Overview of Tele, Strat, and Les Paul tone controls and pickups, plus getting tones from an acoustic guitar.

Basic open chord progressions.

Want to dive into power chords without getting too caught up with theory? Then try writing your own rock song using an experimental approach... here are the lessons to do just that!

This tutorial will hopefully serve as a basic tapping primer course, that will take the player through a wide range of tapping techniques, ranging from the most basic building block patterns up through more advanced licks that incorporate modern elements such as string skipping, using adjacent strings, using multiple fingers on the tapping hand & more. I will also work feature some tips for incorp...

This tutorial will hope to shed some methods in finding the key to a song.

Great for beginners and rockers, this week Neal shows you how to play three easy and quick chords. Focusing on the D G and A chords, this lesson is very useful for playing in the style of AC/DC. Making chord changes this easy leaves plenty of room for windmills, stage dives and one legged chicken struts. Tip of the week: how to get a beefier sound out of your guitar without changing your amp sett...

In this lesson, we’ll practice playing a 12 Bar Blues progression in the key of D#, using barre chords. We’ll play an eighth note rhythm pattern, and use the palm muting technique. I’ll be playing the same blues progression in the key of D#, using palm muted eighth notes, following this pattern: //: I / I / I / I / / IV / IV / I / I / / V / V / I / I :// ...

Having viewed the lessons in this chapter on Combining Scales and Chords, you should have a basic understanding of the following things: Understanding how the C major scale and C major chord are related. How to switch back and forth between single notes (from the C major scale) and open chords (C major, A minor, F major and G major). How to switch back and forth between A major scale notes an...

Having viewed the lessons in this chapter on an Introduction to Music Theory, you should have a basic understanding of the following things: What musical intervals are. What the C major scale is. Proper picking technique for beginner scale exercises. How to practice the C major scale using various scale exercises. What the A minor scale is. How to practice the A minor scale using various s...

This week on the channel Neal covers an essential rhythm pattern from Lisa McCormick's tutorial of the same name. Once you hear this pattern you'll be sure to recognize it right away. It's used in tons of songs from acoustic, country, pop and rock. This makes it a must have strumming pattern to add to your collection of guitar tricks!