Sharon Aguilar's Guitar Lessons

Sharon Aguilar

Sharon Aguilar is best known as the guitarist for chart-topping vocalist Cee Lo Green. An accomplished and formidable guitarist, she attended the Musician's Institute in Los Angeles and is a classically trained violinist. She has played on a long list of top TV shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, Lopez Tonight, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Colbert Report, and American Idol.

On Guitar Tricks, Sharon's will teach you the trill technique along with some great popular songs!

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ABC The Jackson 5

In this set of lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach "ABC", as made famous by The Jackson 5. Sharon will introduce the song and go over the gear and tones, then break down the details for the intro and verse, the chorus, and the bridge for guitar 1. Next we'll look at the same sections for guitars 2 and 3, and a bridge part for an additional guitar. We'll then do full and single guitar performances, and end with a jam along.

Published: 06/18/2015 Upgrade
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At Last Etta James

In these ten lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach "At Last", as made famous by Etta James. After a song introduction and a look at the gear and tone, we'll break down the intro and outro parts. Next up are the chords and rhythms for A sections 1 and 2, followed by the B section. We'll look at A section 3 before we learn the string melody on guitar, then do play a long performances and a jam along.

Published: 01/21/2015 Upgrade
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Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots

In this tutorial, Sharon Aguilar will teach you "Big Bang Baby", by Stone Temple Pilots. We'll start with a song introduction, then take a gander at the gear and tones - then dig into the verse and pre-chorus parts. Next up is the chorus riffing and motif, followed by the bridge guitar parts. Sharon will take you through a full performance play along, then a single guitar performance, and then you'll take center stage in the jam along.

Published: 12/18/2013 Upgrade
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Burning Love Elvis Presley

In this set of lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach "Burning Love", recorded and performed by Elvis Presley. Sharon will introduce the song then talk about gear and tone, then teach the intro and verse parts for the two guitars. The parts for the chorus and bridge are next, including a 3rd effected guitar. We'll look at the outro parts for all three guitars before we head to full and single guitar performances, then a jam along.

Published: 07/13/2014 Upgrade
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Delia's Gone Johnny Cash

"Delia's gone" as made famous by Johnny Cash is a classic country tune and an American murder ballad. It has a perfect example of how "boom-chick" strumming can establish the groove. We are going to break down the song down in detail, using a capo, the chords & rhythm, boom-chick strumming technique, the rockabilly clean guitar, and the gear that it takes to get the tone.

Published: 05/07/2014 Upgrade
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper

In this tutorial, Sharon Aguilar will teach "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", as made famous by Cyndi Lauper. Sharon will introduce the song and talk about gear and tone, then start in on all the funky single-note riffing that occurs in the sections of the song. Then we'll break down the double stop riffing in the various sections, followed by a "simple chord" version of the song. We end with full and single guitar play alongs, and a jam along.

Published: 08/25/2014 Upgrade
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I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) The Four Tops

In this set of lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", as made famous by The Four Tops. After a song introduction and a look at the gear and tone, Sharon will break down the rhythm guitar and chord voicings in the song. Then she'll teach you the bass line as a bonus, before doing play along performances; you'll take over in the "guitar karaoke" jam along.

Published: 11/27/2013 Upgrade
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It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Billy Joel

Sharon will show you all the fun guitar parts to this song: the chords, triplet/shuffle rhythms, and layered guitars that make up this great rock song.

Published: 09/15/2015 Upgrade
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(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone The Monkees

In this set of lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone", as made famous by The Monkees. We'll look at the song as a whole and the gear and tone, then learn guitar 1 for the intro, verse, and chorus. Next up is guitar 2 for the intro and chorus, then for the verses. We'll learn the bridge plus a bonus lesson of the organ part before we do a full and single guitar performances and a jam along.

Published: 11/14/2013 Upgrade
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Monday, Monday The Mamas and the Papas

In this set of lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach "Monday, Monday", by The Mamas and the Papas. After a song introduction and a peek at the gear and tone, we'll learn the 2 guitar parts in the first A sections. We'll look at the guitars in the first B section; then the 3rd A section and the 2nd B section. The song outro is next, before we do full and single guitar performance. Finally, you'll take over in the jam along.

Published: 05/07/2014 Upgrade

Technique

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Sharon Aguilar
Trills

In this series of lessons, Sharon Aguilar will teach you about the legato technique called trills. Sharon will introduce the concept, then go over the basics of trills. Next we'll look at using different intervals for your trills, then how to use different rhythms. A couple of exercises are next, first using combinations of intervals on one string, then vertically across strings using the A minor pentatonic scale.

Published: 04/10/2013 Upgrade