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Minor Triad Embellishment Ideas – Guitar Lesson EP459

minor triad guitar lesson

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...]

How to play harmonized leads when improvising – EP456

harmonized lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use harmonized 3rds when improvising lead, by finding them inside of chord shapes. … [Read more...]

Boogie Woogie Swing blues by yourself on guitar. Lesson – EP454

boogie woogie swing blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a boogie woogie style, swing blues composition that you can play by yourself on guitar (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Simple concept to create movement within chords (triads) – Line cliché guitar lesson- EP452

line cliche guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a simple concept that involves moving just 1 note in a chord to create a melodic movement (or a line cliché). … [Read more...]

Eric Clapton, Cream style blues lead – Play this by yourself! – Guitar Lesson EP450

eric clapton lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an Eric Clapton (Cream era) blues lead on electric guitar by yourself - no jam track required. Lots of blues licks to steal from this one. … [Read more...]

Shady Grove for guitar – 2 Levels of Difficulty – EP448

shady grove guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the song "Shady Grove" by yourself on guitar (no jam track needed). This lesson includes 2 levels of difficulty. Level 1 is easier (all down strokes), Level 2 is a little more difficult with alternate picking and upstrokes for the right hand. … [Read more...]

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Solo Composition – EP441

god rest ye merry gentlemen guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the Christmas classic, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" as a solo guitar composition (no jam track needed). I'll explain how this composition was created so that you can create your own compositions by combining chords and scales. … [Read more...]

Funk rhythm guitar ideas – Learn the thought process – EP439

funk rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a short funky rhythm pattern and the thought process behind the technique. … [Read more...]

The Ultimate Guide to the Pentatonic Scales – EP436

ultimate guide to the pentatonic scales

In this week's guitar lesson (more like a course), you'll learn everything there is to know about the pentatonic scales, where they come from, how they sound, when and how to use them. This lesson has 4 stand-alone composition practice songs, as well as 4 practice songs that you can play with jam tracks. Also includes the PDF files of the pentatonic patterns (the standard version and my 3 pattern version). … [Read more...]

Learn this BB King zone on the fretboard – B.B. King guitar lesson – EP435

bb king guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play lead guitar in the style of B.B King by learning how to blend the major and minor pentatonic scales in a few zones that he often used on the fretboard. … [Read more...]

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