This installment of the “Lick Of The Week” series at GuitarLessons365.com focuses on the pedal tone picking style of Yngwie Malmsteen. This exciting technique is influenced by the baroque music of J.S. Bach and creates a very flowing guitar sound. The technique required to play this lick is pretty straightforward, it just may take a [...]

How to use a guitar capo: In this free video guitar lesson you will learn how to use a capo on the guitar. I have had some requests from viewers asking how to use a guitar capo. I thought instead of answering via email a full video guitar lesson would be easier. It is a [...]

In this free video guitar lesson we will learn some cool classical style fingerpicking techniques that can be applied to virtually all styles of music. The music example that I am teaching during this free video guitar lesson is a segment of a piece of music by Mauro Guiliani called “Grand Overture”. Mauro Guiliani is [...]

In this installment of our Jazz Guitar University lesson series, we begin our look at chord progressions common in jazz music. The ii-V-I chord progression is the foundation of jazz music. As soon as you have a mastery of this progression in it’s basic form throughout all keys, you will be ready to really tackle [...]

In this next video guitar lesson of our “Lick Of The Week” series, we will learn a cool guitar lick in the style of John Petrucci, the legendary guitarist of the prog-rock band Dream Theater. John Petrucci’s soloing style incorporates many different elements. One element he seems to always go back to is his love [...]