Category Archives: Intermediate

Adding Dynamics To Your Guitar Playing

Adding Dynamics To Your Guitar Playing

When you’re playing guitar dynamics are very important. The same is true for any instrument, but how do you add dynamics to your guitar playing? Although there are many ways of adding dynamics to your playing, one great way to do that is to change the intensity you play with. One way to do that…

Cool Guitar Riffs #2

Cool Guitar Riffs #2

I’ve decided to start a series of videos for the cool guitar riffs lessons. Hence the name “Cool Guitar Riffs #2.” Mostly because I’m running out of things to call them, so why not start giving them numbers? I once had one of those Siamese fighting fish as a pet, and I wasn’t sure if…

Small Bar Chord Variations

Small Bar Chord Variations

In this video lesson you’ll learn how you can cut your bar chords down to size, and still get a great result. The cool thing about this is that it takes a lot less finger strength to make the chord (you’re not actually barring it), and in addition, you’re getting a totally different and unique…

Cool Arpeggiated Riffs with Triads

Cool Arpeggiated Riffs with Triads

Here’s another lesson for you riff-hungry rocksters out there! One cool way that you can start looking for new chords to use is to examine the top few strings of the bar chords. Here’s a tip – if the notes are used in a chord, then they’re going to sound great together in a solo!…

Using Octaves in Guitar Riffs

Using Octaves in Guitar Riffs

If you’ve watched my Guitar Scale Patterns lesson, you’ll know that one of the things that I mention in there is the octave pattern. I think I’ve mentioned this in previous lessons as well. It’s a super handy little tool to find notes on the fretboard, without having to memorize the whole neck right off…