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Creative Rhythm Ideas – R&B Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP395

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In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn several classic R&B style rhythm fill licks (with harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths). Slow and easy to play, and full of useful "takeaways". … [Read more...]

Slow blues by yourself – Blues guitar Lesson EP393

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a solo blues composition that is full of rhythm and lead "takeaways". This sounds great on acoustic or electric guitar and requires no jam track. … [Read more...]

Jingle Bells – Acoustic blues version – Solo Composition – Guitar Lesson EP389

jingle bells guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo version of Jingle Bells on acoustic guitar over a blues shuffle. In addition to learning how to play it note for note, I'll break down the arrangement and explain my thought process so that you can implement these techniques and create your own arrangements of songs. … [Read more...]

How to Improvise Around a Melody – When The Saints Go Marching In – Guitar Lesson EP385

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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

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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

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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...]

Using Dissonance – Dave Rawlings Style Guitar Lesson – EP381

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a Dave Rawlings inspired acoustic lead that is played with a 2nd guitar on rhythm. Learn how to accompany another rhythm guitarist using a combination of dissonance and slow bluegrass licks. Here's a Spotify playlist that I put together with 6 songs of Dave and Gillian on guitar in this style - just 2 acoustic guitars. … [Read more...]

Soulful Blues Phrasing Ideas – Lead Blues Guitar Lesson – EP379

soulful blues lead guitar lesson

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...]

Blues lead over a Texas shuffle rhythm – Blues guitar lesson EP376

texas blues lead guitar lesson

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...]

How to Use Modes (Part 2 of 2) – Modes (The Ultimate Explanation) – Guitar Lesson EP375

guitar mode lesson

This is Part 2 (of 2) of a lesson series on Modes. In this lesson, you'll learn what the modes are, what they sound like, how to find them, and how to use them when you play lead guitar. This lesson includes to examples (one major and one minor) along with tablature and MP3 jam tracks. … [Read more...]

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