Lead Guitar Basics

Introduces lead guitar techniques such as scales, patterns, and riffs, plus jamming progressions and music notation.

This series covers guitar techniques such as chord shapes, scales, rhythm, fingerpicking, and music theory.

Improving guitar skills involves setting goals, practicing efficiently, and balancing new learning with revising past work.

Guitar tuning techniques are covered, focusing on achieving precise playability and eliminating dissonance.

Electronic tuning techniques for accurate guitar tuning, including step-by-step instructions and best practices.

Guitar fretboard diagrams are used to visualize scales and melodies, enhancing lead playing technique.

Introduces fundamental techniques including hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, reverse bends, vibrato, and pick tremolo.

The 12-bar blues progression is explored, highlighting its widespread use in rock and blues music to underlie hundreds of popular songs.

Introduces quarter note riffs in various keys and styles, laying groundwork for blues music.

Varying riffs and incorporating eighth notes are covered, with application to a 12 Bar Blues progression.

Covers efficient techniques for playing eighth notes with precision and speed using alternate picking.

The structure and chord progression of 12-bar blues in A minor are introduced, focusing on fundamental playing techniques.

Covers techniques for playing riffs over minor chords and common rock progression variations.

Six new guitar riffs to practice over various Blues progressions in different keys.

Ties in music notation create syncopation and unique rhythmic effects when recognized and played correctly.

Introduces techniques for creating syncopated rhythms with rests and eighth-note triplets.

Shuffle rhythms, a variant of triplet timing, are covered, including application to 12-bar blues progressions.

Introduces fundamental improvisational concepts, including scale structures, rhythmic timing, and effective guitar positioning.

Covers basic licks and techniques for improvisation in the fifth position, applicable across all keys.

The minor pentatonic scale is applied in improvising popular music.

Develops finger independence through hammer-on exercises, emphasizing timing accuracy.

The art of playing smooth guitar descents is covered through techniques such as masterful pull-offs and reversed hammer-ons.

Introduces the concept of quarter note triplets, condensing three quarter notes into two beats.

Combines hammer-ons and pull-offs to develop advanced slurring techniques.

Introduces a hammer-on technique incorporating grace notes for playing quarter note triplets.

Develops a finger-sliding approach for playing a single string.

Improvisation techniques are developed through the application of a flexible framework.

Quick slides introduce nuanced expressions in guitar playing, covering finger independence and dynamics.

Covers slide guitar techniques for creating licks in various positions, incorporating Pattern 1 extension notes and exploring rhythmic variations.

Hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides are applied to develop lead guitar solo skills, focusing on pentatonic scale patterns.

Raising pitch and creating nuanced sounds through left-hand finger bending techniques.

Advanced guitar techniques involve bending notes to craft intricate licks and solos.

The release bend, a crucial guitar technique, is mastered by returning to an original note after bending.

Release bends are explored, introducing techniques for adding emotional depth to guitar playing.

Quick and reverse bends on guitar are covered, including proper technique and application.

Note bending and blues-inspired lead guitar playing techniques are covered.

Vibrato techniques enhance note-taking by creating varied tone and pitch.

Tremolo techniques are covered, focusing on rapid, alternating pick strokes and diagonal patterns.

Double notes technique for lead guitar: covers playing simultaneous intervals like Chuck Berry, applies to Blues progressions.

Combines techniques to create original licks using notes from Pattern 1.

Techniques and influences of Chuck Berry, Johnny Winter, and Jimi Hendrix are applied to lead guitar playing.

Combines hammer-ons and pull-offs for playing open string slurs across various notes and strings.

Fretting open strings with the right hand is combined with open string slurring and Pattern 1 at the seventh position.

Tapping techniques covered include hammer-ons and pull-offs, emphasizing two-handed coordination.

Develops three-fingered slurring on the fretboard for playing up to three notes simultaneously.

The Blues scale is covered, with a focus on its application in 12-bar blues and minor key progressions.

The A major scale is covered, along with a related lick usable in various key progressions.

The natural minor scale is introduced, with its application in improvisation against minor chord progressions.

Introduces techniques for crafting a lead guitar solo combining notes from various scales, drawing inspiration from House of the Rising Sun.

Introduces improvisation techniques covering the entire fretboard through combinations of five patterns.

Pattern 2 introduces the fundamental scale concept in lead guitar playing.

Developing riffs and creating original phrases based on Pattern 3 techniques.

Introduces the fundamental Pattern 4 guitar lick and its application for mastering basic techniques.

Introduces five fundamental guitar patterns for covering the entire fretboard and applying improvisational techniques.

Improvises guitar patterns over diverse chord progressions, including Blues, Major key, and Minor key structures.

Introduces the basic framework of 12 Bar Blues progressions and their adaptable application across various keys.

Minor key progressions explored and applied through improvisation techniques.

Major key progressions are used to improvise, with minor pentatonic scales applied to create engaging sounds.

Pentatonic scales and major key progressions are covered, including improvisational techniques.

Reads and interprets music notation, including staff, treble clef, notes, rest values, time signatures, and bar lines.

Notes on the guitar fretboard are introduced, covering open position, octaves, sharps, and flats.

Introduces the chromatic scale concept, covering all sharp and flat notes within an octave, with varying intervals between notes.

The layout of guitar fretboard notes is explained, highlighting their relationship to open strings, with an emphasis on understanding octaves.

The key cycle provides a framework for playing in all keys, with techniques and strategies covered.

Key Signatures Covers the concept of key signatures, including how they indicate major and minor scales used in a song or melody.

Tone and semitone relationships between music scales are explained, covering their underlying patterns and structures.

The chromatic scale is explored, covering all notes within an octave and their relationships.

Introduces the major scale, a fundamental concept in Western music, discussing its structure and characteristics.

The Western minor scale encompasses three distinct forms: natural, harmonic, and melodic, each featuring distinct tone and semitone patterns.

The minor pentatonic scale is a fundamental music pattern built on specific notes within the major scale.

The minor pentatonic scale is modified with a key note from the major scale to create a bluesy sound.

Introduces the C Major Pentatonic Scale by identifying relevant notes within the C major scale.

Bar chords, Rock progressions, advanced rhythms, and scales are covered, with scales, licks, and solos explored through various techniques.