Blues lead played across the fretboard using shapes from the C.A.G.E.D. System Guitar Lesson – EP631
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a Blues lead in the key of C over a 1-4-5 chord progression by visualizing the chord shapes from The CAGED System and connecting the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales to those shapes.
Country style lead pattern – Easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale – Guitar Lesson EP630
Learn a Country style lead (played on the low strings) and learn an easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale by attaching it to a single note.
Blues phrasing formula – Connect it all to a single note! – Guitar Lesson – EP629
If you’ve ever struggled with using all of the guitar information you’ve learned to actually construct a solo, or even not known how to start your lead, this lesson will be a breakthrough for you
Complementing the Chords: Play something that isn’t already being played! – Guitar Lesson – EP628
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn some creative ways to enhance a rhythm track by adding a complementary layer to the song. No need to strum the same rhythm chords, instead learn how to play something over them that adds to the song.
Using Major & Minor Triads to help you visualize a melodic lead – Guitar Lesson – EP627
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow, melodic lead by connecting major and minor triad shapes to the Major Pentatonic scale. This is designed to help you visualize a path for your lead and know which notes are safe to land on.
Blues Lick Ideas! Connecting Pentatonic patterns to chord shapes – Jam Track by Quist – EP626
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several Blues lick ideas all coming from the Minor Pentatonic scale. The best part is that you can easily remember these licks when you see what chord shapes they’re connected to. Also, the amazing jam track for this lesson was created by Quist! If you like this jam […]
“Outside” Blues licks using the Mixolydian scale – Jerry Garcia Inspired – Guitar Lesson – EP625
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a jam band style lead (think Jerry Garcia) by using the Mixolydian scale. This solo has a few “outside” licks and I’ll show you where they come from so that you can use them in any key going forward.
Ragtime solo Blues Guitar – no jam track needed! – Learn how to create one – Guitar Lesson – EP624
In this week’s guitar lesson is a Ragtime Blues that you can play by yourself. I’ll break it all down note for note and relate everything back to basic chord shapes so that you can expand on this if you want, or even create your own.
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 […]









