Improv. 101 - The basics of learning to improvise on the guitar.

Improv. 102 - Expanding your guitar improv. vocabulary.

Targeting - Emphasizing the root of the A minor pentatonic scale on the guitar.

Extended Minor Pentatonic - Expanding the range of your guitar solos.

Filling in the Cracks - An easy way to add some chromatic notes into your guitar solos.

Basic major pentatonic - incorporate some major sounds into your guitar solos.

Beyond the Pentatonic

The Minor Scale - Expand your improvisations beyond pentatonic soloing with a look at the minor scale on the guitar.

The Sultan's Triads - Add some flash to your solos with these major and minor arpeggios derived from the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing".

More improvisation lessons

Improvising over key changes - Ideas for the rookie Jazz guitarist, and improvisers of all styles.

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Bob Murnahan*
Lessons From Freebird - Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Bob Murnahan shows how lead guitar ideas pulled from " Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd can be used as a springboard for your own solos.

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Michael Chodosh*
Pentatonic Modal Studies - Michael Chodosh shows how to connect pentatonic scale shapes with various chord shapes all over the neck of the guitar.

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Darrin Koltow*
Scales for Soloing - Guitarist Darrin Koltow from MaximumMusician.com gives a series of tips on how to use different scales to solo on the guitar.

Pentatonics
Other Pentatonics
Blues

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Mike Philippov*
Improving Your Improvising and Soloing Skills - Guitarist Mike Philippov gives some tips on how to improve your guitar solos.

Guitar Licks For Improvisation

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Kristofer Dahl*
Video Guitar Lick: Major Tapping - Guitarist Kristofer Dahl shows you a very cool major lick that uses arpeggios, and right hand tapping.

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Kristofer Dahl*
Video Guitar Lick: Minor Pentatonic Kirk Hammet Style - Guitarist Kristofer Dahl shows a minor pentatonic lick in the style of Metallica's Kirk Hammett.

*Guest Guitar Teacher Series - Kristofer Dahl*
Video Guitar Lick: Major Sweeping - Guitarist Kristofer Dahl shows you a major key sweep picking lick

David Gilmour - This lick comes from the intro to "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.

Elliott Randall - This lick comes from the intro to "Reeling in the Years" by Steely Dan.

Brian Setzer - Here is the intro lick from the song "Stray Cat Strut".

Stevie Ray Vaughan - This lick comes from the main riff of "Couldn't Stand the Weather".

Jimmy Page - Here is the first lick from the solo in Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin.

Brad Nowell - Here is the solo from "What I Got" from the group Sublime.

Eric Clapton - Here is a major key lick from Clapton's version of "Stormy Monday Blues".

Mike Campbell - Here is one from Tom Petty's right hand man. This is the intro solo to "Refugee"

Randy Rhoads - Go off the rails on the crazy train with this lick from Ozzy's most influential guitarist.

Billy Gibbons - Here is a minor pentatonic flurry from ZZ Top's La Grange.

Neal Schon - Learn the entire intro solo to "City of the Angles" by Journey. The solo is broken down into 5 separate licks.

Carlos Santana - Add a little black magic to your minor key solos.

Slash - Have a little "Patience" and learn this lick from Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash.

Angus Young - Shake it all night long with this lick from AC/DC's lead guitarist.

Mark Knopfler - From the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing". Make it cry and make it sing.

Mike Einziger - Defy gravity with this lick from Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger.

Kirk Hammett - Add some spice to your solos with this one from Metallica's guitar wizard.

Jimi Hendrix - And the wind cries...Hendrix.