Let's focus on phrasing using the volume knob. This type of phrasing gives the best results with delay and reverb. Remember to pick strings a little bit before note in order to have time to swell your sound.

We'll take a look at David Gilmour's use of the Dorian scale over a backing track in the style of Another brick in the wall. I changed the lead, but built it around licks that Gilmour would play.

Explanation of Volume Swells, combined with slides. Used by Yngwie Malmsteen and other neoclassical guitarists.

A guide on how to make your backing vocals better. Backing vocals are very important in your melodies, and it can really mean a lot to have some third interval backings on top of the main vocal melody.

Modes can sometimes be used to facilitate transitions between two unrelated keys. Let's talk about it!

A rock ballad version of Silent Night, featuring dramatic bends and vibrato.

Roy Buchanan meets Jerry Lee Lewis!

Jazz soloing, blues and jazz licks, use of beebop scale, use of chromatic passages, alternate and economy picking combined and more!

In this lesson we are going to work on connecting different scale positions, so you can learn how to use it efficiently while improvising.