Guitar Styles Explained
Ready to learn something new on guitar? Well, step right this way. In this video guitar lesson collection, you'll get the lowdown on seven different styles, including tone/gear advice, chord voicings, scales, licks, riffs, and more. Whether you want to start making use of dropped tunings for a grunge sound, are curious how rockabilly players perform those flashy pull-off licks, or can't quite get a grip on the reggae feel, it's all here.
Videos
• Celtic Guitar (09:25) - Learn the integral techniques to this enjoyable and interesting style, including 6/8 time, alternate tunings (drop D and double drop D, DADGAD), drones, accompaniment patterns, reels and jigs, modal melodies, and solo fingerstyle arranging.
• Funk Guitar (09:36) - Get the funk out with this lesson and discover the fundamentals of this infectious music, such as ninth chords and other voicings, 16th-note syncopation, scratch rhythms, Jimmy Nolan-stye comping, call-and-response phrasing, skank lines, double stops, and more.
• Grunge Guitar (11:00) - In this lesson, you'll get a firm grip on the guitar styles of Grunge's "big five" bands - Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots - covering topics like sus chords, clean/distorted riffs, odd time signatures, drop tunings, droning open-string chord voicings, and others.
• Progressive Rock Guitar (16:06) - Fans of Rush, Yes, Dream Theater, and the like are in the right place with this lesson. You'll explore concepts like modal riffs, odd/mixed meters, open-string drones, and arpeggios, to name a few.
• Reggae Guitar (06:50) - Don't worry about a thing, because in this lesson, you'll learn "every little thing" about the guitar's role in this island style. From style-appropriate chord voicings and rhythms to voice leading, side-slipping, bass-line riffs, and more, it's all here.
• Rockabilly Guitar (09:14) - Go cat, go! In this lesson, you'll get hip to the unique combination of elements that make up this infectious style that's a blast to play. Highlights include things like tone (and effects), sophisticated chord voicings, stop-time riffs, boogie patterns, chord stabs, vibrato bar usage, hybrid picking, pentatonic scales, flashy pull-off licks, double-stop runs, and more.
• Southern Rock Guitar (13:59) - Finally, learn how bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, and .38 Special get their sound with concepts like repetitive licks, shuffle feel, palm-muting, arpeggio riffs, pentatonic and blues scales, and the like.