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Style of The Rolling Stones
Brendan Burns takes an in-depth look at the guitar styling of legendary rock band The Rolling Stones. Specifically, Brendan breaks down the techniques and conceptual ideas in Keith Richard' and Mick Taylor's playing.
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Brendan Burns demonstrates how Keith Richards and Mick Taylor make up The Rolling Stones' sound.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Keith Richards-ism
Brendan Burns discusses how open G tuning and chordal embellishments are key components of Keith Richards' guitar sound.
Length: 23:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Mobility
Brendan explains some Stones-eque chord progressions that utilize the open G chord shapes from the previous lesson. He also introduces the concept of secondary dominant chords.
Length: 21:13 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Anticipations
Brendan Burns begins to discuss the rhythmic tendencies that occur in The Rolling Stones' playing. Specifically, he demonstrates and discusses the use of anticipations.
Length: 11:42 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Blues Aspects
Brendan Burns discusses how The Rolling Stones incorporate blues elements into their songwriting and guitar playing.
Length: 25:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Open Chord Embellishments
Brendan Burns discusses the use of open chords and their embellishments in The Rolling Stones' playing.
Length: 42:22 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Lead Ideas
Brendan Burns discusses how The Rolling Stones borrowed ideas from players such as Chuck Berry to create their own unique lead guitar ideas.
Length: 14:55 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Minor Pentatonic Concepts
Brendan discusses how The Rolling Stones utilize the minor pentatonic forms in their lead playing.
Length: 25:55 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Major Pentatonic Ideas
Brendan Burns demonstrates how The Rolling Stones use the major pentatonic scales in their playing.
Length: 26:53 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Bending Concepts
Brendan Burns takes an in-depth look at the bending techniques used by The Rolling Stones' guitarists.
Length: 41:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Minor Chord Bending
Brendan Burns finishes up his look at The Rolling Stones' bending concepts with a lesson on bending minor chords.
Length: 14:21 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Intervals and Oblique Counterpoint
Brendan Burns demonstrates The Rolling Stones' use of diatonic third and sixth intervals as well as oblique counterpoint in their lead ideas.
Length: 17:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Putting It Together
Brendan Burns wraps up his style of The Rolling Stones series with a discussion about how to add all of the lead elements together.
Length: 13:36 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
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