Rick Graham
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Rick Graham is a guitarist/musician who lives and breathes music. Throughout the 16 years that he has been playing, he has absorbed music from one end of the spectrum to the other and has carefully woven those elements into his own playing.
Rick will be teaching rock, funk, blues, fusion, metal, classical/fingerstyle and will cover all aspects of technique, musicianship and theory within them.
2005 saw the release of his EP ‘Re-Invention’ which was co-written and co-produced by Lee Graham.
Some comments on Rick’s work:
Greg Howe – “Superb Phrasing (Clever use of motifs). Great Tone (round yet focused). Vibrato is very musical and relaxed. Impressive two handed chops.”
Vince DiCola (on Rick’s cover version of Training Montage) – “Very Good! This is actually one of the best and most faithful covers of my work I have ever come across. The guitar playing the melody sounds very fitting and your expression is very tasteful. The playing of the keyboards are impressive as well.”
Andy Mckee – “I reckon Vince DiCola would be proud of your Training Montage arrangement! Great playing Rick! Keep on rocking it out.”
Marco Sfogli (guitarist with James LaBrie) – “Rick, you rock!!!”
Richard Niczyperowicz – “I really enjoyed the work on this disc, the song writing is very good and the production is nice and clear. I see a lot of 80’s influences in this one, lots of keyboard/guitar combinations make a great effect, I can definitely tell the Vince DiCola track was a big influence too. Overall a great disc.”
“I hope that you get the best out of everything here at Infinite Guitar and above all, HAVE FUN!”
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Hey everyone and welcome to this Creative Scales tutorial! We are going to get creative with the Pentatonic scale by creating a hybrid of two scales: A minor Pentatonic and E minor Pentato...
Time to get working on the 5 scale positions! There are a number of ways you can visualize these shapes to make it easier for yourself. There are 2 methods which you can try. Either you can...
OK, here's a no frills improvisation example using the Pentatonic Hybrid scale. Hopefully, you can hear how pleasing it is to the ear with the addition of the 9th to the scale. Also take no...
Have fun with the backing track! Be sure to post a take in the forums so everyone can check out your improvisational skills. ;-)
Hey everyone and welcome to this new tutorial on Hybrid Picking! For the uninitiated, Hybrid Picking is a technique which requires the use of pick and right hand fingers. It's a technique w...
Okay guys, check out the video of our Hybrid Picking Solo Study and make any notes that you think will be relevant before we head on over to the breakdown videos. Practice hard and have fun!
Throughout this study we have a recurring right hand pattern which repeats throughout the majority of the piece. Once we have this pattern under our fingers we can concentrate on negotiating...
We continue the piece with more of the same, this time with a series of descending diminished 7th chords. The fingering stays the same with the exception of the final diminished 7th ch...
After the descending slurred passage we find ourselves back on familiar ground with the right hand pattern that by now you should be comfortable with. This continues until the final Em chor...
Well that time of the year has crept out of nowhere on us all again. So let's get in the spirit of Christmas by taking a look at one of the most popular seasonal tunes of all, 'Jingle Bells'...
The most technically demanding aspect of this arrangement is the control of the individual voices. It is a good idea to study the score away from your guitar and grab a pencil and mark in a...
Technically, you may find the position shifts need the most work in this section as the alternation between the chords and the octave figures require considerable shifts from a lower to high...
Hey there and welcome to this month's follow up tutorial. It's hammer time you lot! Now that you have practiced the basic principles we went over in the previous tutorial, you are ready to ...
These first set of exercises start with a b minor pentatonic scale. Make sure that throughout the exercises you do not slip back into using pull offs, hammers only gentlemen! Try not to use ...
These next examples start with B Mixolydian. Again, make sure that you are making each note sound with the same volume and tone as the previous and be sure to pay close attention to the weak...
These final examples are based around simple arpeggio shapes as opposed to the previous scale based examples. The position shifts may require some work and again, try to keep total control o...
Here's the drum backing for you to practice this month's exercises with. Best of luck!
Hi and welcome to this new tutorial on the subject of Legato. I'm going to break this subject up into two tutorials which will start with the basic essentials of this technique and progress...
The first step is to consider the left hand thumb positioning on the back of the neck. More often than not, the ideal position for the thumb is opposite somewhere between the first and secon...
Now that we have the thumb positioning covered, I'd like to discuss an element of playing that is not only applicaple to legato style playing but to everything and that is economy of motion....
One of the most important techniques that we need to achieve control over our legato technique is a good solid muting technique. Again, this technique will be beneficial to you whatever tech...
OK now that you have these basic but extremely important elements in place you will need to get practicing them in order to be ready for the follow up tutorial. It is essential that you crea...
Hi everybody and welcome to this tutorial on vibrato. This tutorial is the next step on from the previous string bending tutorial. I like to think of vibrato technique as essentially a dif...