Use chords to guide your lead and show you where to find harmonies – Guitar Lesson – EP623
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a harmonized lead by pulling those harmonies directly from the corresponding chord shapes. This lesson is a great way to familiarize yourself with chord voicings and playing all over the fretboard.
Blues lead over a jam track with STOPS! – Fill the space when the band stops – Guitar Lesson – EP622
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play an Eric Clapton inspired lead over an awesome jam track that was provided by QUIST (links to his channels below). This jam track has stops where the band drops out, and you get to creatively fill the space with your lead (so much fun!) If […]
Play an entire Blues lead in 1 position of the fretboard (E shape from CAGED) Guitar Lesson EP621
In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn an entire Blues lead by learning how to easily blend the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. You’ll be doing everything in 1 region of the fretboard (within 4 frets).
Jamming by yourself on guitar – Bluegrass style! – Guitar Lesson – EP620
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a solo Bluegrass composition with several classic Norman Blake style licks. This one is great for working on speed and accuracy of your left and right hands.
Don’t overthink this stuff! Minor Pentatonic Blues lead – Guitar Lesson – EP619
In this week’s lesson, you’ll be playing a minor key Blues in the key of F# minor and will play the entire solo using only the Minor Pentatonic scale.
Blues by yourself. Some simple ideas for solo Blues – Guitar Lesson – EP618
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a classic 8 bar blues shuffle rhythm with several embellishment ideas sprinkled throughout. In the part 2 video, learn how to use a Diminished 7 arpeggio for a more sophisticated sound.
Use 1 shape to play an entire harmonized lead all over the neck (w 2 fingers) Guitar Lesson – ML120
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to use 1 shape to create an entire lead, even playing over the chord changes! The best part is only 2 fingers are needed to do this, and you’ll be able to play these harmonies in any key, because there are no open strings.
Dark and Spacey acoustic guitar lead – Ambient Guitar Lesson – EP617
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a dark and spacey sounding lead on acoustic guitar (think Pink Floyd).
How to improve your lead phrasing: Sing with your fingers! – Guitar Lesson – EP616
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to create a lead with vocal-like phrasing, all using the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales.
Slow & Pretty Country Lead – Learn where the licks come from. Guitar Lesson – EP615
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow and pretty, Country lead by connecting licks to chord shapes. This makes them easy to remember and reusable.
