Indie Rock
Instructor: Gabriel Leopardi
Difficulty: 2-4 (of 10)
Focus: Exploring this broad genre will give you insights to fundamental techniques, song writing approaches and guitar tones. This knowledge can be used to fine tune your own arrangements towards a modern & commercial sounding style.
Indie Rock: The Strokes
by Gabriel LeopardiWelcome to my new series inspired by Indie Rock bands. This lesson will cover style of "The Strokes".
Tags: B minor, power chords, riffing, downpicking, Indie Rock, Garage, New York, Punk, Velvet Underground, Television, octave chords, octave melodies, Nick Valensi1Difficulty4
Indie Rock II
by Gabriel LeopardiLesson covering the style of band "Arctic Monkeys".
Tags: palm muting, downstrokes, alternate picking, A minor, riffing, fast picking, upbeat, riff, palm muting, octave chords, octave melodies2Difficulty4
Indie Rock III: Pixies
by Gabriel LeopardiIn this lesson I will cover the style of Pixies, which is one of the most influential indie rock bands.
Tags: Frank Black, Grunge, Where's my mind, G Major, chords, arranging, arrangement, downpicking, riffing, power chords, octave melodies, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock3Difficulty2
Indie Rock IV
by Gabriel LeopardiThis time I will cover the style of another very important and influential band called Sonic Youth.
Tags: Indie Rock, Alternative Tuning, Noise Rock, Alternative Rock, downpicking, strumming, chords, arranging, arrangement, nirvana, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, C Major4Difficulty3
Kings Of Leon Style
by Gabriel LeopardiLesson covering the interesting composing and guitar arranging style of Kings Of Leon.
Tags: guitar arrangement, triads, indie rock, alternative, blues, rock, folk, pop, G Major, downpicking, strumming, picking, arranging, arpeggiated chords, southern rock, pop rock5Difficulty2
