In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to connect minor key licks to basic chord shapes so that you can easily remember them and access them in the future. … [Read more...]
“Outside” Blues licks using the Mixolydian scale – Jerry Garcia Inspired – Guitar Lesson – EP625
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a jam band style lead (think Jerry Garcia) by using the Mixolydian scale. This solo has a few "outside" licks and I'll show you where they come from so that you can use them in any key going forward. … [Read more...]
Ear training (Part 2 of 2) – Playing the flat 7 over chord changes – EP571
This lesson in a continuation of last week's ear training lesson (EP570) and uses the same jam track, however this week you'll learn how to play and hear the flat 7 note over chord changes. … [Read more...]
Part 3 – The CAGED System (A Shape) – Using the C,E & A shapes in a blues lead – Guitar Lesson EP558
This week's guitar lesson is a continuation of the CAGED System series in which we'll be doing a deep dive on the A shape and learning how to play major and minor chords, scales and arpeggios within that shape. We'll also combine the C, E and A shape to create a soulful, minor key blues lead. … [Read more...]
The CAGED System: C Shape – 9 Essential tools that live within the C Shape – Guitar Lesson – EP556
In this week's guitar lesson, we'll do a deep dive into 1 of the 5 CAGED System chord shapes and showcase all of the things you can do within this one "container". I'll highlight 9 of the essentials! *Arpeggios were added to the PDF Cheat Sheet … [Read more...]
This 4 note scale pattern can change the way you improvise lead guitar! Guitar Lesson – EP549
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a 4 note scale pattern that we will be applying to the minor pentatonic scale to create a cascading sound when playing between notes. … [Read more...]
Jazz up your Blues with these rhythm ideas! Jazz / blues guitar lesson – EP536
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to convert a standard blues composition into a much jazzier sounding progression (for both rhythm and lead) by working in the 2-5-1 chord progression in various ways. … [Read more...]
Learn this Blues Lead that you can play by yourself by targeting chord tones – Guitar Lesson EP535
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a classic blues lead (with a few diminished lines) that you can play by yourself. You'll learn how to connect these notes back to the chords that they come from. … [Read more...]
Learn guitar licks from all 5 positions of the CAGED System! Guitar Lesson – EP524
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn licks for all 5 of the CAGED System positions using the Mixolydian scale. … [Read more...]
Why guitar players LOVE the pentatonic scales for the blues. Lesson – EP508
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an entire blues solo using 2 patterns of the minor pentatonic scale, and one of the major pentatonic scale. In addition, we'll discuss what it is about the pentatonic scales that guitar players love. … [Read more...]
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