Hard Rock rhythms and lick building in the RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE STYLE lesson – 7:50 min

In this lesson Ben Zinn takes out the Les Paul and rocks out with a lesson on riff building and tricks in drop D tuning in the style of Rage Against The Machine. Learn how to create your own riffs using just two fingers. Ben goes over the scales used to build riffs and teaches you how to build riffs using the scale fretted and open notes as well as octaves. Tune that low E string down to a D so the tuning is low to high D,A,D,G,B,E. Ben also discusses the importance of knowing where the root notes are and also learn a cool toggle switch trick. Enjoy and stay creative and come up with your own riff ideas based of these examples and techniques – enjoy! 

Bar chord practicing and strumming exercises inspired by the PIXIES – 6:53 min

In this lesson Finbar teaches bar chord rhythms and feels inspired by the Pixies. Fin teaches some different ways to strum and move around bar chords. If you have been having trouble getting your bar chords to sound good then this lesson is for you. Fin teaches root 6th string and root 5th string bar chords. Use these rhythms as an exercise and start moving around the chords as per Fin’s lesson. Fin also teaches the bar chord chucking. Soon you will be sliding around these chords and using them in your own song, rhythm, and practice exercises. Fin also teaches a very necessary muting technique so you don’t get unwanted string noise when strumming these chords. Stay positive and remember that bar chords are challenging, but with time and practice you will get them – stay positive and keep up all that hard work on that guitar. 

WORLD MUSIC playing using arpeggios PAUL SIMON inspired lesson – 5:40 min

In this lesson Ben Zinn teaches how to bring some World Music style to your playing using arpeggios in the Paul Simon style. Ben teaches some arpeggio runs using triplets to play along with the rhythm lines. This lesson progression is an E to A chord and you will start with some easy 16th note strumming. Ben goes over the rhythm feel and then gets into the arpeggios, bouncing between an E arpeggio and a D arpeggio. Ben teaches some runs with these arpeggios to use as a fill in the rhythm playing. Use these ideas in your rhythm and lead playing and try to toss them into your playing in different keys. Enjoy and keep on rocking!

Alternate rocking ryhthms & lead lesson NIRVANA inspired pt2 – 6:08 min

In this two-part lesson Finbar gets into some fun Grunge guitar rhythms. Fin breaks down the rhythms and chords and goes over the raw progressions and rhythmic feels. Lots of power chords and also rhythmic chucking is demonstrated to get a cool raw grungy sound. Later in the lesson Finbar also teaches some cool clean  jangley shimmering guitar chords and shows you how to meld them together. This is part two of a two-part lesson – be sure to tune into part 1 of this series and add some of these techniques and devices to your playing for a cool grungy sound.. 

Alternate rocking ryhthms & lead lesson NIRVANA inspired pt1 – 9:32 min

In this two-part lesson Finbar gets into some fun Grunge guitar rhythms. Fin breaks down the rhythms and chords and goes over the raw progressions and rhythmic feels. Lots of power chords and also rhythmic chucking is demonstrated to get a cool raw grungy sound. Later in the lesson Finbar also teaches some cool clean  jangley shimmering guitar chords and shows you how to meld them together. This is part one of a two-part lesson – be sure to tune into part 2 of this series and add some of these techniques and devices to your playing for a cool grungy sound..