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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...]

Country, Rock, Blues Licks for Days – This Guitar Lesson is full of licks to steal! – EP515

rock blues lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock, blues, country style lead by learning each individual lick, and where it comes from - putting everything in context. … [Read more...]

Rhythm guitar lesson – Rock blues rhythm in a trio using the Call & Response technique – EP447

rock blues rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fun, driving rock rhythm over a stripped down jam track (just bass and drums). This rhythm style uses the call & response technique as well as playing on the off-beat. … [Read more...]

Slow, rock lead ideas (over just 2 chords) – EP442

slow rock lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to blend chord shapes, the minor pentatonic scale, and lydian mode to create a slow, atmospheric sounding guitar lead. … [Read more...]

Relative Major and Minor Chord and Scale Relationship – EP417

relative major and minor relationship guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn about the relationship between a minor chord, and it's relative major chord, and how both chords share the same scale. You'll be putting everything into practice by playing an up-tempo rock, blues lead. … [Read more...]

Jam Band Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Grateful Dead Style Rhythm – EP409

grateful dead rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a Jerry Garcia / Grateful Dead inspired rhythm that is as fun to listen to as it is to play. You'll be. playing chord shapes, triads, and harmonized 3rds to create this rhythm. … [Read more...]

How to Use Modes (Part 2 of 2) – Modes (The Ultimate Explanation) – Guitar Lesson EP375

guitar mode lesson

This is Part 2 (of 2) of a lesson series on Modes. In this lesson, you'll learn what the modes are, what they sound like, how to find them, and how to use them when you play lead guitar. This lesson includes to examples (one major and one minor) along with tablature and MP3 jam tracks. … [Read more...]

Jimi Hendrix Blues Style Guitar Lesson – EP365

Jimi Hendrix Blues Guitar Lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Jimi Hendrix style rhythm and lead over a stripped down jam track (just bass and drums). Incorporate some of these classic Hendrix licks into your playing when you improvise. … [Read more...]

Rock Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Blues Fill Licks – Improve your Timing – EP347

rock blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock blues rhythm along with all of the details for the strum pattern. This is really designed to help those of you that struggle with timing - knowing when to come in, and how to stay on the beat. … [Read more...]

Rock, Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – Using the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales – EP341

rock blues lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock, blues lead that uses both minor and major pentatonic scales. I'll explain my thought process for choosing either the major or minor path when playing a solo. … [Read more...]

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