In this lesson, Bradford and Brian teach you how you can practice making up your own lead guitar parts with a backing track. We have provided a backing track in the key of A, so any notes and series of notes from the A major scale and the F#m pentatonic scales will sound fine with…
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Glorious Ruins has to be one of my favorite Hillsong songs – it’s such a powerful song to sing and lead. On the album it’s in the key of F, and we teach/play this song using key of D chords with a capo on the 3rd fret.
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I play/teach this one using key of G chords with a capo on the 4th fret.
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View all our guitar lessons here. Want private lessons over Skype from Bradford? Click here to learn more In this lesson, Bradford teaches you how to use the major scale and the minor pentatonic scale to find and learn lead parts in popular worship songs. The songs Whom Shall I Fear and Cornerstone are used as examples.…
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View all my guitar lessons here. Want private lessons over Skype from Bradford? Click here to learn more In our previous two lessons, we went over the Major Scale and the Minor Pentatonic Scale. Specifically we learned the A Major scale and the F#m Pentatonic scale. We chose those two scales because F#m is the relative minor…
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I think my favorite thing about this song is the ‘I Have Decided’ tag that’s in it. Lots of fun to play and sing.
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View all my guitar lessons here. Want private lessons over Skype from Bradford? Click here to learn more The Minor Pentatonic Scale Our previous lesson focused on the major scale. The minor pentatonic scale is the relative minor scale that complements the major scale. In the key of A, F#m is the relative minor. The F# Minor…
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In this video I review the pickup system that I use for my acoustic guitar. The guitar itself is a Martin D-35 which did not come with pickups installed. Pickups: K&K Pure Western Mini pickups These are transducer pickups. They attach (via glue) right under the bridge of the guitar (on the inside of body…
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View all my guitar lessons here. Want private lessons over Skype from Bradford? Click here to learn more The Major Scale The major scale is a moveable scale that can be played in any key. The root note that you start the scale on determines which key you are playing in. Today’s lesson will focus on the…
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View all my guitar lessons here. Want private lessons over Skype? Click here to learn more. 3/4 Time 3/4 time is just like 4/4 time, but there are three beats to a measure instead of four. The three means that there are three beats to one measure, and the four means that a quarter note takes up…
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Alive In Us is a great song for a higher energy female lead
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View all my guitar lessons here. Want private lessons over Skype? Click here to learn more. 4/4 Time For today’s lesson, I’ll just stick to 4/4 time – it’s the most common time signature in modern music. The first four means that there are four beats to one measure, and the second four means that a quater…
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