Inject Soul and R&B into your playing with rhythm and riff techniques inspired by John Mayer – 8:59 min

In this lesson Ben Zinn teaches some fun rhythm and riff ideas in the style of John Mayer. This style will inject some soul flavor……some R&B into your playing. These techniques will help spice up a progression and add lots of color. Injecting some embellishments and creativity brings some great sounds to the chords. The examples are based off a four chord progression D – G – Em – A. Ben then demonstrates the groove. Be sure to get that feel down – lot of feel in soul and R&B. Try hammering into the chords as Ben demonstrates – great device that you can use with all your chords. Next Ben teaches some fills that can be played off each chord in the progression. Each fill example can then be varied for even more lick ideas. Change up the order of the notes or grab some other embellishments to vary the lick. Try to get each fill down so you can play them in time over each chord. These are fun techniques that you can add to your playing arsenal. Get creative wit them and enjoy the journey! 

Acoustic guitar rhythms, chords, bass movements, and ideas inspired by Dave Matthews – 6:09 min

In this lesson dave Nassie teaches some cool rhythms, chords, and ideas inspired by the acoustic playing of Dave Matthews. These are some cool acoustic tricks that you can add to your playing arsenal. Dave first teaching some fun moving bass lines to be played over pretty sounding chords. The chord Dave uses first in this lesson are an E power chord. Lot of fun things you can do with that chord, embellishing it as Dave teaches. Holding the chord and changing bass notes creates some great movement. Dave then grabs the B note and some other great chords – they can be a bit of a stretch with these chords so be sure you are good and warmed up before executing. Try these chords, embellishments, and bass lines and add them to your playing. Try to add them to your songwriting process – put your own spin on them and get creative wit them! Keep on rocking!

Rock guitar KISS inspired rhythm and lick ideas – 3:36 min

In this lesson Willie teaches some fun rock rhythm and lick ideas inspired by KISS. This features basic power 5th chords B5, A5, Asus4, and E5. There is so much you can do with just a few good sounding distorted power chords. Willie shows you the progression and then gets into a fun lick that you can play within the chords. This is just a jump off idea to get you introduced into this big style of power chords and riffs. Put your own spin on these ideas and make them your own. Be creative with them and enjoy! Rock on! 

STEVIE WONDER inspired chord and rhythm ideas – 3:19 min

In this lesson Willie teaches some fun Stevie Wonder inspired chord and rhythm ideas. Here you will learn some fun new chord voicings. The chords WIllie utilizes in this lesson are an Esus2, Emaj9, E7sus2, and A/E. This are fun chords and its important to keep expanding your chord library. These chords have a lot of color and texture in them. Willie then gets into the strumming and rhythm patterns as well as a little lick that you can add in also. Have fun with these chords and rhythms and add them into your playing arsenal. Get creative and put your own spin pom this lesson – have fun and keep rocking! 

Rock guitar licks and rhythms Sugarloaf old school inspired ideas – 2:49 min

In this lesson Willie teaches some fun rhythm and lick ideas inspired by the old school band Sugarloaf. This is a quick lesson on a pedal rhythm of the F# note. This rhythm is great study in what you can create with just a few notes. Its how they are played – the rhythm motif that makes the riff. Willie then teaches the lick that goes along with the riff. Try these ideas and get creative with them. Listen to how part of the riff is palm muted for one sound and then opened up toward the end. Put your own spin on these ideas and have fun with them.  

Rock rhythm n melodic ideas inspired by Black Sabbath Planet Caravan style – 7:16 min

In this lesson David Nassie teaches some killer Black Sabbath inspired rhythm and lick ideas. Dave teaches how to work with a clean tone and use E minor tonalities to create a mood and songwriting possibilities in this style. Dave first teaches some cool E minor chord shapes. These are a lot of fun to mess with when you have a clean tone – very haunting sound. Dave also teaches some fun voicings using a D chord and mixes it in with the E chord for some chilling sounds. Dave builds the progression and shows you how to add harmonics and embellish the chords to get lots of chordal and melodic variation. You will also learn some chord extensions and move them around on the fretboard. You also will learn some cool soloing ideas over this progression.  Get creative with these and put your own spin on them. Dave then teaches some cool licks and rhythm devices you can experiment with over the E chords – have fun with these and put your own spin on them – get creative with them and add these chords and devices to you playing arsenal – rock on! 

Rock rhythm and licks ideas inspired by Rush La Villa style – 3:58 min

In this lesson Willie McGee teaches some easy and fun rock rhythm and licks inspired by Rush. This lesson utilizes some power chords – A5 and E5 with some legato licks in between. Willie goes over the legato parts and its important to get all the hammer-ons and pull offs to sound clean and all notes to ring true. Practice these examples slow at first and work them up to speed over time. Use this lesson as a springboard to get inspired by this style and put your own spin on these licks. Get creative with them and try in different keys and scales – switch up the notes and have fun with them – enjoy!