November 22, 2019
It's easy to get stuck at beginning all of our arpeggios on the root, but then we miss a lot of great sounds! In this lesson we use first and second inversions to play along with a chord progression, or harmonic sequence.
November 15, 2019
Just learning a few simple arpeggios and how to use them can make a huge difference in your musicianship and confidence on your instrument. Get started for free with this lesson on diminished triads from "Arpeggios for Rock Guitar"!
November 12, 2019
Most people who pursue a worthy goal, such as mastering guitar, do so with only a vague idea of where they're headed. It may seem like enough to simply try to be like your favorite guitarists, or become determined to be "good enough" to play an impressive technique, but these alone won't lead to success.
October 30, 2019
Learn this great riff from "Halloween" by Helloween in this free lesson from "100 Metal Riffs"!
October 25, 2019
Learn this great riff from "Out of Control by Krokus in this free lesson from "100 Metal Riffs"!
October 8, 2019
I've just begun a series of short compositions for the solo electric guitar. I just released the second one today - "Micro Caprice no. 2 in C# minor." This one focuses heavily on sweep picking and is a great example of what you can do with sweep picking beyond the standard patterns and uses. I highly recommend checking out that video before you read the rest of this.
October 5, 2019
With the index at the second fret we play E and A power chords, so this is a great position for riffing! In E minor pentatonic this will be “Box Two” and in A minor pentatonic we’ll have “Box Four”. We can move the pattern up a whole step from A to play the same notes in B minor.
September 24, 2019
This is super fun, and doing it is going to give you something that you really want, it will give you an amazing sense of accomplishment, it will amaze any audience and will become something awesome that you can practice any time of day.