
What was I thinking?: This was the first track that was recorded for this record.

Steve Vai Guitar Lesson – Erotic Nightmares Using your fingers makes it very hard to get to the note, but using your wrist makes it much easier. A lot of students I see use their fingers to bend the note, which is squirrelly and not consistent sounding. When you bend a note, when bending two frets, I always recommend coming down onto the strings in a way that gives you stability and leverage, as I demonstrate in the video. I’ve spent many hours just focusing on bending notes, and there’s a couple things I can point out here that you may want to be aware of. Your intonation will also be very important when find yourself bending notes, which is a study unto itself. Steve Vai Guitar Lesson – Bending Notesĭownload the tab & notation for this Steve Vai guitar lesson I’ll go through certain things that I went through when I was younger, but more importantly we’ll be going deeper than the technique. I can show you my technique, and you might find some inspiration in it, but you’re going to be most comfortable playing in your own style. Now there are certain bad habits to avoid that we can get into, but opening yourself up to your instincts is the best way to discover the best technique for you. There isn’t one technique, as you can tell, with many different types of players, some people holding the pick one way, some vibrating notes other ways, etc. So what I prefer to teach in this realm is to actually find in yourself the technique that feels right. The reason I don’t usually dive deeply into technique is that it might not be the thing for you, and I feel a little uncomfortable teaching a technique that might not be natural or organic. I’d like to talk a little bit about technique, but just a little bit. Steve Vai Guitar Lesson – Deeper Than Technique For the full course, check out Steve Vai’s Alien Guitar Secrets: Passion & Warfare. Here are 5 Steve Vai guitar lessons from the course. Many of these teaching examples come directly from Steve’s record, Passion & Warfare, which is widely considered one of the best guitar-based instrumental albums of all time.

In this course, Steve Vai provides invaluable insights into how he manifested success for himself, and passes on technical advice for improving your skills on the guitar. This opportunity presents itself in three-time GRAMMY Award winner, Steve Vai’s TrueFire course, Alien Guitar Secrets: Passion & Warfare. This type of instruction and validation can be priceless. Sometimes, however, we have the opportunity to get a point in the right direction from a mentor who is truly remarkable. One thing is for sure: there is no one, “true” way to get better at an instrument. Others, may follow a more traditional educational path. As any of us climb the ranks of guitar-playing proficiency, many of us will self-teach.
