our 92% discount described below is about to come to an end.
 

The Guitar Leads Master Volume is a massive guitar riff’s library with more than 425 riff/lead segments. In the past these were packaged in 8 separate volumes, each one selling for $29.95 for a total price of $239.60.  Right now you can grab all of them, repackaged into ONE single massive guitar riffs library, at a 92% discount… or for just $19.95.  That is a $220 savings.

But this is no ordinary riffs package.  Each riff contains interactive audio at both full and half speed.  Once started the audio will play repeatedly until you stop it.  And of course the 1/2 speed audio makes it easier for you to follow along and hear exactly what’s being played.

But there’s more:   Each riff comes with accurate tabs.  

As you know this is huge. The WWW is full of tabs site with mostly garbage tablature.  Not the case here. We have taken the trouble to painstakingly transcribe each riff and create the tablature for it.

Lastly, this massive library of riffs features more than 80, mostly classic rock songs from the 50-80’s, plus a smattering of country and contemporary thrown in.  Were talking about songs and leads by Santana, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Clapton, Jeff Beck and more…

This library installs like software on either a Mac(Osx) or a Windows machine and you access the indiviual riffs through an table of contents or index page that is displayed in your browser.

This Master Volume library is normal delivered via download link…but there is no way to put a digital download in a stocking, so we have come up with a 4 color CD holder for this product, which will look great in a Christmas stocking.. (even if it is yours). 

You can add this 4-color CD case for only $1 buck so you have a physical product to put in the stocking or under the tree.. you just pay the shipping. (US – $4.95, OUS – $7.95)

With 425+ riffs this is a gift that you or whomever you give it to will be using for many Christmases to come.  It’s a great gift. Don’t miss it. Here is the special discount link:

http://shopping.guitar-leads.com/index.php?code=stocking_stuffer

Regards,

Tony Aja
Guitar-Leads.com
Guitar-1.com

p.s.  Did you know we have a number of other products that are widely used by Guitarists.  These also have great Christmas discounts which are about to expire.                                                            

Learn2Jam – Learn2Jam is practical hands-on approach that Iuse every time I perform...so it’s a real world system that works… not some musical theory that sounds good but is not grounded in reality. Learn2Jam is a truly unique system that teaches you how to jam or take a solo by working with you to master 4 songs.  That’s it… just 4 songs!! These four classic rock songs, once learned, will give you all of the skills, techniques and rudiments required to jam or take a solo to any song.   This systems comes with 7 step-by-step DVD’s, 1 CD and jam trax booklet. Grab it at a 53% discount.
http://www.guitar-1.com/shopping/

Video Surgeon – is a video slow motion and zoom product. It opens video files, and changes key and tempo, allows you to zoom in, set up loop points, etc. and also download videos from YouTube.   We are offering up to $50 off, plus a $1 CD if you want a physical product to put under the tree.
http://shopping.videosurgeon.net/v2/discount/black_friday/

SlideTrax – This is one of our newer products that enables a user to make a quick and simple video from any audio file in about 2 minutes. The resulting videos are compatible with and can be uploaded to YouTube and Face Book.  It’s a very handy tool for musicians who have an audio file of music they’d like to share.  We are offering a 50% discount.
http://slidetrax.net/shopping/order/index.php?code=Xmas

Audio Switch – AS is a very handy tool to have around for musicians.  It allows for the mass conversion of audio files from one format to another.  It even allows you to select video files for conversion and strips the audio from the video file. Whether you have 100 or 10,000 files, you can load them up, start the program and walk away.  It’ll do all the work for you.Grab it today at a 50% discount.
http://shopping.audio-switch.net/discount/index.html?code=half_off

Song Surgeon – is an audio slow downer and you can grab it right now and save up to 55% discount on the price of the Standard model, plus the CD version is available for only a buck, in case you want a physical product to put under the tree.
http://v4.songsurgeon.com/order/discount/cyber_monday/