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 [...]

This free video guitar lesson is another in our look at Eric Johnson’s guitar style. His chord work is one of the most spectacular elements of his playing and one of his most confusing as well. Within these few video lessons I hope to help you understand the things you need to know to be [...]

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that I added the latest song lesson poll winner “Beat It” by Michael Jackson to the Song Lessons page. Besides being one of the most popular rock songs of all time, it also features one of the greatest guitar solos ever written. Most guitarists know that Eddie [...]

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 [...]