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
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
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
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
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...]
Slow Bluesy, Jazz Lead Guitar Lesson – Easy to Play – EP460
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an slow and melodic jazz lead that comes from the Pentatonic scales (major and minor). … [Read more...]
How to play both rhythm and lead using DADGAD tuning – Guitar Lesson – EP451
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play rhythm and lead using the alternate tuning called "DADGAD". Even though it's a different tuning, you'll still be able to use a lot of the scale patterns you already know. … [Read more...]
Relative Major and Minor Chord and Scale Relationship – EP417
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn about the relationship between a minor chord, and it's relative major chord, and how both chords share the same scale. You'll be putting everything into practice by playing an up-tempo rock, blues lead. … [Read more...]
Country blues in Drop D – Play by yourself – EP416
In this weeks' guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic country, blues composition in drop D tuning by yourself (no jam track needed). This lesson is designed to give you ideas for licks and chord voicings that you can play in Drop D tuning. … [Read more...]
Slow and easy blues lead – focus on phrasing – Guitar Lesson EP414
This week's guitar lesson has a fantastic minor blues jam track that's provided by Quist. Here's a link to his YouTube channel. In this lesson, you'll learn a slow and easy blues lead using the D minor pentatonic scale and will learn about simple phrasing. You'll also be learning how to touch on certain chord tones to create a more melodic sounding lead. … [Read more...]