Solo Lesson | I Remember You
The 80′s were a great time to fall in love with the guitar. As an instrument the guitar commanded alot of respect in the world of rock music back then. Guitarists were in competition with each other to...
View ArticleSteve Vai Inspired Scale Sequence
When Eat ‘Em and Smile from David Lee Roth came out in 1986 I was blown away. I had just seen the movie Crossroads where Steve Vai played the devil’s guitarist and now here he was filling the shoes of...
View ArticleDust in the Wind Verse | Fingerpicking
In this lesson we’re going to be continuing with our Dust in the Wind beginner fingerpicking tutorials. In the last lesson we focused on the Intro Section, in this one we’ll look at the verse section....
View ArticleEffect Loops
What does the effects loop on an amp do? The effects loop allows you to include your amp’s natural overdrive into the sounds created by your delay and modulation effects. The loop comes between your...
View ArticleFinger Exercise in a Bottle
[level-premium-members][wpfp-link][/level-premium-members] Here’s a great tune by the Police that is bound to get stuck in your head. Message in a Bottle. The cool thing about practicing this song is...
View ArticlePlay Guitar Like a Little Girl
[level-premium-members][wpfp-link][/level-premium-members] You may have seen the video of 8 year old Zoe Thompson killing the guitar on YouTube. She’s playing Stratosphere from the band Stratovarious...
View ArticleHot Lick! | E Minor Pentatonic
[level-premium-members][wpfp-link][/level-premium-members] I LOVE HOT LICKS!!! Sorry I just had to get that out of my system. This six note hot lick is in the key of E minor and uses the notes of the...
View ArticleSolo Lesson | Back in Black
[level-premium-members][wpfp-link][/level-premium-members] I once heard a guitarist say,”Listening to Steve Vai makes me want to practice but listening to Angus Young makes me want to party!” Angus is...
View ArticleBeginner Guitar Tab Reading
[level-premium-members][wpfp-link][/level-premium-members] One of the best things about guitar is the ability to easily use guitar tablature (TAB) to quickly learn songs and licks. A reader asked me to...
View ArticleDust in the Wind Intro | Fingerpicking
[level-premium-members][wpfp-link][/level-premium-members] Dust in the Wind is a classic tune from Kansas that uses the claw-hammer finger-picking technique. It is called claw-hammer because you use...
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