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Here you find 3 shuffle rock guitar licks which work in the key of Bm. The first one is a classical pentatonic lick, the 2nd one is using the blues scale and the 3rd one is following the chords with sweep picking arpeggio's. The backing track is on 100 bpm.
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Here you find the diatonic chord progression in the key of C minor and G minor. This is a real working sheet for you to learn :
The diatonic chord progressions ( minor scales ) The chords with root on the A and E string The attached modes The intervals of the modes Please  take your time to learn all parts in this working sheet by heart. Learn the chords and the attached modes. The modes are 3 note per string patterns to make the whole thing easier to understand. It's not needed that you learn to play the scales fast, but learn then with the intervals which are displayed at each of the patterns.
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Here you find a cool selection of professional blues guitar double stop licks which you can use on the alternate changing chords G7 / C7. The backing track is basicly a loop between those 2 chords so you have a lot of space to practice those licks. You can use any of those licks on any other x7 chord. You just need to adapt it. But it works best on the I / IV progression in any blues progression.
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Here you find a wonderful and sweet rock guitar ballad which is played with open strings in the key of Am. Even it seems easy it needs a bit of practice to get those arpeggio's nice and fluently. There are also 2 examples of melodic soling added to the tabs which can give you an idea how to make a melodic rock guitar balade solo.
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Here you find some exercises where you can learn some different examples on how you can stretch the timing when it comes to jazz guitar improvisation. The backing track added is a jazz blues in the key of F. The examples are working with only 2 notes of the F blues scale but they still sound interesting since there is a lot going on with the different types of stretching the timing. There are 3 types displayed. Syncopation, Play & Rest and finally quarter triplets. The 2nd audio file is an audio which shows you how the examples exactly sound alike together with the backing track.
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Here you find some cool tabs of a rock guitar riff in key of Dm and played with a drop D tuning. There are a few figures displayed which you can play the way they are showing. The backing track is only drum and bass so you can work on your rock guitar trio sound.
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Here you can the tabs of a wonderful romantic spanish guitar balade. It is in the key of Bm and the first part is an easy version and the 2nd part is harder because it uses mainly open string chords which forces you to maximun precision in order to grab those chords nice.
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Mojo Blues Guitar - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you can the tabs of the riff of an advanced mojo blues guitar. This works fine together with the backing track which is only drum and bass. The chords displayed can be used inside the form to perform an improvisation or an alternative blues guitar riff.
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Advanced Rock Guitar Secrets - Tabs & Backing Track
Here is a selecetion of advanced rock guitar licks in the key of Gm. You can practice them best to the backing track attached here as well.
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The Days Of Wine And Roses - Tabs / Chords & Backing Track
Here you find the tabs and the chords of the jazz standard " The Days Of Wine And Roses " + the backing track with a first part in half time and the improvisation part on 120 bpm.
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Sophisticated Slow Blues Guitar - Tabs, Audio & Backing Track
Here you find a really tasty and sophisticated 8 bar blues in A with some unusual chord progressions which create a mixture between jazz and blues but can be played bluesy. While the chords are in fact influenced by jazz the solo is really simple to play from the technical side but also follows the chords. I have added 2 audio files one is the original backing track and one the tabs as played together with the backing track.
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Creative Rock Guitar Riff - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you can see on how to develop a very simple rock guitar riff with the chords A / F G from a very simple approach to more sophisticated by adding something more every 2nd row you play it. All modules of this rock guitar riff can be mixed up the way you like it but I strongly recommend to repeat one specifice versio at least 2 times that the listener has a chance to experience the development of the riff. The backing track is very simple and leaves you the open space for your rock guitar work.
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Sweep Picking Exercises
Here you find 2 different sweep picking exercises following the normal diatonic major chords. The first exercise is easier than the 2nd one. If you are new to sweep picking, start with the first one and do it really slowly and pay close attention to the details of your picking hand because that's the hard part of these exercises. I have added an audio file with 70 bpm. I would take this as a first goal before you try to more to higher tempo's. In general sweep picking is a technique which in fact needs a lot of patience till you can start to use it in your regular playing. The best method to approach it is to keep it slow and really focus on the picking hand once you have the patterns of your grabbing hand done.

Crazy Dorian Smooth Jazz Guitar Ideas - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you find a selection of smooth jazz guitar ideas in the key of F# ( dorian ). They are devided into " Upper Structure Ideas ", " Cromatic Ideas " and " Wes Montgomery Ideas ". They work great if you want to start to play outside the box when you have a modal improvisation in dorian mode.
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Drop D Grooving Shuffle Blues Guitar - Tabs & Backing Track
This is a version of a shuffle blues guitar song played with a drop D tuning. It's a normal 12 bar blues form but the ending has an alternative chord progression which is more fun on this song. The backing track is only drum and bass following the chords.
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Dirty Blues Rock Lead Guitar - Tabs, Audio & Backing Track
Here you find a chorus of a blues rock lead guitar solo. It works together with the backing track added here with the chords :
D / D / D / D
C / G / D / D
C / G / D / A
There are 2 audio files added. One is the backing track and one is the exported audio from the tab software that you know how exactly this tabs should sound - well more or less. Please also check this tutorial here to work properly with these files :
 

Jazz Guitar Studies ( I VI II V G Major )
Here you find some basic exercises which help you to start working with modes and arpeggio's on a I VI II V progression in the key of G. You can transpose this to any other key if you like or take the same method on any other G major pattern which you know. These exercises shall give you a first guidance to work on your orientation in the improvisation. The backing track is on 100 bpm so that you have enough time to work out your orientation and phrasing.
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Street Blues Guitar Studies 2 - Tabs & Audio
Here you find the tabs and the audio of a version of street blues guitar which can work find just with one guitar but also with a band. The first part is the theme of the blues and the 2nd part is an example for an improvisation.
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Rock Lead Guitar Exercises - Tabs & Backing Track
Here is a selection of rock lead guitar exercises in the key of E. You can practice them slowly and then start to use them on any rock guitar backing track in the key of Em - or just use the one attached here.
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What A Wonderful World ( Tabs ) - Intermediate Open Version
This is an arrangement which I wrote for the song " What a wonderful world " by Louis Armstrong. This version is set on a voice-leading with only 3 voices which is a bit unusual for jazz guitar arrangements. I wanted to do it this way for 2 reasons.
1. I love this open spaced sound and with the guitar chord voicings I have chosen you can also add a bluesy vibe to by adding vibrato's on the chords.
2. It's a really simple to play version so that intermediate guitar players also have a chance to master this classic tune which everybody should have played once.
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More Blues Guitar Chords ( G )- Tabs & Backing Track ( Drum + Bass only )
Here you find the tabs of one chorus of a blues guitar solo in the key of G. It works in any band setting but especially in the trio with only drum, bass and guitar it works great since the chords fill out the sound really nice. The backing track is only drums and bass so that you can really work on this topic here.
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Hard HARD Rock Guitar - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you can a very cool hard rock guitar riff + 3 mega chops which you can use in any hard rock guitar setting. The backing track is played with the riff you see in the tabs.
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Easy Funk Guitar Licks - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you find a few bars where you can make a combination of very easy funk guitar riffs and licks and to build up a really cool and sophisticated funk guitar. The backing track is played in Bm. To improvise to it you can use the B minor pentatonic or the B dorian scale.
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3 Blues Guitar Chord Solos - Tabs & Backing Track
These are the tabs of 3 chorus of a blues in Bb where you can learn how to play a blues chords guitar solo. The chords are typical blues but also quite jazzy. You can practice the blues chord solo with the backing track. It's only blues drum and bass in the key of Bb.
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Hard Rock Guitar Riff ( In Your Face )- Tabs & Backing Track
This is a right into your face hard rock guitar riff in the key of E and on 130 bpm. On this tempo it sound really cool and straight into your face.There is a backing track inclueded where you can jam along with this great riff. You can try those licks which I have added or any other.
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