5 Shapes of the Pentatonic Scale

Some of the most iconic melodies and solos come from the legendary Pentatonic Scale. In this course I will walk you through the best method to get these important shapes under your fingers. I will show you each form step by step including how they relate to their "roots" and "keys"!

Blues Style

Covering different sounding blues progressions beyond the basic twelve-bar blues with over 3 hours of instruction!

This course will help you master the 12 bar blues, which is the foundation of blues music, but also integral to understanding rock and even pop music.

Acoustic Tricks & Embellishments

This 2 hour course takes the basic chords and rhythm a beginner would know, and turns them loose into some cool and easy sounding techniques! This 2 hour course takes the basic chords and rhythm a beginner would know, and turns them loose into some cool and easy sounding techniques!

Pentatonic Scale Exercises

Every guitarist wants to be better at soloing, so I put together my most useful and effective pentatonic exercises all in one course. We're going to dive deep into building melodies and phrases, but also improve your left and right hand techniques at the same time. Even better, each exercise can become part of your “couch routine”; something great to run through unplugged while you're watching TV. Run these patterns until you don't even have to think about them anymore!

I have been playing over 25 years and I still practice these to this day.

Beginner Barre Chords

In this 2 hour course, I will show you the tried and true methods that I have learned as a guitar teacher to get you playing these chords smoothly and with as much ease as possible.

With the thousands of lessons I have taught over the last 25 years, I have found really cool tricks and shortcuts to take away the frustration that many players have when trying to implement barre chords into their repertoire!

Don't worry, I'm hear to help, and we'll do it together. You shouldn't avoid barre chords, you should PLAY them! I'll get you there!

Rock Power Chords

My mini course on "Power Chords" is an entry level course introducing you to these awesome but powerful musical devices.

Power chords are typically made up of just 2 notes which strangely makes them sound "bigger" than more complex chords. The "Power" part can really come into play when using distortion on your amp or with a pedal. Also, power chords make up not only the foundation of rock music, but the blues as well, so It's extremely important for you to be able to play and understand them. 

How To Use A Looper Pedal

I created this course to help you learn how to use your looper pedal. Let's loop!

Essential Guitar Licks

Tons of licks to build your lead guitar vocabulary focusing on mostly intermediate rock and blues styles.

Marty Music YouTube Channel

Learn your favorite songs, master new techniques, and have fun with thousands of free guitar lessons—plus new videos every week!