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Rock Guitar Lessons
 Difficulty 6 of 10 String Skipping LessonLet's get off the crazy shred stuff and work on something equally important. String skipping is an important thing, and it is difficult even if not played lightning fast. In this lesson we will incorporate string skipping and alternate picking, create a melody, which can even work as an intro to a song, using several scale boxes of C#. If you are ready to skip some strings - check this one out!  Difficulty 6 of 10 Advanced ChordsAdvanced chording is something that scares many players. Same happened to me when i saw Eric Johnson doing all the awesome chording stuff. I thought it is just too hard to use chords like that and I gave up for some time. (...) With a bit of investigation i found that the stuff is pretty simple and cool sounding so if you want to see what the big mystery of advanced chords looks like - jump in!  Difficulty 7 of 10 Tapping 4 - More Two-Handed Tapping...!Today we are going to look at a style of two handed tapping technique that's typical to Greg Howe (and probably a bunch of other shred guitarists too!). As this video lesson hopefully will demonstrate, it's a very versatile technique. The first two licks demonstrate how smooth, legato sounding, this pattern can make the pentatonic scale sound. It is also an excellent tool for creating fast runs, in either improvised or written solos. All the licks in this tapping 101 serie work well to combine with each other. Difficulty 5 of 10 Tapping 3 - Two-Handed TappingIn this third 101 tapping lesson - we start to get into truly advanced stuff. This specific kind of pattern is something I personally have had great use of - I have probably used it a little more than I should have! The technique enables extremely fast playing - in fact the speeds possible easily exceed what would be possible to do with picking/legato. The two-handed approach sure is something for speedmonsters. As always with tapping - the level of difficulty isn't that high. (Doing these kind of things with any other technique would require years and years of practice). Difficulty 2 of 10 Barre ChordsUndoubtly, this is one of the biggest obstacles for beginner guitarists. Barre chords are tricky because all six strings of the guitar need to be fretted with one finger - the barre. The good news is, once you can play one of them, you will be able to play all. And not only will you be able to play all barre chords - you will also be able to play all essential chords just by moving around a couple of barre shapes. Difficulty 6 of 10 Pentatonic Scale 3 - Diagonal Position ShiftingThe diagonal pentatonic approach is the most effective way of covering ground on the guitar. Also, it is probably one of the most requested type of runs by my students. Nothing looks cooler than starting a run from the lowest notes on the low e-string, going all the way up to the highest notes on the high e-string. Difficulty 5 of 10 Pentatonic Scale 2 - Horizontal Position ShiftingIf you can achieve speed on one place on the guitar, you are very close to doing it all over. And that's what this lesson is about. Some of the licks I have given you are very useful for phrasing. Basically we are playing slower melodic patterns, which (once again!) move all over the guitar. I have found them to be reminescent of both SRV and Eric Johnson - depending on which tempo you chose to play them in! Difficulty 1 of 10 Beginner LicksDo you dream of getting started with solo guitar? Has the instruction you have found so far been too difficult for you? Here is the place to start! The basic building block for solos are licks, in other words short passages of notes. When put together - this licks create a solo. The better the licks you know, the better your solos are going to sound! Difficulty 2 of 10 How to Use a Metronome - Step by Step GuideMost techniques on the guitar require a lot of practice - and when you practice guitar techniques, it is mandatory to use a metronome! Being able to aggressively use speedpicking in sync with a beat, is an ability given to few. Now you can get there - just stick to the rules of this video lesson. Difficulty 5 of 10 Speedpicking/alternate picking vertical playingIn this third part of our speedpicking serie - we are starting to get serious. Until now we have only covered exactly how to technically achieve speedpicking - as well as what exercises to practice etc. Today we will put it all together - and create vertical speedpicking runs - by stacking speedpicking patterns. This is most likely what your favorite guitarist is doing - when you think he/she is improvising mindbogglingly fast. Be prepared to see the light...the speedpicking light!
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