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Playing funk is a great way to improve your overall sense of timing and understanding of the fretboard, so in this lesson, let’s follow Dan as he shows you 4 different ways to upgrade your funk playing!

In this lesson, we’re going to break down all the chords, patterns and scales you need to play this 1967 classic Cream riff!

Improvising on a 12 bar blues can be much more than just shredding on the minor pentatonic scale. Let’s look at 4 cool intermediate blues licks to level up your blues chops!

This song is pure AC/DC! Driving riffs, huge chords, incredible groove and tongue in cheek lyrics about the titular Rosie, it's got everything you could want in a classic rock song!

T-Bone Walker is a hugely important blues guitarist, being cited as a major influence by legendary players like BB King and Chuck Berry, in this lesson we break down the chords and lead of his classic tune Stormy Monday.

In this Dark Red guitar lesson, we’re going to break down all the chord shapes and patterns you need to play this beautiful song by Steve Lacy!

> In this lesson Jed takes us through the incredible AC/DC classic You Shook Me All Night Long. This song is full of great chord riffs but leaves you nowhere to hide! Is this a perfect song? Maybe...

In this lesson Jed breaks down the unbelievably catchy main riff from Hocus Pocus by Focus. It's tougher than it first appears, so get ready! Yodelling not included.

Learning licks and riffs is a great way to discover how different artists use the same scales and chords we all know, but in their own unique way. So in this lesson, let’s learn 4 Clapton licks!

In this lesson we're learning the incredible blues slide tune 'It Hurts Me Too' by Elmore James. This song a a great way to get into slide playing and open tuning.

Seasons greetings! We've decided to get a bit festive and show you how to play the hooks from four Christmas classics - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Step Into Christmas, Merry Xmas Everybody, and Fairytale of New York. Merry Christmas to all!

We've chosen four beginner to improver level songs from arguably the best band of all time, The Beatles, and take you through how to play the main hooks from each song. With so many songs to choose from this wasn't an easy task!