Lead Guitar Lessons

Hope you enjoy this lick. One thing I forgot to mention in the video is that right after you the play the 3 notes on 1 string, you are going to be playing the next note on the string below it with your ring finger, and then flattening out your ring finger to go back …

Hey, guys. Claude Johnson here and I want to talk about spicing-up your basic pentatonic scale with all 12 notes. All right, so let’s go to the key of A, got our basic pentatonic sound. Now, if you’re not familiar with this basic scale, please check out my beginner course called “Killer Lead Guitar Made …

Hey, guys. Claude Johnson here. I want to give you a little lesson on melodic soloing. The first thing is there’s a difference between the condensed scales, like this C pattern like this and the three-note for string patterns, like this. In my DVD, “Killer Guitar Control Secrets”, I go over the advantages of each …

Try out this pattern. It is an example of how you can be musical even with zero rhythmic varation (all 16th notes) and only using stepwise motion (only going up or down the scale, not skipping any notes). It also should give you some ideas of your own on how to create endless, winding licks. …

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Hey, what’s up? I’m Claude Johnson and today’s topic is double stops. So a double stop is a two-note chord, instead of a full triad, three-note chord. You’re just going to have a small chord with just two notes. So one easy way — I always like to start with the pentatonic scale. We’re up …

If you’re into tapping or if you’ve got monster hands, you know, four notes per string. Like with the tapping thing, you can do five notes. But just look at the scale. You want to try to visualize the whole scale all over the neck. One way to start to tackle that is to do …