In this lesson I'm going to show you a more advanced sixteenth note based strumming pattern. Eventually you'll be able to mix up all the different strumming patterns you know, but in the beginning it's important to learn a bunch of different ones.
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1: Rockin' Chords
Take It Up a Notch!
- Introduction: It's All in the Right Hand
- Advanced Strumming Tone
- A New Eighth Note Pattern
- Swinging the Eighth Notes
- A New Sixteenth Note Pattern
- Swinging the Sixteenth Notes
- Incorporate Karate Chop Muting
- Practice Tune 1: Straight Eighths
- Practice Tune 2: Swung Sixteenths
- Advanced Strumming: Easy Practice Exercises
Improve Your Right Hand
- Introduction: Right Hand Control
- Palm Muting: Les Paul Tone
- Where to Mute and When
- Apply and Release Your Palm
- Palm Muting Arpeggios
- Palm Muting Bass Notes
- Palm Muting Practice Tune
- Palm Muting: Easy Practice Exercises
Chords and Voicings
- Introduction: Move the Notes and Add a Few
- Rock Rhythm Voicing: Telly Tone
- Classic Major Chord Voicing
- Power Chord: Root on the D String
- Dominant Chords: Rhythm 7ths
- Drop D: One-Finger Power Chords
- Drop D: Power 9th Chords
- Chords and Voicings: Practice Tune
- Chords and Voicings: Easy Practice Exercises
Key Elements
2: Lead Secrets Revealed!
Standard Rock Licks
- Library of Go-To Rock Licks
- Meat and Potatoes Tone
- Standard Rock Lick #1
- Standard Rock Lick #2
- Standard Rock Lick #3
- Standard Rock Lick #4
- Mixing Up the Licks: Round 1
- Mixing Up the Licks: Round 2
- Mixing Up the Licks: Round 3
Flavor Your Leads
- Spicing Up Your Solos
- Interval Distortion and Delay Tone
- Using Unisons
- Thoughts on Thirds
- Fire Up Some Fourths
- Sixths Sense
- Octave Objectives
- Spicing Up Your Solos: Round 1
- Spicing Up Your Solos: Round 2
Expand Your Soloing
- Outline the Harmony!
- Chord Tone Tone
- Tension Notes in Chord Tones
- Harmonic Triple Stop Lick
- Harmonic Double Stop Lick
- Harmonic Single Note Lick
- Using Lick 1 in a Solo
- Using Lick 2 in a Solo
- Using Lick 3 in a Solo
Tried & True Techniques
- Expressing Emotion
- Tone for Emotion
- Dynamic Picking
- Expressive Grace Notes
- Bending Big!
- Slide and Bend Combination
- Adding Vibrato to Bends
- Apply the Tools to the Go-To Licks
- Apply the Tools to the Chord Tones
Space and Phrasing
3: More Rock Rhythm!
Understanding the Building Blocks
- Introduction to the Building Blocks
- Overdriven 335 Tone for Harmony
- Three Numbers: One, Four, and Five
- Chords In Relation to Scale Degrees
- Harmonizing Scales with Major Chords
- Let's Analyze a Progression
- Building Blocks Practice Tune 1
- Building Blocks Practice Tune 2
Substitutions
- Introduction to Substitutions
- Telly Tone for Substitutions
- Flirting With the IV Chord
- Flying Past the V Chord
- Hangin' a Whole Step Below
- Using Harmonized Scales as Fills
- Substitutions Practice Tune
Chord Extensions in Rock
- Introduction to Extensions
- Clean Tone for Extensions
- Basic Progression with Barre Chords
- Ninth Chords in Rock
- Slash Chords in Rock
- Sharp Five Chords
- Suspended Second Chords
- Extensions Practice Tune
Strip Down Your Chords
- Introduction to Stripped Down Chords
- Stripped Down 335 Tone
- Dissecting the 6th String Root Barre Chords
- Dissecting the 5th String Root Barre Chords
- Dissecting Substitutions
- Stripped Down Practice Tune
How to Play Fills
- Introduction to Playing Fills
- 335 Tone for Fills
- Getting Familiar with Fills
- Fills with Substitutions
- Fills with Stripped Down Chords
- Fills with Lead Licks
Hendrix Style Embellishments
- Decorated Chords
- Embellishment Gear and Tone
- Embellish the Major Barre, 6th String Root
- Embellish the Major Barre, 5th String Root
- Embellish the Minor Barre, 6th String Root
- Embellish the Minor Barre, 5th String Root
- Decorate Your Substitutions
- Embellishment Practice Tune Intro & Outro
- Embellishment Practice Tune Verse
- Embellishment Practice Tune Chorus
- Embellishment Practice Tune Performance
4: More Advanced Rock Techniques
Arpeggios As Licks
- Intro to Arpeggios as Licks
- Arpeggio Lick Tone
- Let's Find the Chord Tones!
- Arpeggio Rock Lick 1
- Arpeggio Rock Lick 2
- Arpeggio Rock Lick 3
- Combine Arpeggio & Go-To Licks
- Easy Arpeggio Practice Exercises
Rock Lead Sequences
- Introduction to Sequences
- Lead Tone for Sequences
- Count and Repeat!
- Sequence Lead Lick 1
- Sequence Lead Lick 2
- Sequence Lead Lick 3
- Combine All 3 Sequence Licks
- Easy Sequence Practice Exercises
Boost Your Rock Bending!
- Intro to Boosting Your Bends
- Tone for Bends
- Double Bends
- Up One String, Down Another
- Wide Bending Lick
- Combine the Bending Licks
- Easy Bending Practice Exercises
Introduction to Pinch Harmonics
- Pinch and Make It Screech!
- Pinch Harmonic Tone
- How to Pinch
- Pinch Rock Lick 1
- Pinch Rock Lick 2
- Pinch Rock Lick 3
- Combine the Pinch Licks
- Easy Pinch Harmonic Practice Exercises
Shortcuts to Speed!
- Flash Lick Tricks in Your Toolbox
- Flash Lick Gear and Tone
- Basic Two Note Tapping
- Basic Three Note Tapping
- Three Note Tapping On 2 Strings
- Using Open Strings to Shred
- Combine the Flash Licks
- Easy Flash Lick Practice Exercises
Exotic Note Choices
- Different Note Choices, New Sounds
- Exotic Note Tone
- Dabbling with the Dorian
- Mix in the Mixolydian
- Flirting with the Phrygian
- Handling the Harmonic Minor
- Climbing Chromatics
- Combine the Exotic Note Licks
Playing All Over the Neck
5: Playing Like The Masters
Southern Rock
- Southern Fried Rock!
- Southern Rock Tone
- Southern Boogie Intro Riff
- Southern Verse Rhythm
- Southern Chorus
- Southern Swamp Bridge
- Southern Flavored Soloing
- Southern Rock Form
- Southern Rock Performance
Punk Rock
- Punk Rock Rebellion!
- Punk Rock Tone
- Punk Intro Riff
- Punk Verse Rhythm
- Punk Pre-Chorus
- Punk Chorus
- Punk Song Form
- Punk Rock Performance
Heavy Metal
- Hard Hitting Heavy Metal!
- Heavy Metal Tone
- Heavy Metal Intro Riff
- Heavy Metal Verse Riff
- Heavy Metal Chorus
- Heavy Metal Soloing
- Heavy Metal Song Form
- Heavy Metal Performance
Guitars From Outer Space
- Outer Space Guitar!
- Extra Terrestrial Tone
- Alien Intro Riff
- Unidentified Flying Verse
- Houston, We Have a Chorus
- Zero Gravity Soloing
- Outer Space Song Form
- Outer Space Performance
Mix and Match Styles
6: Putting it All Together
Developing a Solid Rhythmic Feel
- Rock with Great Rhythm Feel!
- Rhythm Feel Gear and Tone
- Demonstrating Rhythm Feel
- Rushed Versus Laid Back
- Tight Versus Loose
- Rhythm During Dynamic Changes
- Solid Time with a Metronome
- Solid Time with a Record
- Rhythm Practice Tune Sections
- Rhythm Feel Review and Performance
Different Feels in Rock
- Feel in the Big Picture
- Basic Feel Gear and Tone
- Musical Versus Unmusical
- Confident or Hesitant Feel
- Aggressive Feel
- Subtle Feel
- Feel Practice Tune Sections
- Feel Review and Performance
Layering Guitar Parts
- Let's Learn To Layer
- Gear and Tone for Layering
- The Wall of Sound
- Spreading It Out!
- Spread Out Horizontally
- Spread Out Vertically
- Now In Both Directions!
- Layering Practice Tune Sections
- Layering Review and Performance
Making Good Decisions
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-Sue
More ReviewsI find it quite easy (so far!) to navigate, and found the "where do I start" to be very helpful! I'm getting there!!
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