Thomas McRocklin is an English guitar player, music producer and mastering engineer. He was a child prodigy guitarist and has shared the stage with the likes of Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather, Stuart Hamm, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, who mentored and produced Thomas as the lead guitarist in Bad4Good as well as featuring him in his music video “The Audience is Listening”.
It’s time to dive into the world of guitar patterns – how significant are they in improving your technique and enhancing your playing?
After taking a 20-year break from playing, I wanted to incorporate more dynamic alternate picking into my style, patterns made a significant difference in getting there. There are two main patterns that transformed my technique, which I’m about to share with you. So grab your best pick, and let’s explore them together.
In this lesson, I break down the end solo from the McRocklin and Hutch track “You and Me.” It’s a mix of pentatonic, sweeps, tapping, and a minor outro.
But that’s not all, because I also share insights into some of the challenges I faced when constructing this solo, which I hope will provide valuable insights that you can apply to your playing, especially when creating your own killer solos.
In our most recent live masterclass, we delved deep into the world of tapping. Usually, we post some masterclass highlights after a session, but this time, we’re doing something different, because the tapping masterclass was so good, we decided to turn it into a full lesson.
Whether you’re new to tapping or struggling to incorporate it into your playing fluently, I think you’ll get a lot from this lesson. Also, if you’ve never attended one of our masterclasses, it’ll give you a flavour of what you’ve been missing out on!
I have been playing guitar for 3 years and I have tried JamPlay, Truefire, YouTube... but the progress I have made in 1 month here with your lessons is unbelievable.”
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