CLICK HERE for Tabs In this lessons, Nate shows you how to play Hey Hey My My by Neil Young. This song is one of the greatest acoustic singer/songwriter songs of all time, in my humble opinion. I’ve heard Neil Young play this one tuned a half step down, as well as a whole step … Continue reading “How to Play Hey Hey My My by Neil Young”

CLICK HERE for Tabs Every guitarist needs to develop legato technique on the guitar (hammer-ons, pull-offs – in this case it’s pull-offs), no matter what style of music. Randy Rhoads style legato is a great way to learn, simply because he had a lot of influences  he incorporated into his style, as well as many … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #39 – Randy Rhoads Style Legato Lick”

CLICK HERE for Tabs Drill of the Week #37 – Bach Gavotte Classical Guitar Lesson Classical guitar – an indispensable element to many great guitarists training. Think Randy Rhoads or Chris Broderick, for example.  The music of J.S. Bach has been performed consistently for 300 years and has stood the test of time as some … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #37 – Bach Gavotte Classical Guitar Lesson”

Click HERE for Tabs Four Sticks by Led Zeppelin – a classic B-side song on Led Zeppelin IV that tends to be over-shadowed by Stairway, Black Dog, and Rock and Roll. This song makes great use of the guitar’s ability to play unisons – something a piano or wind instrument cannot do. While playing a unison, … Continue reading “How to Play Four Sticks by Led Zeppelin”

Click HERE for Tabs Thanks for suggesting this, Jack! Teaching guitar lessons is not only a fulfilling job, but my students introduce me to music I’ve never heard all of the time. This is an awesome chicken’ pickin’ – hybrid picking – where you use your pick as well as finger picking at the same … Continue reading “Featured Riff #20 – Don’t Call Me Dude by Scatterbrain”