This tutorial is a series of licks in many different styles. The lessons range from blues to jazz to rock.

In these lessons you'll learn a variety of rock licks, patterns, and techniques to use in your soloing.

In this tutorial we will learn the basics of syncopated rock rhythm guitar playing patterns. This time, we'll use a few simple open minor chords and learn to apply a technique...

By the end of this tutorial, you understand the basics of sweep picking technique and be able to play a simple 3 note triad chord sweep in major and minor chords and keys.

In this tutorial we will learn a rock style arrangement of Pachelbel's "Canon In D". Because this piece was originally in Baroque style, it was written for a string group...

In this tutorial series of lessons we will look at a further method of building speed. We will use the E major scale on two adjacent strings covering a complete octave in three...

Learn the essentials on how to play a professional rock ballad. Your sound settings should be a lead sound with high gain distortion, some delay and optional a wah-wah (a cry baby...

In this tutorial consisting of 9 lessons, I will get you started with learning your fretboard horizontally, so you know what notes to pick for your tapping licks. We'll start with...

In this tutorial, consisting of eight lessons, I will teach you my rock arrangement of Deck The Halls. Instead of adding extra guitar harmony to add dynamics to this song, like I...

In this tutorial series of lessons we will look at a further method of building speed. We will use the E minor scale on two adjacent strings covering a complete octave in three...

In this tutorial we will look at a further methods of building speed in a minor key. We will also apply these advanced skills to playing licks over a backing track. Among the...

In this tutorial we will learn more about playing syncopated rock rhythm guitar patterns. This time we'll use open chords but add more notes to our rhythmic pattern that...

This tutorial will be a series of lessons meant to create a daily practice routine. Each exercise serves a particular purpose, working on a different aspect of guitar playing....

In this tutorial we will learn to connect the 5 pentatonic box patterns using tapping technique. This is another tutorial in the overall series of connecting pentatonic boxes in...

In this set of lessons we'll learn some essentials in the style of legendary rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, starting with a look at his tone. We'll then lay out finger-plucked...

In this tutorial, Eric Barnett takes you up into advanced levels of sweep picking. Picking up where he left off in "Introduction to Sweep Picking", Eric will show you how to...

In this tutorial we will learn another lick that incorporates all 5 fretboard shapes/positions that form the pentatonic minor scale. The idea is to play a simple 4 note lick that...

This tutorial covers controls and usage of solid state amplifiers.

Bottle neck rock is a tutorial where I give you some ideas to play high gain solos with a bottle neck slide.

Within this set of lessons you'll learn some elements of the Jeff Beck style: how to choose notes and bend them, technique and phrasing, how to manipulate your guitar's hardware,...

This tutorial gets down low to examine 3 seminal bands that defined punk: The Ramones, The Clash, and The Sex Pistols. Punk is a guitar genre, and you might be surprised that's...

This is an introduction to advanced rock improvisation concepts. This entire tutorial will get you to the point where you can start to be creative with the minor pentatonic across...

Here you can learn to play rock guitar licks in different positions on the neck, and in some cases all over the fretboard. This will help you to get more flexible and creative in...

This tutorial will include many of the techniques and learning tools I use everyday. Some came from hours of trial and errors, others were passed on to me by other guitar players.