Hard Rock Lessons

Hard Rock Lessons

This is the first lesson I have ever taught, and I hope it will be

helpful to the begginer. I remember when I first started playing,

it would be AC/DC and some punk rock. I feel this is good to

learn first because it is easy and gets you into some easy chord

progressions (a series of chords) and pentonic scales (a easy way

to do guitar solo's). In this lesson I will assume:

-You can read tab

-You know some basic chords/power chords

First off, every rock song has a chord progression. In one AC/DC

song, it uses four chords, E, B, D and A.

E Chord: B Chord: D Chord: A Chord:

E 0 E - E 2 E -

B 0 B - B 3 B 0

G 1 G 4 G 2 G 2

D 2 D 4 D 0 D 2

A 2 A 2 A - A 2

E 0 E - E - E -

Those Chords, with some distortion on your guitar, will produce

a very AC/DC-ish sound that you can impress your friends with :)

But that won't do it, you need to have a even catchier chord

progression (riff). One of the most famous and overused riff's

is E, G, A.

E Chord: G Chord: A Chord:

E 0 E - E -

B 0 B - B 0

G 1 G - G 2

D 2 D 5 D 2

A 2 A 5 A 2

E 0 E 3 E -

Now you have some basic riff's, all in the Key of E (hence the

overuse of the E Chord) and this means you can solo over this with

the E pentonic scale! You can play basically any of the following

notes at any random time and it will sound fine!

E ----------------------------------12-15

B ----------------------------12-15------

G -------------------12-14-15------------

D -------------12-14---------------------

A -------12-14---------------------------

E -12-15---------------------------------

Solo Examples:

E --------------------------------12----------------------

B -------------------------12--------15-12----------------

G 14-12-----------------12----14-----------14--12-14-12---

D ------14-12-14--12-14---------------------------------14

A --------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------

E 15-12------------------------------------

B ------15-12-15---------------------------

G ---------------14-------------------12---

D ------------------------------12-------14

A ------------------------12-14----14------

E ------------------12-15------------------

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