Tune In, Tone Up! Free Guitar Lessons Podcast

A fortnightly recording of Dan Davies giving Gary Shilladay advanced guitar lessons with loads of pace, ideas, advice and guitar talk. See my website at https://tunein-toneup.com and my SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup. It’s available on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher and topics include how to improvise over 12 bar blues progressions, some neoclassical shredding ideas, country guitar playing techniques, funk rhythm playing and chord melodies and Hendrix fills, with many more topics to come. It doesn’t follow the usual formula of teaching songs note-by-note, but rather introduces people to ideas on the fretboard to inform and guide their own musical journey and hopefully inspire their research and woodshed moments.

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Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1b: Ideas to develop your groove, pulse and funk

Listen to get your groove on and get playing those sixteenth note strumming funk patterns

This is the second part of the first lesson in our new mini-series on the topic of rhythm. Dan and I, in our first lesson look over the basics of rhythm: In lesson 1b we covered what the difference is between a quarter note, eighth note and sixteenth note along with the synonyms of crotchet, quaver and semi-quaver. We looked at staccato, dotted notes, tied notes, off-beats and counting. Finally,…

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Rhythm Guitar Lesson 1a: Note divisions, terminology and practice ideas

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Click here for the link to our audio for the first part of the first lesson in our mini-series on rhyth, This is the first lesson in our new mini-series on the topic of rhythm. RIP Jeff Beck 😦 Dan and I, in our first lesson look over the basics of rhythm: Firstly, covering what the difference between a quarter note, eighth note and sixteenth note along with the synonyms of crotchet, quaver and…

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Guitar lesson on using bends, specifically overbends, when improvising

Guitar lesson on using bends, specifically overbends, when improvising

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Guitar lesson on playing with dynamics and using a motif to build interest into your melodies and improvisations

Guitar lesson on playing with dynamics and using a motif to build interest into your melodies and improvisations

Sign up as an All Access student to TrueFire here: https://prf.hn/l/3Y32QvV Sign up to TrueFire today: https://prf.hn/l/MDmJ5bB   Save 30% on anything at TrueFire with promo code “TONEUP30” This is our follow up episode on playing using dynamics, subtlety and motifs to build interest into your improvisations and melodies.  It follows on from our earlier lessons on how to use sequences to open…

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Guitar lesson on playing with pace: plectrums, picking, practise, sequences and strings

Guitar lesson on playing with pace: plectrums, picking, practise, sequences and strings

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Guitar lesson exploring voice leading, alternate picking and a TrueFire jam track

Guitar lesson exploring voice leading, alternate picking and a TrueFire jam track

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Guitar lesson on using sequences to gain the ‘wow’ factor and beyond the Pentatonic box

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Guitar lesson on improvising with emotion, creativity and rhythm to tell a story

Hear our new episode on improvising with emotion, creativity and rhythm to tell a story. How to express yourself and communicate meaning.

SoundCloud link to hear our new episode on improvising with emotion, creativity and rhythm to tell a story. How to express yourself and communicate meaning. Dan always has such brilliant nuggets of information to share with us and this episode holds some immensely valuable and powerful thoughts and ideas. After a brief recap we have a round of improvisation which leads our discussion to pickup…

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Guitar lesson on opening up the pentatonic scale

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Guitar lesson on adding the 6th and the 9th to the pentatonic scale

Guitar lesson on adding the 6th and the 9th to the pentatonic scale

It’s really brilliant to be back and we are loving recording and releasing new content for you, our wonderful listeners.  This lesson is an extension of the previous one and we aim to continue this into another lesson next time with a focus on the style and techniques that you might use to deliver your lines and package your improvisation. This lesson tackles adding the 6th and 9th intervals…

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Guitar lesson on opening up the pentatonic scale

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Guitar lesson on harmonies and how best to use them

Thinking of how to spice up some of the melodies you’ve written?

Want a better understanding of how notes relate to eachother and where they are on the fretboard?

Want to hear the difference in sound between a 3rd and a 5th?

Want to get the most out of twin guitar parts?

If these questions interest you then keep reading and be sure to check our audio lesson out. (see below for timings)

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C major scale starting on D and harmonized in 3rds:

In this lesson, Dan and I return with a useful audio lesson on harmonizing guitar parts. In this lesson:

Dan defines what it means to harmonize guitar parts

we examine how this is different to pitch shifting when working in a key

we play the C major scale with harmony parts in 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and so on

we harmonize the theme tune for Eastenders (PAAAAT!!)

we harmonize a lick with bends in it (I struggle with bending over another part tbh)

The lesson ends with some discussion about the issues you may face when harmonizing

Dan gives some practical uses including the riff for Led Zeppelin’s Rock n’ Roll

finally there is a summary of the learning points of  the lesson and notable tips.

Our audio podcast on SoundCloud (my lesson with Dan)

https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup/guitar-lesson-on-harmonies-and-how-best-to-use-them

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Some things which I am really going to take away from this lesson are that:

I will be sure to learn the notes and their relation to eachother

I will try to write and play some harmonized guitar parts with my guitar buddies

I am, for sure, going to practice harmonizing riffs with bends in them

All the best, Gary and Dan

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Timings for guitar lesson on harmonies:

00:00:59 Setting up this lesson on guitar harmonies and harmony vocals 00:05:01 Defining a harmony part 00:06:53 If you just keep the same distance between the two notes, some notes will fall out of key 00:08:35 Conclusion: harmonizing is not the same as pitch shifting 00:10:06 How a harmonizer pedal works 00:11:16 Harmonizing the C major scale 00:12:13 Adding a number to each note in the scale 00:17:46 Dan and I playing the C major in unison 00:17:58 Discussion around 2nds and our next activity 00:18:52 Dan and I playing the c major scale a 2nd apart 00:20:16 Discussion around 3rds 00:21:03 Dan and I playing the C major scale a 3rd apart 00:21:45 Discussion around 4ths 00:22:53 Dan and I playing the c major scale a 4th apart 00:23:39 2-part harmony vs multiple parts 00:24:16 Dan and I playing the c major scale a 5th apart 00:26:07 Dan and I playing the c major scale a 6th apart 00:27:10 Discussion around 7ths 00:27:30 Dan and I playing the c major scale a 7th apart 00:28:17 Dan and I playing the c major scale an octave apart 00:31:42 9ths 00:32:31 Practical applications of harmonies 00:32:37 Practical application 1: harmonising a simple melody (Eastenders) 00:39:18 Playing harmony 3rds from the B string to the top E string 00:41:19 Back to the Eastenders theme tune and our harmonisation demonstration 00:44:26 What are the practical uses for the Eastenders harmonization idea 00:45:16 Using an idea which the guitar is specifically good at – bending in harmony 00:50:36 Harmonizing the D major pentatonic scale 00:53:31 Back to our bending lick and harmonizing using the A dorian scale 00:55:34 Rock and Roll (Led Zep) – harmonizing rhythm parts 00:58:05 Summary of lesson and some final points

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Video Guitar Lesson 18: Which pedals are most useful and what do they all do?

In this lesson, Dan talks pedals and pedalboards.  We take a tour round his board and a small tour round mine too. 

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Video Guitar Lesson 18: Which pedals are most useful and what do they all do?

Thinking of starting out with guitar pedals and not sure where to begin?

What concepts might help you to maintain a big picture regarding guitar pedals?

How do you avoid buying things which may not have the most practical uses?

What is Dan’s thinking behind his pedalboard and how does he dial in tones?

What do some of the types (and brands) of guitar pedal do and how might they benefit you in a performance or practical scenario?

If these questions interest you then keep reading and be sure to check our video and audio out for this lesson.

We divided this lesson into two parts:

A quick rundown and overview of both our boards which will be 13mins and 31secs

The lesson proper for which there are timings and our standard lesson setup (1hour 29mins including start and end)

Rundown and overview of our pedalboards:

https://youtu.be/Y_Qa_kqtcTg

Our video on our YouTube channel (my lesson with Dan):

(see below for timings)

In this lesson, Dan talks pedals and pedalboards.  We take a tour round his board and a small tour round mine too.  Then we examine the question (from the perspective of a beginner) of what pedal someone could start out with.  Dan also gives his wisdom on some ways which you can keep in mind the big picture (perhaps of a pedalboard) and get the pedals which are the most useful.

There’s a really big section in which Dan walks me through what the different uses of the Strymon Timeline are and also regularly demonstrates a wide range of pedals with examples.

Our audio podcast on SoundCloud (my lesson with Dan)

Rundown / overview

https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup/video-guitar-lesson-18a-rundown-and-overview-of-our-pedalboards

Lesson proper

https://soundcloud.com/tunein-toneup/video-guitar-lesson-18b-which-pedals-are-most-useful-and-what-do-they-all-do

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Some things which I am really going to take away from this lesson are that:

I will use my delay and reverb pedal more frequently

I may consider adding a phaser and a tremolo to the arsenal

I still may purchase a Timeline to replace my DSD3

Dan cemented the idea of keeping pedals categorised by their era

It is essential to have a good power supply and think about your cables for ease of setup

The importance of buffers and clean boosts

All the best, Gary and Dan

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Timings for Video Guitar Lesson 18 – on pedals:

00:00:33 Start of main lesson 00:02:11 Using the Timeline – set to Pink Floyd Run Like Hell 00:03:19 Timeline setting – Reverse Delay 00:04:30 Timeline setting for Purple Rain 00:05:12 With a lighter chorus sound 00:05:29 Ducking delay 00:05:50 Clean boost 00:06:27 Different boosts 00:06:52 Wah wah pedal on 00:07:19 Sweep Filter 00:07:43 With compression 00:08:00 Octave pedal effect 00:08:28 Delay for Pink Floyd’s – Another Brick in the Wall 00:13:15 Dan playing through my pedalboard 00:13:30 Corona TC Electronic Chorus 00:14:11 Increasing the depth 00:14:26 Delay Boss DSD3 00:15:21 Sampler? 00:15:34 Boss compressor CS3 00:16:34 Using a compressor pedal as a clean boost 00:17:05 Boss Overdrive OD3 00:17:32 A little trick is to leave the drive down and use the level as a boost 00:18:11 Reverb HOF mini 00:18:47 Boss GE7 Equaliser 00:20:06 Stripping it back to beginner level 00:20:29 Running with the question – what pedal ought I buy? 00:20:40 The ‘ice’ delay setting – pitch shifted delay 00:24:09 Srtymon – Timeline 00:25:22 Timeline: The Wall 00:25:54 Timeline: Always 00:26:43 Timeline: Ice 00:26:49 Timeline: Duck 00:27:14 Timeline: Purple Rain 00:28:09 Timeline: Streets have no name 00:28:52 Timeline: Reverse delay 00:29:34 Timeline: Tape delay (slapback rock and roll) 00:30:10 Timeline: multi-tap (run like hell) 00:30:55 Dan’s tips on what pedals to buy 00:31:18 Tremolo – slapback delay (50s) 00:31:30 Less delay, wah wah and fuzz (60s) 00:31:56 Analog delays and chorus (70s) 00:32:52 Chorus and big delay (80s) 00:34:50 Into the Great Wide Open through the looper as a basis for a jam track 00:37:54 First pedal for Dan would be an overdrive 00:41:01 Explanation of overdrive 00:44:27 A good idea for a second pedal – a clean boost 00:44:49 On a clean channel – take into a solo 00:47:37 On a drive setting – a similar application shows the difference in lift 00:50:15 Buffered vs true bypass 00:55:37 Another great pedal is a wah wah 01:01:18 Next suggestion is a compressor 01:03:07 Good for Country music 01:03:46 Using a slight driven sound the compressor sustains the notes 01:06:11 Next type of pedal we discuss is a phaser 01:07:18 Using a phaser on Money (Pink Floyd) 01:08:05 You do something to me – Paul Weller 01:10:12 Another pedal to consider is a flanger 01:11:44 Next pedal is a chorus 01:13:02 Demo – chorus 01:14:18 Tremolo effect 01:17:27 Dan explains how he practically uses his board live 01:20:01 What is delay? Quick rundown 01:26:30 Tying your cables together and prepping your board for a quick setup

Pedals on our boards:

Dan’s Board (although his wah wah is a mini) Dan also has a long loop pedal (the QuarterMaster6 bottom right) for controlling his other pedals and he has the multiswitch for the Timeline too. He also has his purpose-built amp channel switch on there too.

Gary’s board:

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Keep watching listening and getting in touch.  We really want to hear from you!

You may want to check Dan Davies out in action.  You can find a video I made of Dan and his band Full House on this YouTube channel: Full House Brighton Band (more to come with improved video and some different approaches to the audio).

Enjoy your musical journey 🙂

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