Rock Guitar Lessons
Courses

- Step by Step Full-length Integrated Curriculum
- Covers a large topic in-depth and completely
- Time Required: 2 - 8 Weeks
- Recommended For: Beginner - Intermediate
Rock Style Level 1
This Rock Style Course Level 1 is intended to be used immediately after Beginner Courses 1 and 2. The material in this course assumes you already know and understand the information in the beginner courses. It also assumes you have acquired all the skills taught in those beginner courses.
Rock Style Level 2
Tutorials

- Learn a single topic quickly
- Select your own topics to fill in gaps in your learning
- Time Required: 1 - 2 Hours
- Recommended For: Intermediate - Advanced
Free Ride
Working For The Weekend
Six rock guitar lessons cover the techniques involved in this rockin' 80's tune. This song is chock full of riffs and licks, and is propelled by driving rhythm guitar. You'll learn the main parts - intro, verse, and chorus - plus the call and response dialogue between the guitar and vocals, "mini-leads", and more.
Connecting Pentatonic Patterns Series 2
In this tutorial we will learn another lick that incorporates all 5 fretboard shapes/positions that form the pentatonic minor scale. The idea is to play a simple repeating pattern of five notes on two adjacent strings, then move the pattern up an octave, and again another octave. Using this little pattern of five notes we can wind our way up through each pentatonic box after another until we cov...
Carry On Wayward Son
Welcome to a giant standard in the classic rock catalog. In this series, we'll explore how to take simple chords and scales and add a healthy dose of chops to learn Carry On Wayward Son. This tutorial will methodically break down all the major song riffs as well as the solos. We hope you are warmed up!
Wild Thing
Wild Thing is truly a classic rock 'n roll song, and is an excellent tune for beginning electric players. Based on a simple I-IV-V progression, we look at the open chords plus playing in a different position with power or barre chords. Add a few embellishments and how to solo, and you can play along with our custom backing track and performance at the end of the tutorial!
The Edge
Drive
Drive was a hit in the 90s- an alt-rock blend of acoustic guitar and hip-hop rhythms. We'll look at the structure of the song, show you how the song was written and performed on acoustic guitar. Drive incorporates jazz chords, a hip-hop rhythm, and a hypnotic slide guitar solo that is saturated by effects!
What I Like About You
This song has a lot of the same elements and energy as a British Invasion tune in the spirit of The Who. We'll talk about how to be a support player and how to build excitement throughout the song, and play the rhythm and strumming parts. Also learn to get that raw tone and play the main hook, then play through the entire song along with our backing track.
Alt Rock Guitar 101
The 90's were all about using a sort of "sloppiness" that was grungy and fun. Piles of guitar tracks doing all sorts of different things were combined into a thick soup of beautiful dissonance and tension. Let's find out some things we can do to recreate that vibe.
No Rain
Blind Melon's "No Rain" is an early 90's hit that has one of the most memorable guitar hooks in rock-n-roll. While the hook itself is an essential part of the song, there are also other guitar parts within the track that are equally as exciting to learn. In this tutorial, we will give you a step by step look at how to play the melodies, acoustic guitar parts, and guitar solos within this famous ...
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Tips & Tricks

- Pick up something new quickly
- Lack of time won't stop you from making progress
- Time Required: 15 - 30 Minutes
- Recommended For: Intermediate - Advanced
Southern Rock Scales-Lesson 9
This lesson includes 3 licks. Each lick is played at speed and then played at 1/2 speed with on-screen tablature. Lick 1 uses lots of hammer-ons to give the elusion of speed; when, in fact, the lick is relatively simple. It's a matter of training your fingers to go to the note you want them to go. Lick 2, on the other hand, is not as simple as it sounds. You can here similar riffs used in many bl...
Southern Rock Scales-Lesson 8
Southern Rock Scales-Lesson 7
Southern Rock Scales-Lesson 6
Southern Rock Scales-Lesson 5
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