Very helpfull, I love it. Thanks a lot Brian.

@snopy - sure thing!  glad you find it useful.  I’ve got more coming that are going to be focused on the major and minor pentatonic scales.

hey i just started playing guitar a couple months ago like 5 or 6 and I just was wondering if you new a good stable place for me to start… i already know some major chord and minor chords and like 3 dominant chords also have a fair amount of speed and dexterity but im tired of learning things just piece by piece i want to have good start but i don’t where to start…a lot of people say speed and finger excercises but i am not sure

Great Lesson Brian.  What you say makes sence…...............

@Guitarplayer15 An awesome website for beginners is “www.ultimate-guitar.com”. I used that when I was starting off six years ago. As far as educational content goes activemelody.com has higher quality stuff, but I think it caters more towards an intermediate level crowd. Ultimate-guitar.com has a huge tablature and chord library which is better for begginers, IMO.

The jam tracks and lessons are great Brian thank you.keep doing what you are doing.

Another great lesson,Less is more and u really have to work at the 3 notes at first,then the tones come naturally,I just need to relax and try not to hurry it… Thanks again Brian

I feel like im actually in class,learning from a professor. Thanks Brian

Hey Brian ordered Lefty MIM Strat #2 online today, should be here on Friday.want a back up and i may replace the stock pick ups if i can find the right ones….want a bit more tone and drive,EMG’s, or Lace sensor…who knows…any suggestions??? I value your opinion, or no pick ups and a blues driver pedal?  Thanks Brian.  G

I was inspired by the first lesson. This lesson really helps. Thanks!

Thanks Brian, I like the way you teach and explain things. You make it easy enough where I feel like I am getting somewhere.

I have been trying to play the guitar (badly) for years. I joined Activemelody just a few days ago. Already I have doubled my knowledge and am able to play simple but effective blues solos. Thanks Brian. This site is awesome.

Again…sweet and simple. There’s to many guys out there playng faster than good!
How sweet it is when a player like Peter Green,BB King or Bernie Marsden( yes!,he ia a great blues man,check out his blues side if U haven’t done so already),nails that one single tone.
That’s what we should aime for. Not barfing crap at super sonic speed.

Brian, I believe you are the best teacher out there. I now use your lessons exlusively becaues they are easy to follow due to your teaching style. Great job. Thanks a million.

Brian: Your beginer guitar lessons are realy useful even for advanced guitarists. I play guitar for a long time and i’m still surprised what i can see in the begginer courses. The less is sometimes more. I like your lessons. 3 notes solos rulez

Brian - just joined your followers. I am impressed with how well you articulate and teach guitar in a clear and meaningful manner. As aspiring lead and rhythm guitarists, all 5 pentatonic and blues positions must be memorized to really benefit from your teaching - in order to extrapolate licks and change keys. Brian, are you going to offer DVDs? Others worthy of attention are Justin Sandercoe, Andrew Wasson and Keith Wyatt - for those wishing to supplement and compliment your instruction. Looking forward to more from you. Thanks, BluesPete55.

next to the Albert King lesson this one is my favorite…..good instruction…makes for good times!!! Thanks again Brian!!  Gary, san diego

Very impressed with your lessons they are definitely the best I have come across. so clear and easy to understand for beginners. Please keep it up

Brian,

You answered a lot of questions, not just with this lesson. Like me, I think a lot of players struggle with the scales. Now I understand that Minor and Major may be used in the same solo or even in a riff, it all makes sense. Some of the solo’s I used to play from a tabsheet without understanding them, suddenly make sense. Thanks very much.

regards Karel, the Netherlands

Thanx for giving me the opportunity to listen to Albert King! Just awesome blues

Three note solos are great fun and give me a chance to express myself.  Great lesson!

THAANKSS

The lesson’s on this page is just what i was looking for, and I think my teacher is in for a wee bit of a surprise…nicely done.  One question I do have, on this lesson what gear are you using?

Thanks and keep up the great work

I love your lessons! I have been playing for three years, and this helped me make up my own solos. But the only thing that confuses me is that i could play a song in the key of E with the E, A, B7 chords, and then some one plays it over an E, A, and D and says its in the say key. It just confuses me. Could you do something to help explain?

BRIAN I AM IMPRESSED ON HOW YOU TEACH GUITAR.THIS SITE IS AWESOME

          THANKS: RON K SAN ANTONIO,TX

Hi Brian
Your comments near the end of this video really make sense. You also give hope to the plucker struggling away at home. The 2 and 3 note solos give positive examples of making music without notes fired off like machine guns. Thanks for all this work, it is very accessible and motivating.
Nick.
Perth Western Australia.

Hi, Brian.

The lesson is very helpfull, i love your style of playing.

Greetings from Bulgaria !

Hi Brian,

love ur lessons
What fender guitar are you holding? what colour is it?
Thanks
kinda cool colour

Just found your site . . . really good!
Many thanks for the time and effort you’ve put in.
I’m just starting out on the guitar at 58 years old . . . your lessons inspire me.

Thanks for the lesson and the reminder to play solos with an economy of notes.  I always end up trying to fit everything I can in to a solo and usually end up regretting it as a result.  Like BB says, “Play notes like their expensive.”

you rock mate ! cheeeeeeeeeeeeers

God bless you man. I’ve looked every where for years to find a starting point into soloing. You just opened the door for me. Thanks bro

Very helpful when starting to learn solo’s and finally in a very understandable way!

Awesome lessons. Thanks so very much.
Its guitar playing made so easy with your easy to follow instructions.

Rock on.

Queensland - Australia.

Hey, Brian.  I really enjoy your lessons.  I’ve been playing guitar for years but never learned how to jam.  I can learn songs and then play what I’ve learned, but getting together with other musicians and just being able to play along is my goal.  Your lessons are as good as the best lessons I’ve seen before, and far better than most.  You have a great teaching style.  I’m starting to get it.  I have a question on the 3 Note Guitar Solo lesson.  It’s in the key of E, but your jam track’s progression is E-D-A, which is not the I-IV-V progression I’m used to.  In E, I’d be playing E-A-B7 usually.  I’m a little confused.  Can you explain this?  Thanks.