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In this tutorial, we'll begin to make the connection between playing an open minor scale, top to bottom, and, using the notes within that scale to create melody and solos. In other words, now that you've learned some scales, let's make some music!

In this tutorial, we'll continue on from Part 1 and dive deeper into the techniques and approaches that make R&B lead guitar so much fun to play. We'll explore single note lines that complement the chords of the progression, use 6th interval shapes to create melodic leads, incorporate some bluesy sounds, and use slides and hammer-ons with double stops to create even more textured lick ideas. Finally, we'll finish up with a practice song that combines everything we've learned.

Mike will show you the two guitar parts that make up this classic early rock tune based on R&B and the blues. There is an electric guitar that plays one of the most iconic rock riffs of all time, as well as some cool R&B influenced rhythm guitar. Guitar 2 is an acoustic guitar that plays a steady strumming groove throughout.

In this tutorial you're going to learn a technique called palm muting for fingerstyle guitar. Palm muting in fingerstyle is used all the time to make the melody stand out more. Muting the bass notes gives you the pitch without the sustain. This allows the upper string melody notes to be heard more clearly. We'll also add syncopation, which is another way of separating the bass notes from the melody.

Going beyond straight-up major, and straight-up minor, is how we begin to add even more flavor, mood, and nuance to the music we make on the guitar. Let's explore adding additional notes to our basic chords, and listen for how this changes up the mood and creates motion in a song.

Caren will show you the 4 chords of the song along with the Boom Chuck/chick strumming pattern that make this song fly down the tracks!

Now that you have learned a very important set of power chords by name, let's have fun helping you to make them second nature by playing some fun grooves and songs. Oh yeah, and a spelling bee!

Anders will explore the top 3 strings of the A major pentatonic scale. He'll use the A major barre chord with the root on the 6th string and make a basic Country lead pattern.

In this tutorial, we'll take an overview of the whole tune. We'll talk about working in 3/4 time, and how to count ourselves in to this tune. I'll give you some tips and tricks to make learning and playing the tune easier. and then we'll finish up with 2 playalongs; one at a slowed-down pace, and the other up to speed with a backup band. Have fun!