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Soulful Rhythm With Fill Licks (Using only the top 3 strings) – Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP316

soulful rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to "compliment the band" by playing a soulful rhythm with rhythm fill licks. I'll be playing everything by using only the top 3 strings on the guitar. This was done intentionally to show how creative you can be by playing off of simple 3 note chords (triads). … [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...]

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...]

Learn a slow, soulful blues rhythm and lead in a blues trio – Blues Guitar Lesson EP297

soulful blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow (and relatively easy) blues rhythm and lead over a trio backing track (just bass and drums). Playing in a trio forces you to be on your game as you're covering all of the rhythm and lead parts in real time. This lesson also makes good use of dynamics, and knowing when NOT to play. … [Read more...]

Minor Key, R&B Style Composition – Using Call & Response Technique – Solo Guitar Lesson EP293

rhythm and blues style guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fun, minor key R&B style composition on acoustic guitar that is designed to give some different ideas for approaching rhythm. You'll be using the "Call & Response" style technique to alternate back and forth between rhythm and lead. … [Read more...]

Rock, Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – with Rhythm Fills – EP286

blues rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock, blues rhythm that includes several classic rhythm fills. I'll show you how to transpose all of these licks and fills into other keys so that you can start using them when you improvise. … [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...]

A Practical Approach to the CAGED System on Guitar – EP273

CAGED System on Guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, I'll explain a unique way of looking at the CAGED system, which allows you to play chords in multiple locations up the neck of the guitar. Once you understand this system, you'll be able to enhance your rhythm and lead playing by being able to easily identify all of the chord shapes throughout the entire neck of the guitar. This lesson comes with 3 practice compositions (at 3 different levels) to help you incrementally build up your understanding of this system. … [Read more...]

Blues Rhythm Fills – Learn a stand-alone blues rhythm that you can play by yourself – Blues Guitar Lesson EP272

blues rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a really fun blues rhythm composition that you can play on your own (with no need for a jam track). This is full of classic rhythm fills that are designed to spice up your rhythm chops. I'll also explain how to play them in any key. … [Read more...]

Solo Blues Guitar Lesson – Shuffle in G (No Accompaniment) – Learn Basic Chord Voicings – EP265

blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo blues shuffle that doesn't require any accompaniment. You'll learn how to use different chord voicings when you improvise rhythm and lead. I'll also show you how to easily transpose this and play it in any key … [Read more...]

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