Rock Guitar Course Content

Lesson 1: The Minor Pentatonic Scale, Basic Solo Technique, and the Blues Influence on Classic Rock

• The Minor Pentatonic Scale in Five Positions
• Common Rock Licks Using the Minor Pentatonic
• Minor Pentatonic Scale Sequences—Triplets, Sixteenth, and Quintuplet Patterns
• Combining Licks and Sequences to Create Solos
• Soloing with Licks and Sequences
• The "Blues" Form

Lesson 2: Eric Clapton: Bluesbreakers through Cream

• Biography
• "Steppin' Out"
• "Crossroads"
• "White Room"
• "Badge"

Lesson 3: Eric Clapton: Derek and the Dominos/Solo

• "Layla"
• "I Shot the Sheriff"/The Natural Minor Scale
• "Let It Rain"/Lydian Mode
• "Cocaine"/Mixolydian Mode

Lesson 4: Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin

• Biography
• "Good Times Bad Times"
• "What Is and What Should Never Be"
• "The Ocean"
• "Ten Years Gone"

Lesson 5: Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin—Open Tunings and Acoustic Work

• "Dancing Days"
• "Kashmir"
• "Over The Hills and Far Away"
• "The Rain Song"—Original Page Open Tuning

Lesson 6: The Allman Brothers, the Major Pentatonic, and Open E Slide

• Biography
• The Major Pentatonic Scale in Five Positions
• Combining Major and Minor Pentatonic
• "Blue Sky"
• "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
• "One Way Out"
• "Melissa"

Lesson 7: Modes for the Rock Guitarist

• What Are Modes?
• Modes in Position (Vertical)
• Modes Up and Down the Neck (Horizontal)
• Sequences—Triplets and Sixteenth Note Patterns—In Position and Up and Down the Neck
• Modal Jam Recipe/Create Your Own Modal Jam

Lesson 8: David Gilmour and Pink Floyd

• Biography
• "Time"
• "Money"
• "Another Brick In The Wall" (Part 2)
• "Comfortably Numb"

Lesson 9: Jeff Beck

• Biography
• "Rock My Plimsoul"
• "Freeway Jam"
"Cause We've Ended As Lovers" "Come Dancing" "The Pump"

Lesson 10: Jimi Hendrix

• Biography
• "Purple Haze"
• "Red House"
• "Little Wing"
• "The Wind Cries Mary"

Lesson 11: Jimi Hendrix

• "All Along the Watchtower"
• "Spanish Castle Magic"
• "Bold As Love"
• "Voodoo Chile"

Lesson 12: Modern Masters

• Joe Satriani: "Flying In A Blue Dream"
• Eric Johnson: "Cliffs Of Dover"
• Steve Vai: "The Crying Machine"
• Jeff Beck: "Brush with the Blues"