In this tutorial we will learn a Fernando Sor (1778-1839) piece for solo classical guitar, 'Etude In B Minor Op 35, No. 22'.

This song features one acoustic guitar tuned a full step down from standard tuning. Any acoustic guitar can be used to play this song. This song uses open and barre chords, chord arpeggiation, 3/4 time, and dynamics.

This is a two guitar arrangement of an iconic jazz tune. Guitar 1 is a rhythm guitar part playing the chord progression. Guitar 2 is a lead guitar part playing the single note melody of the song. Guitar 2 also plays a solo that is based on the melody with embellishments. This is a great opportunity to learn how to use some extended harmony chords in a song setting, how to learn to embellish a melody with some typical lead guitar vocabulary in an early jazz style.

In this tutorial, you’re going to learn some basic fingerpicking patterns. We’re going to learn two basic right hand picking patterns: thumb 1 2 3, and thumb 2 1 3. And then apply them to a basic three chord progression.

There are 2 clean electric guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 plays lower single note lines and chords while Guitar 2 plays upper string melody lines and chord stabs. Both guitars are carefully crafted and interlocking, and stay very active throughout the tune with a mix of staccato chords with quick changes, steady strums, and single note lines connecting the changes and sections. There is a lot to learn in this song from both parts!

There is just one slightly overdriven electric guitar in this song strumming aggressive rhythm riffs throughout. In the following lessons, we’ll talk about power chords, aggressive strumming approaches, and ska influenced upstroke rhythms. We are in the key of E, with a 4/4 time signature, at a tempo of 152 BPM.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that strums the chord progressions throughout. Guitar 2 is a clean electric guitar that adds a twangy solo to the arrangement. This song uses open chords and barre chords, steady strumming approaches, and some textbook early rock licks.

There are 2 clean electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 plays the rhythm riffs throughout the tune, while Guitar 2 is a clean guitar that plays licks in the intro and solo sections. This song uses bluesy rhythm riffing, a triplet swing groove, and some simple blues leads.

In the following lessons there is a typical jazz chord progression with full chord voicings rooted on the E and A strings. Then we'll learn an essential jazz guitar approach called shell voicings. A shell voicing is only playing a few notes of any given chord. Just enough to suggest or imply the chord without cluttering up the arrangement with full voicings. After we learn two different shell voicing options for each chord of the progression, then we'll learn some specific rhythm patterns to use while playing all those different chord voicings. Finally we'll put the whole thing together and play those different chords and rhythms along with a backing track to get a lot of practice at using these new ideas and skills.

There’s no guitar part in the original version of this song, so we’re going to use an acoustic guitar to strum along with the band in a made easy format. We’ll outline the simple chord progression in C major and have fun doing it! We are also including a bonus lesson that shows how to mimic the piano intro riff on guitar. This song uses open chords and barre chords, a simple strumming pattern, and dynamics.

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this song that strums the progressions with slight embellishments throughout. This song uses triads, chord arpeggiations and embellishments, staccato strums, and a 6/8 groove.

In this tutorial we will learn a solo classical guitar arrangement of one of Tchaikovsky's themes from his 'Swan Lake' ballet score.

There is one guitar in this song that alternates between quiet verses with a clean sound and loud choruses with an overdriven sound. This song uses power chords, arpeggiation, aggressive strumming and dynamics.

There are 2 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is tuned to open D tuning and strums the rhythm riffs throughout. Guitar 2 is the lead guitar that adds plenty of licks to the tune. This song uses open D chord shapes and embellishments, and some killer bluesy licks.

There are 2 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 plays the rhythm riffs throughout, while Guitar 2 handles the iconic boogie rock lead solos. This song uses an eighth note shuffle feel, diads and power chords, hybrid picking, dynamics, pinch harmonics, and some killer blues-rock soloing approaches.

There are 2 acoustic guitars in this song. Guitar 1 strums the chord progressions, while Guitar 2 adds chord arpeggiation and embellishments throughout. Any acoustic guitar can be used to play this song, but one with a brighter tone will help cut through the mix a bit better. Also, a capo is needed on the first fret to strum the chord progressions. This song uses open chords, steady strumming approaches, and chord arpeggiation.

There are 2 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is the main electric guitar that plays both rhythm and lead, while Guitar 2 strums the progressions throughout. This song uses open and barre chords, steady strum approaches with an 8th note swing, hybrid picking, and lead guitar based on chord shapes.

In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to play a commonly used strumming pattern for acoustic guitar style material. Though any of these principles could be also used in other genres that you’ve probably heard before. We’ll use a group of four chords that are frequently played together in many songs.

There are 3 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is the main rhythm guitar that plays iconic riffs throughout. Guitar 2 is the lead guitar that digs into plenty of melodic solos, while Guitar 3 is a clean electric guitar that adds another great texture in the verse, while adding more rhythm guitar muscle in the chorus. This song uses arpeggiated riffing, open chords, boogie diad riffing, palm muting, tasty melodic leads, and dynamics.

This is a two guitar arrangement of this classic jazz song. Guitar 1 is a rhythm guitar part playing the chord progression. Guitar 2 is a lead guitar part playing the single note melody of the song. Guitar 2 also plays a solo that is based on the melody with embellishments. This is a great opportunity to learn how to use some extended harmony chords in a song setting, how to learn to embellish a melody with some typical lead guitar vocabulary in an early jazz style.

This early 90s grunge classic that features one electric guitar playing rhythm riffs and a simple lead. The guitar uses a clean sound up to the solo, then switches to an overdriven tone for the rest of the tune. This song uses open chords and power chords, a solid strummed approach, and some simple pentatonic based leads.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a fuzz electric guitar that plays riffs and leads throughout. Guitar 2 is clean electric guitar that adds chord strums. This song uses single note riffing, open chords, aggressive strumming, an 8th note triplet swing groove, dynamics, and searing lead approaches.

Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) was a brilliant violin virtuoso from the Classical Era. He wrote a group of 24 pieces called caprices for solo violin. He wrote these pieces as showcases for his amazing technique. In this tutorial series we are going to learn a classical guitar arrangement of the theme from the last of Paganini's Caprices, the 24th. It's a very simple melody in two parts. But this simplicity lends itself easily to Paganini's astounding variations on this simple theme. This arrangement has three variations on the theme: single note melody, two voice counterpoint and arpeggiated chords.

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this tune, playing single note R&B lines and double stop riffs. This song uses single note R&B lines, double stop riffing, and playing with a 6/8 groove.

This tutorial is an acoustic Made Easy version of the iconic classic rock tune. Any guitar, acoustic or electric, is suitable to play this tune. This song uses open chords and barre chords, a simple strumming approach, and dynamics.

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this tune, playing R&B style chords, lines, and fills. This songs uses double stops, staccato backbeat stabs, and some textbook R&B style rhythm guitar approaches.

In this tutorial we'll learn an easy solo classical guitar arrangement of the theme from Franz Joseph Haydn's 'Surprise' Symphony.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a clean electric guitar that plays lead and rhythm throughout, while Guitar 2 is the acoustic guitar that strums a steady foundation. This song uses# arpeggiated riffing with pull offs, steady strums with a waltz feel, open chords, and some bluesy lead approaches.

This is an acoustic Made Easy version of a 90s pop rock classic. Any guitar, acoustic or electric, is suitable to play this tune. This song uses open chords, a simple strumming approach, and dynamics.

This song features 2 acoustic guitar layers. Guitar 1 strums the chord progressions, while Guitar 2 adds some R&B style fills. Any acoustic guitar can be used to play this song, but one with a brighter tone will help cut through the band mix a bit better. This song uses open and barre chords, a steady strumming pattern, and R&B style lead approaches.

In this tutorial we will learn to play a masterpiece of the classical guitar repertoire, the 'Bourree' from J.S. Bach's Lute Suite in E Minor.

There is 1 crunch electric guitar in this song that plays some straight ahead riffing mixed with plenty of rock soloing. This song uses an 8th note shuffle feel, power chords, palm muting, and some killer rock licks.

There are 2 clean electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 plays the rhythm riffs throughout the tune, while Guitar 2 is a clean guitar that plays a solo and some fills. This song uses bluesy rhythm riffing, hybrid picking, a triplet swing groove, and some simple blues leads.

In an earlier tutorial learned to play the single note melody of the French folk tune "Au Claire De La Lune". This time we are going to harmonize the melody in order to create and play a simple classical guitar style arrangement of the tune.

There are 2 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a clean guitar that plays rhythm throughout, while Guitar 2 adds some bluesy licks to the second half of the tune. We’ll also adapt the Mellotron lines heard in the outro to Guitar 2. This song uses aggressive syncopated strumming, seventh chords, and bluesy leads.

There are 2 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an overdriven guitar that starts the tune with a lick, then plays a rhythm riff throughout the rest of the tune. Guitar 2 is a clean guitar that plays a solo and sprinkles a few fills into the arrangement. This song uses bluesy rhythm riffing, a triplet swing groove, and some simple blues leads.

This tutorial expands on building speed at playing single note melodic soloing lines. We will apply the skills and ideas taught in the previous speedy idea tutorials to a chord progression in a major key. We'll learn linear lines, pedal point lines and arpeggio lines.

This power metal song has three guitar parts in a dramatic arrangement. All three guitar parts that we’ll learn use high gain overdrive tones, and the rhythm guitar part also makes use of a clean setting with some light chorus and a hint of delay. We'll also learn how we can approach this song as a single guitarist. This song uses metal power chord riffing, a variety of advanced rock guitar lead techniques and dynamics.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar with a capo on the 3rd fret that strums the chord progressions throughout. Guitar 2 is a clean electric guitar that adds a bluesy solo and some lead fills in the outro. This song uses a capo, open chords, steady strummed approaches, and some bluesy licks.

Christopher will show you how to expand on building speed at playing single note melodic soloing lines. We will apply the skills and ideas taught in the previous speedy idea tutorials to a chord progression in a minor key. We'll learn linear lines, pedal point lines and arpeggio lines.

There are 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that strums a steady quarter note pattern throughout. Guitar 2 is a fuzz electric guitar that adds an arpeggiated riff to the outro. This song uses barre chords and extended chords, a swung eighths rhythm, and chord arpeggiation.

There is one clean electric guitar playing steady eighth note staccato strums throughout. This song uses upper string voicings, staccato strums on the backbeat, and a 6/8 feel.

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" is a very simple nursery rhythm tune. But this quality is what makes it perfect for learning how to orchestrate it into a full arrangement to play as a solo classical guitar style piece. The melody has been arranged many different ways and in this tutorial we'll take a cue from Mozart who famously made a solo piano arrangement for the melody. We'll learn to harmonize the melody with chords and bass notes that work along with the melody to make a fuller sounding piece of music.

There is 1 clean electric guitar that plays the rhythm guitar and fills throughout the song. This song uses major, minor and seventh chords, R&B style embellishments, dynamics, and a 6/8 feel.

This song has one acoustic guitar part, but any guitar is suitable to play it. If you have an electric guitar, just play with a clean tone. This song uses fingerpicking, open chords, higher chord voicings and an open pedal note.

In this tutorial we'll learn a simple classical guitar style arrangement of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb".

We’ll teach this song in a Made Easy format, with open chords and a simplified strumming pattern. This song uses open chords, a simple strumming pattern, and dynamics. We

There are 3 electric guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is a clean guitar that plays the arpeggiated riffs and rhythms. Guitars 2 and 3 are the lead guitars that dig into searing licks and harmonies. This song uses open chords and barre chords, chord arpeggiation, and some aggressive rock soloing approaches.

This southern rock song featuring one chord simple progression throughout and an arrangement with a strong dynamic arc is arranged to be played on acoustic guitar is a Made Easy version. We are also including a bonus lesson that shows how to work on your 8th note strums by playing through this song. This song uses open chords, a simple strumming pattern, and dynamics.

In this tutorial we'll learn some basic two voice, or two part, classical guitar exercises. In each exercise, one voice will be scale played up then down; the other voice will be a repeated pedal note. Playing two voices simultaneously in two different registers (bass & treble) is an important aspect of classical guitar style. We'll use an E major & an E minor scale. Both scales will be played in the bass register (lower, bass strings) & then in the treble register (upper, high strings). The pedal notes will be played on the opposite register as the scale.