Monsters of Rock

Develop solid rhythm by mastering chords, a variety of grooves, and creative timing; listen to others, count rhythms aloud, and lock in with the beat in band or solo.

Explains the common rhythms in music, detailing whole, half, quarter, eighth notes, triplets (including sixteenth triplets), and sixteenth notes, how long they last, how to count them, and metronome practice.

Power chords form rock's core, built from a root and fifth (often with an octave) and avoid thirds for distortion. Master three shapes in the key of E for songs.

Master alternate picking with down and up strokes across frets, keeping a tight motion, while learning palm muting to reduce noise when playing with distortion.

Explore common rock inversions and thumb-assisted voicings, including d over f sharp, c five over g, and g over b power chords.

Learn palm muting at the back of the bridge and master alternate picking while playing the over the mountain riff, building a heavy rock tone with precise rhythm.

Explore ghost notes and muting to add texture to Van Halen's you really got me riff, using an A five power chord and a genome with ghost notes between.

Master fret hand muting to clean up rock riffs, pairing left-hand muting with pick-hand muting for control during distortion, illustrated with Highway to Hell in this lesson.

Master staccato and legato in guitar playing through muting to choke notes, and study the Smoke on the Water riff with inverted power chords.

Explore arpeggios by outlining notes within a minor and a G chord, using palm muting and alternate picking to play the Ain't Talkin' Bout Love riff.

Master hammer ons and pull offs as essential guitar techniques for riffs and rhythm. Apply the legato feel to the paranoid riff in e minor pentatonic at frets 12–14.

Master rapid trills by hammer-ons and pull-offs between the fourth and fifth frets on the fifth string in the key of G, in the intro of Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath.

Master double stops, two notes played together, in the Brown Eyed Girl riff, outlining chords G, A minor, C, D minor, E, and B minor with ad5 power shapes.

Learn how the flat five, or blue note, shapes a rock riff using the minor pentatonic scale, exemplified by Enter Sandman, and a practical riff with precise finger placement.

Develop lead guitar mastery by weaving rhythm into solos, mastering the fretboard, and crafting melodic lines with articulate techniques and confident improvisation.

lead guitarist focuses on supporting the vocal and the song, shapes melodies and single-note lines during solos, and carries the tune with creative, confident performance.

Master muting for clean soloing on a pattern-based lead riff from Sweet child o' mine in D, using palm muting, string muting, and alternate picking to keep notes clear.

Explore the minor pentatonic and blues scales as go-to rock tonality choices, using a single shape in the key of a and its octave repeats for effective soloing.

Explore key articulations for guitar, including hammer ons, pull offs, slides, bends, and vibrato, using the A minor pentatonic scale with practical practice tips to build finger comfort.

Learn to shape phrasing and achieve congruency in guitar solos by using call-and-response, deliberate breaths, and matching articulations like hammer-ons, bends, and slides in a minor pentatonic context.

Develop speed-picking with a focus on accuracy using the 1–3 exercise, string shifts, and alternate picking up and down the neck, aided by a clean amp tone and a metronome.

Master legato with hammer-ons and pull-offs to produce clear, connected notes, while building left-hand strength and accuracy and using metronome to steadily increase speed.

Master solo performance with call-and-response phrasing, minor pentatonic and blues scales, quarter-step bends, slides, vibrato, and staccato techniques, using deliberate counting and tabs.

Explore essential guitar tricks for rock playing, including harmonics at the 12th, 7th, and 5th frets, whammy bar shakes and dive bombs, flutter on floating bridges, and pick scrapes.

Jam with others to train your ear and groove, and practice with lighter distortion for cleaner playing. Play along with rock and blues records, slow down, then build speed.

Learn to take your rock guitar from beginner to intermediate by mastering rhythm, lead songs, techniques, chords, harmony, and theory.

Learn to groove with the shuffle rock rhythm, a distinctive eighth-note triplet feel, through a blues-tinged riff from smoking in the boys room, using power chords and palm muting.

Learn swing rhythm with hybrid picking to play La Grange riff, using fret hand muting and A5 power chords, while rolling volume for a cleaner broken-up tone.

Master consecutive 16th note rock rhythms using the ozzy osbourne riff with randy rhoads, including slide-ins, inverted power chords, three sets of four notes, alternate picking, and pinch harmonics.

The caged system uses five open major chord shapes (C, A, G, E, D) to navigate the fretboard, connect shapes with scales and licks, and move through all keys.

Explore the three most common minor barre chord shapes—E-shaped, D-shaped, and A-shaped—based on open minor chords E minor, D minor, and A minor.

Explore palm muting on the back of the bridge to shape a Whole Lot of Love riff, featuring a 5–7 slide, dissonant intro, and a six-count E5 power-chord pattern.

Master ghost notes in Van Halen's running with the devil by learning the intro riff, including ac5 to ad5 power chords, slides, and hammer-ons into an E major finish.

Learn fret hand muting and rhythm guitar techniques through the back in black riff by AC/DC, using power chords and counting for precise timing.

Learn to weave arpeggios into rhythm guitar with alternate picking and chord shapes like D sus four and C add nine, inspired by Boston's More Than a Feeling.

Learn to master hammer ons and pull offs in a Hendrix-inspired Voodoo Child riff, using a wah pedal, varied strumming, and the E minor pentatonic foundation.

Explore double stops on rhythm guitar, using two notes at once with down strokes and staccato, as you learn the intro riff to give me three steps.

Explore the flat five blue note in Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker riff in a key of A, using power chords, e-flat, vibrato, and alternate picking.

Explore the caged system and link major pentatonic shapes to each chord shape in C. Practice open-string and octave-up positions across the five shapes with a chord-scale approach.

Learn to play arpeggios by outlining notes within chords across the neck, using shapes like A minor and E, and focusing on A, C, E for leads.

Explore how starting phrases on different beats transforms phrasing and tone in lead guitar, using major pentatonic licks, a loop, and counting to shape timing and harmony.

Improve speed and accuracy in speed picking using a metronome, burst picking, and rhythm counting to train timing, track progress, and advance through progressive drills.

Develop legato through hammer-ons and pull-offs with a single pick stroke, focusing on left-hand strength and muting strings while moving through the first string frets five, seven, eight, and ten.

Explore finger tapping for lead guitar through pattern-based, scale-based, and arpeggio-based approaches. Master right-hand tapping at the 12th fret with muting for clean notes in the a minor scale.

Learn trills as rapid hammer-ons and pull-offs between two notes, using the Trooper riff from Iron Maiden to build left-hand speed and precision.

Master a lead guitar solo blending major and minor pentatonic patterns, blues scale, legato, and Hendrix-style double stops and tapping, using call-and-response pacing and phrasing.

Master pinch harmonic and whammy bar tricks drawn from rock legends, including bad horsey, the Joe Satriani trick, dive bombs, and behind-the-nut pulls.

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