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5 simple ideas to jazz up your blues guitar – Guitar Lesson EP483

jazz up your blues guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate 5 simple jazz ideas into your blues. … [Read more...]

Acoustic Ragtime Blues – Play this BY YOURSELF! – Guitar Lesson EP478

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn an acoustic ragtime blues that you can play by yourself (no jam track needed). I'll also explain the chord structure (where it comes from). … [Read more...]

How to write a stand-alone guitar composition – I’ll show how I created this blues – EP474

how to create a guitar composition

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to create your own stand-alone guitar compositions (solo guitar). I'll show you how I constructed this blues composition as an example. … [Read more...]

Country Blues by yourself on guitar – Weekly Guitar Lesson – EP468

country blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a short, country blues composition by yourself (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Connect simple fill licks to the E, A, and D chord shapes – Play in ANY key! – EP464

guitar fill licks lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a simple stand-alone composition that demonstrates how to connect fill licks to basic chord shapes. These can be transposed to any key. … [Read more...]

Visualize and use 3 minor scales when improvising lead – EP463

minor scale guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the Natural Minor Scale, Dorian Scale, and the Blues Scale all over a Bluegrass style jam track. … [Read more...]

Acoustic blues played in the 1-5-4 chord format – Guitar Lesson – EP461

1-5-4 acoustic blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic blues over a 1-5-4 chord structure. This is one you can play by yourself, no jam track required. … [Read more...]

Boogie Woogie Swing blues by yourself on guitar. Lesson – EP454

boogie woogie swing blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a boogie woogie style, swing blues composition that you can play by yourself on guitar (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Blues chord ideas – Spice up your blues with more interesting chords – EP445

blues rhythm guitar ideas

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improve your blues compositions by adding a few unique chords. Enhance the standard 1-4-5 blues chord structure. … [Read more...]

Slow acoustic blues lead in a minor key – EP444

acoustic blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic lead over a slow minor key jam track (provided by QUIST). Check out Quist's amazing jam track channel on YouTube or you can check out his Spotify channel … [Read more...]

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