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Play the Blues by yourself using Triads as your guide! Guitar Lesson – EP638

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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 good way to become a more musical guitarist.

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  1. William H says

    June 26, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Wow,😳. Soon to be a classic.

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  2. Michael D says

    June 26, 2026 at 6:26 pm

    Years ago I listened in awe to one of your wonderful videos on triads. I think that the printouts from that session are most most used ones I have – in fact I had to reprint them as I wore them out. This session is equally amazing and I think I know what my weekend will be spent doing. Thanks for returning to triads, they are a large part of my playing.

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    • Michael D says

      June 26, 2026 at 6:50 pm

      Brian I know you always ask if we learned something that caused our “heads to explode.” Today’s video was such an experience for me. I know I have heard you say something similar many times before, but my head exploded when you had the discussion on those listeners who were “super literal” about the chord serving as a B6 even though it was not actually that chord and, then continued by exposing us to the thought that …there is no literal in music, it’s all relative to something else. Finally, you helped me over a big roadblock as I often just can’t get where I want to go because I think that “no you can’t do that”, rather than just trying something unusual. Thanks very much.

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