
Learn to spice up simple four-note licks in the a minor pentatonic using hammer ons, pull offs, slides, vibrato, and bends. Combine techniques across strings to make phrases sound different.
Tap harmonics on the guitar by lightly touching and tapping with the right hand 12 frets above a target note to produce octave harmonics, with bends and vibrato for expressiveness.
Explore tapped harmonics and related exercises to develop precision and tone on the lead guitar.
Explore pinch harmonics through focused exercises. Strengthen lead guitar techniques with practical practice sessions today.
Learn double stop bends, two-note rock guitar licks on adjacent strings like G and B, bending the G string a full step to the ninth fret, with variations.
Learn bending plus vibrato by executing a bend on the seventh fret G string with coordinated wrist motion and subtle down vibrato before exploring up vibrato to return to pitch.
Learn the bend slide bend, a cool technique that links a minor pentatonic pattern with precise slides and bends on the seventh to twelfth frets.
Master micro slides and micro bands from seventh fret d string to eighth fret, add pull-offs to fifth fret, and explore octaves, blue scale, flat five, and a minor pentatonic.
Explore lead guitar techniques inspired by The Eagles' Hotel California, with content to be covered later.
Dive into the world of guitar solos and lead guitar playing!
This course is for those who want to develop their lead guitar skills. Playing simple pentatonic licks or simple melodies can sound good - but it gets boring very quickly.
Fortunately there are ways and techniques to make simple melodies sound more interesting, tasteful and diversified!
In this online course you will learn all the fundamental playing techniques which you need to know, if you want to start diving into the world of electric guitar solos and lead guitar playing. The course fits for beginners as well as intermediate guitar players.
Techniques like bending, vibrato, slides, hammer ons and pull offs, as well as different kind of harmonics or the tapping technique, are techniques you will learn to master in this course.
This is the perfect course if you
...want to start playing your first guitar solos
...are overwhelmed with all the different playing techniques
...already know certain techniques but it doesn't sound the way you want
...want to have useful exercises & lick ideas for efficient practicing
...want to make your guitar licks sound more interesting
...want to give your playing your own expression
...want to learn these techniques the right way & avoid posture mistakes
After accomplishing this course you will be able to play your first guitar solos. In the section "Additional material" you will find a few examples where you can start with!
The course contains very helpful and easy to understand instructional videos, as well as videos which show you how to play certain exercises.
All exercise videos contain tablature on screen and you can download all the tabs as PDF and Guitar Pro 8 files!