0 0

5 Styles Lead

by Alex Feather

Lesson step:

  • main
  • 1
  • 2
  • Members only3
  • Members only4
  • Members only5
  • Members only6
  • Members only7
  • Members only8
  • Members only9
  • Members only10
  • Members only11
  • Members only12
  • Members only13
  • Members only14
  • Members only15
  • Members only16
  • Members only17
  • Members only18
  • Members only19
  • Members only20
  • Members only21
  • Members only22
  • Members only23
  • Members only24
  • Members only25
  • Members only26
  • Members only27
  • Difficulty: 6

Recommended lessons

  • Lesson
  • My notes
  • Statistics

  • Hello everybody!

    Welcome to my new lesson!
    This one will be totally different from everything I have done so far.
    This lesson includes 5 most popular guitar styles: Country, Rock, Blues, Fusion and Jazz.

    By learning this lesson you will work on:
    Legato, Tapping, Alternative Picking, Pull off's - Hammer on's - Open stings, Sweeping , Bending , Dynamics and much much more!

    Key signature:
    The main melody is in G major
    For Jazz C major

    Gear:
    Tom Anderson Telecaster
    Ugly Amps - Ugly 18
    ZMG - Aspid Drive
    Waves plugins
    Apogee ensemble

    I hope you guys will enjoy this lesson! Have fun practicing it. Let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!

    Now I would like to explain each in details!

    Country

    The chord progression : G - C- G - D

    The solo is based on G major pentatonic :



    This solo has a lot of slides and chicken picking technique!

    Rock

    The chord progression : E minor riff for the verse ; E- D - C - B for the chorus

    Solo is based on E minor pentatonic :


    And has a lot of bending, tapping and legato techniques!

    Blues

    Chord progression : Emi - Ami - Emi - Bmi - Ami

    The solo is based on E minor blues pentatonic :



    This solo is very simple but has a lot of dynamics! So be sure to feel it when you are playing.

    Fusion

    This is the most complicated solo of this lesson.

    Chord progression : Ami - D9

    The solo is based on A dorian scale :



    Solo has a lot of legato, sweeping, hammer on's and polyrhythm!
    For this lesson make sure to practice with a metronome at a very slow tempo!

    Jazz

    Chord changes for this solo are really cool : C6, Am9, Dm9, G11, C, Am7, Bm7, D7, G6, G6, F#m7, B9, E, G7#5
    I was trying to accent chord tones and make sure that all the changes are accented!
  • Login to use my notes. No GMC account? Register here.

  • Members practicing this lesson

    REC Takes

      This lesson does not have any REC takes yet.
      Here is how to submit one.

    Lesson views

    • Total views: 4373
    • Member views: 875
    • Guest views: 3498