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2 Ideas for turning a simple melody into a great sounding lead! Guitar Lesson – EP605

create a simple sounding melody on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to take the melody from the song, "Ain't She Sweet" and embellish it in your lead using 2 simple ideas. If you've ever wondered how musicians do that when improvising, you'll love this lesson! … [Read more...]

Slow, Heavy Blues – Blending the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales – Lead Guitar Lesson – EP604

blending the major and minor pentatonic scales on guitar

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...]

Using triads (chords) to construct a solo – Guitar Lesson – EP603

using triads to play lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to visualize major and minor triads (on the first 3 strings) to compose a Ragtime Blues guitar lead. … [Read more...]

2 Popular Zones on the Fretboard for Easy Blues! Lead Guitar Lesson – EP602

2 popular zones for easy blues

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn 2 popular regions of the fretboard for playing blues lead guitar. This simple triangle and square shape unlocks so much potential for improvising lead, and it's very easy to find and use! … [Read more...]

Beautiful guitar harmonies using just 2 strings. Easy to visualize! Guitar Lesson – EP601

guitar harmonies guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play harmonies when you improvise by visualizing chord shapes. These are all played on the 2nd and 4th strings. … [Read more...]

Minor key blues – electric lead guitar lesson – Jam track by Quist! – Guitar Lesson EP600

Minor key blues lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, we've got a special jam track created by the maestro himself, Quist. This allowed me to improvise an electric lead (with lots of string bending) over this incredible minor key jam track. 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 here Instagram - Featuring some of Quist's amazing guitar work by going … [Read more...]

Sometimes, 5 notes is all you need! Twangy guitar melody using the Minor Pentatonic Scale – EP596

5 notes of the minor pentatonic scale

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a fun guitar melody (think The Ventures or Duane Eddy) that uses only the 5 notes of the Minor Pentatonic Scale (1 position). … [Read more...]

Acoustic Jam: Acoustic lead inspired by Jerry Garcia – Guitar Lesson EP595

jerry garcia style lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an acoustic lead over a basic chord structure that was inspired by Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead). Learn to play over the chord changes … [Read more...]

Slow country lead using the CAGED System – Guitar Lesson – EP594

slow country lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a slow, country style lead that you'll be able to easily visualize by relating it to the CAGED System. This lead has lots of open space and lost of classic, pedal steel licks. … [Read more...]

Lead with Arpeggios: finding the right notes to match the chord – Guitar Lesson – EP593

lead with guitar with arpeggios

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use arpeggios to outline the notes of your lead, giving you safe notes to land on. We'll look at the Dominant 7 arpeggio in 4 of the 5 CAGED System positions. … [Read more...]

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