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Mar 7th, 2013: Joel Kosche, lead guitarist for Collective Soul, just spent a few days in the JamPlay studios filming a great series of lessons.
Feb 28th, 2013: Staind's long time axe man Mike Mushok is currently in the JamPlay Studios and recording song lessons for our loyal members.
Jan 11th, 2013: Our new scale library now offers exciting new features, such as: clickable midi note playback, pattern highlights (any key)...
Jan 11th, 2013: JamPlay has expanded its reach beyond guitar and is now offering affordable, convenient bass lessons to the world!
Unlike traditional "learn quick" consumer teaching products, we provide an ongoing guitar teaching service - not just a one-time product. We are constantly producing new lessons to help you learn to play guitar. Find our most recent additions below.
Lessons With Andy James #5: Improvisation
Andy explains that he doesn't rely on theory but rather shapes and patterns to improvise in one key. We got Andy to improvise over one of the JamPlay backing tracks to illustrate his methods.
- Mar 8th, 2013 at 4:05 pm EDT
- Posted by A.Miller
Meshuggah: Future Breed Machine
Dennis Hodges teaches this pummeling metal song from the band Meshuggah. This lesson is for 6 string guitars but there is supplemental for 7 strings as well.
- Mar 8th, 2013 at 3:00 pm EDT
- Posted by A.Miller
Six Steps to Learning Songs By Ear #12: Style of Led Zeppelin
Bryan's application of all six steps continues with this familiar sounding track in the style of Led Zeppelin. Watch out for a few unexpected bumps in the road! You'll encounter a temporary transposition and a deceiving bridge section!
- Mar 8th, 2013 at 11:21 am EDT
- Posted by C.Liepe
Lessons with Freebo #21: Partial Capo
Freebo talks about partial capos and shares some cool ideas for using them. He uses his original song, "She Loves My Dog More Than Me" as an example.
- Mar 7th, 2013 at 8:00 pm EDT
- Posted by J.Booth
Lessons with Glen Drover #8: Ascending Legato Multi Octave Exercise
How about another quick little exercise offering a multi octave ascending run followed by an up tempo phrase ending.
- Mar 7th, 2013 at 5:41 pm EDT
- Posted by T.Rugh
Using a Capo #2: Using a Capo to Change Positions
In this lesson Justin talks about how you can use a capo to play up and down the neck/change positions, and explains why you would want to do so.
- Mar 7th, 2013 at 5:26 pm EDT
- Posted by J.Booth
Using a Capo #1: Introduction and Basic Tips
In this lesson Justin introduces his series on playing with a capo and dishes out some basic tips, including how to properly to place the capo.
- Mar 6th, 2013 at 6:59 pm EDT
- Posted by J.Booth
Lessons with Freebo #20: Alternate Tunings: Double Drop D
Freebo continues his discussion on alternate tunings with a lesson on double drop D tuning. He uses an original song called "More Like You" as an example.
- Mar 6th, 2013 at 5:26 pm EDT
- Posted by J.Booth
Funk/R&B with Nomad #23: Cuttin' Heads: Advanced Concepts
Nomad turns it up even more with some modal and fusion-influenced ideas to set your lead playing on fire!
- Mar 6th, 2013 at 12:44 pm EDT
- Posted by C.Liepe
Lessons with Glen Drover #7: 2 Note Per String Classical Style Fast Pick Lick
Utilizing another fast and heavy backing track, Glen will demonstrate a 2 note per string lick that is yet another great exercise for improving your right and left hand communication.
- Mar 5th, 2013 at 4:37 pm EDT
- Posted by T.Rugh
Alan Jackson - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
In this lesson David Wallimann teaches the classic song from Alan Jackson "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."
- Mar 5th, 2013 at 1:40 pm EDT
- Posted by J.Booth
Lessons with Glen Drover #6: Heavy 3 Note Per String Exercise
Glen shall utilize a heavy backing track to demonstrate a great 3 note per string lick that will really help with increasing speed between your fretting and picking hands.
- Mar 4th, 2013 at 6:38 pm EDT
- Posted by T.Rugh