Crazy! Guitar Lessons

Right, here we go! First of all I need to point out that all of these examples are written out in my 4ths tuning - in other words I'm tuned from low to high - E A D G C F. I've done this to...

Yo! and welcome to my latest tutorial this time focusing on the style and techniques of the amazing UK guitarist Guthrie Govan. This lesson was created with inspiration from the following: ...

Hey all, thanks for joining me! In this tutorial we will be taking an in-depth look at the style of one of the finest emerging guitarists of our generation, Marco Sfogli. Born in 1980, Mar...

Hey everyone! For this tutorial, I want to test your picking abilities with this etude I wrote entitled "The Chaos Lick". It features both economy AND alternate picking styles, both entwined...

Now onto exercise 2! Hope you got on okay with exercise 1! This one is also over a G major tonality. Things become a bit trickier now with some fairly big stretches. Make sure you're warmed...

Haha! This isn't my best playing ever but presents some interesting ideas about just how out you can go when you're shredding. I think this is an idea you should use sparingly if possible - ...

Here's example number 4. Now, in this example, again over a G major tonality, I use some pretty unorthodox stretches between my 1st and 2nd finger stretching between the 5th and 2nd frets o...

Here is our final line built from the Am pentatonic scale. This example makes the most blatant use of it as far as the sus4 shapes go. If you analyze the line, you'll see that we're simply ...

Greetings Guitar Slingers! In this lesson, we will take a close look a song I call Super Continental. Not only will this serve as a good insight into my playing style, but will also be a go...

Greetings! Here, we have a lick in the key of E minor, that's very typical for me to use when playing in the genre of shred/fusion. This lick focuses mainly on your left hand, but also uses...

Alright! Here it is, the big chunk of all-you-can-eat sweep-o-rama! This video is just the actual performance, so once you watch this through and get a feel for the piece, move on to the br...

OK, time to take a deep breath as this one is a challenge! I try to see this whole pattern as one entire lick rather than segments pieced together. Of course, it will be necessary to subdiv...

Welcome to section 1! The first thing I'd like you to be aware of is the numerous changes in meter. It can be very easy to forget about these things while you're learning a new piece so try...

Here's the video demonstration of Exercise 5. Again, the perceived tempo is 164 bpm. Refer to the TAB for the chord progression which is the same as the previous exercises. Again, I improv...

OK let's nail this solo! One of the most important aspects of this first section is the string bending and control of intonation. You must practice with the aim of getting perfect intonatio...

In this final exercise we're really making life very hard for your internal metronome. This one I struggled with and found an area where I need to do some significant practice! Now we're go...

Learning certain technique can easily become boring sometimes. So to break out of a routine, we'll make it more fun by mixing up different techniques in giant licks which you can use in your...

Ok people, here's the backing track for you to play along with. Get recording because we all want to see your version of this over at the forums. Thanks guys! Get More Backing Tracks from ...

This part serves as an introduction to the sweeping etude, so just watch it as a warm-up for the next part.

Okay then, let's dive head first into example 4. What I've done here is I've taken the rhythmic figure from example 3a, and used it in improvisation. What you see below and in the video is m...

Here's the backing track for you. Once you feel that you have nailed every lick of the solo, try it at full tempo along with the backing track. Be sure to post any recordings, be it audio or...

Ok let's continue! Notice how the motifs start developing here. Including motivic development within this solo was a vital part of capturing the style of Guthrie's playing. If you analyse a...

Lick 3! This one is Guthrie at his core. It uses a lot of different techniques and some interesting note chooses. The really nutty part is the sweep that happens in the middle of this lick...

Lets continue further into the world of Mr Govan! Again the use of motivic development occurs here in a sequential chromatic pattern which ascends on the top e string by step. With these le...