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Music Styles for Guitar


These online guitar lessons cover how to play in various music styles. Eat your vegetables! Remember that you can learn from all styles of music. DO NOT limit your listening and learning experiences to only a limited range of music.


Blues Lick in E With Triplet Pull Offs
Learn a blues lick in the key of E that uses some triplets and pull-offs. Blues in E MP3 Jam Track Included.

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The 38 Special “Secret” Guitar Chord
Learn the secret guitar chord used by 38 Special in "Hold On Loosely", and by AC/DC in "Hells Bells".

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Jazz Guitar Chords in II V Chord Progressions
Learn some cool jazz guitar chords to play over a II V I chord progression. MP3 Jazz Jam Tracks included.

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Easy Blues Rhythm Guitar in A
Learn an easy way to play a blues rhythm guitar part in the key of A. MP3 Blues Jam Tracks are included.

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Jazz II V I Guitar Lick in Bb
Learn a cool Jazz II V I guitar lick in the key of Bb in 8 different places on the neck of the guitar. Includes MP3 Jam Tracks.

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Tom Petty Refugee Guitar Lick
Here's a guitar lick from Tom Petty's right hand man Mike Campbell. It's from the intro solo in the song "Refugee".

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The “Jimi Hendrix Chord”
Learn an E7(#9) chord. This is the one Jimi played in the song "Purple Haze".

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Country Lick With Half Step Bends
Learning some Country Guitar Licks is a great way to add new flavors of sound into your solos.

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Carlos Santana Lick in D Minor
Learn a lead guitar lick from the solo of "Black Magic Woman" from Santana. This Santana lick is in D minor.

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Jimmy Page “Whole Lotta Love” Guitar Lick
Learn a Jimmy Page lick in the key of E. This guitar lick is from his solo in the Led Zeppelin tune "Whole Lotta Love".

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G Major Country Guitar Lick
Here is a cool country lead guitar lick that uses some bends on the 2nd string to create a pedal steel guitar sound.

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More Menacing Guitar Power Chords
Want a deeper heavier power chord sound on the guitar with a little more umph to it?

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Learning Guitar Riffs – AC/DC Style
Learn some tips on how to practice guitar riffs using a section of the song "Hells Bells" by AC/DC.

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Jimi Hendrix “Wind Cries Mary” Guitar Lick
Learn a blues based lead guitar lick from Jimi Hendrix that was pulled from his solo in the song "The Wind Cries Mary".

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Eric Clapton C Major Blues Lick
Learn a cool blues lick from Eric Clapton in the key of C major. A blues jam track is also included.

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G Mixolydian Jazz Fusion Lick
This jazz fusion guitar lick is inspired by guitarist Larry Carlton and comes out of an E Mixolydian Mode.

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Slash Style sus4 Licks
Learn some lead guitar licks in the style of Guns n' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash.

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Am11 Arpeggio
This A minor 11 arpeggio shape is great way to add a little jazz fusion flavor into your guitar solos. Includes 2 jam tracks.

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Intro to Using Blues Arpeggios
Learn how to use blues arpeggios to spice up your guitar solos. Blues guitar arpeggios can help you break out of the pentatonic rut.

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Sequencing Guitar Arpeggios
Learn how to create more interest in your guitar arpeggio lines by using different string combinations.

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More Guitar Style Lessons

Be sure and check in these sections for more online guitar lessons covering different music styles.


Blues Guitar Lessons
Rock Guitar Lessons
Metal Guitar Lessons
Jazz Guitar Lessons
Funk Guitar Lessons
Classical Guitar Lessons
World Guitar Lessons