In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a stand-alone Blues composition that is played fingerstyle (no pick). I call this "percussive fingerstyle" because it involves slapping the strings as opposed to playing an alternate bass line the way Chet Atkins would do it. … [Read more...]
Play the Blues by yourself using Triads as your guide! Guitar Lesson – EP638
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo Blues composition that is built around Triads. This gives you a goal to work towards (a song), while learning how to find Triads all over the fretboard. This approach works whether you're improvising or creating your own solo blues arrangements, and it's a good way to become a more musical guitarist. … [Read more...]
Fingerstyle Blues Ideas – Blues you can play by yourself on acoustic guitar – Guitar Lesson EP633
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fingerstyle Blues composition by yourself on acoustic guitar. You'll also learn where each of the licks come from so that you can use these ideas when you improvise or compose. … [Read more...]
Ragtime solo Blues Guitar – no jam track needed! – Learn how to create one – Guitar Lesson – EP624
In this week's guitar lesson is a Ragtime Blues that you can play by yourself. I'll break it all down note for note and relate everything back to basic chord shapes so that you can expand on this if you want, or even create your own. … [Read more...]
Jamming by yourself on guitar – Bluegrass style! – Guitar Lesson – EP620
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo Bluegrass composition with several classic Norman Blake style licks. This one is great for working on speed and accuracy of your left and right hands. … [Read more...]
Blues by yourself. Some simple ideas for solo Blues – Guitar Lesson – EP618
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a classic 8 bar blues shuffle rhythm with several embellishment ideas sprinkled throughout. In the part 2 video, learn how to use a Diminished 7 arpeggio for a more sophisticated sound. … [Read more...]
Improvise a Ragtime Blues lead PLUS a fingerstyle rhythm – Guitar Lesson – EP613
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Ragtime Blues lead and follow the chord changes by primarily staying in 1 position of the Major Pentatonic scale. This lesson includes a bonus fingerstyle rhythm that is tabbed out as well and sounds great on it's own. … [Read more...]
Classic Blues by yourself (on acoustic or electric guitar) – Full of Blues lick ideas – Guitar Lesson EP612
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a stand-alone blues composition that requires no jam track, just grab any guitar in standard tuning and follow along with this classic Blues in the key of A. Lots of licks to steal in this one! … [Read more...]
Country Blues by yourself! (seeing the chord shapes makes this easier) – Guitar Lesson – EP609
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Country, Blues style composition by yourself (no jam track needed). Every lick / phrase that you'll learn will be connected to a basic chord shape, making it easier to visualize what's going on. … [Read more...]
Connecting double stop harmonies to chord shapes! Guitar Lesson – EP606
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play beautiful harmonies (harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths) by connecting them to the chord shapes - much easier to visualize this way. … [Read more...]
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