Simple Tone for Simple Rhythms
We'll keep the tone pretty basic for this tutorial, since there will be a lot of new concepts to take in. So dial a clean or lightly overdriven tone where you can hear all the notes in the chords. I'll be using my Telecaster on the middle pickup position.
If you want to, you can add a bit of reverb to sweeten it up! Reverb creates the sound of your amp being in a big room, but we'll just use a little bit of it. I almost always have a little bit of reverb in my tone.
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Chapter 1: Rock Chords: Open, Barre, and Power
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Tutorial: Open Chords Rock!
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Tutorial: Rock Your Barre Chords
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Tutorial: Power Chord Essentials
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Tutorial: Add a Finger to Your Open Chords
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Tutorial: Rock Chords: Easy Practice Exercises
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Chapter 2: Rock Rhythm: The Power of Rock
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Tutorial: Subdivisions: Splitting Up the Beat
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Tutorial: Anticipations in Rock
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Tutorial: Strumming in Rock
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Tutorial: Arpeggiation in Rock
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Tutorial: Rhythm Embellishments: Add Some Spice
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Chapter 3: Rock Soloing 101
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Tutorial: Major & Minor Scales in Rock
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Tutorial: Pentatonic Scales in Rock
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Tutorial: Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs in Rock
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Tutorial: Bending & Vibrato in Rock
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Tutorial: Intervals in Rock
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Tutorial: Rock Soloing: Put It All Together
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Chapter 4: Riffs, Licks, and Themes
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Tutorial: Rock Riffs
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Tutorial: What's the Difference?
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Tutorial: Riff Practice Tune 1
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Tutorial: Riff Practice Tune 2
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Tutorial: Easy Riff Exercises
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Chapter 5: Amps and Effects: Rock Your Tone
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Tutorial: Amps: The Foundation of Tone
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Tutorial: Gain Effects: Add Some Distortion
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Tutorial: Dynamic Effects: Volume, But Much More
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Tutorial: Modulation Effects: Cycle and Sweep
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Tutorial: Delay Effects: The Tail
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Tutorial: Wah Pedal: Talking Guitar
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Tutorial: Combining Your Pedals: The Pedal Chain
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Chapter 6: Born From the Blues
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Tutorial: Origins: Rock 'n' Roll 50s
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Tutorial: Blues Rock: The 60s and 70s
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Tutorial: The 80s: High Gain Rock
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Tutorial: Grunge Rock: The 90s
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Tutorial: Post Millenium Rock: The 2000s