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Beastly Guitar

Michael Socarras

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Guitar Instructional podcast covering all things guitar in the genres of shred, heavy metal some blues and classical and maybe even a few more. I give tips, offer advice and suggestions so that you make your guitar playing journey a little bit easier. I like to make things a little less complicated and I believe that learning on YouTube is not always the greatest. I’ve been studying music for 20 years and I’ve studied with professional composer and guitarist George Bellas. I hope that this p ...

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Why You Should Know How to Switch Keys at Will 25:47

5+ y ago25:47

25:47

I give you exames of why it's good to learn theory and harmony.

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Guitar hand synchronization of the left and right hands. 5:58

5+ y ago5:58

5:58

I teach you 2 ways you can practice synchronizing your hands to play and produce better tone. I also teach you the G melodic minor scale sixth mode

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Finding E notes across the neck 5:43

5+ y ago5:43

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In this short lesson I give you some tactics on how to find your E notes. I also give you the E note locations on the guitar neck so that you can get started in knowing where your notes are so above every E is an F for example and that's how you can get to know your guitar neck through other notes.

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Top 5 Distractions when Practicing Your Guitar 11:35

6+ y ago11:35

11:35

Here in this episode I talk about some distractions that may be affecting you that you may not be aware of. The goal is to be aware of them and to play as much guitar as we want!

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Confidence makes a HUGE difference 12:25

6+ y ago12:25

12:25

If you are confident in your playing you will play much better. I talk about confidence and how to get some of your own and how to build on top of the confidence that you already have.

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Why Classical Guitar is so Beneficial 18:32

6+ y ago18:32

18:32

I mention some classical guitar music that you can start off with and some fingerpicking exercises that you can start with for your right hand.

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How to Speed up on Guitar 18:53

6+ y ago18:53

18:53

Examples of 6 note patterns to use to speed your playing up!

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Warmups and Scale Studies 13:56

6+ y ago13:56

13:56

I show you what to look for when you’re studying a scale I also talk about the chords of e minor and several techniques that are good for studying a scale. This allows you to come up with riffs, ideas, and even solos that you didn’t know before - all over the neck!

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you will hear about how to create some cool solos and melodies using chords across the fretboard. 10:49

6+ y ago10:49

10:49

Dominant chords are added into the mix so that you can get some cool exotic sounds out of your solos.

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Juicy Chord Workouts. 14:42

6+ y ago14:42

14:42

The A hw scale is explained in order to get some juicy chord workouts.

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Chord Workouts 7:23

6+ y ago7:23

7:23

You can build your own chord workouts.

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How to Learn a Scale 11:28

6+ y ago11:28

11:28

Exotic scale - mode 7 of F# Harmonic Minor is explained in detail.

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New Track Released Today 3:02

6+ y ago3:02

3:02

My new single off the album “Culmination” has been released on online stores everywhere - Mike Socarras

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Common Progressions w Audio 9:21

6+ y ago9:21

9:21

Hi play to some of the progression of the last episode on the electric guitar so you can view the sounds of the progressions.

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Common Progressions 11:21

6+ y ago11:21

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Modulation 12:35

6+ y ago12:35

12:35

Smooth versus Abrupt Modulation - I talk about some simple ways to modulate

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Rant: Stop Caring About What Others Think Right Now 7:45

6+ y ago7:45

7:45

Here I rant about how to many people care what other people think and are doing things because of what other people thought instead of doing things based on what you yourself think.

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4 Note Ideas 5:00

6+ y ago5:00

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Pick any 4 notes from any key anywhere on the neck. You can come up with a variety of ideas, licks and even an entire solo if you wish.

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Recording with Someone Else 2:57

7y ago2:57

2:57

I talk about recording with the help of an engineer instead of doing everything yourself.

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D Minor Chords 2:55

7y ago2:55

2:55

In this episode I offer chords of the 3 forms of the D minor scale.

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A bit of modernism 2:59

7y ago2:59

2:59

Scale used by modernist musicians and composers and where to find some modernist music

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Shape 4 2:57

7y ago2:57

2:57

In this episode I go over shape four of the minor pentatonic scale in E minor.

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Shape 3 2:58

7y ago2:58

2:58

In this episode I go over shape three and I shred a little bit. Share this podcast with whoever you think needs it or might benefit from it I will appreciate it greatly and it will inspire me to make even more podcasts all for free.

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Connecting Shapes 2:57

7y ago2:57

2:57

In this short three-minute podcast I go over some licks in the E minor pentatonic scale and how to come up with licks of your own

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Pentatonic Shapes 9:17

7y ago9:17

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