In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a classic, rockabilly style rhythm and lead by learning how to play 6 and 9 chords in different positions all over the neck. By the end of this video, you'll understand how to use 6 and 9 chords in any key and in any position. … [Read more...]
Rockabilly Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson (in the key of A) – EP226
In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn several classic Rockabilly style techniques including embellishing around an A6 chord. You’ll also learn an easy way to play chord changes by picking notes out of chords instead of thinking of scales. … [Read more...]
Boogie Woogie Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson (Includes 3 Levels) – EP186
This week's guitar lesson features 3 boogie woogie style rhythms that can be played over the same MP3 jam track. Each rhythm is slightly more difficult than the previous in that the first one (Level 1) is the easiest and Level 3 is the most difficult. This lesson gives you 3 variations on how to play boogie woogie rhythm as well as the theory behind the boogie woogie root position. This lesson will also help improve your timing and alternate picking with the right hand. Different tempos of the … [Read more...]
Western Swing Style Guitar Lesson – Lead Guitar Lesson – EP171
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a jazzy sounding, western swing lead over a I, IV, V chord progression for a much more melodic sounding lead. I'll show you how to play a few jazz runs by targeting the notes within the chord. This gives you a much more melodic sounding lead, and you'll find it's really not that difficult to do! This works on acoustic or electric guitar. … [Read more...]
Scotty Moore Style Guitar Lesson (Elvis Presley) – EP073
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Scotty Moore influenced lead and rhythm. Scotty Moore was the classic guitar sound behind Elvis Presley in his early career and played on songs like Mystery Train, That's All Right (Mama), Blue Moon of Kentucky, and most of the Elvis classics. His style of rockabilly guitar is influenced by jazz, country, and blues and you'll hear a little of all 3 of those styles in this lesson. I've included 2 versions of the MP3 jam track (one normal tempo and … [Read more...]
Rockabilly, Carl Perkins Style Guitar Lesson – EP024
In this guitar lesson, I’ll break down this Carl Perkins inspired Rockabilly guitar solo into 2 parts. Rockabilly is sort of a hybrid between country twang and blues and can be a lot of fun to play. However, one of the challenges of playing this style of guitar is that it can be very fast. I mention in the video that I’m really not a very fast guitar picker (in the traditional sense), but I’ve managed to learn a few tricks that involve slides, pull-offs, and hammer-ons with the left hand that … [Read more...]
