Rock music as we know it today would not be the same without the eighties. Many bands back then have influenced musicians today in many ways. The most important thing in the following examples is to stay as melodic as possible.

Gabriel holds an easy rock lesson for beginner/intermediate players, composed using only A pentatonic minor scale. It sounds like 80's hard rock bands such as Motley Crue, Whitesnake, Kiss, Cinderella...

Fancy 80s guitar playing!

Eighties funky rhythm. I play different guitar grooves with chords, strumming and muted scales.

Metal riff in the style of 80's metal bands.

Improve your rhythm chops with 8ths / 16ths syncopations

At the request of several students, today we will be seeing a rhythmic lesson of Hard Rock!

A cool example of layering guitar tracks to build an arrangement.

Phrasing techniques inspired by keyboard players like Jan Hammer, Herbie Hancock, etc.