Arpeggios Guitar Lessons

In this lesson I’m going to give you a full breakdown of all of the mechanics and movements involved in sweep picking so that you can learn everything you need to nail this awesome technique.

I start with the basics, including the best methods for holding the pick correctly so that you can sweep through the strings like a warm knife through butter! As you progress through the lesson you’ll learn multiple sweeping patterns and how to put everything together so you can use this technique in the real world to deliver some awesome solo action!

People often make the mistake of thinking that guitarists must have huge hands or really long fingers, people assume this about me all the time! In reality my hands are completely average-sized but this doesn’t mean that my reach has to be average…

In this lesson I’m going to show you multiple ways you can stretch your fretting hand to improve your reach, build up your finger strength and transform your playing for the better. If you’ve been practicing hard but feel like you aren’t seeing the gains you should be, then this could be the lesson that changes everything for you.

If you feel like you get stuck playing vertically up and down in the same position, then you’ll love this lesson! It’s packed full of insights into how I approach playing the guitar and how you can combine multiple techniques and sounds together to open up the entire fretboard.

We’re going to cover things like transitioning between alternate picking into sweeping, moving from chromatics into arpeggios and how to use ‘baby’ sweeps to enable licks and phrases that wouldn’t be possible otherwise and will keep your playing sounding fresh and interesting.

In this lesson you’re going to learn some killer riffs and techniques that will push your prog playing to the limit. Starting with some simple progressions we’ll jam together and exchange solos then transform those chords into super tight, advanced prog riffs.

If you’re still thirsty for more then come join me on a deep dive into sweeping arpeggios and how to lock your sweeping in time with a drum beat.

If you’ve been wanting to up your improv game or just get familiar with playing all around the neck with different sounds, then this is the lesson for you!

Let me guide you through my entire thought process when it comes to improv playing, from first hearing a track through to identifying which scales, arpeggios and notes I think will work over it. I also show you how to use this information to solo and improvise in any position on the fretboard, with plenty of tips and insights along the way!

In this lesson I’m going to teach you a few techniques for linking multiple arpeggios together in a way that lets you fly all around the neck, coming up with fresh, modern-sounding riffs that are both fast and fluid.

If you’ve ever felt stuck because you want to use arpeggios in your playing without sounding like you’re just running up and down through vanilla-sounding patterns, then you need to learn these techniques to unlock the power of arpeggios in your playing.

This lesson starts with a dominant 7th arpeggio vs harmonic minor theme, but quickly turns into a treasure chest of some of my favourite ways to break away from playing in the default scale positions that many guitarists find themselves trapped in.

Follow me as I show you various ways that you can come up with new and fresh note combinations, the results of this will make your solos more unique and exciting to not only play but also to listen to!

We all know how repetitive arpeggios can get if you play them up and down, so in this lesson, I’ll teach you how to break these familiar shapes into something cool and unique by using fragments of arpeggios to create a fresh, new sound.

We’ll also dive into some techniques for using minor scales more interestingly, and I’ll share some of my best tips on incorporating three-note-per-string patterns for added speed and fluidity.

During the McRocklin & Hutch track “You and Me” Thomas and I trade guitar solos back and forwards – in this lesson I’m going to break down the first solo from that exchange.

This solo strings together multiple techniques such as pick slanting, arpeggios, tapping, cross picking and hammer ons out of nowhere so there’s a lot to learn! To make things easier I break the solo down into 6 short sections so you can learn a piece at a time in just a few minutes.

In this lesson I’m going to break down one of the most difficult solos I’ve written, from my track ‘Square Dreamz’… with huge stretches and many intricate techniques packed into it, this solo is deceivingly complex to play.

I think you should challenge yourself and let me know if you can get this solo nailed by the end of the year… but if not, I guarantee you’ll pick up tons of tips and approaches during this lesson that you can use within your own licks!