Using a combination of up and down strokes is what is referred to as alternate picking. Peter will walk your through the technique and show you a few drills for practicing. This is a technique that you can’t live without. So keep practicing and move on to Lesson 21. Lesson 20 – Alternate Picking was […]

In an earlier lesson, we learned how to play the Em Pentatonic scale. This time around we’ll cover the E Blues scale, G Major Scale, an A minor scale, and a Chromatic scale. The next step in playing scales smoothly is to start using an alternate picking technique. Lesson 19 – Open Position Scales was […]

Our third video on power chords will take the ideas we just learned and put them into context. It’s not a hard technique but it can sound great in the right setting. Electric guitarists have been using power chords as the backbone of some of your favorite riffs. When you’re ready, head onto our next […]

Our second lesson on Power Chords will move to shapes that use two fretted notes. We’ll learn the basic shape and then talk about moving up the neck to play different chords. Once you feel comfortable playing these power chords, move on to Lesson 18 to play them in context with a backing track. Lesson […]

Power chords are extremely relevant to electric guitar and consist of just two notes. We’re going to start with learning to play power chords that use one open string and one fretted string. In Power Chords 2 we’ll work on fretting both notes. Lesson 16 – Power Chords Part 1 was last modified: January 5th, […]