Today we´ll have a tutorial on how to make a riff with the great heavy metal and hard rock resource, the pedal note.

A short solo that shows you some cool licks you can create with open strings and hammer ons.

Using a melody line as a reference point in building licks!

Recycle all your licks simply by playing them in the open position!

How to modify the G mixolydian scale shape by incorporating open strings to get that characteristic country sound.

Let's play chords using only two fingers. Thanks to the open strings, they will sound more complex than they are.

A folk style song using open strings to build chords, scales and harmonic lines

An intensive right hand picking etude that concentrates mainly on single strings, to improve stamina and coordination.

Demonstrates how to mimic pedal steel guitar technique on regular guitar