Noel Hathaway
@theBelperGuitarist · Guitar · United Kingdom
Guitarist, Music Teacher, Transcriber, New Knowledge Seeker. Based in Derbyshire, UK.
Major 7th with an added 6th (13 when an octave higher) and 6 chords plus some major pentatonic noodling make up this great track from Texas Flood. More…
All examples are simply the minor pentatonic scale - G. with the added passing tone 'flat 5'/blues note.… More…
Basic outline of the sections within the song. More…
The Dawn of Shred: 1954, Good Rockin' Tonight. The second single from the Sun sessions, features a masterclass in double stop soloing from Scotty Moore. More…
Lots of relatively simple Rockabilly vocabulary in this solo, which makes it fun to play! More…
Ferociously fast solo by session guitarist Danny Cedrone. Lots to learn from here. A really good study in alternate picking and balancing both picking and fretting hands. The solo has great melody and… More…
Cliff Gallups Lead Guitar Work, inspired a generation to play faster, harder and with more style. He almost singlehandedly wrote the rockabilly rule book. He fused country blues and jazz (passing notes… More…
A legato study in E minor. More…
This study (No.1) in sixths for the left hand appears in Fernando Sor's Guitar Method. More…
The Divisions section Francis Cutting attributed to John Dowland (1563-1626). Try this with a capo at the III or V positions, for C or D minor tonalities.… More…
You can create a convincing guitar solo out of just 4 notes. Also by following the chords you'll sound interesting without ever really being in danger of losing where you are and playing out of key. More…
Fast Tempo Blues in C. Clear sections of minor and major pentatonic lines along with major and minor blues scales. Do check out the Original version from Big Momma Thornton though. More…
Transcription of the seminal blues tune "Sittin' on top of the world". Which is given a Country Blues/Rag Time feel by the wonderful Doc Watson. More…
Track Number 5. From The Ventures' 1965 Festive recording. More…
From the 'Christmas Album', November 1965, a country inspired instrumental version of Silver Bells. #Christmas #Guitar #Music More…
Blues in C. Chords are C (I). F (4). G (5). Remember in Blues most chords especially the 1 and 5 are made Dominant (7th).… More…
Left Hand warm-up routine, focusing on finger independence. More…
Round the circle of 5ths, Major keys, two octaves. Movement from string 5 to 6 gives an interval of a 5th. 2,5 and 2,6 fingering. More…
Fernando Sor's Study No.2 in C Major from Opus 60. More…
The song is played in a “cut time” (2/2) feel, meaning that the most natural way to feel the beat is as two half notes per bar… More…
Exercise focusing on the dominant chord voicing. Explore the fretboard though inversions and the arpeggios for each position. More…
Take an excursion with inversions. Practise using inversions of dominant chord voicings from to add melody on a 12 bar blues in A. Follows on from 'a great Jazz/Blues exercise'… More…