This is a wonderful “hybrid-picking” style that is based on the piano style of the great Fats Domino.

This piece by the great Robert Johnson is one of the most identifiable slide songs and licks ever, and is an important part of slide guitar development for you. In this example, we are using open E tuning to play its classic main lick, as well as the famous slide fills it incorporates.

Today we are talking about the “Mary Had a Little Lamb” lick that was first created by Buddy Guy back in 1967. He had an album called, Man and the Blues, which I love, and it’s an album that influenced me and a lot of other people including Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Here’s another crucial lesson for all beginners when it comes to rock and blues guitar. In this piece, we learn about creating “power chords” from all three positions, namely the E, A and D forms, as well as utilizing and working on the “closed” forms of these power chords in addition to their “open” counterparts. There’s also a discussion about the symmetry of these chord shapes, and about the importance of developing good finger “stretching” habits within your playing. Hope you enjoy!

Here’s an essential lesson designed to really get you going in terms of some real playing and handling of the guitar. I’m covering some very important basics for you, such as holding the pick properly, how to define chords, the basic E and A chord positions, the proper playing of barres and barre chords, E and A form barres all the way up and down the neck, andsome “power chord” shortcuts!