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Land on THESE notes when improvising lead guitar – Guitar Lesson – EP527

land on these notes - target notes guitar

If you feel like you're just playing up and down scales when improvising lead guitar, you need to learn to stop and create phrases. This lesson gives you a guide for which notes to stop or "land" on, while using the minor pentatonic scale. … [Read more...]

Using the CAGED System to play over chord changes – EP526

using the caged system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll be tying together the previous 2 lessons (EP524 and EP525) and using that information to demonstrate using the CAGED system to play over chord changes. … [Read more...]

Minor CAGED System (All 5 positions!) Connect the minor pentatonic and natural minor scale – EP525

minor CAGED system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play minor chords, the natural minor scale, and the minor pentatonic scale in each of the 5 CAGED positions. Use this lead as a practice exercise. … [Read more...]

Learn guitar licks from all 5 positions of the CAGED System! Guitar Lesson – EP524

the caged system guitar licks

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn licks for all 5 of the CAGED System positions using the Mixolydian scale. … [Read more...]

12 Bar Blues Shuffle (by yourself on guitar), played with a pick – Guitar Lesson EP522

12 bar blues by yourself on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a 12 bar blues shuffle composition that you can play by yourself (no jam track needed). This one is played with a pick and uses a call & response technique. … [Read more...]

Trying to improvise in a minor key? Try using these – Guitar Lesson – EP520

improvise guitar in a minor key

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several rhythm and lead ideas that you can use when improvising in a minor key. … [Read more...]

The CAGED System in Action – How to USE the CAGED System for rhythm and lead – Guitar Lesson EP519

the caged system guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use all 5 positions of the CAGED System to create a standalone composition. Also included is a brief overview of how MODES work. … [Read more...]

Minor Blues Lead Ideas – Use these ideas in your leads when improvising – Guitar Lesson EP517

minor blues lead guitar ideas

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several minor key lead ideas. You'll learn how to connect them to chord shapes so they can be used in any key going forward. … [Read more...]

Blues guitar ideas you should know! Learn several easy blues guitar concepts in this lesson – EP516

easy blues ideas you should know - guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several classic (must know) blues concepts that are easy to play and can be applied to any key. … [Read more...]

Country, Rock, Blues Licks for Days – This Guitar Lesson is full of licks to steal! – EP515

rock blues lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock, blues, country style lead by learning each individual lick, and where it comes from - putting everything in context. … [Read more...]

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