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Lead Concepts & Techniques
Dennis Hodges blends conceptual lead instruction for developing solos, improvising, and harmonizing along with lead techniques such as legato, sweeping, and alternate picking.
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While the rhythm guitarist focuses on song structure and accompaniment, lead guitar playing focuses on melody lines, solos, and improvisation.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Major Scale Improvising
Dennis covers the basics of the major scale. Then, he introduces you to improvisation within a one octave scale pattern.
Length: 25:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Minor Scale Improvising
Dennis introduces the minor scale. You will improvise within this scale and work on a written solo as well.
Length: 26:20 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Harmonizing
Dennis teaches harmonization in 3rds, diatonic and non-diatonic 4ths, 5ths, diatonic 6ths, and atonal harmonization.
Length: 27:16 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Lead Guitar Improvising
Dennis teaches key improvisational concepts such as blending scales, phrasing, and staying within a scale.
Length: 29:16 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Sweep Picking
Dennis Hodges teaches sweeping technique, 3 string triads, and 2 octave arpeggios. Also included is an etude written specifically for JamPlay!
Length: 39:18 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Tapping: Basic and Advanced Techniques
Dennis covers many tapping techniques in this lesson. From basic to advanced, get ready to learn something new!
Length: 39:47 Difficulty: 3.5 Member Only
Lead Concepts and Techniques: Tricks
Dennis teaches a bunch of cool metal and rock tricks in this lesson!
Length: 34:27 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Writing A Rock Guitar Solo
Dennis Hodges teaches you some of the basics to writing your own solos!
Length: 47:13 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Lead Guitar Improvisation
Dennis Hodges teaches the basics of improvising a solo over a backing track.
Length: 28:44 Difficulty: 3.5 Member OnlyLesson 10
Interpretation
Dennis teaches some basics on how to interpret a piece of music and make it your own.
Length: 20:03 Difficulty: 2.5 Free Sample Lesson from this Series!
Soloing In E Minor
Dennis dissects a solo he wrote that stays in the 12th position box of E minor.
Length: 15:10 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Soloing In A Minor
Dennis Hodges dissects an advanced, extended solo he wrote in A Minor for this lesson.
Length: 33:28 Difficulty: 4.0 Member Only
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