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In this set of lessons, Anders Mouridsen will talk about how to combine your effects pedals into a pedal chain. We'll first introduce the pedal chain concept, then you'll learn what connector cables to use and how to power your chain. Next, we'll put our basic and "joker" pedals into an effective order, then show you two common pedals setups.

In these five lessons, Anders Mouridsen is going to show you how to use the wah pedal. First up is an introduction the wah, then Anders will demonstrate how it works. We'll then look at how to use it in a rhythm context with sixteenth and eighth notes, followed by how to use it in your lead playing.

In the first level of this country course we explored some of the most basic versions of pedal steel licks on electric guitar. You can get a lot of mileage out of even the simplest pedal steel vocabulary, but there is no limit to how far you can eventually take this concept. It can be used in everything from tasteful rhythm parts to blazing solos, and in this tutorial we'll explore the next level of pedal steel vocabulary on electric guitar.

In the previous chapter we explored the wonderful world of pedal steel vocabulary on electric guitar. We used the basic vocabulary in more of a rhythm guitar context, so in this tutorial we'll explore that same vocabulary in a lead context. This will once again challenge your bending technique, but it will also open up a whole new world of interesting sounds in your lead playing.

A crucial cornerstone in the classic Country sound is the pedal steel guitar. This is a whole different instrument to play, but in this tutorial we'll look at some simple ways to emulate the sound of a pedal steel guitar on our regular electric guitar.

This tune features an acoustic guitar strumming the progressions and also adding plenty of lead embellishment and even a full guitar solo! There is also a pedal steel heard prominently in the mix, so we’ve adapted these ideas into clean electric guitar parts. This song uses open and barre chords, steady acoustic strumming, pedal steel influenced lead ideas, and some fiery acoustic lead approaches.

In the following tutorial, we’ll enhance your rock riffing skills by seamlessly integrating single notes, diads, and pedal roots into your power chord progressions. We’ll play through examples of each approach, and finish up with a practice tune that combines everything we’ve learned.

This song has one acoustic guitar part, but any guitar is suitable to play it. If you have an electric guitar, just play with a clean tone. This song uses fingerpicking, open chords, higher chord voicings and an open pedal note.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that strums the progressions throughout. Guitar 2 is a light crunch electric guitar that adds additional rhythm guitar and slide embellishments. This song uses a 6/8 feel, steady acoustic strumming, slide guitar, dynamics, and pedal steel inspired licks.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that strums the progressions throughout. Guitar 2 is a clean electric guitar that adds country-style melodic riffs to the arrangement. This song uses dropped-D tuning, open chords, a 6/8 groove, and pedal-steel style riffs and licks.

Mike will show you the 2 light crunch electric guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 plays the main riffs and rhythms throughout, while Guitar 2 adds the fills. The tune features a pedal steel solo adapted for guitar. This tune uses grooving strum approaches, power chords and barre chords, palm muting, and dynamics.

Dave will show you the 2 electric guitar parts in this song. There’s a high gain electric guitar playing rhythm as well as a second playing the solo through a wah-wah effect pedal. This song is in B minor and 4/4 time at a tempo of about 84 BPM.

Christopher will show you how to use effects pedals in a live performance situation. He will cover setting up a simple pedal board with several effects for tone options to use in various parts of a song. Then he'll show you how to dial in the effects. Finally he'll show you how to use the effect pedals in real time along with an easy pop rock style song with multiple sections requiring tone changes on the fly!

In this first of a two part series you'll learn single finger tapping ideas with arpeggios, sliding, string bending, pentatonic scales, diatonic scales, pedal points, and tapping harmonics.

Although you'll occasionally have the luxury of having a fiddle player or a pedal steel player in your band, you as the electric guitar player have to be prepared to take the lead on any intros, outros and solos. We've already covered the basics of how to do this, so in this tutorial we'll take it all one step further by including all of the elements you've learned since then: your new pedal steel licks, triads, half step below approach, chicken picking and Travis Picking.

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In this tutorial we're going to explore some useful effects that I'm sure you'll recognize the sound of when you hear them: the volume pedal, compression, and phaser.

In this tutorial we'll explore a very useful effect that you hear all the time in Country music. This effect is called "delay", which is the same thing as an echo effect. The reason it's called "delay" is that the pedal splits up your signal and delays one of them to create the echo effect.

So far we've been improvising with a combination of single notes, triads and pedal steel licks, and now it's time to explore another crucial component in the classic country sound. This sound comes from deliberately picking two notes at a time, and the sound is commonly referred to as "double stops".

Often in country music the electric guitar will need to fill in for a melody instrument, in place of the pedal steel, or the fiddle, and take the leads for the intros, outros and solos. The electric guitar will use the rhythm tools you've already learned to compliment the harmony and the groove.

Caren will show you this classic, which is old school country music at it's best, with lots of pedal steel and back ground vocals to sweeten things up. Take that away and you have the rhythm guitar part that carries the core of the song.

In this tutorial Anders will teach you how to play the great song "I Ain't Superstitious" as made famous by Jeff Beck. This song is an absolute blues classic, and it's been performed and recorded by countless blues artists through the years. The version we'll be looking at today features some incredible and extremely unique guitar playing that combines some really creative use of delay effects with whammy bar, wah pedal tricks and some super expressive slide playing in standard tuning.

In this tutorial Mike Olekshy will teach "Good Year for the Roses", as made famous by Elvis Costello. After introducing the song, Mike will take a look at the verse chords and strumming. You'll learn the song's chorus chords and strumming next, then there's a bonus lesson if you want to learn the pedal steel licks on electric guitar. We'll do a play along performance, then you take over in the jam along.

In this set of effects lessons, Anders Mouridsen will teach you about the delay pedal. After an introduction to delay effects and a look at a basic delay pedal, Anders will demonstrate how to dial in four types of delay: a single lead delay, a slap back delay, a big washy delay, and a rhythmic delay. We'll put all these into a musical context using riffs and licks set to backing tracks.

In this effects tutorial, Anders Mouridsen will teach you about three modulation FX that cycle and sweep frequencies. Anders will introduce the modulation concept, then talk about the chorus pedal and give you an example. Next is the flanger pedal and a riff example using it, and we'll finish with the phaser pedal and an example.

In this next set of lessons, Anders Mouridsen is going to teach you about dynamic effects. Each of these effects control volume, and here Anders will teach you about three common dynamic effects: the volume pedal, the tremolo pedal, and the compression pedal. We'll demo each one, then you'll learn a musical example using it.

In this next tutorial on amps and effects we're going to take a look at distortion effects. Anders Mouridsen will show you how to use four common effects pedals: first the RAT, then the Tube Screamer, then the Fuzz, and lastly the Metal Zone. Anders will dial in various distortion tones with each pedal, then put it into a rock context by teaching you a riff to play using each type of distortion.

In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "True", by George Strait. After the introduction and a look at gear and tone, Mike will break down the parts for the acoustic guitar in the intro/outro, the verses, and choruses; then the electric parts for those same sections. Next up is the solo; the first half is standard electric guitar, the second half is a pedal steel solo adapted to standard electric. We'll conclude with a play along and a jam along where you take over.

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!

In this series of nine guitar lessons, Mike Olekshy will show you how to play the classic rock song "Rock and Roll Fantasy", as made famous by Bad Company in 1977. Mike will explain the gear and tone, then show you the line played with an octaver pedal. You'll learn the rhythm guitar and trill, the verse and arpeggio chorus; then the guitar solo and the song outro. As always, we'll play it all though in a final full performance; then it's your turn to jam with the backing track.

In the following seven lessons I will show you some of the most common patterns used in the shred guitar style. There's the diatonic scalar approach, a few pentatonic patterns and the classically inspired pedal notes.

"Stellar" is a seriously cool song made famous by Incubus, with lots of intriguing tones, colors, and rhythmic movement. Douglas Showalter will teach you everything here, talking about the tones and use of effects as he moves through the lessons. You'll learn the bending and sliding in the verse, setting up the vibe of the song; the the simple four bar pre-chorus with distortion; the powerful progressive rock choruses using an octave pedal; the interlude with reverb and phaser; the bridge; and the ending with a bang! As always, we'll perform the whole song through with the "band".

In this set of lessons we'll be teaching you the epic rocker "Empire", as made famous by Queensryche. This is a powerful, dynamic, and dramatic tune that features huge power riffs and an explosive guitar solo! We'll examine the tone and gear, the main guitar hook in the song, all the different harmony guitars that occur throughout, the use of double stops and pedal tones, the explosive guitar solo, and much more...and as always, culminating with a play along to a custom backing track!