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Rock Guitar Lessons

Rock Guitar LessonsBeginner

  • Open Chord Positions
  • Power Chords
  • Barre Chords
  • Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales
  • Primary Rock Technique (Bending, Vibrato, Hammer-On, Pull Offs, Slides, Etc)
  • Major And Minor Scales
  • Understanding The Concept Of Time (Tempo, Rhythm, Form)
  • Analysis And Learning Favorite Rock Songs Which Include Progressions And Solos
  • Alternate Picking Techniques
  • Blues Scales

Intermediate

  • Master Strumming And Fingerpicking Techniques For Accompanying Songs
  • The Study Of Intervals
  • Modes For The Rock Guitarist
  • Two Handed Tapping
  • Whammy Bar Techniques
  • Major Scales Played Intervalically
  • Scale Exercises (Applying Technique To Guitar Solos And Riffs)
  • Developing Phrasing for Soloing (Melodic Motifs)
  • Chord Melodies
  • Study Of Influential Rock Guitarists (Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Etc)

Advanced

  • Major, Minor, Diminished, Augmented Triads And Chord Functions
  • Arpeggios- Three Note (Triads), Four Note (7th Chords)
  • Open Guitar Tunings
  • Sweep/Economy Picking
  • Chord Scale Soloing
  • Chromatic Approach Shapes
  • Harmonics, Artificial Harmonics, Pinch Harmonics
  • Speed Picking Techniques
  • Building Dynamic Guitar Solos
  • Study Of Rock Guitar Instrumentalists (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Etc)

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