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Guido Bungenstock12th October 2014Absolutely great, Ben! You nailed it! :-)
bingefeller12th October 2014Very nice playing. Love the bends on the lower strings and the fast picking at the end.
Hajduk12th October 2014Great Job Ben, awesome
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Welcome to my new lesson which is focused on the guitar playing of John Sykes!
"John James Sykes (born 29 July 1959) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter who has played with Streetfighter, Tygers of Pan Tang, John Sloman's Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Blue Murder. Sykes co-wrote the majority of the songs on Whitesnake's 1987 self-titled album with David Coverdale. Sykes is also a successful solo artist." - Wikipedia
John's lead guitar style involves a lot of wide and aggressive vibrato, outrageously wide string bending and furious speed picking runs.
John has played guitar in Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake but it's his work with Blue Murder that's provided the inspiration for this lesson. There's some rhythm guitar which utilises 2 note power chords in a driving riff inspired by the song 'Valley of The Kings'. After a slow build up with the solo, the song kicks into high gear and you get to test your picking skills!
This lesson will improve:
-Vibrato
-Bending
-Pinch Harmonics
-Alternate picking speed and stamina
Prepare to have some very sore fingertips whilst learning this lesson. Enjoy!
Tempo: 95 bpm
Tuning: E A D G B E - Standard Tuning
Gear:
Nick Crow 8505 Amp Plugin, Guitar Suite Tube Screamer, Poulin LeCab 2.
Scales:
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
