In this guitar lesson/tutorial we play 7 classic melodies and riffs through the 5 shapes of the major diatonic scale, also known as the CAGED shapes, in multiple keys. I first demonstrate an approach for lead guitar mastery that includes both ear training, scale practicing, contextualizing what you learn, and workshopping musical vocabulary around the fretboard.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro to Lesson
4:03 Recipe for Lead Guitar Success
12:33 Lean On Me Demo
13:31 Lean On Me Commentary
15:33 Redemption Song Demo
16:10 Redemption Song Commentary
17:23 Wonderful Tonight Demo
18:02 Wonderful Tonight Commentary
20:06 Ode to Joy Demo
20:40 Ode to Joy Commentary
22:01 Joy to the World Demo
22:48 Joy To The Word Commentary
24:40 Titantic Theme Demo
26:00 Titanic Theme Commentary
28:58 Hey Jude Demo
30:10 Hey Jude Commentary

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This is an ear based approach to develop your phrasing before getting into larger scale shapes.

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Do you wanna learn more about soloing, improv, and scales? Here are some Pow Music Resources on Youtube and for download:

For soloing, I recommend first getting comfortable with some basic musical phrasing using just a few notes at a time, which is what my "Soloing for Complete Beginners" course is all about: https://bit.ly/2YNYmHN

After that, master the 2.5 main shapes of the pentatonic scale. Watch that video lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dh8aGffCaI

After that, learn how to apply it in any key, major or minor, with this lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suhPR7YIkGo&t=2s

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Then learn how to connect those shapes with some other hot spots in the remaining shapes using the 2x2 method lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQUlSmDqhs&t=4s

From there, you can add the remaining notes to make diatonic scales, and of course the blue note, especially for blues! My free PDF above of the pentatonic scales has the blue note included which is linked above...

All that being said, the #1 method for becoming a proficient improvisor and soloist on guitar is to transcribe music by ear and then take those ideas and make them your own. After you learn something by ear, you then want to understand what it is - what is the context? Then you'll know when to apply it, and how to expand upon it. If you're just starting out, you can just learn a few riffs you like, figure out what scale/key/chord etc is associated with the riff (context) and then workshop that riff! Make it your own - use it as a motif, and build a whole solo around it!!

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