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Ascending Hammer-On Lick
This is a chromatic run using nothing but hammer-ons. You can run it all the way up the fretboard if you’d like.
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Bending Strings To Different Pitches
A string can be bent to deliver many types of pitches. The more you bend the higher the pitch. A 1/4 step bend is bending the note’s pitch up half a fret. A 1/2 step bend is bending the note’s pitch up one fret. A 3/4 step bend is bending the note’s pitch up one and…
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Alternate Picking
Here’s the music and tab from the video: Alternate-Picking What Is Alternate Picking? Alternate picking is a guitar-playing technique, used only by pick users, that employs strictly alternating downward and upward picking strokes in a continuous run, and is the most common method of plectrum playing. If this technique is performed on a single note…
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Pre-Bend Hold and Release
In this lesson, we’ll pre-bend a note, hold, and then release it. This is a good example of one of the benefits of using pre-bends. You’ll also get a good visual of what it looks like in tablature notation.
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Half-Step Bend
Here’s one of the most common bends.
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Full Step Bend And Release
Here’s a commonly used bend variation. We’ll bend the note up a full step and then release the bend.
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Bluesy Two-String Half-Step Bends
Here’s a bluesy lick that uses half-step bends on two strings.
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The Pre-Bend
With the pre-bend, we’ll bend the note before we strike it.
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GMaj7 Open-Position Chord
Here’s how to play the GMaj7 chord in the open position. GMaj7 Notes in the chord: G – B – D – F# Various names: GM7 – Gmaj7 – G Major 7
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The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King (Intro Solo)
Intro Solo Below is a breakdown of the intro solo to “The Thrill Is Gone”. The Thrill Is Gone Guitar Tab Complete Transcription To “The Thrill Is Gone” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “The Thrill Is Gone” (Power Tab)