NATURAL HARMONICS – and Intro to TAP HARMONICS – 12:55 min

There are different types of harmonics – natural harmonics, artificial harmonics, tap harmonics. In this lesson you will learn how to play natural harmonics. These harmonics occur naturally all over the fretboard. These are very cool ways to add spice and melody to your playing. You can create melodies with them and sound them all over the fretboard. The secret is a very light touch on the string where you are just stopping the string from vibrating. It will take a little bit of practice to get the  light touch and feel – but you can do it! David also introduces tap harmonics in the style of Eddie Van Halen. These are super COOL – you will love them – get creative with them, have fun, and rock on!

Quick lesson on how to play doublestops and apply them to your playing – 1:32 minutes

This lesson is a quick little primer on how easy it is too add doublestops into your playing. Doublestops are two notes played at the same time and add color and thickness to your lead lines. In this short example we show you a few of them in the minor pentatonic scale in the key of E minor and how you can move them around to get some real cool licks and tones.

How to build a guitar solo using three licks – 5:16 minutes

In this lesson you will learn how to take a few licks and phrase them together to start forming a guitar solo. You will learn three licks in the A minor pentatonic blues scale and then learn how to piece them together step by step, into a longer lead line.

STRING MUTING – totally clean up your playing by muting all the strings – 9:03 Minutes

String muting is absolutely essential for any guitarist and David will teach you his techniques for muting out all the notes that you are not playing at any given time. This will totally clean up your playing and keep your notes and tone pure – no contamination from errant notes, string pops, dinks, or string noise. String noise must be cut out on all the notes that you are not playing and David will teach you in this module to utilize both your right AND left hands to mute out all the notes that you are not playing. You will want to get proficient at this technique to get your playing to the next level. Rock on! 

 Lead guitar improvisation  & solo concepts – learn FROM the lick – Guitar Lesson 11:21 minutes

In this lesson David explain the two choices that you have when you are soloing or improvising – playing what relates to all or playing over each chord, what he calls treating each chord “like a separate event”. In this lesson you will also learn about the importance of good phrasing and rhythm in your lead lines – you will learn how to take a line and turn it into many lines by turning around the rhythm. David teaches you not just to learn licks but rather learn FROM the lick – why does it work, what intervals are being utilized, how can I turn it around and make it my own. Remember its all about taking the notes and doing things with them that are musically interesting and then phrasing them together in a cohesive package so not to sound boxy, fragmented, or disjointed. And to also have good rhythm in your lead playing – that is crucial! Rock on!