Em Strumming Pattern
Here you'll learn a strumming pattern using both down and up strokes. This must-know pattern is widely used and can be used for many different rock songs. We do it here...
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Basic Right Hand Muting
Muting is an essential rock guitar technique. When using distortion it becomes especially important to stop any unwanted bass strings from ringing on. This is done b...
G Major Pentatonic Scale
Pentatonic scales are scales made of five different notes. The major pentatonic scale is a key ingredient of rock and blues music. It also appears in folk music aro...
Canoe Song chord part - guitar only
Here is the chord accompaniment for "Canoe Song", a traditional Canadian song. "Canoe Song" really works well as a rock song! We'll need two open chords ...
Alternate Picking
Alternate picking is the use of downstrokes and upstrokes in alternation when playing single notes. This essential rock guitar will allow us to play faster. Alternate pick...
Hammer-Ons
A hammer-on is a must-know rock guitar technique that will help our playing flow and help us to increase speed. We use the left hand to play a note without picking it with the ri...
G7 chord
In this video you will learn how to play a full open G7 chord (G dominant seventh chord). G7 is also known as G dominant seventh. We use all six strings and three fingers of the le...
Torn to Shreds I - guitar only
Here you'll learn the power chord part for this original song entitled Torn to Shreds. We're using E power chord and A power chord only. Be sure to check out ...
A7 Chord
One of the first chords guitarists learn, the A7 chord sounds great and is used in countless songs. It can also be called an A dominant seventh chord. To play it we need to use two...
Rock 'n' Roll Riff - guitar only
Rock 'n' Roll riff - This is a classic, must-know rock guitar riff and has been used in many rock 'n' roll songs. It's an ideal riff to learn if you are a b...