Andy Whitehead takes a look at the style of one of the most influential guitarist of all time: Eddie Van Halen.
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Andy Whitehead takes a look at the style of one of the most influential guitarist of all time: Eddie Van Halen.
Begin the CourseJoin Andy as he takes a look at the style of one of the most influential guitarists of all time: Eddie Van Halen. In the series introduction, Andy gives us a taste of what is to come in the series.
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Andy starts off by looking at Eddie's rhythm playing, specifically his use of open position power chords.
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Pushing the envelope: that's what this dotted quarter note feel is all about. Join Andy as he shows us another driving Van Halen style power chord riff!
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Now Andy takes a look at a common technique that Eddie employed: adding single notes to power chords.
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Continuing with the power chord theme, Andy adds in some sliding single notes to a cool power chord riff.
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Sliding power chords around the neck is a common theme in Eddie's playing. Andy takes some familiar shapes and moves them around to create a cool riff!
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In this lesson, Andy combines power chord shapes with other types of chord shapes. It's really the best of both worlds ;).
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Now Andy takes common power chord shapes and gives them a tweak by letting certain open strings ring along side them.
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Now we transition from power chords and open power chords to full barre chords. These chords and their variations bring some different colors to the canvas.
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Andy shows us a slight variation on lesson 9 that adds even more variety to your barre chords!
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Adding single notes to smaller barre shapes is the focus of this lesson. Eddie used this sort of technique on some classic Van Halen songs!
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A very Eddie sounding riff punctuates this lesson that looks at adding single notes to barre chord shapes.
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Integrating natural harmonics and power chords is a common Eddie technique. In this lesson, Andy has us working on a very cool riff that does just that!
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Pinch harmonics are a big part of some of the crazy sounds that Eddie gets out of his guitar. In this lesson, Andy shows us how to achieve this sound.
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Here's a short lick for you to practice your pinch harmonics that we learned in the previous lesson!
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Eddie had a unique way of playing certain scales. Some of these scales were very uniform in their fingering across the fretboard, thus the term - Symmetrical Scale. Here is the first in a series of 3 lessons that takes a look at these interesting sounding scales.
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In the second symmetrical scale, Andy shows us a fast and furious lick that is really reminiscent of Eddie!
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In the third symmetrical scale, Andy returns to some tapping to illustrate the lick.
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In this lesson, Andy shows us a cool, ascending major scale lick that will prove to be useful in lots of musical situations!
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A trill, a minor pentatonic scale and a bluesy bend make up this lick in the style of Van Halen!
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This riff may have it's origin in the Chuck Berry style, but it's one that Van Halen used a lot!
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Here's a fun lick Andy will show you that gives you great practice at jumping from one end of the fret board to the other.
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One of the techniques that Eddie is best known for is of course, his two handed tapping technique. In this lesson, Andy shows us a Van Halen-esque tapping lick using notes in the minor pentatonic scale.
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More tapping on tap here.... Andy shows us a lick that uses adjacent pentatonic notes on the fretboard.
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In this lesson, Andy shows us a staple of Eddie's repertoire: Tapped Harmonics.
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Tapped Harmonics Part 2 has a very rhythmic riff that Andy is going to show us that has a similar vibe to "Mean Streets" by Van Halen.
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Building on the lick from the last lesson, Andy continues with more tapped harmonics.
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Here's a technique that Eddie uses a lot in his playing. A bit tricky, but with practice it's a technique that anyone can do!
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In this lesson, Andy shows us a tapping lick that uses open strings, and mulitple notes on one string.
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Andy now takes the pattern we learned in the last lesson, add a little to it, and puts it in a musical context for us.
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In this lesson, Andy shows us a cool ascending tapping lick that moves through various positions.
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In the series finale, Andy briefly discusses Eddie's gear and gives us some advice as to how to recreate his basic sound.
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