{"id":4941,"date":"2015-08-27T18:20:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T17:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2015-08-27T18:20:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T17:20:55","slug":"watch-john-5-shares-with-musicradar-a-guest-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/08\/27\/watch-john-5-shares-with-musicradar-a-guest-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"[Watch] John 5 shares with MusicRadar a guest lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/08\/27\/watch-john-5-shares-with-musicradar-a-guest-lesson\/john5-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4943 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"john5\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tuition\/guitars\/30-day-guitar-challenge-day-27-john-5-guest-lesson-626702\" target=\"_blank\">As part of MusicRadar&#8217;s\u00a030 day guitar challenge, John 5 shares his own guest lesson<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0string-skipped arpeggios and\u00a0tapping in both rhythm and lead playing.<\/p>\n<p>From MusicRadar:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>This month, John takes us through his approaches to quintessential rock techniques string skipping and tapping. His speed is utterly ferocious at times, but we&#8217;d urge you to stick with the lesson even if up-tempo playing isn&#8217;t your bag.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All of John&#8217;s examples in this month&#8217;s video lesson can be distilled down to simple ideas, each less than a bar of music in length, which can then be moved around the fretboard to create more sophisticated licks. Focusing on these basic ideas will help you to put together your own more advanced creations.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lessons have previously been shared via Total Guitar but MusicRadar have compiled a series of lessons plus musical sheets and write-ups. To watch the video lessons, and find out more, click &gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To view the lessons in full, complete with useful music sheets an write-ups on each lesson, go to:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tuition\/guitars\/30-day-guitar-challenge-day-27-john-5-guest-lesson-626702\" target=\"_blank\">musicradar.com\/tuition\/guitars\/30-day-guitar-challenge-day-27-john-5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVD_0HveBn8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKHEqu9h_wI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of MusicRadar&#8217;s 30 day guitar challenge, John 5 shares his own guest lesson including string-skipped arpeggios and tapping in both rhythm and lead playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[484,13,556,486],"class_list":["post-4941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-guitar-lesson","tag-john-5","tag-music-radar","tag-total-guitar","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1hH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4884,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/05\/14\/john-5-shares-with-musicradar-his-tips-for-other-guitarists\/","url_meta":{"origin":4941,"position":0},"title":"John 5 shares with musicradar his tips for other guitarists","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"May 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 had a chat with musicradar and shares with them tips for other guitarists.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 music radar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/John-5-music-radar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/John-5-music-radar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/John-5-music-radar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3925,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2013\/09\/25\/watch-john-5s-shortcut-to-shred-mastery-with-total-guitar\/","url_meta":{"origin":4941,"position":1},"title":"[WATCH] John 5&#8217;s shortcut to shred mastery with Total Guitar","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"September 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the first of a two-part video series, John 5 shares his guest lessons - shred mastery - with UK magazine Total Guitar. 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