Articulation is the term we use in music for the how you play notes. Scales are great for learning what notes can be played, but how you play them transforms bland notes into musical ideas. In this …
Useful Arpeggios For Soloing
This lesson expands on the concept of the Big 3 patterns and grabs a 4 string chunk of each shape to make nice and comfortable arpeggio patterns. These patterns are very functional and can help you …
Rock Guitar Practice Solo
Rock Guitar Practice Solo I hear from people all the time who are learning the guitar, and doing what they have been told to do. They are practicing away at all the different patterns, but have …
Simple Double Stops
This week's lesson is the second installment of 'lead shorts'. A series that focuses on different aspects of lead guitar playing by introducing a specific riff or line. Today I look at and discuss a …
Legato & Large Interval Practice
This is the first lesson in a new series of condensed videos I call "shorts". No relation to the clothing item though. In this short lesson I'll show you a fun pentatonic lick moving chromatically …
Footsteps in the Dark
In this lesson I demonstrate how to play and solo over "Footsteps in the Dark" by the Isley Brothers. This is a soul music classic and was also sampled by Ice Cube for the song "It Was A Good Day". If …