Brendan Burns takes an in-depth look at the guitar styling of legendary rock band The Rolling Stones. Specifically, Brendan breaks down the techniques and conceptual ideas in Keith Richard' and Mick Taylor's playing.
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Brendan Burns demonstrates how Keith Richards and Mick Taylor make up The Rolling Stones' sound.
Begin the CourseBrendan Burns discusses how open G tuning and chordal embellishments are key components of Keith Richards' guitar sound.
23:00 Runtime
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Brendan explains some Stones-eque chord progressions that utilize the open G chord shapes from the previous lesson. He also introduces the concept of secondary dominant chords.
21:13 Runtime
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Brendan Burns begins to discuss the rhythmic tendencies that occur in The Rolling Stones' playing. Specifically, he demonstrates and discusses the use of anticipations.
11:42 Runtime
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Brendan Burns discusses how The Rolling Stones incorporate blues elements into their songwriting and guitar playing.
25:25 Runtime
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Brendan Burns discusses the use of open chords and their embellishments in The Rolling Stones' playing.
42:22 Runtime
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Brendan Burns discusses how The Rolling Stones borrowed ideas from players such as Chuck Berry to create their own unique lead guitar ideas.
14:55 Runtime
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Brendan discusses how The Rolling Stones utilize the minor pentatonic forms in their lead playing.
25:55 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Brendan Burns demonstrates how The Rolling Stones use the major pentatonic scales in their playing.
26:53 Runtime
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Brendan Burns takes an in-depth look at the bending techniques used by The Rolling Stones' guitarists.
41:04 Runtime
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Brendan Burns finishes up his look at The Rolling Stones' bending concepts with a lesson on bending minor chords.
14:21 Runtime
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Brendan Burns demonstrates The Rolling Stones' use of diatonic third and sixth intervals as well as oblique counterpoint in their lead ideas.
17:18 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Brendan Burns wraps up his style of The Rolling Stones series with a discussion about how to add all of the lead elements together.
13:36 Runtime
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