Learn Lead Guitar

The perfect starting point for breaking through the fear of soloing. You'll learn easy one- and two-note tricks that sound great right away, build a foundation of essential licks, and gain the confidence to create music instead of memorizing notes. Soloing doesn't take complicated theory. It takes a simple, pressure-free place to start.

If you've ever felt stuck in one spot on the neck, this is your breakthrough. I'll walk you through all five shapes step by step. You'll memorize the forms and understand how they connect to roots, keys, and real songs, so you can move freely across the fretboard with no guesswork.

My most useful pentatonic exercises in one place. We'll build melodies and phrases while improving your left and right hand technique at the same time. Each one works as a couch routine, something to run through unplugged while you're watching TV. I've been playing over 25 years and I still practice these.

Before you can play great solos, you need the feel, and nothing builds that better than the blues. This covers the 12-bar form, essential riffs, soulful licks, and the grooves that define blues and so much of rock and pop. It's the heart of the bundle, and the best blues course I've ever made.

Make your rhythm playing sound like a real song instead of background strumming. You'll fuse the feel of blues with the edge of rock to build bold, dynamic riffs: open-string power chords, groove-based patterns, and riff-driven techniques in the spirit of Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., and The Black Keys.

Slide is one of the fastest ways to add something raw and expressive to your playing. You'll use Open E tuning as your launchpad, master clean left-hand slide technique, and develop the right-hand muting that gives you that smooth, vocal-like tone.

Classic blues progressions and rhythm patterns that give your solos context and groove. This is the backing knowledge that makes your lead playing sound like it belongs to a song.

Your lick library. 30+ essential licks across E, A, C, G, and D, covering hammer-ons, pull-offs, double stops, finger rolls, bends, and blues scale runs. Jam tracks along the way so you can put them to use immediately.

This is where lead guitar starts. I'll introduce the pentatonic scale, teach your first real licks, and walk you through the essential techniques: bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and more. We'll jam in multiple keys so you hear everything in a real musical context.

Time to go deeper. The blues scale, passing tones, and how to think like a soloist, including the importance of motifs and space. We'll expand into the extended pentatonic scale and build your lick vocabulary with classic phrases you can use in any blues or rock context.

Here we connect the whole neck. New positions of the pentatonic scale, where the blues notes fit into each one, and how to move smoothly between them so your solos aren't stuck in one spot. By the end you'll navigate the fretboard with confidence.

This is where your solos start to get interesting. Blend the major and minor pentatonic scales to add sweetness, grit, and real flavor. You'll learn passing tones, bending concepts, and a collection of licks that show you exactly how to switch between the two scales mid-solo.

One of the most useful positions on the neck, and one of the most overlooked. You'll find it in any key and use it to play the expressive, soulful phrases you hear from players like BB King and the Allman Brothers: bends, double stops, repeating patterns, and smooth transitions in and out of your minor pentatonic home row.

A spicy twist on the minor pentatonic that most players never discover. Swap one note and you get a totally fresh sound that makes your licks feel more sophisticated. I'll show you where the Voodoo Blues notes live in multiple positions and how to weave them into what you already play.

Straight from my own bag of tricks. Playing two notes at a time is one of the fastest ways to add texture and feel to your solos and rhythm playing. My favorite double stop devices across blues, major, minor, and funky contexts, including techniques used by Hendrix, John Mayer, and John Frusciante.

Your lick library. 30+ essential licks across E, A, C, G, and D. Hammer-ons, pull-offs, double stops, finger rolls, bends, and blues scale runs, with jam tracks so you can use them right away.

Most players spend all their time in the minor pentatonic. This is your introduction to the brighter, sweeter side. How to find it in multiple keys, how it relates to the minor pentatonic, and how to add blues notes for grit. Jam tracks included.

A full collection of major pentatonic licks in G, C, and E. Hammer-ons, bends, double stops, country-style phrases, and extended scale runs, with jam tracks throughout. A go-to library of melodic licks that brighten up any solo.

All five shapes of the minor pentatonic, including where the blues notes live in each one, so you can connect the whole fretboard instead of getting stuck in the same spot every time you solo.

My most useful pentatonic exercises in one course. Building melodies and phrases while improving both hands at once. Each one doubles as a couch routine you can run unplugged.