Lesson 15- Lead Guitar Techniques
Reference: Lesson 9- Scales & Basic Chord Theory For The Following Lessons
Start Here With The Em Pentatonic To Learn Lead Guitar
Practice What You’ve Learned With The Following Backing Tracks
The following is for reference from the lessons to the left:
String Bending
String bending is a very important part of lead guitar playing. String bending is the action of bending a string up a step or half step tuning while playing lead guitar. You’ve heard it a thousand times. It’s what makes or breaks a solo. Let’s dive right into it.
Using the Am pentatonic scale. Place your first finger on the 5th fret 3rd (G) string. Then place your third finger on the 7th fret 3rd (G) string. pluck the 3rd string while pressing down hard in an upward motion bend the 3rd string 7th fret with your 3rd finger.
Hammer on’s
Hammer on’s are the action of plucking a note and then slamming or hammering your finger on another note. We will be putting hammer on’s in your practice schedule later on in the lesson. To see an example of a hammer on being played…… Watch the video below.
Pull off’s
Pull off’s are the action of plucking a note and then immediately releasing your finger from that not to a lower note that you already have placed on the finger board. We will be putting pull off’s into your practice schedule later in the lessons. For an example of a pull off being played…. Watch the video below.
These are the basics to lead guitar. Make sure that you can smoothly play all of the above before you move on. Practice can be made a lot more fun by signing up for a backtracking service. This allows you to practice your scales, string bending, hammer-on’s and pull-off’s along with music. This also will greatly improve your lead guitar skills to improvise on new sounds. This is truly where practice can be fun! So, keep up the good work and Practice! Practice! Practice!
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