Guitar Stuffs

Tommy Johnson (1896-1956) from Crystal Springs, Mississippi, was one of that state's greatest blues singer/guitarists, an associate of Charley Patton, WIllie Brown, Ishman Bracey, Charlie McCoy, The Mississippi Sheiks, and many others.

Mike will show you the 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a crunch guitar that plays rhythm guitar throughout the song. Guitar 2 is the lead guitar that digs into some scorching licks in the solo section.

This is a great song for learning fingerpicking. Your picking fingers to do one thing while your fretting fingers do another. It seems difficult, but once you get the pattern, you know the whole song. And you only use two fingers on your fretting hand.

In this series of lessons, Hunter Perrin is going to teach you "Gimme Three Steps", by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Hunter will go over the lessons then delve into the gear and tone a bit, then he'll break down the cool intro riffing and lead. We'll learn the verse rhythm before we take on the 1st solo, then get into the chorus rhythm. The 2nd solo comes next, then the outro solo; we'll tie things up with a play along performance and a jam along.

Mike will show you the single electric guitar layer in this tune that uses a modern high gain tone to play power chords throughout.

Mike will show you the single guitar layer that alternates between clean and crunch while playing the rhythm throughout the arrangement. He'll show you the barre chords and open chords, syncopation, and dynamics that make this a fun song to learn and play.

“With Arms Wide Open” as made famous by Creed is a classic 90s Nu Metal song featuring clean & heavy guitars with a melodic sense and a variety of dynamics.

Mike will show you the 3 guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is a clean electric guitar that forms the strumming foundation of the tune. Guitars 2 and 3 are clean electric guitars that play melodic fills and licks with a slide.

"Mr. Jones" as made famous by Counting Crows is a 90s pop rock radio classic that features some great clean electric rhythm guitar.

“Tom Sawyer” as made famous by Rush is a classic 80s progressive rock song with epic riffs, tricky time signatures and a great guitar solo.

Mike will show you the single electric guitar in this song that combines relaxed strumming with a catchy single note riff.

Dave will show you the guitar parts in this song, from the squealing intro licks, to the power chord riffs in a boogie rhythm, to the whammy bar filled solo. “Tobacco Road" is in the key of D minor and 4/4 time at a tempo of about 140 BPM.

In this song tutorial, Anders Mouridsen with be getting his "spy" vibe on and teaching you "Secret Agent Man", as made famous by Johnny Rivers in the mid 60's. Anders will talk a bit about the tones on this recording, and delve into the classic "spy" main riff. He'll teach you the verses and choruses, and also the lead fills and melody-based solo. Then Anders will show you how to end the song, followed by a full performance play along.

Let's learn a very simple arrangement of a beautiful melody: Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" theme! We'll take this one in three steps: first the single note melody, the we'll learn the theme in two voices, and finally we'll add a third voice for a full arrangement.

“Slide” as made famous by The Goo Goo Dolls is a 90s era pop/rock radio hit that features plenty of melodic guitar.

Got your big seagull-wave hairdo all sculpted? Okay then, it's time to learn the 80s new wave classic "I Ran", by Flock of Seagulls. We'll take you through the delay settings, the simple yet effective verse lick, the chords for the verse and choruses, the solos, and play it all through to a backing track.

Dave will show you the 2 guitar layers in this song. There is a strummed acoustic guitar holding down the rhythm and an electric guitar playing rhythm fills and lead solos throughout.

In this blues tutorial, Anders Mouridsen is going to teach you the one-chord classic "I'm A Man", by Bo Diddley. Anders will tune you in to what makes a song like this tick, then how to get the tone. We'll look at how to tune your guitar to an open E tuning, where to place the capo, and how to play the repeating riff. Next up, Anders will teach the licks and soloing, followed by how to play the riff in standard tuning. We'll end things with a full performance play along, then a jam along where you take over.

Caren will show you the 4 chords of the song along with the Boom Chuck/chick strumming pattern that make this song fly down the tracks!.

"You Might Think" as made famous by The Cars is a classic 80s pop rock tune with lots of great guitar parts.