Learn Rock Guitar
Learn Rock Guitar online in the HPCrazy Guitar Academy. All important techniques of this genre are shown. It starts with the so-called power chords, the commonly used chords of the rock guitar. The rhythm guitar in rock is relatively simple, because the power chords are relatively easy to grap, but nevertheless the rhythm is very important and is trained accordingly. A timing accurate rhythm guitar is the foundation of every rock band. Lead guitar is technically very demanding and has to be trained accordingly.
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3 Easy Show Off Rock Guitar Licks Here I show you 3 easy rock guitar licks which help you to make an awesome show off rock guitar solo. Even the licks are not too hard to play. Pay close attention to my instructions on how to do variations and tone control to make your rock guitar solo sound really strong and professional.
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Here you can learn a cool classic hard rock riff in Am. classic hard rock riff Am.pdf classic hard rock riff.mp3
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Instrumental Slow Rock Guitar Masterclass Here you can learn how to play a professional instrumental slow rock guitar song in the style of Gary Moore, Steve Vai or others. The topic of this guitar masterclass is how to build up a theme, how to develop it and how to get into the solo and to get back to the theme at the end of the song. This is pretty demanding so you need to have your things a bit together here. The song is in E minor. At the beginning of the tutorial I am showing the rhythm guitar which is really easy and also for beginners. The 2nd part is more for the advanced players among you.
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Hard Headed Rock Guitar Masterclass Here I show you a hard headed rock guitar riff and how to be creative with it. The riff is in Dm with the chords : Dm / Dm / C / G / Dm / Dm / C / G / Dm A After that I talk about which modes can be used. How to create sequence runs, how to use them or even why to use them and at the end I give you some tips and tricks from philosophy of getting into a creative playing flow. This is a rock guitar masterclass so I assume you have your things together on the guitar. If not you can use this tutorial for inspiration.
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Power Shuffle Rock Guitar Here you can learn a really powerful shuffle rock guitar riff played with a drop D tuning and I give you some tips how to make a really smoking hot and powerful shuffle rock guitar solo. Power Shuffle Rock.pdf Power Shuffle Rock.gp power shuffle rock.mp3
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Mystic Alternative Rock ( Red Hot Chili Peppers Style ) - Guitar Lesson In this tutorial you can learn some cool ways I found to play chords in the style of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's a way of looking for special chords to make you guitar sound more like a bass or barintone guitar. I found a very nice chordprogession in the key of G minor and I also give you some ideas for a mystic lead sound with effects and a way of playing the melody. At the end I play a little bit for you to give you some inspiration. Mystic Alternative Rock ( Red Hot Chili Peppers Style ) .pdf Mystic Alternative Rock ( Red Hot Chili Peppers Style ) .gp mystic alterna…
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Advanced Rock Guitar Balade Improvisation Here I show you an advanced concept which you can use on rock guitar balades. The main trick or concept is that you follow the chords and you start using the modes and the arpeggios attached to each chord in the chord progression. In this case we have the following chords : Advanced Rock Balade Improvisation.pdf Advanced Rock Balade Improvisation.gp jamtrack_rock_15.mp3
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Hard Rock Guitar - Creative Mega Chops Here you can learn creative ways to play professional hard rock guitar mega chops. They are all based on the Aminor scale or A minor arpeggios and shall show you creative ways on how to work with those 2 elements in your hard rock guitar solo and to be able to play great mega chops over 3 1/2 octaves. Hard Rock Guitar - Creative Mega Chops.pdf Hard Rock Guitar - Creative Mega Chops.gp hard rock Am 100.mp3
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3 Easy Shredding Guitar Pro Licks If you want to play a cool shredding guitar but you think it's too hard for you at the moment then this tutorial is for you. Here I show you 3 easy shredding pro guitar licks. Well they are not so easy but these licks are the most simple way to enter into the world of shredding guitar. 3 Easy Shred Guitar Licks.pdf 3 Easy Shred Guitar Licks.gp easy shred guitar licks.mp3
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3 Crazy Long Meter Rock Guitar Licks Here you can learn some really crazy long meter rock guitar licks which will expand your lick library a lot and might bring you up some new ideas how to think about a really hard headed rock guitar solo. 3 Crazy Long Meter Rock Guitar Licks.pdf 3 Crazy Long Meter Rock Guitar Licks.gp 3 crazy long meter rock guitar licks.mp3
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Creative Nasty Blues Rock Guitar Here you can learn to be creative with a nasty blues rock guitar. I give you some ideas how to build up a tension and to become creative with simple elements. In this tutorial I am using a drop D tuning. Nasty Blues Rock Guitar.pdf Nasty Blues Rock Guitar.gp creative nasty blues rock.mp3
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Rock Guitar Masterclass - 3 Note Per String In this Rock Guitar Masterclass you can learn the basics of 3 note per string scales and how to use them in sequence runs. I show you one position of the A aeolian 3 note per string scale and some cool exampes how you can use this in combination with normal melodic playing. Rock Guitar 3 Note Per String.pdf Rock Guitar 3 Note Per String.gp 3 note per string rock guitar.mp3
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Nasty Rock Guitar Licks You want to play some nasty and wild rock guitar then this tutorial is for you. Here I show you a summary of really cool and not too hard rock guitar licks which you can use in any rock lead guitar setting. It starts with some simple bending and interval ideas and ends up in fast repeating patterns and sweep picking ideas. Nasty Rock Guitar Licks.pdf Nasty Rock Guitar Licks.gp nasty rock guitar licks.mp3
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Romantic Rock Balade - Guitar Lesson Here I talk about a romantic rock guitar balade. If you want to play a romantic rock balade and express your feelings then a balade in 6/8 is the one to go for. Why is 6/8 great for romantic rock ballads ? Because any measure in 3 or 6 creates a circle which is the sign of eternity and this gives the music you are playing that eternal vibe which has to be created. In romantic balades it’s always about emotions and not the technique or playing fast - but the bad news is that in my opinion slow songs on 6/8 are the hardest thing to play if you play an instrumental version of it. Why is that like this ? Because you have a lo…
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Creative Rock Guitar Chords Here you can learn several types of rock guitar chords which you can use in a creative way. I first show you the main chord progression with standard chords, then use variations of them and them give you much more creative ideas to get you more into creativity when if comes to rock guitar chords and rhythm guitar but also rock lead guitar in combination with chords. Creative Rock Guitar Chords.pdf Creative Rock Guitar Chords.gp creative rock guitar chords.mp3
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Easy Creative Rock Guitar Here I give you the proper instruction on how to play a very solid and professional sounding rock lead guitar. I am working with the concept of “ The power of 3 “ and “ Make some noise “ which are explained further in this guitar tutorial. The bendings are the most important tool to play rock guitar, next would be the pinch harmonics and then palm muted technique. I show you licks and ideas for all those techniques and how to work with the noisy distorted sound. What I show you in this tutorial is probably the most easy way to sound professional in this genre. Easy Creative Rock Guitar.pdf Easy Creative Rock Guitar.gp e…
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Creative Rock Guitar Lesson Have you ever wanted to get more out of 3 chords in rock guitar ? Then this guitar tutorial is for you. Here I pick a simple rock guitar chord progression Em / Em / D / A and show you different ways how you can work out different ways of playing these 3 chords, how to improve with the intensity of your playing and how to work with voice leading in your chord creation. At the end of this tutorial I play a bit to give you some additional inspiration. Creativity can not be teached - but I am giving you tools and advice on how you can start to work with the different ingredients in our creative rock guitar kitchen. Creative Rock Gu…
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Do you wanna show off with some really wild lead guitar in a heavy blues rock situation ? Then these 3 Pro guitar licks are for you. They are advanced guitar licks and they are challenging but still in the ballpark of challenging bluesrock guitar licks they are somehow playable. So don't hesitate to give it a try. On the parts which are legato playing and age played in stretching finger position please be careful to not push it too hard since there is a danger of getting an injury. Take your time and just enjoy the licks - the speed will come by itself. 3 Wild Pro Blues Rock Guitar Licks.pdf 3 Wild Pro Blues Rock Guitar Licks.gp blues rock finest.mp3
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If you are a fan of really cool 80's till 90's rock like Judas Priest, Krokus, Accept, Scorpions or others or you just love rock guitar this tutorial is for you. Here I show you a really hard rocking guitar riff in the key of D and how you can develop your riff to another riff and to slightly get into soloing. Even the tracks is 120 bpm – meaning pretty fast the riff and the licks are quiet easy to play if you have your things a bit together. In this tutorial it's not about the riff and the licks I am showing. There are only suggestions – it's about creating this great music and waves of cool and hard rocking music. Thats why I call this tutorial " The Rocker " - because …
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You want to play an expressive 80s rock ballad and style of Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Gary Moore or others this is the tutorial which might solve your questions. This tutorial I show you how you figure out which are the long notes you want to Target in your soloing and how to express them and how to move from one to the other to create a really great melody line. When it comes to slow rock ballads low notes are the really important part of the soloing and the melody creation. If you cannot match the long notes and the target notes the rest will not sounds really cool the runs So before you start your guitar solo you need to analyze the chords of a song and then pr…
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Here you can learn a really easy blues rock riff played with a drop D tuning. The dropped D tuning has the big advantage of being very easy to play and to have a really powerful punch when it comes to blues rock riffs. Beside the riff which works with the chords D5 / Cadd9 / G5 I show you 3 very easy but very powerful licks which work great on any powerful blues rock situation. Below you find the chapters of this fine blues rock guitar tutorial. 0:00 Introduction 2:01 Riff 6:15 Licks blues rock finest.pdf blues rock finest.gp blues rock finest.mp3
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The Jimi Hendrix chord was the E7#9 chord.Even Hendrix did not Invent this chord it was always related to him because he used very often. In this tutorial I am showing you a very cool rock riff using this chord but with a drop d tuning. With a drop D tuning you tune down the low E string to a D and then you have three open strings which create a really dark and strong powerchord which is very easy to grab and so very good for beginners or intermediate players. Since the left hand work is very easy you can fully concentrate on the right-hand which picks the strings and there I am showing you some tricks and tips which make you a very good rock guitar player. The 3 trick…
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The E7#9 chord got famous through Jimi Hendrix. He has to used this chord in songs like Foxy Lady, Voodoo Chile or other songs. That's why this chord got named the Jimi Hendrix chord. In this tutorial I am jamming with this chord and showing some ideas and some inspiration how to work with this chord and create the same vibe as Jimi Hendrix has done in his songs where he used this chord. It is a a cool guitar riff in combination with some single-note lines some improvisation concepts and some licks which really work great on this Jam. This will help you to get inspired to work out as a musical Vibe as Jimi Hendrix has done. Jimi Hendrix Chord Jam.pdf Jimi He…
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Here you can learn how to build up a typical 8 bars 80's rock solo in the key of Em the very easy but effectiv way. Easy 80s Rock Solo.pdf slow rock em.mp3
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Here you can learn how to play an expressive blues-rock rhythm guitar. Blues rock riffs are often very simple music forms which probably sound a little bit boring if you repeat the same thing all over again. In this tutorial I am showing you a few tricks how you can create an expressive rhythm guitar by working with your volume knob or your volume pedal or by attacking the guitar strings harder or adding little guitar gimmicks in the rhythm guitar parts. Music is often pretty similar than like telling a story you start from A and go to B by putting up the dramaturgy. This way make it more interesting for the listener to follow the story you are telling. That is the main…
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