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Connecting double stop harmonies to chord shapes! Guitar Lesson – EP606

connect double stop harmonies on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play beautiful harmonies (harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths) by connecting them to the chord shapes - much easier to visualize this way. … [Read more...]

Beautiful guitar harmonies using just 2 strings. Easy to visualize! Guitar Lesson – EP601

guitar harmonies guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play harmonies when you improvise by visualizing chord shapes. These are all played on the 2nd and 4th strings. … [Read more...]

Old School, Instrumental Ballad – 7 ideas you can use when you improvise – Guitar Lesson – EP585

instrumental ballad guitar lesson

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...]

Dickey Betts style lead guitar lesson plus the 3 things that give him his sound. Guitar Lesson EP565

Dickey Betts lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a Dickey Betts inspired lead that is played using a hexatonic (6 note) scale. Plus you'll learn Dickey's approach to a harmonized lead and his approach to timing. … [Read more...]

Less is more! It’s ok to keep your guitar solos simple. Guitar Lesson EP563

less is more guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll revisit the K.I.S.S. acronym (Keep It Simple, Stupid). Sometimes the best way to approach a guitar solo is with simplicity. … [Read more...]

Part 3 – The CAGED System (A Shape) – Using the C,E & A shapes in a blues lead – Guitar Lesson EP558

the caged system - a shape

This week's guitar lesson is a continuation of the CAGED System series in which we'll be doing a deep dive on the A shape and learning how to play major and minor chords, scales and arpeggios within that shape. We'll also combine the C, E and A shape to create a soulful, minor key blues lead. … [Read more...]

These 3 Fretboard Shapes allow you to play harmony & melody all over the neck – Guitar Lesson EP540

3 fretboard shapes guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improvise a harmonized lead up and down the fretboard, using just 3 shapes. … [Read more...]

Super easy spacey lead using SUS chords without even thinking about scales. Guitar Lesson EP507

super easy melodic lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an easy melodic lead without even needing to think about scales. You'll be using suspended (Sus) chords. … [Read more...]

5 simple ideas to jazz up your blues guitar – Guitar Lesson EP483

jazz up your blues guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate 5 simple jazz ideas into your blues. … [Read more...]

Chill blues lead guitar lesson – Going from minor to major – EP469

chill blues lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a chill, Pink Floyd sounding lead and learn several useful tricks when playing over minor chords. … [Read more...]

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