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Learn “O Holy Night” on Electric Guitar – Christmas Guitar Lesson – EP285

o holy night guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you're going to learn how to play the classic Christmas melody to "O Holy Night" on electric guitar. As always, I'll explain the "why" behind the notes so that you can create your own compositions like this. … [Read more...]

Boogie Woogie Style Blues Guitar Lesson – Play it By Yourself – EP284

boogie woogie blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a really fun Boogie Woogie style blues composition that doesn't require any accompaniment. You can jam on this one all by yourself on acoustic or electric guitar. I'll also walk through several useful takeaways that you can apply when playing rhythm or lead. … [Read more...]

Rock, Blues Rhythm (with fill licks) that you can play by yourself on guitar – Blues rhythm guitar lesson – EP281

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock, blues rhythm that sounds great on it's own (no accompaniment needed). This lesson is designed to give you rhythm strumming and fill lick ideas to make you better at writing and improvising rhythm guitar. … [Read more...]

Play a blues composition by yourself on guitar – both rhythm and lead – EP277

solo blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a solo blues composition (with a little bit of a ragtime feel), that you can play by yourself on guitar (works on acoustic or electric guitar). I'll show you how to create compositions like this by combining chords with fill licks. … [Read more...]

Learn 3 Classic Blues Intros – Each Includes a Solo and Ending – EP270

blues guitar intro lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play 3 classic blues intros along with a unique lead and ending for each. Includes: an Elmore James style (triplet) intro, a classic blues walkdown intro, and one in which you start on the 5 chord. This is like 3 blues lead lessons rolled into one! … [Read more...]

Play a Slow Blues Composition By Yourself on Guitar (No Accompaniment) – EP268

slow blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo blues composition on electric or acoustic guitar that requires no accompaniment. You'll be able to play this at ANY tempo and it will sound great - slow or fast. Just grab a guitar and a pick and start learning :) … [Read more...]

Learn a slow, minor key blues that’s played solo guitar (no accompaniment) – EP267

minor key blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a really cool minor key blues composition that can easily be played on acoustic or electric guitar. This is a stand-alone composition that requires no accompaniment (no jam tracks needed). Grab a guitar and a pick and learn this one! … [Read more...]

Jam Band Style Lead Guitar Lesson – How to Jam on Guitar – EP266

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a jam band style lead (think Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers). This lesson is designed to help you understand how to improvise in this style. You'll be using the major scale for most of this solo, but will touch on the minor pentatonic scale and the mixolydian mode as well. … [Read more...]

Willie Nelson style guitar lesson – EP263

willie nelson guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, I'll show you how to play several classic Willie Nelson style guitar licks. These licks all connect back to basic chord shapes so that you can play them in any key and incorporate them into your own playing. … [Read more...]

Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – Solo Composition in the key of E – EP257

fingerstyle blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a blues fingerstyle composition in the key of E. This works well on acoustic or electric guitar. I'll explain where all of the notes and chords come from and how it's constructed so that you can start creating your own fingerstyle compositions like this one. … [Read more...]

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