This tutorial features Rockabilly licks and rhythm patterns in different difficulty level. Start with the beginners lessons and give a try to the more advanced ones once you are comfortable.

The whammy bar is typically used for creating a vibrato effect. It can also be used to create dives on notes or chords that are not possible without it. This lesson illustrates use of the whammy bar to create whole step dives for a rockabilly intro.

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.

This little riff rings of Elvis Presley. So many Elvis songs included some version of this riff that it is often used to introduce Elvis impersonators. Have fun learning this little jingle. It is almost considered a rockabilly requirement.

Playing the same rockabilly bass rythm patterns over and over can become very boring. In this lesson I illustrate how to mix up the patterns to add some spice. This also helps to lead into vocals or instrumentals.

Rockabilly finger picking goes back to the days of Scotty Moore and Carl Perkins. Scotty Moore, who played for Elvis Presley, had a unique style of alternating picking between bass notes and chords. This lesson explores the finger picking style called Travis Picking.