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Easy Fingerstyle Blues Composition – EP319

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fingerstyle blues composition. The thumb stays on one string at a time, making it much easier to play. This is a great lesson for those that are interested in getting into fingerstyle guitar. … [Read more...]

Country Blues Lead and Rhythm Guitar Composition You Can Play By Yourself – EP317

Country blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a country rhythm and lead (with several classic blues licks thrown in) that you can play by yourself on acoustic or electric guitar. This lesson demonstrates how to play lead over chord changes using the major pentatonic scale. … [Read more...]

Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – Play Acoustic Blues Guitar By Yourself – EP315

Acoustic blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic blues composition that requires no accompaniment. This composition uses the classic blues "call and response" technique, allowing you to first establish a simple blues rhythm, and then create fill licks in-between the rhythm phrases. Grab an acoustic (or electric) guitar and follow along. … [Read more...]

Just 2 Chords – Play The Chord Changes Using Just 2 Chords (Rhythm and Lead) – EP309

Play the chord changes guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the chord changes using just 2 chords. This is a great technique to use when improvising because it creates a much more melodic sounding lead. This lesson includes the rhythm breakdown as an added bonus. … [Read more...]

Unplugged Style Blues Guitar Lesson (Part 2) – Play This By Yourself – EP305

eric clapton guitar lesson

This lesson is both a follow-up to EP303 Eric Clapton Blues Guitar Lesson from a few weeks ago, and works great on it's own as a stand-alone composition. So you can play this with the jam track from EP303 as an extension to that lesson, or a solo composition. How's that for killing 2 birds with one stone? :) … [Read more...]

Unplugged Style Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – Clapton Inspired – EP303

eric clapton unplugged guitar lesson

In this week's acoustic blues guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play several classic Eric Clapton inspired licks from his Unplugged era. The best part is that you'll be able to use these licks when you improvise going forward because I'll show you how to connect them to basic chord shapes that you already know. … [Read more...]

Slow, (and easy) melody that you can play by yourself on guitar – Learn Control – EP302

slow and easy guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn about control by playing a slow and easy melody that works on electric or acoustic guitar. This is a solo composition that you can play without the need for a jam track. … [Read more...]

Rockabilly Style Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson – EP301

rockabilly guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a classic, rockabilly style rhythm and lead by learning how to play 6 and 9 chords in different positions all over the neck. By the end of this video, you'll understand how to use 6 and 9 chords in any key and in any position. … [Read more...]

Have a Blues Jam Session By Yourself on Guitar (Just 4 Chords) – Blues Guitar Lesson EP292

blues jam session by yourself on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play both rhythm and lead in a solo jam session (no accompaniment needed). You'll also learn a right-hand strum technique and how to play the Mixolydian scale when soloing. Everything is created with just 4 basic chords (E, Bm, A, and G).. … [Read more...]

Play a 12 Bar Blues Composition By Yourself on Guitar (No Accompaniment) Blues Guitar Lesson – EP288

solo blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a classic, 12 bar blues composition that you can play by yourself on electric or acoustic guitar. This uses the "call & response" technique which allows you to easily go back and forth between rhythm and lead licks. As always, I'll break everything down note for note and explain the "why" behind the notes so that you can start using these licks when you improvise. … [Read more...]

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