Lee Wrathe - Artist Pack - Creative Looping For Beginners

Embark on a musical journey with the "Lee Wrathe - Artist Pack - Creative Looping For Beginners," exclusively available at LickLibrary. This comprehensive course, taught by Lee Wrathe, is tailored for aspiring guitarists who are eager to delve into the art of looping and enhance their musical repertoire. With expert guidance from Lee Wrathe, this pack offers a deep dive into various foundational and creative guitar techniques. Here’s what you can expect from each segment of the course:

What is a Looper Pedal?

The looper pedal is an essential tool for modern guitarists, allowing you to record your playing in real-time and then play it back as a loop. This course begins by exploring the functionalities of a looper pedal, emphasizing why it's a powerful tool for practicing, composing, and live performances. Learning to use a looper pedal can help guitarists develop timing, experiment with layering, and build complex soundscapes solo.

Minor and Major Pentatonic Scales

The pentatonic scales are among the most commonly used in guitar playing, providing a solid foundation for solos and improvisation. This course covers both minor and major pentatonic scales, detailing their structure and how to apply them across various musical genres. Mastery of these scales offers immediate benefits in enhancing your soloing capabilities and improvisational fluency.

The Major Scale and Related Harmony

Understanding the major scale is fundamental to grasping musical theory. This section explains the major scale’s construction and its importance in creating melodies and harmonies. Learners will gain insight into how scales form the basis for building chords and how these concepts apply to actual music composition and improvisation.

The Natural Minor Scale

The natural minor scale, or Aeolian mode, is explored for its emotional depth and versatility in music. This course segment will guide you through the scale’s characteristics and uses, enhancing your ability to compose and improvise in a minor key. Understanding this scale enriches your musical expression and versatility.

Chord Scale Relationships

Grasping chord scale relationships is crucial for any guitarist looking to improvise or compose music that is harmonically sound. This course section explains how different chords are constructed from scales, providing a roadmap for creating chord progressions and enhancing musical compositions.

Basic Open Chords

Open chords are the first type of chords most guitarists learn and are fundamental for playing numerous songs. This module not only covers how to play these chords but also discusses their applications in various musical contexts, enriching your rhythm playing and song accompaniment skills.

Easy Moveable Chords to Explore the Neck

To expand your fretboard knowledge and versatility, this course introduces easy moveable chord shapes. These chords, once mastered, allow you to navigate the neck more freely and vary your sound, enabling more dynamic playing across different song sections.

Learning these techniques not only boosts your guitar skills but also enhances your musical expression, improvisational abilities, and understanding of music theory. As you progress through the course, you’ll find each lesson builds upon the previous, culminating in a comprehensive understanding that will transform your approach to guitar playing.

Guitar Techniques Used in the Lessons

• Vibrato
• Alternate Picking
• Legato
• Chord Progressions
• Barre Chords
• Hammer-Ons
• Pull-Offs
• Slides

These techniques are integral to the lessons in the "Lee Wrathe - Artist Pack - Creative Looping For Beginners." They form the core skills that will elevate your playing and ensure you have the tools to continue growing as a musician. Explore each technique with our expertly crafted lessons and start your journey to becoming a more proficient and expressive guitarist today.