Ultimate Guitar Techniques: Fretboard Navigator Volume 2

Welcome to "Ultimate Guitar Techniques: Fretboard Navigator Volume 2," a comprehensive course designed by LickLibrary.com for guitar enthusiasts. This course is tailored to elevate your guitar playing skills by mastering various techniques that are essential for any aspiring guitarist. We delve into advanced concepts such as caged minor and major scales, fingerboard navigation, soloing over changes, and triad arpeggios, each presented with detailed instruction and practice exercises. Plus, we incorporate backing tracks to enhance your learning experience, simulating real-life playing scenarios. This course is taught by Jamie Humphries.

Caged Minor and Major Scales in Every Key

The CAGED system is a revolutionary method for visualizing and playing scales across the neck. In this section, you will learn how to play minor and major scales in every key using the CAGED system. This approach breaks down the neck into manageable sections, allowing for fluid movement and creative expression.

Benefits

• Facilitates memorization of scales across the fretboard
• Enhances improvisation skills in various musical keys
• Builds a strong foundation for advanced guitar playing

Navigate the Fingerboard with Three Note Per String Shapes

Three-note-per-string shapes are a game-changer for speed and fluidity. This lesson focuses on mastering these shapes, enabling you to navigate the fingerboard more efficiently. This technique is crucial for fast runs and intricate solos, making your playing more dynamic and expressive.

Benefits

• Increases speed and dexterity on the fretboard
• Improves scale memorization and finger independence
• Essential for advanced soloing techniques

Solo Over Changes with the CAGED Modes

Soloing over changes can be challenging, but with the CAGED modes, you'll learn to do it effortlessly. This lesson teaches you how to use modes within the CAGED system, allowing for melodically rich and harmonically correct solos that match the underlying chord progressions.

Benefits

• Enhances ability to create melodically interesting solos
• Improves understanding of the relationship between scales and chords
• Boosts confidence in soloing over complex chord changes

Triad Arpeggios

Triad arpeggios are the backbone of many guitar solos and melodies. This section covers how to play and incorporate triad arpeggios into your playing, providing a straightforward method to add sophistication to your solos and rhythm playing.

Benefits

• Adds a new dimension to your soloing and rhythm playing
• Improves knowledge of triad shapes and their application
• Essential for creating melodic and harmonic interest

Backing Tracks: Enhancing Practice Sessions

Incorporating backing tracks in practice sessions simulates a band environment, offering an engaging and practical way to apply the techniques learned. Playing along with backing tracks helps in developing timing, rhythm, and improvisational skills, making it an invaluable tool for every guitarist.

Benefits of Using Backing Tracks

• Improves timing and rhythm skills
• Offers a practical approach to applying learned techniques
• Enhances improvisational abilities in a band-like setting

Guitar Techniques Used in These Lessons

Here is a list of some of the guitar techniques you will encounter throughout these lessons. Click on the links to learn more about each technique:

• Vibrato
• Alternate Picking
• Legato
• Tapped Harmonics
• Double Stop Bends
• Unison Bends
• Pinched Harmonics
• Trills
• Tremolo Picking
• Chord Progressions
• Arpeggios