Rock Guitar Styles of the Masters
This video guitar lesson collection covers the styles and techniques favored by some of rock guitar's most iconic players. With the seven lessons, you'll learn all about Chuck Berry's double stops or call-and-response phrasing, Gilmour's chord-tone soloing and extended harmonies, Hendrix's R&B-inspired rhythm work and favorite effects, Jimmy Page's bluesy riffs and repetitive licks, Jeff Beck's synth-style bends and whammy bar melodies, and the Beatles' electric and acoustic approaches.
Videos
• Chuck Berry Style (09:09) - Learn Chuck's signature guitar technqiques, including boogie rhythms, call-and-response patterns, double stops, famous intros, and more.
• David Gilmour Style (08:03) - Get a look at what made David Gilmour's style so pivotal to Pink Floyd's sound, including funky strumming, extended harmonies, use of effects (phaser, delay, etc.), arpeggios/chord tones, overbends, and lateral neck movement.
• The Beatles Electric Guitar Style (06:21) - In this video, we'll examine the Fab Four's electric style and see how they use concepts and techniques like bluesy pentatonic riffs, combining single notes with strummed chords, chord chops, chiming arpeggios, rockabilly licks, melodic solos, aggressive Dorian licks, etc.
• The Beatles Acoustic Guitar Style (07:23) - Now let's take a look at how the Beatles used the acoustic guitar. You'll learn about techniques like strumming patterns, skiffle feel, single-note embellishments, chord progressions with descending bass lines, 6th intervals, Travis picking style, and McCartney's "homegrown" fingerpicking style.
• Jeff Beck Style (09:13) - Here, we examine the style of the inimitable Jeff Beck and see what makes his playing so unique. We'll check out some of his favorite guitar moves like jagged intervallic lines, open-string pull-offs, unusual and synthesizer-style bends, whammy bar melodies, controlled feedback, among others.
• Jimmy Page Style (07:59) - Now we turn our attention to one of the greatest riffmeisters of all time, Jimmy Page. We'll study some of his favorite devices, such as minor pentatonic-based riffs, power chords and palm muting, chromatic movement, bluesy lead lines, melodic phrasing with chord tones, repetitive licks, and more.
• Jimi Hendrix Style (11:52) - In this final video, we take a look at the immortal style of Jimi Hendrix, the player that tops more "best guitarist" lists than any other. You'll learn about his single-note riffs, R&B-style rhythm work, thumb fretting, the "Hendrix Chord," chordal fragments, bluesy licks, repetitive phrasing, adding notes to the pentatonic scales, effects, whammy techhiques, single-string legato moves, etc.