Professor @TommoGuitar teaches us how to turn the Devil's own weapon against him: Steve Vai’s classic sevens pattern! While you're at it, get your hands synchronized with the massive four-hour Synchronicity Seminar: https://troygrady.com/product/synchronicity/
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Steve Vai Sevens: The Devil's Weapon #guitarshorts #stevevai #shredguitar
Professor @TommoGuitar teaches us how to turn the Devil's own weapon against him: Steve Vai’s classic sevens pattern! While you're at it, get your hands synchronized with the massive four-hour Synchronicity Seminar: https://troygrady.com/product/synchronicity/
Open this video on Troy GradyThe "Inside" Paul Gilbert Lick Feels Harder – But Teaches Faster #guitarshorts #paulgilbert #2wps
The classic "Paul Gilbert" lick is famous as an outside-picking test. But in Cracking The Code, we reverse it and solve the inside-picking version first. Inside picking can feel more obviously stuck or snaggy when the motion is wrong. That's useful: the err...
Open this video on Troy GradyJoe Pass Picking! How It Works #guitar #joepass #pickslanting
Pick like Joe Pass! But "Slanting the pick" is not enough. The most common pickslanting fail is when you can do the form when stationary, or imitate the motion while playing slowly, but when you speed up, you still try to move parallel to the strings, with ...
Open this video on Troy GradyYoung Joe Pass Was TERRIFYING! #guitarshorts #jazzguitar #usxpicking
Young Joe Pass melting faces on a Jaguar is just the coolest thing ever. Our latest lesson is a collaboration with the amazing @LeviClay who contributed the musical and historical erudition and the expert transcription which you can find on his channel! Whi...
Open this video on Troy GradyYoung Joe Pass Was Terrifyingly Good
Two dummies try to explain Joe Pass! No small task, since younger Joe was ridiculously good. Find the notation from @LeviClay right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa-WLSbXOS8 Expert guided practice from @LeviClay on fretboard knowledge and harmony: h...
Open this video on Troy GradyIs This Paul Gilbert Lick UNCOUNTABLE?
How do you count the OTHER legendary Paul Gilbert lick? Check out the full lesson for the breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR7BkO8tKaM
Open this video on Troy GradyIs This Paul Gilbert Lick Uncountable? (And Why It Doesn’t Matter)
In his second landmark instructional video, Intense Rock II, the amazing @paulgilbertrock plays a terrifying lick while also advising that you NOT try to count it. This, from the man who launched a thousand metronomes. Why?! Cracking The Code instructor Tom...
Open this video on Troy GradyPicking It "Wrong" On Purpose: The Displacement Trick Explained
One of the most common errors in picking is also, simultaneously, a powerful technique that is used systematically by many great players – and maybe even by you. It highlights how nuanced the whole concept of "mistake" really is. If you do something you're ...
Open this video on Troy GradyWarp Three: The Most Important Guitar Practice Speed
Warp Three is a powerful guitar practice speed, but it's not a number. It's the speed at which your technique becomes *realistic* for the higher speed you are targeting. It's contextually-dependent: it's different for different techniques, phrases, and prac...
Open this video on Troy GradyLes Paul Tone: Why do my other guitars sound tiny now? #guitarshorts #lespaul #dbxmotion
Every time I play the Les Paul, it's so huge and full, it makes my other guitars sound like tinny pieces of junk. Why do I even bother?? If you're into jazz or metal, and you want an all-rounder electric with strong mids and big bottom, what else does that?...
Open this video on Troy GradyMiles Dimitri Baker 2WPS Fours #guitarshorts #dwps #2wps
The amazing @milesdimitribaker making expert use of two-way pickslanting on the famously tricky "descending fours" pattern. What is two-way pickslanting you ask? Find out right here on the channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3f4uhQLkA
Open this video on Troy GradyThe Shawn Lane Fours And Fives Lick #guitarshorts #shawnlane #usxmotion
Lesson incoming. Will update description with the link when we have it. Or keep an eye on the channel.
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