In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a driving, classic rock style rhythm on electric guitar in the style of the Rolling Stones. The 2nd half includes a lead part in which you'll be playing the chord changes. … [Read more...]
Classic Rock Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson (Includes Fill Licks) – EP218
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a classic rock style rhythm in the key of E. This composition is played solo guitar (no accompaniment required) and includes several fill-licks to spice things up a bit. You’ll be learning to improvise rhythms around a few basic chords to enhance your rhythm playing. … [Read more...]
Blues / Rock Rhythm Guitar Lesson (Key of A) – LEG018
In this lesson I show you how to play a standard driving blues/ rock rhythm on an electric guitar (I'm going to focus on interesting guitar rhythms for the next few lessons). I played this with an electric guitar with overdrive, however, that isn't required to play a rhythm like this - you could use clean channel on electric or even acoustic and still be able to play this rhythm. The key to getting the fat "chunky" sound is to use palm muting with your right hand (which I'll demonstrate in the … [Read more...]