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  • “The Five Basic Chord Shapes” Video

    Most of the chords that you will learn in the future can be derived from 5 basic chord shapes: C, A, G, E, and D. Together they spell the word CAGED which should help you remember them. There are major chords and minor chords.

  • “Alone Again” by Dokken

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate 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 presence and guitarist George Lynch’s high-energy style, the band combined rockers such as “Kiss of Death” and power ballads such as “Alone Again” in…

  • Rock And Roll Hoochie Coo by Johnny Winter

    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 1 Guitar 2 Click Here For The Complete Transcription To “Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo” (PDF) Click Here For The Complete Transcription To “Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo” (PowerTab)

  • Casey Jones by The Grateful Dead

    Key Signature: C major Time Signature: Standard 4/4 time Composer – Garcia / Hunter Where to find this song – Workingman’s Dead track # 8 Release Date – June 1970

  • Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry

    Difficulty: Intermediate Composer – Chuck Berry Where to find this song – Chuck Berry Is On Top track #6 Release Date – November 1959

  • Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix

    Difficulty: Intermediate 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 of music into one precise art form, often with experiments that produced high-quality feedback and roaring distortion. His frequent hurricane blasts of noise and dazzling showmanship proved that he could and would play…

  • Suspended Fourth Chords

    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…

  • Top 10 Rock Guitar Riffs Of All Time

    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.

  • “Lightning Crashes” by Live

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Composer – Live Where to find this song – Throwing Copper track # 5 Release Date – April 1994 Live rose to chart success on the strength of its overtly spiritual songwriting. This endeavor earned the group frequent comparisons to the popular band U2. Live first formed in the early ’80s in their…

  • E Harmonic Minor

    The harmonic minor scale has a very distinct sound to it. If you’ve ever heard Yngwie Malmsteen then you’ve heard the scale  in action, because it’s just about the only scale the Swedish guitar master plays. It the primary scale used in the Neo-Classical movement led by Malmsteen.