In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fingerstyle Blues composition by yourself on acoustic guitar. You'll also learn where each of the licks come from so that you can use these ideas when you improvise or compose. … [Read more...]
Blues Lick Ideas! Connecting Pentatonic patterns to chord shapes – Jam Track by Quist – EP626
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several Blues lick ideas all coming from the Minor Pentatonic scale. The best part is that you can easily remember these licks when you see what chord shapes they're connected to. Also, the amazing jam track for this lesson was created by Quist! If you like this jam track, be sure to check out Quist's social media accounts below: YouTube channel - full of classy sounding backing tracks by going here Spotify - Stream Quist backing tracks by going … [Read more...]
Ragtime solo Blues Guitar – no jam track needed! – Learn how to create one – Guitar Lesson – EP624
In this week's guitar lesson is a Ragtime Blues that you can play by yourself. I'll break it all down note for note and relate everything back to basic chord shapes so that you can expand on this if you want, or even create your own. … [Read more...]
Dark and Spacey acoustic guitar lead – Ambient Guitar Lesson – EP617
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a dark and spacey sounding lead on acoustic guitar (think Pink Floyd). … [Read more...]
Improvise a Ragtime Blues lead PLUS a fingerstyle rhythm – Guitar Lesson – EP613
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Ragtime Blues lead and follow the chord changes by primarily staying in 1 position of the Major Pentatonic scale. This lesson includes a bonus fingerstyle rhythm that is tabbed out as well and sounds great on it's own. … [Read more...]
Part 2 (of 2) How one note can help build an entire solo. Guitar Lesson – EP610
This is a follow-up lesson to the Part 1 video on building a lead off a single (root) note. In this lesson, we'll continue adding elements to the root note, which include: chromatic notes, the flat 7 for the 1 chord, and the minor pentatonic scale. The Part 1 video to this 2 part series can be found here … [Read more...]
Slow, Heavy Blues – Blending the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales – Lead Guitar Lesson – EP604
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and heavy, Chicago style blues (on electric or acoustic guitar) by blending the notes of the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales. … [Read more...]
Blues Guitar by Yourself – Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP599
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle blues composition that sounds great on it's own (no accompaniment needed). I'll explain which chord shapes all of the notes come from so that you can learn to improvise in this style. … [Read more...]
Learn a percussive fingerstyle rhythm and a blues lead in this minor key jam – Guitar Lesson – EP584
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn the how to play both the rhythm and the lead tracks for a minor key blues composition. The rhythm track using a percussive fingerstyle technique that makes playing a solo rhythm sound so full (includes the bass, percussion, and melody). In addition, you'll learn a bluesy lead to play on top of the rhythm track. The jam tracks allow you to practice either rhythm or lead parts. … [Read more...]
Why was this guitar lesson so popular? Acoustic Country Blues (REBOOT) – Now includes Part 2 – EP583
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic country blues composition (and older MicroLesson that has been very popular on all social media platforms). You can play this by yourself and will learn where it all comes from so that you can use these ideas when you improvise. As an added bonus, I've written a 2nd half that follows the same chord structure as the first half. Available (with TAB and instruction) to Premium Members. … [Read more...]
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