Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Shuffle Guitar Lesson Hey everyone, back with a really neat rhythm from a blues song called “Pride And Joy.” This version is performed by the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan. I have included the tabulature as well as a video link below. Everything you need to know about how to perform[…]
Guitar Riffs or Pick Exercises Hey everyone, this week we tackle some really neat intros to songs. These riffs not only sound great, but they are great exercises to master alternate picking. Let’s get started. Figure 1 is from the amazing Rush song “Spirit of The Radio.” In this riff we have a combination[…]
11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen – Part 2 Hey everyone, welcome to part 2 of 11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen! In this video I will go through several more techniques to get you up to speed on how to play like Eddie. 6. Stretch Licks If you have[…]
5 More Guitar Tricks To Make People Think You’re Amazing! Okay, so due to the popularity of the first video on guitar tricks, I have decided to complete another video with more tricks or rather, techniques to give you different ideas on how to play the guitar in ways you may not yet be familiar[…]
Beginner Guitar Chords
By Ed Sadler Guitar Lessons Mar 14, 2015
Beginner Guitar Chords This lesson is devoted to beginners. In this lesson you will find most of the chords you will need to play many of your favorite songs. In this lesson I go over how to memorize the chords, how to switch chords easily and a couple of common strumming patters. The chords are[…]
How To Play ACDC – 5 Riffs
By Ed Sadler Guitar Lessons Sep 08, 2014
How To Play ACDC – 5 Riffs Hi again everyone! So this time I am going to focus on ACDC guitarist and main songwriter Malcolm Young. If you have not heard the sad news, Malcolm is no longer able to perform or record with the band due to a medical condition. Anyway, I thought I[…]
Solid Rhythm Guitar
By Ed Sadler Guitar Lessons Feb 04, 2012
Solid Rhythm Guitar This week I want to tackle a bit of rhythm guitar in a reggae style. We will be using 3 string triads (3 note chords) on the DGB and GBE string groups. These chords should be memorized in several keys up and down the neck, take note where the roots are.[…]
Hello there, hopefully you have been woodshedding (practicing for all you noobs) those two C major scale fingerings and exercises that went along with them. This week I have a couple of solos I improvised using both of those fingerings that I recorded and wrote down in tab to show you the two scales in[…]
C major scale pos 2 – ‘jazz’ vs ‘rock’
By Ed Sadler Lessons Jan 13, 2012
C major scale pos 2 – ‘jazz’ vs ‘rock’ Hi there, this week I am demonstrating C major scale, 2 fingerings for the scale which come in handy when playing certain styles of music as the title implies. There are 5 positions of major scales but there are also 2 fingerings in each position that[…]
Using Stop Time, Plus A Green Day Riff! Happy New Year everyone, glad to be back at the blog here! This week I want you to use the info I have provided so far on practicing chords, learning the fretboard, and stop time all in this one lesson. If you don’t know[…]