Intermediate Electric Guitar Course — 140 Tunes with Step-by-step Guitar Lessons + TAB

140 Tunes | 231 Guitar Lessons

🎯 Master the CAGED System, Pentatonic Scales & Gain yourself a Repertoire

Learning to play electric guitar isn’t just about memorising shapes or playing scales—it’s about musicality and context. In this course, you’ll develop a deep, intuitive understanding of the fretboard by mastering CAGED barre chords for rhythm and pentatonic scales for expressive licks and solos.

You’ll explore 13 legendary tunes in bite-sized lessons, each taught with a live band context—not metronome clicks—for a richer, more inspiring learning experience.

By the end, you’ll not only be able to craft compelling guitar parts, but you’ll also gain essential Motown/Soul roots—perfect if you’re serious about playing in a band.

While the course offers unlimited access, we recommend following its structured sequence. Each song unfolds over eight progressive lessons, designed to build technique and musicality step by step.

Why This Course Works for Intermediate Players

Musical Context Over Metronome Drills
Every lesson is anchored in live-band loops, ensuring you internalise groove, feel, and timing, not just theoretical patterns.
Master the Fretboard Holistically
By combining the CAGED system (barre chords and shapes) with pentatonic scales across multiple positions, you’ll develop the ability to improvise and navigate the fretboard confidently.
Genre-Rich, Real-World Repertoire
The 13 tunes are iconic Motown and Soul classics—such as Rescue Me, You Can’t Hurry Love, Soul Man, and Respect—giving you both historical context and stylistic depth.
Progressive, Digestible Learning Structure
Each song is broken into eight manageable steps. You’ll build skills gradually—from learning chord shapes to playing full arrangements with the band.
Technique Meets Creativity
The lessons focus on practical skills—like riff adaptation, chord voicing, timing, pull-offs, hammer-ons, and solos—while encouraging you to develop your own rhythm parts and solos.
Beyond the Core Course: Expansive Song Library
After completing the 13 main lessons, you’ll gain access to 118 additional intermediate electric-guitar tunes (with full TAB), offering a wide palette of styles to deepen your repertoire.

Your first 13 Intermediate Electric Tunes

#1 – Rescue Me

In the first series of lessons, we learn how to play Rescue Me while simultaneously discovering and applying the CAGED system across the fretboard.

Practice chord shapes, riffs, and licks all over the neck, playing along with the band until you’re performing the full song in step 8.

#2 – You Can’t Hurry Love

You Can't Hurry Love 8 step by step guitar lessons

Step-by-step, you’ll learn every section of You Can’t Hurry Love and practice all your CAGED dom7 shapes.

Mastering these shapes gives you the freedom to move around the neck, vary your voicings, and improvise your own rhythm part with confidence and creativity.

#3 – Can I Get A Witness

Can I Get A Witness 8 step by step guitar lessons

Can I Get A Witness features fast-moving chord changes that require careful, methodical practice to master each section and confidently navigate the fretboard.

Loop each section across the neck to gain the fluency needed to improvise confidently with the band.

#4 – Be My Baby

Be My Baby 8 step by step guitar lessons

Be My Baby by The Ronettes may seem straightforward at first, but mastering each section requires focused practice with the live band loops to truly lock in the groove.

The real challenge is linking verse, bridge, chorus, and solo without hesitation to create a natural performance.

#5 – Soul Man

Soul Man is a masterclass in groove and restraint, built around a tight one-bar riff that demands precision and feel to carry the verse with authority.

When the chorus and middle 8 arrive, the complexity ramps up. Can you stay locked in through step 8?

#6 – Money (That’s What I Want)

Money (That's What I Want) 8 step by step guitar lessons

Money (That’s What I Want) isn’t just about its unforgettable riff—it’s a goldmine for developing your skills in rhythm, lead, and song structure.

You’ll explore turnarounds, chord variations, and soloing concepts—a key lesson for building your own lead parts.

#7 – I Heard It Through The Grapevine

I Heard It Through The Grapevine 8 step by step guitar lessons

I Heard It Through The Grapevine is a masterclass in using subtle variation to keep a rhythm part engaging and dynamic throughout the song.

Improvise your part using minor pentatonic licks and alternate chord shapes—especially in the instrumental section.

#8 – Get Ready

When playing The Temptations’ Get Ready, you’ll learn how to move and adapt riffs around the fretboard.

For the solo, you’ll copy horn and string lines from the original—perfect for improving pull-offs, hammer-ons, and timing.

#9 – Son Of A Preacher Man

Son Of A Preacher Man 8 step by step guitar lessons

No prominent guitar part? No problem. You’ll learn to create your own parts by listening to the rest of the band.

I’ll give you ideas to develop your own role before playing with the full band in the final step of this Son Of A Preacher Man lesson series.

#10 – My Guy

Get ready for jazzy chord voicings and plenty of variations when you study and learn how to play My Guy.

You’ll learn to adapt and combine them so you can improvise confidently when playing the full song.

#11 – Respect

A Soul classic where we draw inspiration from horns, vocals, and guitar to create our part is what’s available when we learn how to play Respect.

The solo is a note-for-note transcription of the original saxophone solo adapted for the guitar—a true challenge!

#12 – Jimmy Mack

Jimmy Mack 8 step by step guitar lessons

Your introduction to chord substitutions is what is on offer as you learn how to play Jimmy Mack.

Once you grasp the concept, you’ll see how it can transform even the simplest progressions—something that can keep you inspired for years to come.

#13 – Master Blaster (Jammin’)

Master Blaster 8 step by step guitar lessons

We end the course with this improvisation-heavy masterpiece – Stevie Wonder’s Master Blaster (Jammin’).

Learn to navigate the minor pentatonic confidently as you jam through its instrumental sections with the band.

127 Bonus Intermediate Electric Tunes (with TAB)

Once you complete the core songs above, you can apply your skills to these classics. Each one builds on techniques you’ve already learned, so progress feels natural.

There is now no need to follow a certain order, you can start with whichever you like!

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Continue Your Guitar Journey

Once you’ve completed the intermediate electric guitar course, you’ll be ready to explore the:

As a member, you have access to all courses and bonus tunes, the SEPR and the comprehensive eBook The Guitar Conspiracy.

Your 1st week is FREE – you have nothing to lose and everything to gain!