Improvising Guitar Solos 101 - This free lead guitar lesson teaches the basics of learning to play your own guitar solos.

Improvising Guitar Solos 102 - Expand your lead guitar solos with these guitar licks.

Targeting notes in your lead guitar solos - This guitar lesson covers how to emphasis the root of the A minor pentatonic scale on the guitar.

Lead Guitar Building Blocks - Part 1 - In this lesson you will learn 3 essential lead guitar building blocks that are the basis for all kinds of guitar licks.

Extended Minor Pentatonic Scales - Learn to expand the range of your lead guitar solos with these extended minor pentatonic scale forms.

Filling in the Cracks - This lead guitar lessons teaches an easy way to add some chromatic notes into your guitar solos.

Basic major pentatonic scale solos - Learn how to incorporate some major sounds into your guitar solos with the major pentatonic scale.

Beyond the Pentatonic - Lead Guitar Lessons

The Minor Scale - Expand your guitar solos beyond pentatonic scales with a look at the minor scale on the guitar.

The Sultan's Triads - Add some flash to your guitar solos with these major and minor arpeggios derived from the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing".


*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Paul Tauterouff*
Pentamodal Method - Pentatonic Scales & Modes - Paul Tauterouff shows you a simple method to begin using modes in your guitar solos.

More lead guitar lessons

Improvising over key changes - Lead guitar Ideas for the rookie Jazz guitarist, and improvisers of all styles. This guitar lesson teaches you how to solo over key changes.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Nick Layton*
Improving Your Guitar Phrasing: Part 1 - In this guitar lesson from Nick Layton you will learn what phrasing is and, more importantly why it is critically important to your lead guitar playing.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Nick Layton*
Improving Your Guitar Phrasing: Part 2 - In this lesson Nick Layton continues his exploration of guitar phrasing and how to improve your guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Nick Layton*
Improving Your Guitar Phrasing: Part 3 - In this lesson Nick Layton shows some very cool legato phrasing licks and shows you how to incorporate these smooth phrases into your lead guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Nick Layton*
Jamming With a Purpose - Improving Your Lead Guitar Solos - Guitarist Nick Layton teaches you how to improve your lead guitar solos and phrasing by focusing key elements when jamming.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Bob Murnahan*
Lead Guitar Lessons From Freebird - Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Bob Murnahan shows how lead guitar ideas pulled from " Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd can be used as a springboard for your own guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Michael Chodosh*
Pentatonic Modal Studies - Michael Chodosh shows how to connect pentatonic scale shapes with various chord shapes all over the neck of the guitar.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Darrin Koltow*
Scales for Soloing - Guitarist Darrin Koltow from MaximumMusician.com gives a series of tips on how to use different lead guitar scales to solo.

Pentatonics
Other Pentatonics
Blues

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Mike Philippov*
Improving Your Improvising and Soloing Skills - Guitarist Mike Philippov gives some tips on how to improve your guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Mike Philippov*
How to Advance Your Lead Guitar Solos - In this guitar lesson Virtuoso guitarist Mike Philippov teaches you 5 important concepts to help you improve your lead guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Mike Philippov*
How to Shred Like Paul Gilbert - In this free guitar lessons virtuoso Mike Philippov shows you 5 killer shred guitar licks inspired by Paul Gilbert.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Randy Johnson*
Expanding Your Options With Guitar Improvisation: Part 1 - In this lesson guitarist Randy Johnson shows you some cool ways to break out of a rut with your guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Randy Johnson*
Expanding Your Options With Guitar Improvisation: Part 2 - In this guitar lesson Randy Johnson shows you some how to use intervallic ideas and double stops in your lead guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Paul Tauterouff*
Open String Flash Guitar Licks - Part 1 - In this guitar lesson Paul Tauterouff shows you some cool guitar licks that involve open strings.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Paul Tauterouff*
Open String Flash Guitar Licks - Part 2 - Paul Tauterouff continues his series on cool guitar licks that involve open strings.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Josip Pesut*
Guitar Tapping on the Same Notes of Legato: Part 1 - In this free guitar lesson Josip Pesut explains the legato tapping technique that he uses in his guitar solos. Tablature and mp3 audio files are included for all of the guitar tapping licks.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Tommaso Zillio*
Guitar Ideas Without Limits: Part 1 (Getting The Most From A Single Sequence) - In this guitar lesson Tommaso Zillio teaches you how to take a single lead guitar sequence, and creativity expand it into all kinds of cool guitar licks.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Tom Hess*
How To Make A Great Guitar Solo - In this video guitar lesson master guitar teacher Tom Hess shows you some key elements of phrasing that will bring your guitar solos to life.

Guitar Licks For Improvisation

Jazz Fusion Guitar Lick in G Mixolydian - In this video guitar lesson Shawn Bradshaw shows you cool jazz fusion lick inspired by guitar great Larry Carlton.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Kristofer Dahl*
Video Guitar Lick: Major Tapping - In this video guitar lesson guitarist Kristofer Dahl shows you a very cool major guitar lick that uses arpeggios, and right hand tapping.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Kristofer Dahl*
Video Guitar Lick: Minor Pentatonic Kirk Hammet Style - The video guitar lesson by uitarist Kristofer Dahl shows a minor pentatonic guitar lick in the style of Metallica's Kirk Hammett.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Kristofer Dahl*
Video Guitar Lick: Major Sweeping - Guitarist Kristofer Dahl shows you a major key sweep picking lick

Licks & Tricks - Guitar Soloing Licks from the masters

Build your lead guitar vocabulary with these guitar licks & tricks from the masters. Each guitar lick has an explanation of the scales and music theory behind it. These are video guitar lessons, so you can see and hear the guitar solos in action. David Gilmour - This guitar lick comes from the intro to "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.

Elliott Randall- This lead guitar lick comes from the intro to "Reeling in the Years" by Steely Dan.

Brian Setzer - Here is the intro lick from the song "Stray Cat Strut".

Stevie Ray Vaughan - This lead guitar lick comes from the main riff of "Couldn't Stand the Weather".

Jimmy Page - Here is the first guitar lick from the solo in Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin.

Brad Nowell - Here is the guitar solo from "What I Got" from the group Sublime.

Eric Clapton - Here is a major key guitar lick from Clapton's version of "Stormy Monday Blues".

Mike Campbell - Here is one from Tom Petty's right hand man. This is the intro guitar solo to "Refugee"

Randy Rhoads - Go off the rails on the crazy train with this lead guitar lick from Ozzy's most influential guitarist.

Billy Gibbons - Here is a minor pentatonic guitar flurry from ZZ Top's La Grange.

Neal Schon - Learn the entire intro guitar solo to "City of the Angles" by Journey. The guitar solo is broken down into 5 separate licks.

Carlos Santana - Add a little black magic to your minor key guitar solos.

Slash - Have a little "Patience" and learn this lead guitar lick from Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash.

Angus Young - Shake it all night long with this guitar lick from AC/DC's lead guitarist.

Mark Knopfler - From the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing". This guitar lick will make it cry and make it sing.

Mike Einziger - Defy gravity with this lead guitar lick from Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger.

Kirk Hammett - Add some spice to your guitar solos with this one from Metallica's guitar wizard.

Jimi Hendrix - And the wind cries...Hendrix.