These Pedal Steel Licks Are Hiding Inside Your Triads – Guitar Lesson – EP645
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how access some of the most commonly used pedal steel licks by visualizing where they live inside of chord shapes. This makes it easy to access them any time you want them.
Mix harmonies with the minor pentatonic scale to create a more melodic Blues – Guitar Lesson – ML153
In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn how to blend harmonies with the minor Pentatonic scale and create a melodic Blues composition. The harmonies come out of the E and A chord shapes.
Percussive Slap Technique for Blues Fingerstyle (Easier Than Chet Atkins style) – Guitar Lesson – EP644
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a stand-alone Blues composition that is played fingerstyle (no pick). I call this “percussive fingerstyle” because it involves slapping the strings as opposed to playing an alternate bass line the way Chet Atkins would do it.
Twangy, Rockabilly Lead Ideas – Guitar Lesson – EP642
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several Rockabilly style licks in the style of Bill Kirchen and Junior Brown. You’ll be able to transpose and use these licks in any key.
How to find the Groove. Call & Response Blues in C minor – Guitar Lesson – EP641
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a minor key groove by creating a “call & response” going back and forth between the hook and lead lines that come from the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Classic electric Blues lead by blending the Major & Minor Pentatonic scales – Guitar Lesson – EP640
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a classic Blues lead that is played by staying in the key of the song and blending the Major & Minor Pentatonic scales.
Open-String Licks for Your Next Guitar Jam – Guitar Lesson – EP639
Add more rhythm, harmony, and movement to your lead playing with open-string licks. In this lesson, you’ll learn several ideas using the open E and B strings, and how to work them into your own jams.
Play the Blues by yourself using Triads as your guide! Guitar Lesson – EP638
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a solo Blues composition that is built around Triads. This gives you a goal to work towards (a song), while learning how to find Triads all over the fretboard. This approach works whether you’re improvising or creating your own solo blues arrangements, and it’s a […]
Your Blues solo may be missing this! Hint (it’s chords) – Guitar Lesson – EP637
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to fatten up your Blues solo by playing notes directly out of chord shapes. This will also help you think through your lead in a more logical way and easily find harmonies.
Learn how to construct a classic Chicago Blues style guitar solo – Guitar Lesson EP636
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to construct a Chicago Blues style lead combining the styles of Freddie King and Albert King. Pretty much everything is played in Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1
