Learn To Play Rock Guitar

Take a Break, It's Saturday for Pete’s Sake

Hey Friend, I’m declaring today “Take a Break Saturday.” No need to pick up your guitar or practice anything, unless you can’t help yourself. I know how some of you just can’t keep your hand’s off... That’s okay, your guitar likes it ...

“Us and Them” Part 2

Hey Friend, Yo! Happy Friday to ya! Got anything cool planned for the weekend? No worries, I’ve got you covered. You can play through this second exercise with the chorus section from “Us and Them" by Pink Floyd. Here’s the start point in th ...

A Little Somethin’ From The Dark Side of the Moon…

Hey Friend, Pink Floyd’s “Us and Them” has a very nice arpeggiated riff that’s fairly easy to play. I’ve purposely kept the progression simple with the open D string as the base for each chord. It may not be true to the original score, b ...

Vox Celebrates 60 Years

Hey Friend, Just a quick diversion away from chords and arpeggios today… Since most of us have spent at least a little time listening to The Beatles (and other British bands) over the years, I thought we’d pay some tribute to the amplifier that ...

Morphing Arpeggios

Hey Friend, The exercise today is an expanded take on yesterday's lesson material. What’s interesting to me (and maybe a little exciting) is that the song I was thinking about for the second section (today’s addition) isn’t part of the song ...

Arpegggio Exercise in A Major

Hey Friend, I came across some other exercises I created quite a while ago that fit in well with the current discussion on arpeggios. I guess that should be a clue to me that I need to spend some time going through all the old exercises, maybe shake ...

A Classic Arpeggio Example

Hey Friend, I pulled this one out of the archives for today… When you want an arpeggio-based song in a very pure form, you don’t need to look further than Johann Pachelbel’s "Canon in D.” Not only is it beautiful, but it provides you with ...

Spicing Up The Key of G

Sometimes a Little “Hysteria" is Good

Hey Friend, I’ve got another treat for you today. That is, if you like Def Leppard… The opening riff for the song “Hysteria” (title song for the album “Hysteria”) is another fairly easy piece you can play using arpeggiated fingerings. ...

Arpeggios Aren’t Just for Chords

Hey Friend, I don’t have a new set of arpeggio exercises prepared for you yet, so I went on a hunt to find something cool and relevant to share. I think I found some incredibly rich arpeggio lessons for you. This particular lesson is from a ser ...