SANTANA style LEAD GUITAR – combine lead techniques for Santana sounds – 13:45 minutes 

In this lesson David expalins some of the lead guitar techniques that guitar master Carlos Santana utilizes in his playing. David uses Santana as an example to explain how you want to throw multiple lead techniques together with a healthy dose of YOU, in efforts to create your own style. IN this lesson David discusses unison bends, passing tones, string bending, fast triplet runs, Dorian mode, pull offs, minor to major third bend, using the 9th, slurs, playing with emotion and passion and more. Give these things a try in your playing and keep on rocking!

Rock soloing lesson Queen inspired Brian May Killer Queen style with harmonic minor scale- 10:40 min

In this lesson Ben Zinn teaches some killer classic British rock soloing while moving keys. This style is inspired by the great Queen guitarist Brian May. This example will be playing over a four chord vamp A7 – Dm and then moving it down a whole step to G7 – Cm. Ben then goes over the Harmonic Minor Scale and utilizes that scale as building blocks for his soloing concepts. The harmonic minor scale is like a Natural minor scale with a raised 7th degree. Ben then teaches how to transpose the scale over each chord change so you have a flowing line using this scale and move through the key changes. Ben also goes over the tone he dialed up for this lesson and teaches how to get in the ballpark of this sound. Have fun with these concepts and put your own spin on them – get creative and practice over jam tracks – have fun!

ERIC JOHNSON inspired Rock guitar picking techniques lesson with licks – 8:59 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some picking techniques in the style of Eric Johnson. These techniques will use Am pentatonic scales and number sequences to get proficient at this sound. Dave then teaches a series of licks and breaks them down slow and simple and builds from there all the while explaining the picking techniques and groups of notes. Pay attention to the ups and downs as Dave explains them as it is crucial to lock down these picking techniques to get these licks up to speed and to sound right. Dave also goes over the fret hand fingering to make these licks flow. Thes ecan be tricky so take your time with these techniques and work them up slow at first and speed will come with time – enjoy and use the licks in your solos and practice over jam tracks – enjoy! 

ERIC JOHNSON inspired chords, scales, and arpeggios lesson based on triads – 7:22 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some Eric Johnson inspired riffs based on triads. A triad is a three note chord. This lesson is in the key of C major and dave teaches some interesting ways to voice the chords. Dave also shows some ways to spice up the chords with hybrid picking. He then goes through some more chords and great new inversions to play them. Put these triads together for some great chordal sounds. Try mixing them up and getting some new sounds – put your own spin on them. Dave then gets deeper into the lesson with more chordal inversions and hip way to play chords in this style. This helps to understand how to create arpeggios and scales – Dave breaks it all down and teaches it in this lesson – enjoy! 

More melodic soloing techniques in the style of David Gilmour – 7:46 min

IN this lesson Ben Zinn teaches some more melodic soloing devices and techniques in the style of David Gilmour. Here Ben will examine some killer licks in this style as well as some gear suggestions to get you close to the tones needed for this style. Ben works out of the B Minor Pentatonic scale as well as the B Natural Minor or B Aeolian Scale. Ben then gets into some extreme bending to really make your notes scream off the fretboard in this style. Ben teaches you to do these bending techniques in various places on the neck. Its a device that you want to blast across all your playing. Ben also teaches long triplet runs down through the scale. Again, something u can use with other scales as well as incorporate the device into your soloing and improvisation. Have fun and get creative in this style and practice over jam tracks in the jam track section of the site.