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Guitar Method: Indie & Hip-Hop

Name: Guitar Method: Indie & Hip-Hop
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Duration1h 52m

Modules50

LevelBeginner

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (1h 52m)

- 01. Intro to the Indie guitar sound
  Free lesson
  2:09
- 02. Melody using B&C notes
  3:45
- 03. Melody using B&C notes (performance)
  0:55
- 04. Melody using alternate picking
  2:36
- 05. Melody using alternate picking (performance)
  0:55
- 06. Melody using alternate picking & D note
  2:47
- 07. Melody using alternate picking & D note (performance)
  0:51
- 01. Melody using B C & D notes
  4:16
- 02. Melody using B C & D notes (performance)
  0:58
- 03. Melody using E note
  2:08
- 04. Melody using E note (performance)
  0:46
- 05. Rhythm part using C chord
  2:00
- 06. Rhythm part using C chord (performance)
  0:48
- 07. Parka Life bars 5-8
  1:57
- 08. Parka Life bars 5-8 (performance)
  0:50
- 09. Summary of Indie section
  0:21
- 01. Welcome to Hip Hop
  1:32
- 02. Riff using G & F#
  2:02
- 03. Riff using G & F# (performance)
  0:50
- 04. Rhythm part with G chord
  1:33
- 05. Rhythm part with G chord (performance)
  1:04
- 06. Rhythm part with two chords
  1:16
- 07. Rhythm part with two chords (performance)
  1:14
- 01. Rhythm part with E minor chord
  2:37
- 02. Rhythm part with E minor chord (performance)
  0:51
- 03. Rhythm part with E minor & G chords
  1:59
- 04. Rhythm part with E minor & G chords (performance)
  1:14
- 05. Represent bars 9-16
  4:15
- 06. Represent bars 9-16 (performance)
  1:36
- 07. Summary of Hip-Hop section
  0:32
- 01. Intro to Pieces
  1:00
- 02. Rock City
  5:51
- 03. Rock City (performance)
  0:50
- 04. Party People
  7:20
- 05. Party People (performance)
  0:46
- 06. Road to Nashville
  6:08
- 07. Road to Nashville (performance)
  0:47
- 08. Lead Boots
  6:33
- 09. Lead Boots (performance)
  0:49
- 10. Parka Life
  5:01
- 11. Parka Life (performance)
  0:43
- 12. Represent
  5:23
- 13. Represent (performance)
  0:46
- 01. Overload
  6:11
- 02. Overload (performance)
  0:50
- 03. Slam
  4:45
- 04. Slam (performance)
  0:52
- 05. Under The Radar
  5:26
- 06. Under The Radar (performance)
  0:51
- 01. Well Done
  0:48

About this course

This is Part 3 of the official Rockschool Guitar Method for Beginners, where Tommy Webb closes out the method with two of today's most approachable styles. The indie half digs into jangly chord voicings, capo work and the strumming patterns behind that bright, ringing sound. The hip-hop half moves to sample-style riffs, single-note licks and locking a guitar part to a drum beat.

A Pieces section pulls everything together as repertoire, a Band Pieces section drops you into full-band arrangements, and a closing conclusion looks back over the whole method. By the end you'll have playable indie and hip-hop material to sit alongside the rock, pop, country and metal styles from Parts 1 and 2.

This course follows the Rockschool syllabus and pieces. Rockschool Limited is the UK's leading awarding body for popular music exams.

Who it's for

Guitarists who completed Country & Metal
Players ready to explore indie and hip-hop guitar
Self-taught players building repertoire across genres

What you'll learn

Play indie chord voicings with capo work and jangly strumming
Hold down hip-hop guitar parts over a drum beat
Combine all five style families across full band pieces

What you'll need

An electric or acoustic guitar
A capo (recommended for indie sections)
A few minutes most days to practise

Explore the series · Rockschool Guitar Method

Based on Rockschool Guitar Method by Rockschool

01
Guitar Method: Rock & Pop
02
Guitar Method: Country & Metal
03
Guitar Method: Indie & Hip-Hop
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Meet the Guru

Tommy Webb

Tommy Webb is a London-based guitarist who completed a BA(Hons) Degree in guitar at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, studying under Sandy Beales (One Direction, Wheatus) and Nicolas Meier (Jeff Beck). His own playing moves freely across rock, pop, indie, hip-hop, country and metal - the exact ground his guitar methods cover.

Tommy has worked with a wide range of artists and bands across the country, including Jarki Monno and Indira May, sharing stages and sessions with guitarists Paul Murray (Jess Glynne, Zak Abel) and Adam Chetwood (Paolo Nutini, Mark Ronson), and drummers Alex Woodward (Black Honey), Luke Robinson and “Bambi Music” (N-Dubz, Lethal Bizzle, Wretch 32, Tinie Tempah).

On stage, he has performed at the Jazz Cafe opening for soul singer Jocelyn Brown, plus venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott's, Troy Bar, The Watford Colosseum, Camden Assembly, Kensington Roof Gardens, Notting Hill Arts Club, Meraki Festival and Sundown Festival.

On record and radio, Tommy has played live sessions for BBC Three Counties Introducing, Vibe FM and Pulse 88, with tracks featured on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. He has recorded at studios including South Lanes Brighton, Hempstead Road and Titan Studios with producers such as Steph Carter (Gallows, Lyoness) and TMS / Froe Barnes (Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa).

In his guitar methods, Tommy passes all of that working-musician know-how on to you - teaching the techniques, tones and feel behind real styles, from rock and pop to indie, hip-hop, country and metal, so you can play the music you actually love.

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RSL Awards (Rockschool) is a UK awarding body specialising in contemporary music, with graded syllabuses for guitar, drums and piano developed over decades. MusicGurus partners with Rockschool to provide video guides and practice sheet music for their grade books, taught by professional musicians - many of whom played on the original performances and backing tracks recorded at Abbey Road and Real World Studios.

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