Add melodies to chords and take your guitar arrangements to the next level!
Tags: arrangement, chord melodies, arpeggiated chords, chords, rhythm, fingerpicking, C Major, songwriting, arranging, tutorial, how toAlternate picking patterns to improve dynamics and overall control. Good rhythm tone starts in your hands!
Tags: dynamics, alternate picking, downstrokes, upstrokes, staccato, accents, metal, Mark Tremonti, Trivium, Zakk Wylde, Dream Theater, Eddie Van Halen, G minor6 Great Blues Licks that will improve your blues vocabulary
Tags: loose timing, dynamic accents, pocket, inner voice, feel, feelings, emotional licks, clapton, santana, timing, personal phrasing, A minorGet into the soul Megadeth's lead guitarist!
Tags: Lydian, phrasing, Megadeth, Angra, Alternate Picking, Legato, Hybrid Picking, Bending, Vibrato, C lydian, modern progressive, plini, groovy phrases, palm muting, arpeggios, Brazilian guitarist, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, ShreddingTraditional 8 bars slow blues style using a simple bassline.
Tags: John Lee Hooker, bassline, classic blues, eight bar, 8 barWhat if John Mayer were a chicken picker..? ;)
Tags: double stops, pre bends, John Mayer, James Burton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, E MajorRhythm, dynamics, expression and phrasing in a Symphonic Metal setting.
Tags: Dream Theater, Nightwish, Avenged Sevenfold, Symphony X, tapping, alternate picking, bending, legato, hammer ons, pull offs, A minorFusion ballad guitar solo from the song Deep by Dallton Santos
Tags: Greg Howe, Van Halen, Guthrie Govan, Plini, sweep tapping, bend tapping, rock fusion backing track, deep, outside, vibrato, tapping, E Major, G MajorLots of speed picking and sweeping
Tags: alternate picking, shred, speed picking, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, A harmonic minor, D harmonic minor, B dominant phrygian, legato, shredding, insane, level god, paganini influence, string skipping, pedal note, sweepingA Neoclassical solo in the key of A-minor. At first glance this might seem like an semi-advanced solo - but it's not. It's actually easier than it looks!
Tags: A minor, alternate picking, pull off, yngwie malmsteen, stratovarius, symphonic, speed picking, classical influence, rhapsody, symphony X, sweep pickingAn easy solo made for seasoned beginners to early intermediate players.
Tags: E minor, bending, vibrato, melodic soloing, rock solo, picking, slides, pre bends, octave runs, lead guitar techniquesThis solo combines many techniques: bending, pre-bending, picking, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping, sweeping, use of open strings etc. It's sort of a Rock Ballad feel, tempo is 70bpm.
Tags: rock ballad, bending, pre-bending, picking, hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, sweeping, open strings, D major, rock ballad, slow tempo, melodic, D Major Pentatonic, D MinorThis lesson contains 5 string patterns in Dmin. The picking style shown in this lesson is one of the harder picking excercises.
Tags: scale runs, patterns, Paul Gilbert, shred, exercise, picking, staccato, D minor, standard D tuning, Buckethead, fast pickingAn exercise I developed recently for the left hand, a drill for the little finger, pinky (hammer-on till the dawn). It can be practiced on all levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced) depending on the speed.
Tags: finger independence, pinky, coordination, hammer on, pedal tone, pedal note, vinnie moore, yngwie malmsteen, neoclassical rockEVH trademarks - from his tapping licks, legato, use of whammy bar, and his unique tremolo picking.I also added a few natural and tapped harmonics, just to get the whole picture. :)
Tags: open chords, tapping licks, legato, use of whammy bar, tremolo picking, natural, tapped, harmonics, EVH, D minor, D mixolydianIf you don't have experience with fast shredding but like the neoclassical style, this lesson is for you!
Tags: vibrato, bending, Yngwie Malmsteen, B minor, G diminished, F# phrygian dominant, Vinnie Moore, melodic, alternate picking, bends