As a Guitargate Premium Member, you'll receive weekly email invites to our private ZOOM lessons, recorded for anytime viewing. This is your opportunity to ask questions about course material, dive deeper into songs you've been learning, and stay engaged.
Here's what you'll get:
In this guitar masterclass hosted by Guthrie Trapp, Guthrie shares his insights on practicing guitar with purpose and intention. He begins by emphasizing the importance of having direction when practicing, such as playing melodies over chords, rather than just "noodling" randomly. Guthrie recommends learning chord shapes to open up the fretboard and stresses keeping one's guitar in tune with a light touch.
Guthrie demonstrates how to build simple melodies by connecting notes within chords. He shows starting melodies on non-root notes like the 5th to add interest. Guthrie also covers the sounds of major, minor, and dominant 7th chords, explaining how to derive different 7th chords from triads. He stresses the importance of being able to hear the differences between these chord types.
Throughout the masterclass, Guthrie encourages practicing with backing tracks or songs to stay engaged. He answers questions from viewers like Michael and provides further tips, such as practicing rhythmic patterns over chords. Guthrie also demonstrates techniques like playing octaves without a pick. Overall, the guitar lesson provides valuable insights for practicing intentionally with direction and purpose.
[0:00:03 - 0:07:38] Introduction and practicing with purpose
[0:07:38 - 0:11:20] Building melodies over chords
[0:11:20 - 0:15:55] Major, minor, and dominant 7th chords
These are the people out there doing it each and every night, at the very highest level. To say Guthrie Trapp is one of the best guitarists alive doesn’t even begin to set the stage. A true, old school, take it or leave it head cutter, Guthrie is no BS.
Guthrie is going to cut through all the fluff and show you the stuff that really works in the music world - the stuff that he uses day in and day out on the heaviest gigs - with the heaviest players - in the world.
