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Featured lessons:
ROCK:
Fretboard Roadmaps: The D-A-F Roadmap
BLUES:
Chicago Riff Blues
JAZZ:
Jimmy Bruno: Tonal Circles
COUNTRY:
Hot Banjo Rolls
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ROCK
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THREE MUST-KNOW ROCK LICKS
MUTING AND DOWNSTROKES
ORDERING OF EFFECTS
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ALTERED TUNINGS: DROPPED D
THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE
(Country Rock)
THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE
SCALE SEQUENCING
& CONTOURING (METAL)
BASIC ROCK: STRUMMING
& PICKING PATTERNS
RHYTHM & TIMING (HEAVY ROCK)
TAPPING
THE D-A-F ROADMAP
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JEFF BECK - "FREEWAY JAM "
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RITCHIE BLACKMORE - "WOMAN FROM TOKYO"
BLINK-182 - "ALL THE SMALL THINGS"
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BLINK-182 -"WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?" (guitar)
BLINK-182 - "WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?" (bass)
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ROY BUCHANAN - "SWEET DREAMS"
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JAMES BURTON - "SUSIE-Q"
ERIC CLAPTON - "LAY DOWN SALLY"
ERIC CLAPTON - "
WONDERFUL TONIGHT"
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DICK DALE - "MISIRLOU"
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DANNY GATTON - "BLUES NEWBURG"
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DAVID GILMOUR (PINK FLOYD) -
"MONEY" - solo
GOO GOO DOLLS - "IRIS"
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GEORGE HARRISON -
"HERE COMES THE SUN"
BUDDY HOLLY - "NOT FADE AWAY"
INCUBUS - "STELLAR"
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JAMES JAMERSON -
"I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE" (Bass)
LED ZEPPELIN -
"YOU SHOOK ME" - solo
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN -
"I'LL SEE THE LIGHT, TONIGHT" - solo
RANDY RHOADS - "CRAZY TRAIN"
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SANTANA -
"SONG OF THE WIND" - solo
BRIAN SETZER -
"STRAY CAT STRUT" - solo
SLIPKNOT - "SPIT IT OUT"
SEPULTURA -
"DEAD EMBRYONIC CELLS"
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN -
"SUGAR" (Guitar)
SYSTEM OF A DOWN -
"SUGAR" (Bass)
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WEEZER - "HASH PIPE"
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THE WHO - "SUBSTITUTE"
BLUES
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BLUES FOR BEGINNERS:
THE 12-BAR BLUES
CHORDS AND PROGRESSIONS
EAST COAST BLUES: BLIND BOY FULLER
"KEEP ON TRUCKIN' MAMA"
ROBERT JR. LOCKWOOD:
BLUES TURNAROUNDS
TEXAS BLUES: FREDDIE KING
"HIDE AWAY" RIFF
CHICAGO RIFF BLUES
SOLOING: IT ALL STARTS
WITH THE BLUES
BLUES BY THE BAR: 4 RIFFS TO PLAY OVER THE FIRST TWO BARS
USING A SLIDE
BLUES LICKS
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MIXOLYDIAN BLUES LICK
THE MAMBO FEEL
MAMBO 2 - CHORD SWEEPS
MINOR BLUES
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SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
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THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE
BLUES BASS
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CREAM (ERIC CLAPTON) - "SPOONFUL"
ALBERT COLLINS - "DOIN' MY THING"
ROBERT CRAY - "SMOKING GUN"
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GUITAR SLIM -
"THE THINGS THAT I USED TO DO"
BUDDY GUY -
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"
ROBERT JOHNSON -
"LOVE IN VAIN BLUES"
JIMMIE VAUGHAN - "BOOM-BAPA-BOOM"
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STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - "COLD SHOT"
MUDDY WATERS - "ROLLIN' STONE"
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JOHNNY WINTER & RICK DERRINGER -
"ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO"
JAZZ
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IMPROVISING OVER DOMINANT CHORDS
CREATING DOMINANT SOUNDS
BASS TIPS:
STATIC HARMONY FIX
BOSSA NOVA
CHORD BASED SOLOING
COMMON PHRASES
DESIGNS OF TONALITY
INTRO TO TRIAD IMPROVISATION
JAZZ-ROCK TRIAD IMPROVISATION
THE ii - V - l
THREE EASY JAZZ RIFFS FOR GUITAR
THREE MUST-KNOW JAZZ LICKS:
HARD BOP AND COOL JAZZ
THE WHOLE TONE SCALE
THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE
JAZZ BASS
RON CARTER:
UPRIGHT BASS
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RON ESCHETE: CHORD-MELODY PHRASES
JOHNNY SMITH: Guitar Solo -
"I'll Remember April"
JIMMY BRUNO: Tonal Circles
(with MIDI practice tracks)
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CHARLES CHAPMAN: Solo Guitar Overview - "Amazing Grace"
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CHARLES CHAPMAN: Pick Control Through Classical Literature
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TIM MAY: Right Hand Picking Exercise
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JOE NEGRI:
Reharmonization - "Swanee River"
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JACO PASTORIUS - "KURU" (Bass)
JACO PASTORIUS - "SLANG" (Bass)
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PUNK
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PUNK RHYTHMS
GOOD CHARLOTTE - "LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS"
FUNK
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SKILL LEVEL
DOMINANT 7TH CHORD SHAPES
PRACTICE TRACKS: HARD FUNK JAM
THE MOTOWN SOUND: "SHOT GUN"
(Jr. Walker & the All Stars)
CLASSICAL
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FIRST CLASSICAL SOLOS
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THE RIGHT HAND
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TOMMY TEDESCO - "CAVATINA"
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