In this episode of History of Rock, Andy Aledort examines another one of the essential British Invasion bands: The Kinks. When The Kinks released their song, "Y...
On this edition of History of Rock, Andy Aledort overviews another one of the most important rock bands in history: The Rolling Stones. Though the band is known...
On this 14th edition of History of Rock, we look at the king of the blues instrumental: Freddie King. King was hailed for his trailblazing guitar playing and ou...
Most successful guitar players would agree that practicing your instrument is a great way to get your chops up. But, they would also agree that an even better w...
On the 13th installment of History of Rock, we learn about a unique product of rock's development: surf music. This interesting phase of music rode a wave of po...
On Episode 12 of History of Rock, Andy Aledort gives us insight into the emergence of instrumental rock. At the turn of the '60s, instrumental rock became very ...
On Episode 11 of History of Rock, Andy Aledort walks us through the evolution of British rock. While rockabilly and rock 'n' roll dominated in the U.S., 'skiffl...
In the world of bluegrass, improvisation is essential. And, more times than not, players will base improvisations off of a song's main melody. To further this n...
The blues is arguably the most influential style of music to be born in the past century. So, it's not surprising that people still love learning to play the bl...
On this 10th installment of History of Rock, we continue our exploration of the icons that brought us Rockabilly. Rocktoberfest Giveaway: https://rocktoberfe...
On Episode 9 of History of Rock, we learn about another vital predecessor to rock: Rockabilly. Rocktoberfest Giveaway: https://rocktoberfest2020.com
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Aside from learning your basic major and minor scales, there is one additional set of notes that guitarists usually learn first: the pentatonic scale. Though st...