In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a harmonized lead by pulling those harmonies directly from the corresponding chord shapes. This lesson is a great way to familiarize yourself with chord voicings and playing all over the fretboard. … [Read more...]
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Easy Solo Guitar Composition – Guitar Lesson EP597
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the Christmas song, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" on acoustic guitar by yourself (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]
Improve your speed and accuracy with this fun Bluegrass Rag. Guitar Lesson – EP590
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a standalone Bluegrass Rag composition that was written to help you improve your speed and accuracy by the inclusion of several short lead runs that are played using alternate picking. It's a lot more fun to have a song to work towards than to sit and practice boring finger exercises! … [Read more...]
Ideas for making a blues chord structure sound more interesting. Guitar Lesson – EP588
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several ideas for making a standard blues chord progression sound more interesting, all while learning a blues composition that you can play by yourself. … [Read more...]
Old School, Instrumental Ballad – 7 ideas you can use when you improvise – Guitar Lesson – EP585
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the lead over an old school, instrumental ballad. There are 7 ideas that I'll call out during this lesson that you can use when you improvise. … [Read more...]
Transform a few basic chords in to a solo guitar composition! Mellow guitar jam – Lesson EP572
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and mellow guitar composition by yourself (no jam track needed), and will learn where all of the notes come from by visualizing chord shapes. You can create your own compositions using this technique … [Read more...]
Acoustic blues guitar that you can play by yourself – Guitar Lesson – EP569
In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn an acoustic blues composition that you can play on your own, no jam track required. … [Read more...]
Build your own solo guitar composition using these 7 steps! Guitar Lesson EP564
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a 7 step system that will allow you to create your own standalone guitar compositions. It's easier than you think! … [Read more...]
Wabash Blues guitar lesson – Play it by yourself & improvise around the melody – Guitar Lesson EP539
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the song "Wabash Blues" by yourself on guitar (no jam track needed). You'll also learn how this composition was created and how to improvise around the melody. … [Read more...]
Jazz up your Blues with these rhythm ideas! Jazz / blues guitar lesson – EP536
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to convert a standard blues composition into a much jazzier sounding progression (for both rhythm and lead) by working in the 2-5-1 chord progression in various ways. … [Read more...]
