Melodic licks with analysis

Learn the easiest 5 minute guitar solo ever in the style of 20 famous bands from the world of indie to progressive metal.

In this lesson we will open the door into the world of scales and basic lead guitar playing which make use of the scales.

A starting point for beginners wanting to play rock leads

Introducing modern funk lead guitar concepts in this lesson. Although funk guitar is mostly about rhythm, there is certainly a good lead aspect as well, specially in the modern times. Not only is this modern aspect of funk lead playing good sounding in funk, but in many other types of music, blending with several other styles and pushing the boundaries into fusion music.

Short easy latin piece, with some counting exercises.

Slow beginner to intermediate solo, includes bends. vibrato, slides. Great for practicing and improving lead guitar playing on a beginner level.

Let's ecplore soloing over a major chord progression, using vibrato, alternate picking, legato, string skipping, slide, bending. Also - I used a hair elastic over the neck to avoid unwanted noise.

This rock 'n roll solo is a scary mix of artificial harmonics, two-note-per-srting speed picking and double stops. You will often find that over an A5 powerchord it is common to play the note A (also called the root note) or the note E (called the "fifth" - when played over A). This could be described as an arpeggio approach - which simply mean playing the same note as in the backing chord.