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Blues Guitar by Yourself – Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP599

fingerstyle blues guitar lesson

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

fingerstyle rhythm guitar lesson

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

acoustic country blues guitar lesson

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...]

Solo using just 1 string! A great way to HEAR the intervals – Guitar Lesson EP579

solo using just 1 string

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to hear the intervals of scales by using just 1 string for your entire lead. I'll walk you through how to play Pentatonic and Dorian scales and basically find ANY scale using your ear. … [Read more...]

Eric Clapton style string bends and playing with emotion – Guitar Lesson EP577

eric clapton guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an Eric Clapton inspired lead, using just a few notes from the major pentatonic scale (in 1 position). It's easier than you think! … [Read more...]

Acoustic 12 bar blues played with a single drum track. Guitar Lesson – EP575

acoustic blues with drum track

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic blues with no other instrumentation other than a single drum track. Playing along with only a drum has many advantages (discussed in the video). … [Read more...]

Play a lead using the Pentatonics and chord shapes over a Gospel Blues – Guitar Lesson – EP567

gospel blues lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a Gospel Blues style lead where you'll be playing over the chord changes, all while using basic chord shapes and the pentatonic scale. … [Read more...]

Try using triads in your lead. Simple technique for playing chord changes – Guitar Lesson – EP562

triad guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use triads in your guitar lead for a more sophisticated lead sound. This is a super easy way of playing over the chord changes. Includes the tab for the rhythm part. … [Read more...]

The CAGED System (E Shape) – Combining the E & C shapes to make music – Guitar Lesson EP557

caged system for guitar

This week's guitar lesson is a continuation of last week's CAGED System deep dive in which we'll be exploring the E shape and learning how to play major and minor chords, scales and arpeggios. We'll also connect the C and E shapes to create a standalone blues composition … [Read more...]

The CAGED System: C Shape – 9 Essential tools that live within the C Shape – Guitar Lesson – EP556

caged system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll do a deep dive into 1 of the 5 CAGED System chord shapes and showcase all of the things you can do within this one "container". I'll highlight 9 of the essentials! *Arpeggios were added to the PDF Cheat Sheet … [Read more...]

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