These lessons will teach you to make the most of your regular chords. We'll learn 9 Major chord inversions and 9 Minor chord inversions and put them into real time. This will put real spice in your rhythm and lead guitar.

By using different scales and arpeggios it is possible to get out of solely using pentatonic box pattern for soloing. This tutorial uses some Jazz style theory and modal scales to hopefully harmonically enrich standard blues playing.

Fingerpicker's Goldmine is a treasure trove of classic fingerpicking figures, perfect for adding flavor and complexity to fingerstyle guitar songs. From Hot Tuna to Jack Johnson, Joni Mitchell to James Taylor, these classic figures have been used extensively by acoustic music's icons. This tutorial is a continuation of the Acoustic Fingerpicking Series, created by Lisa McCormick. All prerequisi...

This tutorial is in the key of G and is a blues based turnaround. You will earn that a blues turnaround is made of dominant 7th chords and you will learn how to connect each chord with a walking bass line.

The span of John Mayer's career from his aggressive-acoustic beginnings to his modern finger style approach showcases a player whose diversity has earned him the respect of guitar greats and the general public alike.  Focusing on his acoustic guitar style, this tutorial provides 10 examples, all of which showcase a different element of John's unique approach to the instrument.  By the end of the...

This week Neal shows you the fundamentals of good tap harmonics. This technique has been used extensively by Eddie Van Halen but can also be found in jazz and bass guitar techniques. Tap Harmonics create a very cool, almost synthesizer sound out of your guitar. Tip 'o the week is how to make dolphin and whale sounds with your axe.

This week on the Guitar Tricks Channel, instructor Anders Mouridsen locks Neal up and takes over the studio to show you how to jazz up your lead playing. If you listen real close, you can hear Neal's cries for help.

This week Neal shows you how to make your guitar cry (in a good way) with a wah wah pedal. The tip of the week also shows you the infamous neck bend.

This week on the channel Neal shows you how to play a classic major blues riff in E. This riff adds melody and a major feel to the standard blues technique. This is a tasty and melodic way to jam the blues with another guitarist or solo. You will sound great soloing in major or minor blues scales with this one.

This lesson contains mostly Michael Bloomfield style licks; with a sprinkling of Albert King and Roy Buchanan style licks.