In this week's guitar lesson I'll show you how to play a lead on top of a jam band style jam track (think Allman Brothers). You'll learn to do a lot with just 5 notes out of the major pentatonic scale. The first half is all major pentatonic, the 2nd half is minor pentatonic. MP3 jam track comes in 2 tempos. Also, I created a MicroLesson that has the rhythm part that I played on this, you can access it here: Jam Band Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson ML051. … [Read more...]
Vintage Rock Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP239
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a driving, rock, blues rhythm with only a drum track. This was done intentionally to help you concentrate on the kick and snare drum and accent those beats with your strum technique. I've included 2 tempos of the MP3 jam track for this lesson as well. … [Read more...]
Heavy Electric Blues Guitar Lesson in E – EP233
In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a heavy blues lead on electric guitar (although you can play the first half on acoustic if that's all you have). You'll learn how to play the chord changes in this 12 bar blues structure. Included MP3 jam track and tablature. … [Read more...]
Rockabilly Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson (in the key of A) – EP226
In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn several classic Rockabilly style techniques including embellishing around an A6 chord. You’ll also learn an easy way to play chord changes by picking notes out of chords instead of thinking of scales. … [Read more...]
Classic Rock Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson (Includes Fill Licks) – EP218
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a classic rock style rhythm in the key of E. This composition is played solo guitar (no accompaniment required) and includes several fill-licks to spice things up a bit. You’ll be learning to improvise rhythms around a few basic chords to enhance your rhythm playing. … [Read more...]
Blues Rock Trio – One Chord Blues – EP206
In this week's guitar lesson you'll be sitting in as the guitar player in a rock / blues trio, filling in both rhythm and lead parts. There are no chord changes in this song, only a single chord. Since there are no other rhythm instruments, you'll be defining the song as minor or major, and will be going back and forth between them. … [Read more...]
Jam Band Blues – Rock, Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – EP203
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn a call and response lead that was inspired by the Allman Brothers. There's also several fast licks (with some Stevie Ray Vaughan influence) that I'll break down into triplets, making them much easier to learn. Lots of takeaways from this lesson that you can apply to your playing. … [Read more...]
John Fogerty Guitar Lesson – Rhythm and Lead – EP201
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a John Fogerty inspired lead and rhythm. This was created by pulling together several of Fogerty's signature licks both from his solo career as well as his days in Creedence Clearwater Revival. You'll learn both lead and rhythm in his style and this lesson includes the MP3 jam track in 2 tempos as well as the tablature. … [Read more...]
Jerry Garcia Style Guitar Lesson – Grateful Dead Style Lead – EP196
In this guitar lesson, I'll break down several Jerry Garcia style licks and explain how to play them and where they come from. Jerry was really good at playing the chord changes (which means switching the scale to match whatever the chord was). I'll show you how to change scales to match the chords by visualizing chord shapes and linking the licks you'll be learning to those chord shapes. … [Read more...]
Angus Young (AC/DC) Style Guitar Lesson – Rhythm with Fill Licks – EP195
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a classic rock rhythm in the style of Angus Young from AC/DC. Angus Young has always played the same heavy rock, blues guitar style throughout his career. This lesson is built in layers (much the way that AC/DC structures their songs). The first time through, it's only guitar, second time through it's guitar and drums, and the third time included rhythm guitar, bass and drums. In addition to the chords, you'll learn several fill licks to play … [Read more...]
