In this video guitar lesson we will take a look at the technique of palm muting. Palm muting is an essential technique on the guitar no matter what style of music you play. The most prominent use of palm muting can be found in hard rock and metal music, so I structured the lesson to [...]

This lesson is our first lesson concentrating on guitar bends. Bending is a technique that is unique to stringed instruments and is used in virtually every style of music. We start by talking about basic hand positioning so you can see what exactly your fret hand should be doing during a bend. We then move [...]

This lesson focuses on not only how to play octaves across all strings on the guitar, but the theory behind what an octave is as well. Octaves are used all over the place in all types of music from popular to jazz. They create a very full yet airy sound when done correctly. While you [...]