Lead Guitar For Absolute Beginners

Embarking on the journey of lead guitar can be thrilling yet challenging. LickLibrary.com's "Lead Guitar For Absolute Beginners" course is tailored to guide novice guitarists through the essential techniques, offering a comprehensive and accessible pathway to mastering the art of lead guitar. This course not only introduces fundamental guitar skills but also delves into the nuances that make lead guitar playing stand out. This course is taught by Danny Gill.

Techniques Covered in "Lead Guitar for Absolute Beginners"

String Bending

String bending is a pivotal technique in lead guitar playing, adding expressiveness and emotion to your solos. Our lessons guide you through the correct way to bend strings, ensuring pitch accuracy and control.

Benefits

• Enhances musical expression and emotion in playing
• Improves pitch control and finger strength
• Essential for blues and rock guitar solos

Hammer-On and Pull-Off

These techniques are cornerstones of fluid lead guitar playing. Hammer-ons and pull-offs enable seamless transitions between notes, vital for playing faster and more melodically.

Benefits

• Allows for smoother and quicker note transitions
• Reduces picking hand workload
• Essential for playing fast solos and complex melodies

Sliding

Sliding between notes offers a unique sound and is integral for navigating the fretboard efficiently. It adds a smooth, connected feel to your licks and phrases.

Benefits

• Creates smooth, connected transitions between notes
• Enhances fretboard navigation and dexterity
• Adds stylistic versatility to your playing

Vibrato

Vibrato adds richness and sustain to your notes, a key technique for making your guitar 'sing'. Our lessons emphasize proper technique to ensure your vibrato is both controlled and expressive.

Benefits

• Adds expressiveness and sustain to notes
• Improves finger strength and control
• Vital for emotional and soulful solos

Pentatonic and Blues Scales

The backbone of many guitar solos, these scales are essential for beginners. Our course breaks down these scales, making them easy to learn and apply.

Benefits

• Foundation for improvisation and soloing
• Widely used in various music genres
• Simplifies the process of learning lead guitar

Extended Scales and Note Positions

Understanding the fretboard and extended scales is crucial for lead guitar. We provide clear lessons on fretboard navigation and scale extensions.

Benefits

• Expands your melodic range and creativity
• Enhances understanding of the fretboard
• Crucial for advanced soloing techniques

Getting a Great Sound and Effect Pedals Overview

A great sound inspires great playing. We cover the basics of guitar tone, including the use of effect pedals like distortion, compression, reverb, delay, and octave.

Benefits

• Enhances overall sound and tone quality
• Introduces creative possibilities with effects
• Essential for crafting your unique sound

Using Backing Tracks

Practicing with backing tracks is not only enjoyable but also an effective way to develop timing and improvisational skills. It prepares you for real-life playing situations.

Benefits

• Improves timing and rhythm
• Enhances improvisational skills
• Prepares for playing with other musicians

Technique List

• String Bending
• Hammer-Ons
• Pull-Offs
• Slides
• Vibrato
• Pentatonic Scale
• Blues Scale
• Effect Pedals