Gold Dust Woman
In this lesson we’ll learn the two guitar parts from the intro of “Gold Dust Woman”. Here’s what both parts sound like together: 1st Guitar… Read More »Gold Dust Woman
In this lesson we’ll learn the two guitar parts from the intro of “Gold Dust Woman”. Here’s what both parts sound like together: 1st Guitar… Read More »Gold Dust Woman
This chord is very easy to play. Just place your 1st finger across the 2nd frets of the G, B, and high E strings. To… Read More »Open D Major 7th Chord
One of the most important things to remember when considering the purchase of pawn shop guitars, no matter where they come from, is the price. The pawnshop can be thought of as the world’s oldest financial institution. It can be traced to ancient China, when merchants would hold collateral and heirlooms in exchange for rice. Here, we will give you a little insight to not purchasing a “pig,” as pawn shops call merchandise that can’t be sold and based on luck of an inexperienced buyer.Read More »Pawn Shop Guitars: How To Get A Good Deal
When writing music down on paper for other musicians to play the music is divided into what is called measures. The measures are divided with vertical… Read More »Measures
By now you’ve probably memorized the C scale shape. Now it’s time to put it to use! Believe me, this is going to be fun.… Read More »Improvising With The C Scale Shape
At a time when the charts were ruled by pop-metal acts, Dokken was a major attraction throughout the 1980s. With vocalist Don Dokken’s captivating stage… Read More »Alone Again by Dokken
Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced Tempo: 100 beats per minute Key Signature: ARelease Date – 1970 Intro Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Verse Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Chorus Guitar… Read More »Rock And Roll Hoochie Coo by Johnny Winter
In his brief four-year reign, Jimi Hendrix expanded the electric guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at merging all manner… Read More »Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix
A suspended chord is a chord that creates a subtle harmonic tension by adding an extra note that sounds like it wants to resolve back to the original chord. You can hear their use in most types of music. Technically the extra note is the 4th step in the major scale replacing the 3rd. Common symbols that signify a suspended chord are “sus” and “sus4”. They’re easy to learn, because you already know the fingerings for the original chord (just take the “sus” off and you have the original chord).
Play the E chord below and then add your 4th finger to the second fret
of the 3rd string. Do you hear how it sounds like it wants to resolve
back to the regular E chord? As a general rule you should always please
the ear by resolving the suspended chord back to the original chord.
The riffs on this page are the tried and true “standards” for Rock guitar music. Walk into any music shop and you’ll find a line of people trying out the guitars for sale and I’ll bet they will be playing one of these top 10 riffs.Read More »Top 10 Rock Guitar Riffs Of All Time