Work your way around the beat and get into the 'pocket' using micro timing.

Let's roll up our sleeves and start applying micro techniques to our playing.

No licks and chops here, instead it's about understanding timing. From 4th to 32th and all triplets in between. I programmed drums and bass to guide you, all you have to do it to listen to the backing track, hi-hat mostly.

Breathe life into your phrases by applying quarter bends.

Supercharge your expression with various timbres of micro dynamics.

Bending a note can make a lead very expressive, and make your licks come alive. This lesson is designed to help you focus on these subtle bends that make a note sing. The different licks I wrote are very bluesy but will work in any style of music.

This first part is for the absolute beginner. We will cover: Pentatonic CAGED shapes, exercises, note values and timing.

Turkish fasil music, which is closely associated with Turkey's gypsy community, and the hugely popular arabesk, the country's most common pop style, which has roots in Arab raqs sharki (bellydance)!

We'll focus on phrasing, a very important thing which gives flavour to our playing. To build phrases we are going to use vibrato, glissando, arpeggios, full and micro bends, dynamic picking.