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In this guitar lesson you’ll learn how to play a jazzy sounding, western swing lead over a I, IV, V chord progression for a much more melodic sounding lead. I’ll show you how to play a few jazz runs by targeting the notes within the chord. This gives you a much more melodic sounding lead, and you’ll find it’s really not that difficult to do! This works on acoustic or electric guitar.
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OMG Brian……I’ve run out of adjectives….this is absolutely right on target for me…great great lesson…
Thanks and have a great weekend,
Roberto
INdeed! I have tried so many online sites, but this one is by far the best because it is so easy and simple to navigate!
I love it!
BTW I really like the threads of continuity in most recent lessons…..builds nicely…
This was a fantastic lesson!! I’d love to see more Western swing style riffs and chord comping too. Great John. Keep rockin’ . John
“YES” absolutely “YES”
My idea was to skip this weeks lesson and go for the muddy waters/hendrix inspired one. This one fit’s perfectly in the stuff i’m doing the last few weeks. Thanks again Brian.
Good stuff, its gonna be a fun week!
Five minutes in and a big smile on my face. This is a fun one Thanks
This is great!! Thank you Brian. Almost every lesson there’s something new and ties into others.
More than a few light bulbs came on for me due to this lesson- thank you for continuing to pound this through my head!
Mark
One of your best Brian. But, then again, that’s what I think most weeks.
Thanks
atta boy brian!…keep playing that bad zzzz 335!! I just bought one……..had one but sold it……
i goota tell ya..
it is so refreshing to find something new in da box every friday…
.and the the past lessons are always there to visit plus the the instrucitonal lessons on patterns an licks etc…..
just great content….on this site
u got a great thing going on…and as u say…. its a labour of love for ya…and it shows. .u aint in it for the money…
like Levon helms — Wasn t in it for his health!!!…
Killed it!
This may seem totally off the wall initially Brian but……….for some reason I have a real curiosity on how a cool bass guitar would sound in conjunction with this arrangement!! I can envision some cooler jump blues style bass runs and climbs and some other cool concepts I’ve listened to before over music like this and often yearned to grasp onto some of this. If ever you have been tempted to mix things up a wee bit and toss in a bass lesson……….even on a regular guitar but often being a ‘switch hitter’ on instruments is a great asset and when I had a band we’d often switch up instruments (generally just guitar & bass) and find a new respect for what it takes to come up wit complete nice bass parts. Any way…….my 2 cents….
Jim C.
Yep, this is my kind of music instruction. I love it!!! Thanks, Brian.
Pure GOLD
Great! These are the ones I’m looking for!
Keep up the good work Brian!
Awesome – great tool !
Hi Brian,
Thanks for a great lesson. Great feel and fun to play.
Might you have been thinking Johnny B Goode for the lick you wondered out loud about?
Keep up the good work.
am a beginner and I want to know how to sollo very well
As someone else said: …… a big smile on my face.
Brian, you made my day! Again!
G/day Brian,
This is so coool. Great work again. Thank you.
M.J.
Brian , I’m traveling in Budapest right now. Can’t wait to get home and work on this lesson. You’re awesome buddy !!!
Brain, excellent as always!!!
September, the top of the top !!! Thanks Brian !
Hello Brian Could you please create a lesson on popular scale shifts or mode shifts. Thank you 🙂
Great lesson and introduction to Western Swing Brian – thanks. I think the technique you use in the first half is called an “enclosure” in jazz guitar (approaching a target note from a chromatic/scale note above & below)
excellent! very nice lesson. thanks!
Hi Brian, the lick at 16.45 was originated by T-Bone Walker, copied by Bill Haley, Chuck Berry etc., but more importantly, you have opened up a whole range of soloing concepts I have never understood in just 23 minutes. Understanding how and why it is done versus didactic learning is a godsend. I can’t thank you enough. Cheers and thanks.
Brian …. CHET ATKINS must have been ‘toe-tapping’ through the whole run !!!
Regards,
Bob
Montreal, Canada
Love it! What more can I say? John
Excellent. This material was admittedly outside my frame of reference but Brian was right in saying to stick with it as it is technically not difficult to play. These ideas are dynamite and immediatley useful to other stuff I’m working on. Kudos.
The first couple of lessons were ABSOLUTELY DAUNTING! I didn’t know how to flat pick—very dominant left-handed. I am amazed just how fast I am picking it up now! Whatta guy! Brian, you really DO IT!
Brian, Spot on! Your lessons, website, format, style, personality, and THEORY are just what I’m (an intermediate learner) looking for. Don’t go away.
Hi Brian this is a really good lesson. I shall enjoy learning this and what a great work out piece.. John Strat
I realize now, this was my birthday lesson, and it fits very good with the lindy hop dancing lessons I am taking 🙂 However, each of your lesson is a gift!
Schweet !!!!!
More of this Brain!!! Great one!
the really cool part, ; rewind , rewind, rewind, think I got it! and thanks for the advice on the upgrade Fender Blues Jr Amp, ‘everything’ is so much different now without the Mustang Amp, sounds like old school bite them in the buttocks ( well if you get my drift)
KevO
I am into this again today, this time though ,I am thoroughly watching and listening to you explain the semi and whole steps technique you are showing.. I haven’t yet come across the term either.. it is possibly termed playing inside and outside or maybe playing parallel chords? Not too sure yet cause I just started watching another lesson elsewhere on parallel chords and first time watching you explain ( the other practice times ,I just went straight to the soundslice and so this intro is very insightful and listening to the lesson.. just wondering what it is called too…or if you found out yet? Anyway, cool lesson , will be doing this and ep170 today on acoustic! thanks man!
This is one of your best lessons ever. More western swing please!
Great lesson. Please do more on Western Swing and Jump Blues. Thanks, Brian.
Super, perhaps try a jazz standard? Understand ya not jazz specialist, but that could be good thing as u might come up with a accessible version for us