In this guitar lesson, I’ll break down this Carl Perkins inspired Rockabilly guitar solo into 2 parts. Rockabilly is sort of a hybrid between country twang and blues and can be a lot of fun to play. However, one of the challenges of playing this style of guitar is that it can be very fast. I mention in the video that I’m really not a very fast guitar picker (in the traditional sense), but I’ve managed to learn a few tricks that involve slides, pull-offs, and hammer-ons with the left hand that … [Read more...]
Eric Clapton Style Acoustic Lead Guitar Lesson: EP015
In this blues guitar lesson I’ll show you how to play an acoustic lead guitar part. This is a follow-up to EP014, the acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar lesson, in which I’ll show you how to play the rhythm part to this song. This song is an original composition and sounds very similar to something you might have heard Eric Clapton play on his Unplugged album. In the included jam tracks, I’ve included 2 versions. One version that has the rhythm guitar (so that you can practice this lead part), … [Read more...]
Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – Brian Setzer Swing Style – EP008
So the requests for more acoustic blues guitar lessons continue to come in - in fact of all the videos I've done, these acoustic blues lessons seem to be the most popular on YouTube - so I thought I'd continue to create new ones from time to time. I'm not 100% sure where this little riff came from.. I found myself lounging around the house playing this the other day and thought it would make a nice lesson (if anyone knows what this came from let me know!). Anyway, I thought it definitely had … [Read more...]
Albert Collins Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – LEG002
In this lesson I show you how to play an Albert Collins style lead guitar solo. I have listened to Albert's stuff for years and tried to learn some of the licks many years ago, but while creating this lesson I was surprised at 1) just how much of my playing was inspired by Albert and 2) how difficult it is to play it the way he does. When you watch him play he makes it look so effortless.. using just his thumb and pointer finger, his strap over his right shoulder - it just looks like might be … [Read more...]
Fingerstyle Delta Blues Guitar Lesson – LEG006
I've had several requests for more of a delta blues style lesson so I thought I'd compose a little piece and show you how to play it. I always dread trying to teach something like this because there is so much to show and I'm always afraid that I'm going to leave something important out - but after reviewing the video, I think I covered pretty much everything on this lesson. This is inspired by Robert Johnson (although nowhere near his level of complexity), you can hear some of his style in … [Read more...]
B.B. King Guitar Lesson – Understanding His Approach – LEG012
In this lesson I've decided to part from writing a solo "in the style of" and then teaching it to you note for note. I'm not sure how good of a lesson that is in the long term. When you're learning a new instrument, there will always be a fair amount of memorization in the beginning... but most people can never make it past the memorization part... they learn it.. and can replicate it, but then ask, "now what?". So I'd like to start explaining how the boundaries for guitar solos and rhythm work … [Read more...]
Eric Clapton Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Part 2: Advanced – LEG013
In this lesson, we'll continue looking at how Eric Clapton approaches playing blues rhythm guitar. This lesson is really a continuation of the previous Eric Clapton Rhythm Guitar Lesson, however this lesson is a little more advanced and has a lot of extra licks that spice it up. Neither of these Clapton lessons are direct copies of a particular song, but instead are a hybrid of common guitar phrases that he uses when playing rhythm. I had several requests for more Clapton rhythm stuff so … [Read more...]
Eric Clapton Rhythm Guitar Lesson – LEG014
Most Eric Clapton guitar lessons you'll find online will focus on his approach to lead guitar, that's what most people associate Eric Clapton with. In this lesson, however, we're going to take a look at one of the ways Eric Clapton might approach playing rhythm on a slow blues in the key of A. You might notice that these licks sound very much like a piano part. The reason for that is that Clapton is a huge fan of Maceo Merriweather, who was an accomplished blues piano player back in the in … [Read more...]
Keith Richards Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson – LEG016
In this guitar lesson I'm continuing showing different rhythm guitar parts and in this lesson I demonstrate how to play a Keith Richards style rhythm. Keith is about the best rhythm guitar player out there and his contributions to Rolling Stone songs are what define them (well Mick Jagger's voice too of course). Keith is a nice mixture of Muddy Waters style Chicago blues, mixed with some Carl Perkins rockabilly, with a little country pedal-steel sounding twang. Even though he's technically the … [Read more...]
Bo Diddley Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson – LEG017
In this lesson I'll show you how to play a driving rhythm very similar to the style that Bo Diddley would often use. He used this rhythm in songs like "Who Do You Love". Other artists would later use this rhythm style in songs like "Hand Jive" by Eric Clapton. I've added a few extra twists in it to make it more interesting (including a Steve Cropper style turn around at the end of it). This is definitely a rhythm style that you should learn and become familiar with (if you haven't already) … [Read more...]
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