Artist Studies
A.C. Jobim Style Guitar Lessons
Latin Guitar 1: The Style of A.C. Jobim
Here you can learn latin/bossa nova rhythm guitar and some common latin chord progressions in the style of A.C. Jobim. You'll start from the easy lesson "Latin Guitar 1" where you learn some basic chords, through "Latin Guitar 7" where you'll play your first latin jazz standard. When you are through this tutorial you should be able to create your own latin rhythm guitar parts.
Latin Guitar 2: The Style of A.C. Jobim
In this tutorial, you'll get a deeper insight into latin guitar in the style of A.C. Jobim. You'll learn 2 major chord progressions - one in F and one in Bb - and 2 minor chord progressions, both in D minor. We'll also look at the related clave rhythms in two lessons.
Albert King Style Guitar Lessons
The Albert King Style
Albert King has been a great inspiration to many of the modern guitar players that we know and love, and hopefully this style will inspire you as well! In these lessons we'll learn about things like touch and tone, bending, filler licks between vocals, and soulful licks, that you can incorporate into your own playing.
Angus Young Style Guitar Lessons
AC/DC Style Artist Study
Our instructor Prashant Aswani takes you through some of the elements of style that make AC/DC one of the most popular bands in rock. In these lessons we'll look at the foundations of tone, the style in which Angus and Malcolm voice their chords and give them movement, some of the pentatonic licks they use, the use of open string licks, and double stops. In the final lesson you can jam along to a rockin' custom jam track!
B.B. King Style Guitar Lessons
The B.B. King Style
B.B. King is one of the true all-time greats of the guitar; his style is synonymous with the blues! In these lessons we are going to show you some techniques and approaches in the style of B.B. King: starting off a blues tune, using space and phrasing, bending strings, the use of turnarounds, and some soloing approaches. Take these elements and work them into your own sound!
Brent Mason Style Guitar Lessons
Rhythm Guitar in the Style of Master Brent Mason
In this series of lessons we'll explore some of the techniques and equipment necessary to play in the Brent Mason style. We'll show you a couple of example licks that use hybrid picking, inversions, and arpeggiation, and talk about how to get that Brent Mason style tone.
Chet Atkins Style Guitar Lessons
The Chet Atkins/Merle Travis Style Picking Primer
This series of lessons will give you the techniques in the Chet Atkins and Merle Travis styles. These are styles that use independence in the bass, accompaniment and melody voices on on the middle and high strings, and makes the instrument sound as if more than one person were playing.
Rhythm Guitar in the Style of Master Chet Atkins
In this series, the guitarist will know how to treat a chord progression in the style of masters Chet Atkins and Merle Travis and what choices to make to play this style with great tone and equipment. This series also gives a great list of references so that you know which players and recordings to check out to master this style.
Chet Atkins Style Artist Study
When I learned the Chet Atkins style, I had no one to show me, only the determination to learn it. Consequently, I had to learn it the hard way, bass line first, then add the melody. I show you how to learn to play the Chet Atkins style with an entirely new method as I explain the different components of the style and how to put them all together.
Dave Murray Style Guitar Lessons
Iron Maiden Style
This tutorial will teach you some of the elements of the Iron Maiden style. Instructor Mike Olekshy examines their use of rhythms, their single note lines, their "two guitar attack", some of the types of progressions they use, and how they achieve their tone. You can play along with a Maiden-esque backing track to top it all off!
David Gilmour Style Guitar Lessons
David Gilmour Style Artist Study
In this artist study, Anders Mouridsen will show you some techniques and approaches in the style of the great David Gilmour. Anders will talk about tone and effects, and then examine triads. He'll then show how to use delay, and also look at a funkier side of Gilmour's style. Next, you'll learn ways you can make your guitar sound like a pedal steel. We'll look at an acoustic style example, then delve into some epic soloing!
Django Reinhardt Style Guitar Lessons
Gypsy Jazz: The Style of Django Reinhardt
This tutorial on gypsy jazz takes you through some of the basics of Django Reinhardt's style: from learning the rhythm guitar in two different progressions through some basic exercises on scales, arpeggios, and chromatic licks. This will bring you to a point where you can start to put these things together and start playing in the style of this jazz legend.
Freddie King Style Guitar Lessons
The Freddie King Style
Freddie King is another essential figure in blues history, who's style has inspired many of the blues and rock greats that we know today! In this tutorial, we'll take a look at some ways that we can work some basic components of Freddie's style into our own playing by using double stops, outlining the IV and V chords, turnarounds, using a thumb pick and a metal pick on your first finger, and we'll jam with a backing track too!
George Lynch Style Guitar Lessons
George Lynch Style Artist Study
Jack Johnson Style Guitar Lessons
The Jack Johnson Style
In this tutorial we'll be covering topics ranging from moving chord shapes, to hammer-ons, to right hand strumming techniques. Each lesson will help showcase a different aspect of Jack Johnson's style, and will help you learn how using the acoustic guitar primarily as a songwriting tool can serve to better any player's approach to the instrument.
Jeff Beck Style Guitar Lessons
Wired for Truth: The Jeff Beck Style
Within this set of lessons you'll find how to choose notes and bend them, technique and phrasing, how to manipulate your guitar's hardware, and what hardware to choose to get the style of the master's tone. The ability to fight off fans afterward is not taught in this tutorial!
Jimi Hendrix Style Guitar Lessons
The Jimi Hendrix Style
Even though the style of Jimi Hendrix was based on blues and rock techniques, he may have been from another planet. His style - a combination of melodic and rhythmic tools - made him stand out from other players of his time period. This tutorial will explain some of the core "tricks" in the Hendrix style that influenced the future of guitar playing.
Joe Pass Style Guitar Lessons
Joe Pass Style Series 1
Joe Pass Style Series 2
Joe Pass Style Series 3
In this third tutorial we are going to take another cue from the great Joe Pass, jazz guitar giant! We will look at orchestrating in the style of Joe Pass by using jazz guitar drop 2 chord voicings and walking basslines. We will use this technique to cover the fretboard with jazzy dominant 7th chords!
Joe Pass Style Series 4
In this tutorial we will learn to play jazz lead lines in the style of Joe Pass. We will learn how to solo over standard jazz chords using chord tones as arpeggios and scales as linear lines. Then we will combine these two approaches and play them over a backing track.
John Mayer Style Guitar Lessons
The John Mayer Style
Focusing on Mayer's style on acoustic guitar, this tutorial provides 10 examples, all of which showcase a different element of his style on guitar. By the end of these lessons, you should have a greater insight into using percussive techniques, dropped tunings, and interesting chord voicings - and be able to see how you can introduce these elements into your own playing.
John Prine Style Guitar Lessons
John Prine Style Artist Study
In this artist study Mick Leonardi will teach you several guitar techniques in the John Prine style, used to support the storytelling in his songwriting. First we'll look at fingerpicking that incorporates the vocal melody and bass lines; then the use of boom-chick strumming. Then we'll look at the use of hammer-ons in 6/8 time, and strumming with a melody. We'll finish it all off with a look at banjo roll fingerpicking.
Keith Richards Style Guitar Lessons
The Keith Richards Style
In this tutorial we're going to break down some of the key elements in Keith Richards style of rhythm guitar playing. His style of playing is inspired by everything from early rock 'n' roll and blues to country and gospel music. In these lessons we'll break down some rockin' vocabulary in an open G tuning, adapt it to standard tuning, and finally play through a series of musical examples in the style of Keith Richards.
Kirk Hammett Style Guitar Lessons
Metallica Style Artist Study
In these nine guitar lessons, Ry Kihn will tune you in to some of the elements of the Metallica style. Ry will give an overview to the metal band's approach, then get into the gear and tones. Next up is using palm muting and power chords in a riff, then some galloping rhythm examples. You'll then learn some scales and patterns to apply to your "Metallica" style soloing.
Marty Friedman Style Guitar Lessons
Megadeth Style Artist Study
This Megadeth artist study takes a look at some of the elements in the style of Marty Friedman, the band's guitar player from 1990-2000. We'll look at some of the dark modes, the rhythms and riffs, the "Marty Friedman bend", and some solo ideas. We'll top it all off with a play along to a custom backing track, so you can experiment with these concepts!
Randy Rhoads Style Guitar Lessons
Randy Rhoads Style Artist Study
In this artist study, we take a tour through some of the elements of the late, great Randy Rhoads style of lead playing. Some of the tricks we'll look at are using the on/off toggle switch, neck-bending, trills, diatonic triplets, and pentatonic licks. Jam along with the backing track in the final lesson!
Stanley Jordan Style Guitar Lessons
Stanley Jordan Style Tapping
The Edge Style Guitar Lessons
In The Style of The Edge
The Edge has a style that lays a foundation for one of the most popular bands in history. In this artist study we're going to look at some of the elements in his style: delay settings, rhythmic approaches, chord voicings, and harmonic techniques. The finale is a play along to a custom backing track.
Tony Rice Style Guitar Lessons
The Tony Rice Style: Modern Bluegrass Master
The style of Tony Rice tackles it all: lead, rhythm, single note lines, chords and intense rhythmic variation. This series of lesson will take a look at some of the concepts used in this style, and put them all together into a solo that exploits all of the techniques.
Wes Montgomery Style Guitar Lessons
In The Style of Wes Montgomery
In this artist study, you'll learn some of the elements in the style of Wes Montgomery's playing: the use of octaves, the technique of playing with your thumb, and the style in which Wes used chords and single note lines. HP Kruesi will set all this against a backdrop of backing tracks in swing, latin, and latin pop styles.
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