By the end of this course you should be able to understand and play a variety of Blues Style techniques.

By the end of this course you should be able to understand and play a variety of Rock Style techniques.

This Rock Style Course Level 2 is intended to be used immediately after Rock Level 1. The material in this course assumes you already know and understand the information in the beginner courses and Rock Level 1.

By the end of this course you should be able to understand and play a variety of Country Style techniques.

Covering topics ranging from moving chord shapes to hammer ons to right hand strumming techniques, each lesson will help showcase a different aspect of Johnson's voice in the instrument.  It is hoped that students, whether a fan of Jack Johnson or not, will take away something from this tutorial to see how the acoustic guitar used primarily as a song-writing tool can serve to better any player's ...

This tutorial presents two acoustic fingerstyle versions of this classic Christmas carol. One version can be used to accompany singing the song. The other version is an instrumental melody solo. You may prefer one version over the other, or you may wish to learn both. They go together perfectly.

Learning to use simple chords and by moving a few fingers, coming up with brand new chords.

In this tutorial we will use a backing track to practice a chord progression in A major. We are going to focus primarily on two things: getting from one chord shape to the next and doing it in time with the music. This tutorial uses the chords A major (I), F# minor (vi), B minor (ii), E major (V).

This tutorial includes exercises focusing on different note durations. I will add practice solos from time to time to help you apply these exercises in a practical way.

This condensed lesson presents 2 versions of the classic carol, "What Child is This?", also known as "Greensleeves". First, we'll take a look at a fingerstyle arrangement you could use if you were going to sing the song. Second, we'll learn an instrumental melody solo. Learn one, or learn both. They go together perfectly! A more thorough tutorial on "What Child is This" can be found a...

This is a descending pattern in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen. There's two spots to watch out for. First one is the shifting slide on the 2nd string. Slide from the 10th fret to the 9th with your index finger. The second spot that can cause your trouble at first is when you get to the 3rd string. It only has two notes on that string. This lick, as simple as it may look, is actually a very...

Hot Rod Rockabilly is a more rock and roll version of the basic rockabilly style. Add some distortion with a rock beat to hot rod your Rockabilly.

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