Add classical sounding pedal licks to your rock soloing – 6:00 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches how to add some classical sounding licks to your rock guitar solos.  This classically inspired pedal tone lick in the key of G that will really help your alternate picking. Pedal licks are common in classical music and a pedal lick has a repeating note used for melody that you keep going back to. Play these licks slow at first as the fingering can be tricky. Work up the speed over time and chip away at it. These pedal melodies are a lot of fun and can add that classical flair to your solos. Experiment with them and try them with different scales and insert them into your playing – enjoy!

Push your lead playing with new soloing and chord ideas inspired by Tom Petty/Mike Campbell – 10:40 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie takes something that is very popular, something that perhaps you have heard often, and uses it to express in a little different way. This lesson will help push yourself to try different forms of soloing and take perhaps a new creative spin on an older progression or older piece of music. Dave starts with an F#m chord and shows a few different voicings of this chord. Dave also talks about dynamics and the tone of his guitar in this lesson. Dave then shows a few different voicings of an A and E chords. Learning different ways to voice chords opens up all kinds of new ideas and pathways. Then Dave teaches different pentatonic licks that you work in and out of the chords. Dave goes over a few forms of the minor pentatonic scale – you can use any of the forms or even the Blues scale. Try these examples and then embellish them – put your own spin on them and be creative – let the creative juices flow – enjoy! 

Rock lick ideas in the style of RANDY RHOADS using the Harmonic Minor and Diminished – 11:00 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some killer lick ideas in the style of Randy Rhoads. Dave Nassie breaks down some of the theory used in this style as well as getting the sounds dialed in with tons of lick and pattern ideas to boot. You can add these devices to your playing style and be inspired by the sounds – put your own spin on these techniques and add them to your playing arsenal. This lesson is in the key of E minor and Dave teaches the harmonic minor scale as well as the diminished and Dorian scales and puts these tonalities together to create these cool sounds. Enjoy and keep on rocking!

Rock soloing – developing melody inspired by JEFF BECK – 11:22 min

In this lesson Ben Zinn teaches melodic rock soloing in the style of Jeff Beck. Ben first teaches the chord progression that he is playing over. Be sure and lay the progression down so you have a vehicle to practice these lead techniques. This progression suggest a D Natural Minor Scale until the end of the solo where then you will learn some major scale playing over the end. Ben teaches some positions for Natural Minor, also known as the Aeolian mode, as well as some Pentatonic positions. The basic idea is to stick to a melody line but add techniques to enhance the melody using bending, sliding, vibrato, and other tricks to help develop the melody line along. Try sticking close to the melody line and vary just a little here and there – give this approach to some other progressions and build melody lines – stay creative!

Progressive Rock lead guitar lesson with jam track, scales modes, arpeggios pt 1 – 22:09 min

In this lesson David Taub continues teaching lead guitar techniques and devices in a progressive modern rock style. This is part one of a two-part lesson, so be sure to tune into the next lesson after completing this one and watch part two. Remember to go to the JAM TRACKS section of the website and download the JAM TRACK titled “JAM TRACK – Dsus2 -Dsus2/Bb Progressive Rock Jam” – so be sure and download it and use it to practice these techniques. Here you will learn how to improvise using scales, modes, arpeggios, and lick devices in a modern rock style. Remember that you can use D Minor Pentatonic & blues scales to solo but David opts for the D Natural Minor Scale, (D Aeolian), for a more modern rock sound. Start off slow and leave lots of space – try just a few melodic ideas and variations and just get into the groove at first. Then let your ear guide you as you develop your ideas further. Learn some of the licks as David teaches them but then put your own spin on them and get creative with them – come up with your own and practice over the jam track – have fun and keep honing your skills and refining your art! 

Progressive Rock lead guitar lesson with jam track, scales modes, arpeggios pt 2 – 9:46 min

In this lesson David Taub continues teaching lead guitar techniques and devices in a progressive modern rock style. This is part two of a two-part lesson, so be sure to tune into the previous lesson and watch part one. Remember to go to the JAM TRACKS section of the website and download the JAM TRACK titled “JAM TRACK – Dsus2 -Dsus2/Bb Progressive Rock Jam” – so be sure and download it and use it to practice these techniques. Here you will learn how to improvise using scales, modes, arpeggios, and lick devices in a modern rock style. Remember that you can use D Minor Pentatonic & blues scales to solo but David opts for the D Natural Minor Scale, (D Aeolian), for a more modern rock sound. Start off slow and leave lots of space – try just a few melodic ideas and variations and just get into the groove at first. Then let your ear guide you as you develop your ideas further. Learn some of the licks as David teaches them but then put your own spin on them and get creative with them – come up with your own and practice over the jam track – have fun and keep honing your skills and refining your art! 

Melodic rock soloing techniques learn improv jamming pt4 legato – 13:56 min

In this series of lessons David Taub teaches melodic rock soloing techniques, strategies, modal playing and devices. This is a four part lesson series and this lesson is part 4. Be sure and check out all parts as David goes through a ton of soloing and improv concepts and strategies that you can blast over all your playing. The theme here is putting licks together with scales and arpeggios in a melodic phrasing fashion. This series starts off with easier examples and gets more challenging as the series goes on. Learn all about the importance of repetition, space, and varying your licks. The backing track David uses here is very simple two chord track going from a Camj7 to Am – key of C major. Then David gets into teaching the scales and modes used throughout the lesson series and he gets deeper into the theory as the series progresses. Use these lessons as templates to follow when working on your own jamming and improvisation over progressions and tracks. Practice in various keys and over various jam tracks with different feels. remember to keep repeating and varying your licks and leave lots of space – keep coming up with melodic motifs and licks and most importantly have fun! 

Melodic rock soloing techniques learn improv jamming pt3 arpeggios – 14:03 min

In this series of lessons David Taub teaches melodic rock soloing techniques, strategies, modal playing and devices. This is a four part lesson series and this lesson is part 3. Be sure and check out all parts as David goes through a ton of soloing and improv concepts and strategies that you can blast over all your playing. The theme here is putting licks together with scales and arpeggios in a melodic phrasing fashion. This series starts off with easier examples and gets more challenging as the series goes on. Learn all about the importance of repetition, space, and varying your licks. The backing track David uses here is very simple two chord track going from a Camj7 to Am – key of C major. Then David gets into teaching the scales and modes used throughout the lesson series and he gets deeper into the theory as the series progresses. Use these lessons as templates to follow when working on your own jamming and improvisation over progressions and tracks. Practice in various keys and over various jam tracks with different feels. remember to keep repeating and varying your licks and leave lots of space – keep coming up with melodic motifs and licks and most importantly have fun! 

Melodic rock soloing techniques learn improv jamming pt2 modal playing – 16:18 min

In this series of lessons David Taub teaches melodic rock soloing techniques, strategies, modal playing and devices. This is a four part lesson series and this lesson is part 2. Be sure and check out all parts as David goes through a ton of soloing and improv concepts and strategies that you can blast over all your playing. The theme here is putting licks together with scales and arpeggios in a melodic phrasing fashion. This series starts off with easier examples and gets more challenging as the series goes on. Learn all about the importance of repetition, space, and varying your licks. The backing track David uses here is very simple two chord track going from a Camj7 to Am – key of C major. Then David gets into teaching the scales and modes used throughout the lesson series and he gets deeper into the theory as the series progresses. Use these lessons as templates to follow when working on your own jamming and improvisation over progressions and tracks. Practice in various keys and over various jam tracks with different feels. remember to keep repeating and varying your licks and leave lots of space – keep coming up with melodic motifs and licks and most importantly have fun!