Matt Brown demonstrates lead guitar techniques using Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" as an example.
Taught by Matt Brown in Rock Guitar with Matt Brown seriesLength: 29:24Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
Chuck Berry among others pioneered the style of rock and roll in the 1950's. Today, rock and roll remains the most popular genre of music. Over the years the genre has progressed & spawned many sub-genres: soft rock, classic rock, punk rock, and more. Dive into this Phase 2 set of lessons to become a master of rock.
Lesson 1
Learn how to get the most out of your time when practicing.
Length: 29:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
Matt Brown discusses some of the fundamentals to playing lead.
Length: 15:41 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Matt shows you the basics of figuring out any note on the guitar.
Length: 7:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
Learn the basic minor, natural, and major scales. Quite a few techniques & ideas start with scales - they're an essential building block.
Length: 34:15 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
In this lesson, Matt takes you through the major scales & helps you to understand how they can be used.
Length: 20:25 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Matt teaches the most common natural minor scale patterns.
Length: 13:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
Learn & master the most popular types of bends.
Length: 27:48 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
Learn sweep picking and string rakes.
Length: 18:36 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 9
Learn various techniques to use when improvising / soloing.
Length: 12:51 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 10
Matt explains the most effective way to tune your guitar down.
Length: 7:18 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 11
Learn how to establish finger independence and a few tips and tricks with barre chords.
Length: 37:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 12
In this lesson, Matt Brown introduces a rock lick and shows how several famous players have modified it.
Length: 19:30 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 13
In this lesson Matt teaches some crucial rock sequences. He also explains how these sequences can be integrated in to your playing.
Length: 34:52 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 14
Matt Brown focuses on string skipping technique. He provides several exercises designed to improve this aspect of your playing.
Length: 33:09 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 15
Lesson 15 in Matt's rock series is all about intervals.
Length: 34:47 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 16
Matt Brown demonstrates lead guitar techniques using Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" as an example.
Length: 29:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 17
Matt Brown explains which scales can be used when playing a solo over a diatonic progression in a major key. As an example, he teaches the solo section to Candlebox's song "Far Behind."
Length: 33:02 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 18
This lesson covers the natural minor scale and diatonic natural minor progressions. Matt uses the solo section to "Stairway to Heaven" as an example.
Length: 24:55 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 19
In lesson 19 Matt provides instruction on developing right hand skills including string skipping.
Length: 26:38 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 20
In lesson 20, Matt discusses chord progressions that don't follow a diatonic tonality.
Length: 29:07 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 21
Matt begins to discuss and demonstrate the harmonic minor scale.
Length: 29:46 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 22
In lesson 22, Matt continues his discussion of the harmonic minor tonality.
Length: 14:36 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 23
In lesson 23, Matt takes a look at the solo section for the song "Sweet Child O' Mine."
Length: 19:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 24
Matt will be taking a look at the solo section from the live version of the Smashing Pumpkins song "Today".
Length: 7:29 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 25
Matt Brown reviews and discusses the solo section to AC/DC's hit "Back In Black".
Length: 9:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 26
In lesson 26, Matt covers the solo section from the Alice in Chains song "Brother".
Length: 9:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 27
Matt Brown discusses lead guitarists, what makes a good solo, and tips for your own lead playing.
Length: 41:06 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 28
Matt Brown teaches a number of exercises aimed at improving your legato playing technique.
Length: 37:16 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 29
Matt Brown demonstrates a few exercises to build skill and speed in your right hand.
Length: 15:06 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 30
Matt Brown teaches Heitor Villa-Lobos' 1st Etude as a lesson in string skipping.
Length: 38:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 31
Matt Brown demonstrates how to play three octave versions of the minor pentatonic and the major scales in all 12 keys.
Length: 16:56 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 32
Matt Brown demonstrates how to play all seven of the diatonic intervals within the framework of a horizontal major scale.
Length: 23:01 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 33
Matt Brown discuss diatonic arpeggios as a theory lesson as well as demonstrating the technique.
Length: 9:55 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 34
Matt Brown explains how to play the diatonic seventh chords of the major scale. Similar to lesson 32, this lesson takes a horizontal approach to the fretboard.
Length: 10:46 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 35
Matt Brown teaches a progression and accompanying solo to demonstrate ideas for creating your own.
Length: 21:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 36
Matt Brown takes a look at another chord progression and solo.
Length: 17:29 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 37
In lesson 37 of the Rock Series, Matt Brown demonstrates and talks about legato playing ideas.
Length: 21:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 38
Matt Brown switches gears in lesson 38 to start talking about rhythm concepts for rock playing.
Length: 27:44 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 39
Matt Brown discusses some often used techniques to build effective rock compositions.
Length: 17:27 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 40
Matt Brown shows off some ways to add some creativity and originality to your rock chord voicings.
Length: 11:59 Difficulty: 1.5 FREELesson 41
Matt Brown takes another look at his approach to soloing. He demonstrates ideas you can use in your own playing.
Length: 12:10 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 42
Matt Brown adds practice to his lead approach by giving you another chord progression to solo over.
Length: 7:14 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 43
Matt Brown has another chord progression and solo exercise to go over in this lesson on lead approach.
Length: 10:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 44
Matt Brown takes another look at string skipping. He breaks down some key areas of Matteo Carcassi's Allegro as an exercise.
Length: 16:29 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About Matt Brown
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Matt Brown began playing the guitar at the age of 11. "It was a rule in my family to learn and play an instrument for at least two years. I had been introduced to a lot of great music at the time by friends and their older siblings. I was really into bands like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Smashing Pumpkins, so the decision to pick up the guitar came pretty easily."
Matt's musical training has always followed a very structured path. He began studying the guitar with Dayton, Ohio guitar great Danny Voris. I began learning scales, chords, and basic songs like any other guitarist. After breaking his left wrist after playing for only a year, Matt began to study music theory in great detail. I wanted to keep going with my lessons, but I obviously couldn't play at all. Danny basically gave me the equivalent of a freshman year music theory course in the span of two months. These months proved to have a huge impact on Brown's approach to the instrument.
Brown continued his music education at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed a degree in Classical Guitar Performance in 2002. While at Capital, he also studied jazz guitar and recording techniques in great detail. "I've never had any desire to perform jazz music. Its lack of relevance to modern culture has always turned me off. However, nothing will improve your chops more than studying this music."
Matt Brown currently resides in Dayton, Ohio. He teaches lessons locally as well as at Capital University's Community Music School. Matt's recent projects include writing and recording with his new, as of yet nameless band as well as the formation of a cover band called The Dirty Cunnies.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Thanks! I got a little confused because in the key of A major Minor (seems common so far) the same "riff" goes from the c c# to the A. So in the case of E I was going from G G# A then end on E, but everything starts sounding similar.
This solo is in the key of E major/minor blues scale, why does it appear to emphasise the A note. Your lessons are great, I have recommended this site to anyone who asks were I learned. Along with a bunch of books.
Glad you're getting a lot out of the lessons! Well, in the keys of E major / E minor, the fourth (A) is often used as a tension tone that resolves down to the third (G in E minor or G# for a major tonality). In the case of this solo, since the riff underneath is blues-y, both the G and G# notes can be used effectively....Whether you're playing a solo, melody, chord progression, etc. the idea of tension and release is really important...No tension = no drama = uninteresting music.
this is a good lesson !!! with this lesson i can introduce a nw pahase on my playing !!! LEAD GUITAR!!!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you're liking the lessons! I'm going to film some new ones here next week. I'm mainly going to cover rhythm guitar techniques this time around, but I am planning to do two more lead guitar oriented lessons.
Hey Matt, I've really enjoyed your lessons. If I could request a lesson on tri-tones from anyone on JamPlay - I would request you (hope you do a tri-tone lesson soon). Nothing against the other teachers that is - I just like the way you break notes and scales down and then explain them in detail. Thanks.
well, I'm sure that's a topic that I'll cover eventually, since it's pretty important. I'm not sure when I'll get to it, but I'll definitely make a note of that the next time I film some lessons. Thanks for watching and for the great suggestion!
Thanks matt !!!
RIGHT ON MATT, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SWEET EMOTION.
Right on! Perfect timing! I hope this lesson made the solo section a little bit easier for ya.
Great lessons Matt