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3 Gospel Style Techniques for Guitar – Gospel Blues Guitar Lesson – EP431

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a solo gospel blues composition using the melody from the song, 'This Little Light of Mine". You'll learn 3 essential gospel techniques that you can apply to any style! … [Read more...]

Country blues play fingerstyle on acoustic guitar – EP428

fingerstyle acoustic blues

Learn a country blues composition on guitar that's played fingerstyle. … [Read more...]

Country blues in Drop D – Play by yourself – EP416

country blues guitar lesson in drop d

In this weeks' guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic country, blues composition in drop D tuning by yourself (no jam track needed). This lesson is designed to give you ideas for licks and chord voicings that you can play in Drop D tuning. … [Read more...]

Bonus – Eric Clapton Unplugged Style – Premium Member

Eric Clapton guitar lesson

*Bonus for Premium Members - includes access to the on-screen tab viewer and the tab PDF file for this … [Read more...]

Add the diminished sound to jazz up your blues – EP396

diminished jazzy blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate diminished chords, scales, and arpeggios into your blues lead (or rhythm). Not only will you learn to play them, but you'll learn WHEN to play them, which is just as critical. … [Read more...]

Jingle Bells – Acoustic blues version – Solo Composition – Guitar Lesson EP389

jingle bells guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo version of Jingle Bells on acoustic guitar over a blues shuffle. In addition to learning how to play it note for note, I'll break down the arrangement and explain my thought process so that you can implement these techniques and create your own arrangements of songs. … [Read more...]

Gospel blues rhythm using the CAGED System – Rhythm Guitar Lesson EP378

gospel blues rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Gospel style blues rhythm with fill licks. This is a great working example of how the CAGED System works and is designed to help you visualize chords in different positions on the guitar neck. This is also a stand-alone composition that sounds great by itself! … [Read more...]

Acoustic Blues Lead – Playing the Chord Changes – EP369

acoustic blues lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a more melodic sounding blues lead by targeting notes within the chords... "playing the changes". This jam track is just 2 guitars (rhythm and lead) and I'll show you how to play both parts so you can play this with another guitarist. … [Read more...]

Using Minor and Major Pentatonic Scales in the Blues – Blues Guitar Lesson EP368

pentatonic scales in blues guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, I'll explain how to easily find the minor and major pentatonic scales, and how to connect those scales to basic chord shapes. You'll then learn a stand-alone blues composition that uses both of these scales so you can understand how they relate to the blues. … [Read more...]

Minor Key Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP366

Fingerstyle blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fingerstyle blues in a minor key. In addition to showing you how to play it note for note, I'll also explain how it was put together so that you can use these concepts when you write and improvise. … [Read more...]

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