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Minor Pentatonic Lead Guitar

This series covers all of the techniques required to play lead guitar solos in Blues and Rock.

Playing lead effectively is much more than stringing together a series of licks; it is a form of musical expression. As with any art form, there are basic technical skills that must be mastered. For effective lead playing, you need to develop a feel for the relationship of the notes you are playing, with the underlying structure of the music.

In this course we cover all of the technical skills you need, but we also help develop your ability to create meaningful melodic phrases and also help the student that can already play, get out of the all to familiar ‘rut.’ where you feel like you are playing the same phrases or ‘licks’ over and over again.

This is one of the most comprehensive methods established to learn how to play solo lead guitar, with taste, speed and accuracy.

Lesson 1

• In this lesson we look at how to hold the guitar, how to hold the pick, the position of the right hand, alternate picking and common problems when starting out.
• We then look at the pentatonic scale and keys.

Lesson 2

• In this lesson we look in more detail at the pentatonic scale. We learn a three-note mid-range pattern which, as well as being a basic building block for lead playing, serves to improve coordination for alternate picking.
• We then go into detail on the correct technique for bending a note.

Lesson 3

• In this lesson we build on the bend and three-note pattern. We look at the four ways to bend a string and at an octave jump.

Lesson 4

• In this lesson we look at the four types of vibrato and combine this with the material covered in the previous lessons.

Lesson 5

• In this lesson we begin our study on how to solo.
• We look at chord and passing notes and how they relate to the chord being played.

Lesson 6

• In this lesson we look at some of the elements that make up a solo. We go on to look at pedaling and timing.

Lesson 7

• In this lesson we continue with pedaling and the three-note pattern.
• We then introduce a two-note and four-note pattern and how to get around some of the problems that present themselves when you end a phrase on a bend.

Lesson 8

• In this lesson we look at phrasing using melodic concepts.
• We learn more two-note patterns as well as some general tips on how to phrase and get the most out of your soloing.

Lesson 9

• So far we have dealt with the pentatonic scale moving across the neck. In this lesson we look at continuing the pentatonic scale by moving up the neck.

Lesson 10

• In this lesson we look at soloing over a chord progression.
• We explore the changing chord and passing notes in a 12-bar blues and how a solo is constructed around these.

Lesson 11

• In this lesson we begin dynamic phrasing and look at a three-note pattern.
• We then look at how to combine melodic and dynamic phrasing.

Lesson 12

• In this lesson we look at the bend on the second string, additional dynamic building blocks and a three-note connector.

Lesson 13

• In this lesson we explore new positions along the neck which are conducive to lead playing.

Lesson 14

• In this lesson we continue looking at positions on the neck for soloing and how to shift between them.

Lesson 15

• In this lesson we look at some more dynamic building blocks which will add a lot of color to your playing.

Lesson 16

• In this lesson we look at the Blues scale and some two-note chord fills to break up single note lead phrases.

Lesson 17

• In this lesson we return to melodic phrasing and how we can add on some new dynamic phrases called run-offs.

Lesson 18

• In this lesson we look at a new bend on the first string and where to go after the bend on the second string.

Lesson 19

• In this lesson we look at some dynamic phrases on the first and second strings and how they tie in to the previous dynamic phrases. We then go on to look at unison bends.

Lesson 20

• In this lesson we continue with fast dynamic leads on the first and second strings but further along the neck.
• We then look at playing on one string in order to add feeling to your phrasing and break out of habitual finger patterns.

Lesson 21

• In this lesson we look at “surprise endings.” This is a very effective, quite advanced form of phrasing.

Lesson 22

• In this lesson we look at some new concepts in phrasing.
• We look at off beat pedaling, doubling notes, doubling a phrase, question and answer phrasing and split level phrasing.

Lesson 23

• In this lesson we look at some new very fast dynamic phrases on the first, second and third strings.

Lesson 24

• In this lesson we look at using over-drive effectively.
• We look at split harmonics, vibrato, playing the spaces and combining melodic and dynamic phrasing.