This weeks lesson takes a look at performing substitutions with diatonic pentatonic scale ideas. This is an easy idea to work on that can produce a fresh new sound into any solo or melody line. ...
If I’m being honest with myself, I’d say that I’ve gone through several long periods where guitar was a secondary – even tertiary – part of my life. Sure, ever since I started playing at ...
I was messing around with a pentatonic and started messing around with some taps. I found that if I tapped 4 frets up from the most common box shape of the minor pentatonic that all ...
This time I will cover a few of the basic ideas involved with entering into the world of playing rock lead guitar and how to solo over rock music in general. It presupposes that viewers ...
When I think Hungarian minor I don’t just think about salami. I think about bands like Cacophony and Revocation with their enjoyment of exotic modes and abrasive intervals. Before we get stuck into the lick ...
Hey guys! This lesson is for those of you who want to learn how slap technique. If you already know slap, this might help you a bit too. Hope you enjoy! What will I need ...
In this tune I’ll show the melody and the solo. There are two video lessons to the tune. In the first one I’m playing the tune and demonstrating the melody. And the second video is ...
Hey guys! So the legato is getting a bit more difficult in this lesson. We will focus on essential pull-off patterns that will strengthen that technique. Things to focus on: Play with a metronome Start ...
This week we will work on playing through three intermediate level jazz chord workout exercises. The exercises begin with the common seventh chord qualities, then move on to using chord extensions and finally progress to ...
Level: Intermediate Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard) “Bark at the Moon“… Pretty win but also overlooked solo. I always loved Zakk and Randy… And poor Jake E. Lee is so easy to ...