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Is ONE position of the Minor Pentatonic scale enough? Use notes sparingly – Guitar Lesson – EP608

One position of the Minor Pentatonic scale for guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn to play a laid-back, J.J. Cale style lead using just 1 position of the Minor Pentatonic scale (Pattern 1). Limitation can set you free! … [Read more...]

Map out an amazing sounding melodic guitar lead like this! Guitar Lesson – EP607

map out melodic lead on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to map out a creative melody line when composing a lead. This will help you visualize the entire process. … [Read more...]

Connecting double stop harmonies to chord shapes! Guitar Lesson – EP606

connect double stop harmonies on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play beautiful harmonies (harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths) by connecting them to the chord shapes - much easier to visualize this way. … [Read more...]

2 Ideas for turning a simple melody into a great sounding lead! Guitar Lesson – EP605

create a simple sounding melody on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to take the melody from the song, "Ain't She Sweet" and embellish it in your lead using 2 simple ideas. If you've ever wondered how musicians do that when improvising, you'll love this lesson! … [Read more...]

Slow, Heavy Blues – Blending the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales – Lead Guitar Lesson – EP604

blending the major and minor pentatonic scales on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and heavy, Chicago style blues (on electric or acoustic guitar) by blending the notes of the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales. … [Read more...]

Using triads (chords) to construct a solo – Guitar Lesson – EP603

using triads to play lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to visualize major and minor triads (on the first 3 strings) to compose a Ragtime Blues guitar lead. … [Read more...]

2 Popular Zones on the Fretboard for Easy Blues! Lead Guitar Lesson – EP602

2 popular zones for easy blues

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn 2 popular regions of the fretboard for playing blues lead guitar. This simple triangle and square shape unlocks so much potential for improvising lead, and it's very easy to find and use! … [Read more...]

Beautiful guitar harmonies using just 2 strings. Easy to visualize! Guitar Lesson – EP601

guitar harmonies guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play harmonies when you improvise by visualizing chord shapes. These are all played on the 2nd and 4th strings. … [Read more...]

Minor key blues – electric lead guitar lesson – Jam track by Quist! – Guitar Lesson EP600

Minor key blues lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, we've got a special jam track created by the maestro himself, Quist. This allowed me to improvise an electric lead (with lots of string bending) over this incredible minor key jam track. If you like this jam track, be sure to check out Quist's social media accounts below: YouTube channel - full of classy sounding backing tracks by going here Spotify - Stream Quist backing tracks by going here Instagram - Featuring some of Quist's amazing guitar work by going … [Read more...]

Blues Guitar by Yourself – Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP599

fingerstyle blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle blues composition that sounds great on it's own (no accompaniment needed). I'll explain which chord shapes all of the notes come from so that you can learn to improvise in this style. … [Read more...]

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