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Using Major & Minor Triads to help you visualize a melodic lead – Guitar Lesson – EP627

major and minor triad guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow, melodic lead by connecting major and minor triad shapes to the Major Pentatonic scale. This is designed to help you visualize a path for your lead and know which notes are safe to land on. … [Read more...]

Blues Lick Ideas! Connecting Pentatonic patterns to chord shapes – Jam Track by Quist – EP626

blues lick ideas for guitar

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...]

“Outside” Blues licks using the Mixolydian scale – Jerry Garcia Inspired – Guitar Lesson – EP625

outside blues licks for guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a jam band style lead (think Jerry Garcia) by using the Mixolydian scale. This solo has a few "outside" licks and I'll show you where they come from so that you can use them in any key going forward. … [Read more...]

Use chords to guide your lead and show you where to find harmonies – Guitar Lesson – EP623

using chords to guide your lead - guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a harmonized lead by pulling those harmonies directly from the corresponding chord shapes. This lesson is a great way to familiarize yourself with chord voicings and playing all over the fretboard. … [Read more...]

Blues lead over a jam track with STOPS! – Fill the space when the band stops – Guitar Lesson – EP622

blues jam track with stops - guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an Eric Clapton inspired lead over an awesome jam track that was provided by QUIST (links to his channels below). This jam track has stops where the band drops out, and you get to creatively fill the space with your lead (so much fun!) 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 … [Read more...]

Play an entire Blues lead in 1 position of the fretboard (E shape from CAGED) Guitar Lesson EP621

blues lead guitar lesson 1 position

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn an entire Blues lead by learning how to easily blend the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. You'll be doing everything in 1 region of the fretboard (within 4 frets). … [Read more...]

Don’t overthink this stuff! Minor Pentatonic Blues lead – Guitar Lesson – EP619

Don't overthink it - guitar lesson

In this week's lesson, you'll be playing a minor key Blues in the key of F# minor and will play the entire solo using only the Minor Pentatonic scale. … [Read more...]

Use 1 shape to play an entire harmonized lead all over the neck (w 2 fingers) Guitar Lesson – ML120

harmonized lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use 1 shape to create an entire lead, even playing over the chord changes! The best part is only 2 fingers are needed to do this, and you'll be able to play these harmonies in any key, because there are no open strings. … [Read more...]

Dark and Spacey acoustic guitar lead – Ambient Guitar Lesson – EP617

ambient guitar lesson

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...]

How to improve your lead phrasing: Sing with your fingers! – Guitar Lesson – EP616

lead phrasing guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to create a lead with vocal-like phrasing, all using the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. … [Read more...]

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