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Written by Stephen Tyler and Joe Perry, “Walk this Way” was released in 1975 on Aerosmith’s “Toys in the Attic” album.
In a February, 2006 Q magazine issue, Aerosmith discussed the song’s beginnings:
“We were still searching for a hit when Joe Perry came up with the stuttering riff during a soundtrack in Hawaii in March 1975. [...]

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By Guest Writer Brad Finley
Although made popular recently by Eddie Van Halen, guitar tapping or right hand ‘legatos’ is a technique players have been executing for years. Country players know the benefit of laying down a nice subtle lead and just putting in those quick hammers with clear guitar tapping. And while it’s not the [...]

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Learning rock licks, riffs and techniques and placing them into your bag of tricks is essential to becoming a great guitarist. The more you learn, the more ideas you’ll have to draw from when creating your own music.
Below Nick Nolan gives us an interesting beginner’s lesson which teaches some common rock licks and other useful [...]

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According to John Lennon, he came up with this song while struggling to write a song for the Beatles new album Rubber Soul.
During the famous interview with Rolling Stone in 1971 Lennon had this to say about the song:
“I remember I was just going through this paranoia trying to write something and nothing would [...]

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Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as the Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, Joe Musella explains the Pentatonic scales – the quintessential tool for playing classic rock and blues.

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In this video guitar lesson you’ll see many ideas that you can add to your own acoustic blues repertoire.
Some cliche blues ideas that an intermedite guitar player should be able to play without too much difficulty. Have fun …
 
 

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Also known as “Slurs”, hammer-ons and pull-offs help guitarists create a smoother sound between notes.
A hammer-on is a procedure that causes a note to ring by using a finger to strike (or “hammer”) the note instead of using a guitar pick to pick it. Used in many styles of music, it is a very simple [...]

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