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Over 10,000 satisfied students taught since 1979!

Styles & Techniques

Rock • Metal • Neo-Classical • Classical • Jazz • Blues • Delta Blues • R&B • Reggae • Ska • Latin • Ethnic
Funk • Country • Bluegrass • Rockabilly • Ragtime • Surf • Pop • Folk • Alternative • Punk • Others


Eric plays and teaches the following techniques:

Travis Picking • Alternate Picking • Sweep Picking • Economy Picking • Hybrid Picking • Speed Picking • Circular Picking • Brush Picking • Cross Picking • Flat Picking • Alternating Strumming • Carter Strumming • Righthand Muting • Whammy Bar Vibrato • Whammy Bar Scoops • Whammy Bar Dips • Extreme Whammy • Pick Scrapes • Finger Rolling • String Skipping • Single-Finger Tapping • Multi-finger Tapping • Chordal Tapping • Scalar Tapping • Single-String Bends • Unison Bends • Ghost Bends • Double-Stop Bends • Oblique Bends • Pedal Steel Bends • Slurred Slides• Attacked Slides • Slide Guitar • Chordal and Lead • Volume Swells • Japanese Koto Technique • The Bagpipe Technique • Classical Vibrato • Pivot Vibrato • Floating Vibrato • Slow Wide Vibrato • Fast Wide Vibrato • Natural Harmonics • Artificial Harmonics • Tap Harmonics • Harp Harmonics • Pinch Harmonics • Slap Harmonics • Pedal Steel Bends  with  Harmonics • Palm Harmonics • Pull-Offs • Trills • Choking • Octaves • Fretting • Plus more!

Study the techniques of the following players:

Allan Holdsworth • Steve Morse • Eric Johnson • Phil Keaggy • Danny Gatton • Joe Satriani • Steve Vai • Shawn Lane • Yngwie Malmsteen • Eddie Van Halen • Randy Rhoads • Ritchie Blackmore • Brian May • Angus Young • Eric Clapton • Duane Allman • SRV • Jimmy Page • Peter Frampton • Todd Rundgren • Robin Trower • Jimi Hendrix • Jeff Beck • John Lennon • George Harrison • Carlos Santana• Keith Richards • Toni Iommi • Steve Howe• Steve Hackett • Larry Carlton • Robben Ford • Pat Matheny • Joe Pass • Wes Montgomery • Bill Connors • John McLauglin • Al Dimeola • Scott Henderson • Mike Stern • Carl Verheyen • Lenny Breau • Ted Greene • Chet Atkins • Jerry Reed • Dick Dale • Les Paul • Merle Travis • Michael Hedges • Leo Kottke • Adrian Legg • Albert Lee • Ray Flacke • Brent Mason • B.B. King • Albert Collins • Albert King • Buddy Guy • Johnny Winter • Freddie King • Robert Johnson • Andres Segovia • Chris Parkening • The Ventures • Carl Perkins • Eddie Cochran • Plus Many More !


You'll study the following with Eric:
 
Theory / Harmony • Ear Training • Sight & Tab Reading • Songwriting/Composing • Rhythm • Improvising Chord Theory • Chord Melodies • Chord Substitution • Uncommon Chord Voicings • Chord Progressions Melodic Phrasing • Arpeggios • Scales • Plus much more...



Study These Scales:

 
   

The Pentatonic Scales
 
• Major Pentatonic Scale
• Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Major Blues Scale
• Minor Blues Scale
• Sus 4 Pentatonic Scale
• Dominant Pentatonic
• Dom. 9 b7 Pentatonic

Exotic Scales
 
• Enigmatic
• Hirajoshi Kumoi
• Oriental
• Pelog
• Kokin Joshi
• P'yongio Iwato
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Egyptian
• Scribian
• Hungarian Gypsy Minor
• Hungarian Gypsy Major
• Romanian
• Persia
• Hindustan
• Neopolitan Minor
• Neopolitan Major
• Overtone
• Prometheus
• Ritusen
• Arabian
• Others...

 

 

The Major Scales
 

• Ionian Mode
• Dorian Mode
• Phrygian Mode
• Lydian Mode
• Mixolydian Mode
• Aeolian Mode
•Locrian Mode

The Melodic Minor Scales
 
• Dorian b2 Mode
• Lydian-Augmented Mode
• Lydian b7 Mode
• Mixolydian b6 Mode
• Locrian b2 Mode
• Super Locrian Mode

The Symmetrical Scales
 

• Whole Tone Scale
• Augmented Scale
• Half-Step/Whole-Step
.. Diminished Scale
• Whole-Step/Half-Step
.. Diminished Scale
• Chromatic Scale

The Harmonic Minor Scales
 
• Harmonic Minor scale
• Locrian natural 6 mode
• Ionian-Augmented mode
• Dorian # 4 mode
• Phrygian Major mode
• Lydian # 9 mode
• Altered Dominant mode

 

 
 


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