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Toby Pitman

For the past 18 years Toby has worked as a freelance session guitarist and programmer. A self confessed 'studio nerd' Toby also writes music for TV/Advertising as well as doing the odd bit of production/writing for various artists. He spends most of his time in his studio staring into a monitor or playing guitar. Recent clients include George Michael and David Arnold.
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10 Delay Tricks For Guitarists – Tuts+ Premium
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10 Delay Tricks For Guitarists – Tuts+ Premium

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series An In-depth Look at Playing Guitar (Premium Series)

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman explores a huge list of delay tricks for guitarists.

To learn more about what you get as part of Tuts+ Premium, read this. To take a peek inside this tutorial, hit the jump!

Blues Turnarounds – Audio Premium
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Blues Turnarounds – Audio Premium

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series An In-depth Look at Playing Guitar (Premium Series)

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman continues his series of premium guitar tuts. This week he shows us a bunch of ways to play turnarounds in Blues. The tut includes tabs and notation, and a huge range of exercises and audio examples.

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Understanding Logic Pro’s Environment

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in April 2009.

The Environment is the core of Logic. It can be the cause of a lot of confusion (and even fear!) for new and even more experienced Logic users. In the first of three tutorials that focus on the Environment I’m going to explain exactly what the Environment is and why it makes Logic the most flexible and advanced MIDI sequencing package on the market.

Acoustic Finger Style Basics – Audio Premium
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Acoustic Finger Style Basics – Audio Premium

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series An In-depth Look at Playing Guitar (Premium Series)

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman continues his series of premium guitar tuts. This week he takes us through the basics of acoustic finger style. The tut includes tabs and notation, and a huge range of exercises and audio examples.

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A Beginners Guide To The Minor Pentatonic – Audio Premium
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A Beginners Guide To The Minor Pentatonic – Audio Premium

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series An In-depth Look at Playing Guitar (Premium Series)

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman continues his series of premium guitar tuts, showing you how to incorporate every CAGED position of the Minor Pentatonic scale into your playing. Tabs and notation, a huge range of audio examples, and a loop to play along with are included.

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Using Chromatics In Rock Guitar – Audio Premium
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Using Chromatics In Rock Guitar – Audio Premium

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series An In-depth Look at Playing Guitar (Premium Series)

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman continues his series of premium guitar tuts, showing you how to incorporate the Chromatic scale into your lead breaks. Grab this tut today and start to fill in some of the gaps in your lead work! Tabs and a loop to play along with are included.

To learn more about what you get as part of Audio Premium, read this. To take a peek inside this tutorial, hit the jump!

Dorian Mode Workshop – Audio Premium
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Dorian Mode Workshop – Audio Premium

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series An In-depth Look at Playing Guitar (Premium Series)

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman starts a new series of premium guitar tuts with an in-depth look at how you can use the Dorian mode in your playing. He looks at how the mode is constructed, and how you can play arpeggio-based runs built on the Dorian Mode and Dominant Pentatonic Scale.

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Guitar Tut: Open String Runs
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Guitar Tut: Open String Runs

Here is the first of Toby Pitman’s guitar tuts. I’ve been looking forward to these! In this video guitar tutorial we’ll cover the basics of open string runs. It’s like having a sustain pedal for your guitar!


This entry is part 1 of 16 in the Creative Session: All About Playing Guitar Session
10 Apps For Slowing Down Solos

10 Apps For Slowing Down Solos

No matter what instrument you play there’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of working out your favorite solo by ear. Here’s 10 apps to help out with those tricky bits!

The Art of Improvisation – Audio Premium
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The Art of Improvisation – Audio Premium

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Toby Pitman waxes lyrical about the art of improvisation, and gives us some practical tips about how to develop our ability to improvise.

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