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Modal Target Notes With Pentatonics Pt.1 – Guitar Lesson
Published on 2012-05-08 16:29:13
In this free video guitar lesson you will learn an extremely simple way to improvise with modes without having to know anything but basic pentatonic scales. The key to modal target notes is to know what note in each individual mode gives it it’s unique sound and then add that note to a familiar pentatonic [...] > read more
Visualizing Arpeggios with Scales Pt.2
Published on 2012-04-28 17:17:12
In this 2nd free video guitar lesson on visualizing arpeggios we will take a look at the arpeggios surround the scale shapes built from the 2nd and 3rd notes in a major scale. Knowing your 3-notes per string major scales is obviously essential in order to do these arpeggios studies correct so make sure you [...] > read more
Visualizing Arpeggios With Scales Pt.1 – Guitar Lesson
Published on 2012-04-19 19:20:15
In this free video guitar lesson we will begin our study of arpeggios and how they can be visualized around the familiar 3 notes per string scale forms. Within this video I will demonstrate ALL of the triad arpeggios in the key of G major while always playing a G major scale shape built from [...] > read more
Basic Guitar Chord Embellishments
Published on 2012-04-11 20:34:35
In this free video guitar lesson we will take a look at some common guitar chord embellishments. You have probably heard this type of technique a thousand times in various rock, pop, country and folk songs. It produces a sound that is far more complex than it actually is to play. I have had some [...] > read more
Backing Track Using All 12 Major Keys
Published on 2012-03-31 18:36:58
With this video backing track you can practice improvising through all 12 Major Keys. Now before anyone sends me an ugly email screaming that there are 15 major keys just understand that I didn’t include any enharmonic keys. So if we go through all 12 major keys without enharmonic repeats we will have the 12 [...] > read more
Exotic Scales For Guitar Pt.2
Published on 2012-03-21 20:51:36
In this second video guitar lesson on exotic scales for guitar we will take a look at a 5 more scales from various regions around the world. All of these scales are highly usable in an infinite number of musical situations. Of these 5 scales taught in this lesson there are a couple personal faves [...] > read more
Exotic Scales For Guitar Pt.1 – Japanese Scales
Published on 2012-03-18 21:04:04
This free video guitar lesson will introduce you to the incredible sound of exotic scales on the guitar. You can hear this type of playing in players from Marty Friedman and Jason Becker to many jazz guitar greats. In this video guitar lesson I will show you 5 different scales that comes from Japan. These [...] > read more
Backing Track In B And E Lydian Modes
Published on 2012-03-12 18:46:20
Here is a cool video backing track that you can use to practice your Lydian improvisation skills using the keys of B and E Lydian. I tried to mix it up dynamically a little bit giving you the opportunity to solo over both high energy and more subdued Lydian tonalities. While listening and playing along [...] > read more
Effective Finger Stretches For Guitarists
Published on 2012-03-06 17:15:56
One of the most essential aspects of playing guitar is keeping your hands in shape and ready to play. Not only do proper warm-ups loosen up your hands and make is possible for you to perform at a high level, but they will also help prevent repetitive motion injuries that are so common with musicians. [...] > read more
Eric Johnson Style Pedal Tones Guitar Lesson
Published on 2011-12-31 14:58:25
In this free video guitar lesson we will take a look at Eric Johnson’s exciting use of pedal tones in his solo playing. Eric Johnson usually employs hybrid picking to accocmplish a fast fluid pedal tone sound that fluently transitions between many different strings. The hybrid picking pattern that he uses is actually quite simple [...] > read more
Yngwie Malmsteen Style Pedal Tone Lick Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-12-15 18:18:20
This installment of the “Lick Of The Week” series at GuitarLessons365.com focuses on the pedal tone picking style of Yngwie Malmsteen. This exciting technique is influenced by the baroque music of J.S. Bach and creates a very flowing guitar sound. The technique required to play this lick is pretty straightforward, it just may take a [...] > read more
Fast And Fluid Banjo Rolls For Guitar
Published on 2011-12-08 17:45:18
In this free video guitar lesson we will take a look at a hybrid picking technique that creates the illusion of playing fast banjo rolls on the guitar. Most of the work to accomplish this sound belongs to the picking hand, however, there are some relativity large stretches that you will also have to get [...] > read more
Bluesy Hybrid Picked Madness! – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-12-02 22:34:39
In this video guitar lesson installment of the “Lick Of The Week” series at GuitarLessons365.com, we will take a look at a cool hybrid picking lick that uses hammer-ons, pull-offs, alternate picking as well as hybrid picking to create a fast and exciting bluesy sound lick. Be sure to download the TAB PDF in order [...] > read more
Cool Symmetrical Guitar Licks ala Dimebag Darrell and Eddie Van Halen
Published on 2011-11-28 21:26:59
Please Like, Share, Comment and Subscribe to help this guitar lesson get more views. Thanks! In this video guitar lesson we will take a look at a cool scale technique used by players such as Dimebag Darrell, Eddie Van Halen and Dave Mustaine. It involves taking a one string guitar lick and symmetrically moving it [...] > read more
Steve Vai Style Tapped Bends – Guitar Lesson
Published on 2011-11-25 20:41:22
This lesson demonstrates a cool technique used by Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and others. It involves the bending of a tapped note. In the video I will demonstrate how they do it without having to actually bend the note that you are tapping with your right hand. It makes the technique far more controlled and [...] > read more
Legato Harmonics Guitar Lesson ala Eddie Van Halen – Joe Satriani – George Lynch
Published on 2011-11-21 23:07:59
This video guitar lesson demonstrates a cool technique used by Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, George Lynch and many others. It involves combining legato playing with random harmonics to create a very cool musical effect. The concept is quite simple to understand and shouldn’t be very difficult to add to your playing quickly. A high [...] > read more
Slippery Slides With Large Interval Skips ala Guthrie Govan Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-10-29 01:26:45
This free video guitar lesson demonstrates an interesting technique that you can use to spice up your guitar solos. It incorporates slides, and large interval skips to create an unorthodox yet still very musical sound. This technique can be heard in the playing style of Guthrie Govan among many others. It helps to give your [...] > read more
Using Harmonics While Soloing – Guitar Lesson
Published on 2011-09-29 19:00:48
This free video guitar lesson from GuitarLessons365.com focuses on using octave harmonics while soloing. The technique of playing octave harmonics is a pretty easy one to master and can greatly enhance the note range of your solos. You can reach all those extremely high notes that are well beyond a traditional fretted guitar’s range. Mixing [...] > read more
Romance – Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson- Romanza
Published on 2011-09-14 19:19:05
This free video guitar lesson is for the beautiful fingerstyle guitar piece “Romance”. It is very well known in the classical guitar world and is a great workout for using bar chords. The TAB for this song can be found below: Romance Acoustic Fingerstyle TAB PDF Download Take your time with the stretches, especially in [...] > read more
Nuno Bettencourt Style Tapping Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-06-18 21:48:06
This Nuno Bettencourt style tapping lesson is a continuation of our “Lick Of The Week” series at GuitarLessons365.com In this video guitar lesson you will learn Nuno Bettencourt’s favorite patterns for playing tapped arpeggio licks > read more
Joe Satriani Style Tapping Guitar Lesson Pt.2 – Midnight
Published on 2011-05-20 23:13:40
This free video guitar lesson is Pt.2 of our Joe Satriani style tapping series at GuitarLessons365.com. We will now cover the more chordal and rhythmic tapping style found in the second half on the song “Midnight”. This kind of tapping st > read more
Joe Satriani Style Tapping Guitar Lesson Pt.1 – Midnight
Published on 2011-04-25 20:35:48
This free video guitar lesson is on the tapping style of Joe Satriani. The style of tapping that I am focusing on in this video is the one he used in the song “Midnight”. This Joe Satriani style of tapping involves hammering on with two f > read more
Ritchie Blackmore Style Legato Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-04-12 19:43:11
In this installment of our “Lick Of The Week” series at GuitarLessons365.com we will take a look at a legato lick in the style of the great Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Be sure to download the free TAB PDF for this lesson so you can > read more
Modal Pentatonic Scales Guitar Lesson – Lydian Mode
Published on 2011-04-07 18:19:27
In this free video guitar lesson we will take a look at how to use basic pentatonic scale shapes to create modal sounds. For this lesson we will concentrate on playing the Lydian mode while using only the 5 basic pentatonic scale shapes. The beauty i > read more
Randy Rhoads Style Pentatonic Sequences Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-03-22 23:52:33
This “Lick Of The Week” guitar lesson from GuitarLessons365.com shows how to play a pentatonic sequence in the style of the great Randy Rhoads. Randy Rhoads constantly incorporated fast pentatonic sequences into his solos to create a very > read more
Funk Guitar Rhythms Pt.2 Guitar Lesson
Published on 2011-03-15 21:29:38
This video guitar lesson is Part Two in our lesson series on funk guitar rhythms at GuitarLessons365.com Continuing from lesson one we are now learning some rhythms that involve playing 3 sixteenths notes per beat as well as some single note techniqu > read more
Awesome Hybrid Picking Patterns Guitar Lesson Pt. 4
Published on 2011-03-03 21:35:59
This video guitar lesson is a continuation of our hybrid picking series. In this guitar lesson you will combine hybrid picking with economy picking and we will be practicing patterns that move around quite a bit. These exercises should be added to th > read more
Funk Rhythm Guitar Lesson Pt.1 – John Frusciante – Prince
Published on 2011-02-16 23:20:22
This guitar lesson covers the basics of funk rhythm guitar. This style of guitar has been popularized by such players as John Frusciante and Prince. The basic rhythmic subdivision for funk is the 16th note. Within this video I will show you how to pr > read more
Fast Economy Picked Pentatonics Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-02-08 00:42:35
This lesson is a continuation of our “Lick Of The Week” series at GuitarLessons365.com . Within this lesson you will learn some cool ways to combine economy picking with pentatonics to create fast and smooth guitar parts in the style of E > read more
Steve Vai Style Tapped 7th Arpeggios Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week
Published on 2011-01-10 19:15:39
Steve Vai Style Tapped 7th Arpeggios Guitar Lesson – Lick Of The Week This free video guitar lesson demonstrates one of Steve Vai’s favorite arpeggio techniques. The proper use of this technique can create a dazzling array of notes with l > read more
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 Guitar Lesson – Full Song
Published on 2011-01-05 21:49:05
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 Guitar Lesson – Full Song In this free video guitar lesson you will learn how to play 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan played some really nice guitar parts in 1979, incorporating melody with open string > read more
Ear Training For Guitar Lesson Three – Hearing Major Keys
Published on 2010-12-30 02:57:47
Ear Training For Guitar Lesson Three – Hearing Major Keys This ear training for guitar lesson continues our ear training video course here at GuitarLesson365.com Within this video we finally make it to some audio drills to help you practice hea > read more
Fast Two String Sweep Arpeggios Guitar Lesson For Shredders
Published on 2010-12-22 21:49:11
This free video guitar lesson demonstrates how to play fast two string sweep arpeggios on the guitar in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Alexi Laiho, Joe Satriani and many others. Be sure to download the TAB PDF for this lesson below it will > read more
John Lennon “Happy XMAS (War Is Over)” Guitar Lesson
Published on 2010-12-18 17:40:56
In this video guitar lesson we will learn John Lennon’s classic Christmas song “Happy XMAS (War Is Over)”. “Happy XMAS (War Is Over)” is a very simple song to play and you should get it down relatively easy no matter wha > read more
Awesome Hybrid Picking Patterns Pt. 3 Guitar Lesson
Published on 2010-12-08 15:19:14
Hybrid Picking Patterns For Guitar Pt.3 Welcome to Pt.3 of the hybrid picking guitar lesson series. At this point we will begin to take the hybrid picking patterns to a whole new level with the inclusion of the picking hand little finger, 16th note g > read more
Eric Johnson Style Chords Pt.2 – Video Guitar Lesson
Published on 2010-11-23 20:18:53
This video guitar lesson is part two of our Eric Johnson style chords series at GuitarLessons365. Eric Johnson uses quite a few types of chords in his playing so this part two video guitar lesson continues to look at some of the more interesting chor > read more
“Under The Bridge” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers Just Added To The Song Lessons Page
Published on 2010-11-19 16:15:04
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that I have added another Premium Song Lesson to the Song Lessons page showing how to play note-for-note the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Under The Bridge”. I hope everyone enjoys learning this g > read more
“Under The Bridge” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers Wins Song Lesson Poll. New Poll Just Put Up!! VOTE!!
Published on 2010-11-11 16:12:00
Hey everyone, well I am sure you can tell that my lesson posting pace has kinda slowed the past couple of weeks. Sorry about that, I have been really busy with preparing the music for a bunch of gigs my band is doing so I have been swamped. But, I am > read more
Eric Johnson Style Chords Pt.1 Guitar Lesson
Published on 2010-11-10 00:29:45
This free video guitar lesson is another in our look at Eric Johnson’s guitar style. His chord work is one of the most spectacular elements of his playing and one of his most confusing as well. Within these few video lessons I hope to help you > read more