Fred Sokolow: Better Lead Guitar Through Chords (DVD)
Product Code: GW415

If you're trying to improve your lead guitar playing by studying scales, that's only half the picture. The best lead guitarists in rock, jazz, country bluegrass and R and B base much of their improvisation and soloing on chords - even when they're playing single-note solos. In this one and a half hour lesson, Fred Sokolow shows you several chord-based approaches to soloing and backup.

Covering several musical genres, Fred teaches you to:

• Play arpeggios, country licks and fast flatpicking solos in country/bluegrass tunes like Jambalaya and Wreck of the Old 97.
• Solo and backup R&B songs like People Get Ready and Just My Imagination in the colorful style Jimi Hendrix used on Little Wing.
• Play Steve Cropper-style licks on Dock of the Bay and Under the Boardwalk.
• Improvise Django-style solos on swing tunes like Avalon.