Here’s a video of Lawson Rollins’ Persian Night that I came across the other day. As you’re watching this video – yes, he’s a classical player – watch the kind of moves he does. You’ll find shredding in here that would make Steve Vai or Yngwie Malmsteen grin in approval.
Watch how he uses his index and middle fingers for those amazing runs. Also notice his fingernails… a lot of players serious about using their fingers like cutting their nails in that long pointed fashion, while others use the fleshy part of their fingers instead.
If you can, try and take a single lick that he played and see if you can do it… even if it is only at a glacial speed!
Oh, and checkout those insane arpeggios around 2:30!
Here’s another lesson with some new guitar riffs for you, based on the G major and E minor scale patterns. It really helps once you start recognizing how the minor scale is integrated with the major scale. That’s something I cover in detail in my Guitar Scale Patterns course, however you can see it in…
In my opinion, if you can fully understand how to use thirds on your guitar, you’ve come a long way… Thirds are one of the best sounding harmonies to the human ear, and there are many, many different ways in which they can be applied on the guitar. In these guitar lessons I try to…
This lesson will teach you the Sweet Home Alabama chords for the guitar. This is one of those super popular guitar songs that most people will recognize. In fact, most people will probably recognize this song from just the chords and the picking pattern, even without playing the riffs. In this lesson, Colin teaches the…
Here’s a great version of Tommy Emmanuel playing Guitar Boogie. The first time I saw him play this song it blew my mind, seeing what he does with an acoustic guitar. This clip is taken from a concert he did in St. Louis. It’s great to see how comfortable Tommy is onstage and playing that…
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