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Rock around the cycle of fifths

Most guitar solos are played in standard scales, such as A minor. Then you play the solo in A pentatonic. Although you still have many possibilities for an innovative solo you haven't got the possibility to include uncommon alterations.

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Bass Guitar Pick and Down Stroke in Rock Music
A strong rhythm is very important in rock music. Most of the times the guitar (or guitars) and bass play the same riff or chords. This is one of the reasons why rock bass guitar players use a pick and

4 Bar Bass Rock Song Exercise
In previous lessons we have looked at some of the basics of bass playing and rock music. In this next lesson we'll start with real rock song type exercises.
Most songs use a 4 bar pattern that is

4 Bar Bass Rock Song Exercise:
In previous lessons we played a simple bass rock line. In this next lesson you'll have to play the same bass riff, only now it is a litte bit more advanced, and more difficult.
Take a look at the

Bass Notes and a simple Bass Rock Rhythm
Metal music has it’s roots in rock music. Basically metal is fast rock music with more aggression and more musical content. So much that some don’t even appreciate it.
This first exercise is a sim

Guitar Rock Chords Rhythm 2: eighth chords
The next step in learning rock drum guitar rhythms is the use of 8th note chords.

Acoustic Guitar Rock Power Chords Tricks part 2
If you can use the first trick for playing power chords on acoustic guitar you might be interested in learning a second trick for playing good sounding power chords on guitar.
This is probably one

THE Standard Rock Drum Rhythm, variation 1
Listen to the next rhythm and look at the drum tabs. This is the exact same rhyhtm used in the previous drum lesson, but now with an 8th notes hihat rhythm.

Easy Rock Rhythm Sheet Music Exercise C5 F5
Before we start with any music theory or music basics let's start with an easy sheet music exercise. This next piece of sheet music shows some typical chords used in rock music.
This next example

Guitar Rock Chord Picking: shifting power chords exercise
If you can do the previous guitar picking exercises move on to the next guitar exercise, it should be quite challenging. As you can see in the next guitar tab and sheet music you need to use the speci

Easy Slow Rock Bass Song Riff
This next riff or bass line is a standard when it comes to playing ballad or slow rock songs. It uses a typical and easy notes pattern that shouldn't be hard to play. If you look at the sheet music an

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