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- Hard Rock RiffingLEVEL 4Learn to play hard rock pentatonic riffs.
- Vintage Hard RockLEVEL 5Based on Vintage Rock bands like AC/DC where we can find the predominant use of the pentatonic scale in composition and in the solos.
- Super Hard RockLEVEL 5Let's combine influences of Mr. Big, Motley Crue, Velvet Revolver, Jeff Scott Soto, Danger Danger and Gun's & Roses.
- Hard Rock InsanityLEVEL 7A solo from my band, Tirana Rockers
- Hard Rock DyadsLEVEL 3Learn how to play "dyads" or double stops in the hard rock manner.
- 90's Hard RockLEVEL 5Today we will study rock and roll at its most energetic form.
- Hard Rock Chord ProgressionLEVEL 4At the request of several students, today we will be seeing a rhythmic lesson of Hard Rock!
- Hard Rock Style RiffsLEVEL 4A heavy sounding Rock chord progression to improve your rhythm and your dynamics!
- Melodic Hard Rock PhrasingLEVEL 7Phrasing over a basic chord progression, using various techniques and scales. Improve your overall timing and scale visualisation!
Feedback
Jerry Arcidiacono31st July 2009Thanks man
NoSkill31st July 2009Really a cool lesson, Jerry. Great sound and really a great groove. Just what I was looking for!
Danilo Capezzuto26th February 2008Bella ritmica camminata! Nice job!
Carlos Carrillo22nd February 2008Hey Jerry!!!great sounds!!and nice job!!!very good...
ibanez rocker8th November 2007Nice job jerry. My style. I like the way the sounds fades. It gives it a good feel
- Jerry Arcidiacono5th November 2007
chillax: Yes, it's just the playing.
chillax5th November 2007Hi Jerry...
Yes..the volume appears to swell and fade to give a nice effect..I wonder if is just the way you play it coz I cannot get the same tone.- Jerry Arcidiacono5th November 2007
chillax: Thank you! What do you mean with "volume ebbs"? A volume decline?
- Jerry Arcidiacono5th November 2007
chillax: Thank you! What do you with "volume ebbs"? A volume decline?
- chillax4th November 2007
One of the best rhythm guitar pieces on this site. How do you get the volume ebbs on the 5th measure(sounds great).
- Jerry Arcidiacono31st October 2007
Thank you again for your feedback.
oazle: the best solution is multiple camera angles, like some Pavel and Gabriel lessons.
If I play the lesson with the left hand in a small area on the high frets the shot can be more near.
Right now, I cannot do multiple camera angles. It requires a lot of time. Maybe in the future for some lessons.
Anyway, sorry for the light condition of this lesson. 
oazle31st October 2007i would like to seen more near or bigger imagen
Farbror Kudde26th October 2007I agree with Davidian
- Jerry Arcidiacono1st October 2007
Thank you Davidian.
Davidian29th September 2007Wow very nice one, I got started right away!
Nice tune and I espicially like the sound of your bends/pull-offs!- Jerry Arcidiacono28th September 2007
Thank you again
white eagle28th September 2007I really like
Keep em commin
Thanks
Juan M. Valero28th September 2007Excelent rythm lesson
Keep rocking 
The Uncreator28th September 2007amazing sound man, and great riffage!
- Jerry Arcidiacono27th September 2007
Thank you guys!
lefty01: I wanted a real tube sound for this lesson. So... the setup is: Washburn N2 -> MXR Phase 90 -> Laney GH50L -> Rocktron Intellifex (send-return) -> Laney cabinet -> Shure SM57 -> PC 
Muris Varajic27th September 2007Great riffing Jerry,awesome lesson!!
- Excardross27th September 2007
It has a Rory Gallagher feel, maybe somebody could do something similar with rock and blues from the Gallagher feel. Great lesson. Thanks
lefty0127th September 2007Great lesson. The more rock riffs/rhythms...the better!
What are you using to get those cool tones??
Keep it up!!!
krudtaa27th September 2007cool lesson dude.thanks.
Kristofer Dahl27th September 2007That's some creative rhythm guitar - excellent!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hi everybody!
In this lesson I explain some riffs and concepts to create a "hard rock oriented" composition. Sometimes, in rock music riffs are composed using the low open strings (E - A) like pedal notes.
So, using the standard tuning, the E key and A key are very useful for guitar players. To avoid unwanted noise, try to mute with your right hand the lower strings when you play single notes.
You can find three backing tracks at different tempo.
Time signature: 4/4
Tempo: 160 bpm
From this course:
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
