Introduction to 'Play Guitar Like A Pro' video series by Jay Stapley.
Jay is a session guitarist who's worked with artists including Roger Waters, Mike Oldfield, Scott Walker, Suede, Westernhagen and many more. In this series of videos he shares tips and tricks to raise your playing to professional standard. This first video is about what topics will be covered and includes an excellent exercise for learning and developing your knowledge of the fretboard.
Future videos will include real-life recording session examples.
00:00 introduction
01:03 Tip 1
02:15 Topics to be covered in the series of videos: escape the minor pentatonic prison; chord fragments (example for soul rhythm guitar); Harmonised scales; Soloing techniques (choice of notes for even most sophisticated chords); Chord construction and analysis (the magic Aminor chord); coming up with parts for songs (examples from real-life sessions); Open strings in chords; soloing over advanced chords; using right-hand damping for high-gain single-note playing;
07:39 Verheyen exercise for fretboard knowledge.