Finntroll – Trollhammaren
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. They combine black metal and Finnish polka, called humppa. Although it is a Finnish band, Finntroll’s lyrics are in Swedish, because Swedish just sounds "damn trollish", according to the band’s first vocalist, Katla. This lesson shows how to play the intro to Trollhammaren (Troll Hammer)
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Thursday 5th April 2007
Swing Blues Chord Progressions
Swing Style Walking Blues Blues is is the foundation of most popular musical styles. It is the common language that can bring rockers and Jazzers together. I made a post about this on the old site’s forum, and thought I would expand on it here.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Friday 11th August 2006
Gypsy Jazz Lick over A7
This lick was played to me at the Gysy Guitar Festival last weekend and I thought it would make a good introduction to learning some Gypsy Jazz solo lines. The line is played over an A7 chord and can be moved around the next to play over other 7th chord shapes.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Monday 7th August 2006
Delta Blues Introduction
Modern rock and metal music, amongst many other genres, owes much to the influences and theories behind blues.
The licks shown here sound great on an acoustic guitar, but you can clearly play them on an electric set to give a fuzzy bluesy tone.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Sunday 21st May 2006
Mercyful Fate – Into The Coven
This is the first of the "Learn To Play" articles where we look a little more in depth at a song, or a particular riff and will teach you how to play it, the sort of effects to use and explain the tab itself. I will kick this off with a look at Mercyful Fate’s "Into The Coven".
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Monday 3rd April 2006