In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle blues composition that's played in the style of Chet Atkins. No jam track needed. … [Read more...]
Acoustic Fingerstyle Blues – Easy thumb technique! – Guitar Lesson – EP511
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle blues composition that you can play by yourself (no jam track) that uses an easy thumb technique in which the thumb (bass) plays directly on the beat. … [Read more...]
Learn both lead and a percussive fingerstyle rhythm – EP484
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn to play both a blues lead and a percussive fingerstyle rhythm. The MP3 jam tracks allow you to fill in either part, a great way to practice! … [Read more...]
Major Pentatonic Blues – Play this “Call & Response” blues composition by yourself – Guitar Lesson EP472
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a "call & response" blues composition that you can play by yourself (no jam track) that uses the Major Pentatonic Scale licks. … [Read more...]
Minor Triad Embellishment Ideas – Guitar Lesson EP459
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn the 3 main positions for minor triads (along with embellishments) and will be able to practice them in a stand-alone fingerstyle composition. … [Read more...]
Ideas for mixing the major & minor pentatonic scales. – Guitar Lesson EP437
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to mix the major and minor pentatonic scales to play the blues while learning this composition that you can play by yourself on guitar. … [Read more...]
Country blues play fingerstyle on acoustic guitar – EP428
Learn a country blues composition on guitar that's played fingerstyle. … [Read more...]
Fingerstyle Melody Using Basic Chords – Guitar Lesson EP397
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle solo composition that has a melody based on basic chords (E, A, F#m, and B). You'll learn how to play harmonized 6ths and use the open E and B string to create interesting melody lines. … [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...]
How to create a singer-songwriter fingerstyle composition on guitar – Guitar Lesson EP372
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to create a James Taylor inspired guitar composition. In addition to explaining how the chords are put together, I'll also show you how to use this percussive fingerstyle technique which adds both bass and rhythm to your chords. You can use this technique both while singing and playing guitar, or while simply playing solo guitar. … [Read more...]