Andy Aledort

The Ozzy Osbourne guitarist himself teaches technique and the Crazy Train solo

String bending and vibrato are vital expressive tools for playing blues-rock

An in-depth examination of Gary Moore’s piercing, deeply emotional guitar work

All of the greatest blues and rock guitarists - such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix - routinely incorporated this technique into their solos

Take a look at Leslie West's heavy, dense guitar work in this lesson

When soloing over dom7 chords, the inclusion or substitution of the major third in a minor pentatonic line always sounds good

Get your minor and major pentatonic licks in shape with this essential lesson

King's hard-driving intensity gave his guitar lines and solos a fiery spirit

Force yourself out of the same old, familiar position-based patterns and into new, uncharted territory

Applying this construct to any improvised solo will automatically force you away from playing familiar licks and standard melodic “shapes.”

Learn how to master one of the most distinctive sounds in blues and rock music.

Learn the unique lead guitar stylings of Peter Frampton in this comprehensive lesson.

It's super useful to familiarize oneself with modal scale positions and patterns and learn how to navigate them with the slide.

Chord forms can provide useful templates of fretboard shapes for improvising melodic lines.

Jimmy was often quoted as saying his true passion was to create a combination of “light and shade.”

Learn some cool approaches to improvising over an Emaj7-Bm7 chord progression.

One of the most challenging aspects of learning slide guitar is developing a consistently pleasing vibrato.

When it comes to spontaneous, improvised phrasing, there is perhaps no better blues-rock guitarist than Eric Clapton.