BVanHoosen12th June 2014Awesome! You forgot the part where your guitar has to be down by your knees though. I don't know how he does it! Sick lesson!
livoire1312th June 2014Nice one Ben !
Strange ending... o_O
Hajduk12th June 2014Love it Ben, great
Guido Bungenstock12th June 2014You're a really badass, Ben!!! :-D
Ben Higgins12th June 2014Thanks guys... pentatonic badassery rules - steal some licks !
VilleFIN12th June 2014Nice !
- Romko13th June 2014
delicious!!!
good lesson - jstcrsn19th June 2014
I wish I had time to learn this, except for that repeating run thats around 17, 15 and 13, got to put that in the memory banks
Fabian Ratsak20th June 2014Love youre playing mate!!
- pikman31st October 2014
right on man! so killer Ben,you captured his phrasing and feel!! awesome!
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Welcome to my new lesson in the style of Doug Aldrich!
"Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina), is a Los Angeles-based hard rock guitarist, since 2002 a member of Whitesnake." - Wikipedia
Doug is one of those players who really knows how to use the pentatonic scale. He uses a lot of blues based licks with a mixture of picking and legato to attain a very smooth and exciting style of playing. He is also notable for playing using a classical guitar position, where the hand is upright, not angled. This makes it harder to perform string bends but it can be developed just like any other technique. However, the advantages of a classical guitar hand position are an improved reach and an advantageous position for performing legato.
I've given you some rhythm work to ease you into the lesson before hitting the solo.
For the rhythm track, I've used modern day Whitesnake as an influence.
This lesson will work on:
- Hammer ons / Pull offs
- Alternate picking
- Bending
- Phrasing using the minor pentatonic scale
You can't really rock without the pentatonic so what are you waiting for? Get learning!
Tuning:
E A D G B E - Standard Tuning
Tempo:
115bpm
Gear:
Marshall JVM 410H
OD1, Red setting. BASS 5, MID 7, TREB 7, GAIN 4
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