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Use chord shapes from The CAGED System to play solo Blues guitar – Blues guitar lesson – EP578

the caged system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a solo blues composition that gives you something really fun to play, while providing a great way to practice chord positions from The CAGED System. … [Read more...]

Eric Clapton style string bends and playing with emotion – Guitar Lesson EP577

eric clapton guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an Eric Clapton inspired lead, using just a few notes from the major pentatonic scale (in 1 position). It's easier than you think! … [Read more...]

Use your ear and improvise a blues lead over a minor key jam track in 1 take. Guitar Lesson EP576

improvising blues lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, I'll talk through the thought process behind improvising a lead over a song you've never heard before. Let your ear be your guide! 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 here … [Read more...]

Acoustic 12 bar blues played with a single drum track. Guitar Lesson – EP575

acoustic blues with drum track

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic blues with no other instrumentation other than a single drum track. Playing along with only a drum has many advantages (discussed in the video). … [Read more...]

Play like a PRO with these 3 Triad positions – Guitar Lesson – EP574

triad guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn how to sound like a Pro by using these 3 essential Triad positions (giving you a total of 6 triads). You'll learn both major and minor versions. … [Read more...]

Call & Response Blues that you can play by yourself on guitar – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP573

call & response blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a "Call and response" style blues composition on guitar by yourself (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Transform a few basic chords in to a solo guitar composition! Mellow guitar jam – Lesson EP572

transform chords into a guitar composition

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and mellow guitar composition by yourself (no jam track needed), and will learn where all of the notes come from by visualizing chord shapes. You can create your own compositions using this technique … [Read more...]

Ear training (Part 2 of 2) – Playing the flat 7 over chord changes – EP571

the flat 7 over chord changes guitar

This lesson in a continuation of last week's ear training lesson (EP570) and uses the same jam track, however this week you'll learn how to play and hear the flat 7 note over chord changes. … [Read more...]

Ear training (Part 1 of 2) – A simple formula for finding the right notes and playing by ear. Guitar Lesson EP570

ear training guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to find which notes to target (or land on) by using your ear alone. This simple formula works, even if you don't have a good sense of pitch yet. Here's a link to Part 2 where we introduce the Flat 7 … [Read more...]

Acoustic blues guitar that you can play by yourself – Guitar Lesson – EP569

acoustic blues by yourself on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn an acoustic blues composition that you can play on your own, no jam track required. … [Read more...]

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