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Solo over the chord changes by yourself and incorporate diminished scales – Guitar Lesson EP358

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate 3 different diminished scales when playing lead over chord changes. There is no jam track needed for this, you'll be able to play lead by yourself and target chord tones, giving you a lead that works on it's own. … [Read more...]

Blues By Yourself in E – Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – EP357

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a non-conventional sounding blues in the key of E by yourself on acoustic guitar. Learn how to take advantage of the open E and B strings when playing in the key of E. … [Read more...]

Drop D Blues – Acoustic Solo Blues in Drop D Tuning – Blues Guitar Lesson EP354

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an acoustic blues in Drop D tuning, along with some general tips for playing blues in this tuning. This sounds great on acoustic or electric guitar (especially with a little overdrive and tremolo), and is a solo composition (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Acoustic Duet – Percussive Fingerstyle Rhythm and Slow Melodic Lead – Guitar Lesson – EP353

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In this week's guitar lesson, you're getting two lessons in one. You'll learn both the rhythm (played fingerstyle) and the lead for this melodic acoustic duet. The jam tracks allow you and I to play this duet together and allow you to accompany me with either the rhythm or lead part. … [Read more...]

Ragtime Blues Guitar Lesson – Solo Composition (No Jam Track Needed) – EP351

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a ragtime blues composition by yourself on guitar (no jam track). As you play through the chords, you'll learn a fill lick that corresponds with each chord. This sounds great at any tempo and works on acoustic or electric guitar. … [Read more...]

Ragtime Blues Lead That You Can Play By Yourself – Playing the Changes Solo – Blues Lead Guitar Lesson EP348

ragtime blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a ragtime blues lead by targeting chord tones and playing arpeggios. This lesson is designed to give you a more sophisticated sounding lead when improvising. This is a standalone composition that you can play by yourself, no jam track is needed. … [Read more...]

How to USE the CAGED System to play a Country Blues Melody – EP346

country blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to actually USE the CAGED system (in a practical sense) to play a country blues composition that requires no accompaniment. You'll be killing 2 birds with one stone by playing a really fun song, while learning the CAGED chord positions. All played using triads. This will be a break-through lesson for a lot of you. … [Read more...]

Country Blues Guitar Lesson – How to Compose and Play – EP340

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to compose and play a country blues composition on acoustic guitar. I'll walk through my thought process for alternating back and forth between chords and lead, while playing the chord changes. … [Read more...]

Easy Fingerstyle Blues with a Jazzy Turnaround – Blues Guitar Lesson EP336

easy fingerstyle blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a slow and easy fingerstyle blues that has a jazz style turnaround. This composition is a solo composition, so no jam track is required. As always, I'll show you how to play everything note for note and explain why everything works so that you can start applying this knowledge when you play or write your own compositions. … [Read more...]

Rhythmic, Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP332

rhythmic fingerstyle blues guitar lesson

In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rhythmic (percussive) fingerstyle rhythm by using your thumb on the 1 and 3 beat, and "slapping" the 2 and 4 beat - it's easier than you think! This composition doesn't require a jam track and works on acoustic or electric guitar. … [Read more...]

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