In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow blues lead in the key of G (on electric guitar). This one is full of classic blues licks (Albert King, B.B. King, etc.) and will be played over a jam track that was written by Quist! … [Read more...]
Enhance your blues rhythm and lead by using dominant 7 triads – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP386
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several dominant 7 triads in various positions that you can easily add to your blues rhythm or lead. You'll learn how to connect these to basic chord shapes so that you can easily find them and play them over any chord / key. … [Read more...]
How to Improvise Around a Melody – When The Saints Go Marching In – Guitar Lesson EP385
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improvise chords and fill licks around a recognizable melody by playing the song "When The Saints Go Marching In". This is also a standalone composition (no jam track needed) - and works on acoustic or electric guitar. … [Read more...]
Improvising Rhythm In a Minor Key – Useful Tips Guitar Lesson – EP384
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improvise rhythm while in a minor key by playing through the minor chord progression triads and using notes from the minor pentatonic scale as fill licks. … [Read more...]
Jump Blues Rhythm (with fill licks) Guitar Lesson – EP383
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a jump blues rhythm with chord substitutions and blues fill licks in the key of A. If you've ever wanted to learn how to jazz up your blues, this would be a great lesson for you. … [Read more...]
Visualize a Triangle and Square to play Major & Minor Pentatonic Blues – Easy Blues Guitar – EP380
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll be playing in the key of the song (so no worrying about following chord changes). You'll be playing everything out of 2 basic shapes (a triangle and a square) - and you'll be going back and forth between major and minor pentatonic scales using those shapes. A fun and easy way to play blues lead. … [Read more...]
Soulful Blues Phrasing Ideas – Lead Blues Guitar Lesson – EP379
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a soulful blues lead, full of dynamics and phrasing ideas, all played over a jam track in A minor. We'll be looking at both the pentatonic scales and targeting chord tones. … [Read more...]
Visualize Chord Shapes To Create Melodic Leads – Guitar Lesson EP377
In this week's guitar lesson, you will learn how to play a slow and easy, melodic lead by visualizing chord shapes in different neck positions. This is a different way of thinking about playing lead, that relies less on scales, instead focusing on the chords themselves. … [Read more...]
Blues lead over a Texas shuffle rhythm – Blues guitar lesson EP376
In this week's guitar lesson, we're going back to the pentatonic scales! You'll learn how to combine both major and minor pentatonic scales to create a blues lead that you can play over the included Texas shuffle rhythm jam track. This one is super fun to play! … [Read more...]
Laid-back, J.J. Cale style lead on electric guitar – Blues guitar lesson EP373
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow, laid-back lead in the style of the great J.J. Cale. I'll show you how everything starts with the minor pentatonic scale and how you can add 2 notes, converting it to D dorian mode. This one is easy to play from a technical standpoint and can be played fingerstyle or with a pick. … [Read more...]
