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	<title>Free Guitar Lessons, Guitar Master Classes, Learn Guitar &#124; Insane Guitar &#187; Dave McLean</title>
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		<title>Malaguena</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was about to sit down to write this month&#8217;s lesson, I was swamped with requests for more fingerstyle stuff. Rather than skip about madly from fragment to fragment of various pieces, I decided to examine one section of the classic &#8220;Malaguena&#8221; so that we could try several variations. It can be written several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Lynch Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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One of the big requests I get is for &#8220;style&#8221; lessons, and among the top request in 2004 was for George &#8220;Mr. Scary&#8221; Lynch. My apologies for the delay, guys, but it&#8217;s finally here!


George burst on to the scene back in 1982 with the band Dokken and quickly became one of the most admired guitarists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tapping Into Mastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve been asked a lot as of late about tapping, or &#8220;touchstyle&#8221;, so I thought we&#8217;d revisit this topic as we boldly shred into the new year. The questions I&#8217;ve received have been about how to break beyond the standard &#8220;Eruption&#8221; style of applying tap technique, so I thought we&#8217;d take a brief look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greg Howe Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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Greg Howe may be most famous as the hired gun for mega-stars like Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson, but he&#8217;s known in the guitar world as a player with impeccable chops, extraordinary knowledge, and unique musical vision. He always demonstrates clean lines with both fire and grace, and his ability to weave together tapestries of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moonlight Sonata</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/moonlight-sonata-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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I got a few calls asking me to skip the &#8220;insanity&#8221; for one lesson and opt instead for a bit of focus on classical chops. Let it be known that I am less-than-adaquate when it comes to playing classical guitar, but I thought I might at least offer up something to assist those who want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/merry-christmas</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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One of my favorite pieces of Christmas music is &#8220;Do You Hear What I Hear?&#8221;. No only is it a gorgeous piece of music, but it&#8217;s a helluva lesson in composition and a great structure from which to practice multiple techniques.

Below is a very simple version (primarily melodic, so the harmonic options are completely open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phrasing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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Like last month, I&#8217;m going to include a little section from some recent guitar clinics I&#8217;m currently doing with fingerstyle guru Jerry Belsak and fusion wizard Philip High. One of the questions that comes up at clinics a lot is: &#8220;How can I learn to solo?&#8221; A lot goes into soloing well, but it begins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etude for Touch &#8211; Style</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/etude-for-touch-style</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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One of the fine fellows from the IG message-boards dropped me a line about writing practice pieces (etudes) for certain concepts. His question was in reference to the Harmonic Minor scale (lessons #11, &#8220;Modes of the Harmonic Minor&#8221;) and we&#8217;ll explore some etudes for that in a future lesson. This month, since I just finished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exotic Scales pt.2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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As we mentioned last time (in &#8220;Exotic Scales [part 1]&#8220;), the term &#8220;exotic scale&#8221; generally refers to scales outside of the standard Major Scale (&#38; it&#8217;s modes), the Harmonic Minor, and the Melodic Minor&#8230;plus a few others (depending on which text you&#8217;re reading). Essentially, exoticism is the use of musical devices (melodies, harmonies, rhythms, instrumentation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exotic Scales pt.1</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/exotic-scales-pt1</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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The term &#8220;exotic scale&#8221; generally refers to scales outside of the standard Major Scale (&#38; it&#8217;s modes), the Harmonic Minor, and the Melodic Minor&#8230;plus a few others (depending on which text you&#8217;re reading). Essentially, exoticism is the use of musical devices (melodies, harmonies, rhythms, instrumentation, etc.) to evoke the atmosphere of ancient or distant places, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Modes of Harmonic Minor</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/the-modes-of-harmonic-minor</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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This column will assume the reader already has a grasp on modes. If not, a modal primer will be available via my site very soon.

The Harmonic Minor is a fairly common scale, familiar to most internediate musicians. However, one seldom sees a complete modal breakdown of this scale, though the 5th mode (sometimes called the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Percussion Concepts for Acoustic Guitar</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/percussion-concepts-for-acoustic-guitar</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/percussion-concepts-for-acoustic-guitar#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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To my knowledge, it started way back in the 1920s &#38; 1930s with acoustic blues players &#8211; players who not only sang and strummed, but also smacked the strings and the guitar body to get percussive effects. Unfortunately, the recordings of those days are of poor quality, so hearing more than the vocal and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Way of the Gods: Jennifer Batten</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/way-of-the-gods-jennifer-batten</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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As many of you know, I write a column for TinFoilMusic called &#8220;Guitar Gods&#8221; that has featured some awesome players andwill feature many more players in the months to come. In the past, we&#8217;ve featured the playing styles of two of our &#8220;Guitar Gods&#8221; interviewees &#8211; Grammy winning guitarist Steve Stevens (of Billy Idol fame) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Way of the Gods: The Great Kat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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As many of you know, I write a column for TinFoil Music called &#8220;Guitar Gods&#8221; that has featured some awesome players and will feature many more players in the months to come. Two of those players, the Guitar Goddesses, are Jennifer Batten and The Great Kat. This month is a primer of sorts for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bridge to Esoterica pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/the-bridge-to-esoterica-pt-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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Last month&#8217;s installment of &#34;Insanity 101&#34; covered the whole-tone scale. We took a quick look at the scale and then a few runs and ways in which we might apply them. This month, we&#8217;ll look at some chords based on the whole-tone scale. These are not quite as easy to inject into a piece, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insanity 101: The Bridge to Esoterica</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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Months ago, a fellow (whose name I can&#8217;t recall) posted to the IG forums requesting information about the whole-tone scale and other &#8220;exotic&#8221; scales, as well as advise on how to apply new scales to soloing and composition. A recent letter from an IG reader (Chad from Iowa) reminded me of whole-tone scales&#8230;and that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Way of the Gods pt.1: Steve Stevens</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/dave-mclean/way-of-the-gods-pt1-steve-stevens</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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As many of you know, I write an interview series over at TinFoil Music Magazine (or, more properly, &#34;Tinfoil.Music&#34;). The series is called &#34;Guitar Gods&#34; and has featured well-known guitarists like the late Michael Hedges and Grammy Award winning Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, as well as new players like Insane Guitar founder Joel Wanasek. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Feedback</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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This month&#8217;s lesson was going to be a fragments from several of Paganini&#8217;s 24 Caprices. However, I received a bit of mail last month asking me to expound on a few ideas for breaking out of ruts, and a bit of other advice.


One reader (Bob from Florida) wanted to know if I could elaborate on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozart, Math, and Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s installment of &#34;Insanity 101&#34; has little to do with shredding; more to do with charging up your creative energy. Let&#8217;s take a look at some classic Western masters of music. 
There have been many composers who have used formalized systems as tools for composing. They range from serious and often complex methodologies (Schoenberg, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic with melody Fragments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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Let’s say we start with a basic melody line. Then let’s say we cut out a signature section, something like this:


Play this a few times through and improvise for a while. Now, amid whatever shred-fest you’ve jammed out to go along with this, try referring back to this fragment. Seasoned guitarists like Neil Schon, George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intro and Chromatic Madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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In many of my past instructional texts (“The Art of Scalar Magic” and even “Sonic Dance &#38; Secret Weapons”) I strived to be meticulous and exacting and, above all, structured and sequential. This series will be just the opposite, as I intend to break patterns, not build them. We’ll leap about from topic to topic [...]]]></description>
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