This lesson was designed both to explain what the arpeggio is and how you can use it when playing lead. The arpeggio can be an extremely powerful tool and can give your leads a more sophisticated sound by mirroring what the chords changes. In this lesson, you'll see that arpeggios can be created out of any chord voicing, so if you already know how to play a chord, you can easily convert that chord into an arpeggio, which you can use when playing lead. I'll demonstrate with 2 chord shape … [Read more...]
Easy 2 Chord Jam Session (Rhythm and Fill-Licks) – EP146
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to take 2 very basic chords and repeat them over and over again, while combining them with fill licks (in between the chords). This allows you to create a jam session by yourself, without the need for a backing track and is fairly easy to improvise over. I'll show you the strum pattern as well as 3 different levels of fill licks (the first being the easiest). You'll also learn what the natural minor scale is (also known as Aeolian mode). … [Read more...]
Mixing The Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales – EP130
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how beneficial it is to combine the major and minor pentatonic scales. This lesson comes with visual diagrams to help you visualize the overlap between the two scales. It also comes with a total of 6 licks that you can use to practice with (licks that combine both scales). If you've always wondered how it works, and where artists like Eric Clapton and Freddie King get a lot of their licks from, you'll enjoy this lesson. … [Read more...]
Part 1 of 2: How to Jam (Improvise) on Guitar When Playing Lead – EP099
One of the most common emails I get from folks that are learning to play the guitar is, “Ok, so I know my chords and scales… now what?” There seems to be a mental ceiling that we all hit at some point and knowing how to improvise is a big one. In this lesson, I’ll go over the technique used in changing scales as the chords change, and show you the minor and major pentatonic boundaries that you can work with for each chord. This is part 1 of a 2 part mini series on how to jam. … [Read more...]
Allman Brothers Style Mixolydian Scale Guitar Lesson – EP080
In this lesson, learn what the Mixolydian scale is and how you can incorporate it into your playing. Also learn some classic Allman Brothers licks, with some Jerry Garcia thrown in for good measure. I've included 2 versions of the MP3 jam track (one normal tempo and one slow tempo) to help you practice. … [Read more...]
Warren Haynes Style Guitar Lesson – EP064
I've had so many Warren Haynes requests lately that I had to try and put together a lesson with some of his signature licks. I was very hesitant to do it at first because he's such a fantastic guitar player that I wasn't sure if I could pull something together that did his style any justice. I feel like this is a decent interpretation of his style (although not as much overdrive as he would probably use). I had a great time with this one and will probably create a follow-up if there's enough … [Read more...]
3 Useful Blues Guitar Licks – EP042
In this guitar lesson I wanted to try and simplify things a bit, by limiting the minor pentatonic scale to only 6 notes and working within those 6 notes to develop licks. The 3 licks that come from those notes are repeatable (or loopable), meaning that you can play them at any point within the jam track and they'll just work. Hopefully you'll take these licks and add them to your own playing and learn how to transpose them to whatever key the song happens to be in. … [Read more...]
BB King Ballad Guitar Lesson – Slow Blues in The Key of C – EP041
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow blues ballad in the style of the great B.B. King. B.B. tends to go to the same place on the guitar neck during a solo (usually in the Major Pentatonic scale), and in this lesson I'll explain how to find that place and will give you a series of licks that you can use that are in the style of B.B. King. … [Read more...]
Blues Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson – EP040
I’m always trying to find more interesting ways to play both rhythm and lead when playing the blues and it seems that there are endless combinations of styles for either. This lesson is split into 2 parts, the first part shows you how to play the funk rhythm part. Also included are 3 versions of the jam track in different keys, so that you can practice playing that rhythm in various keys. The second part breaks down the Eric Clapton / Buddy Guy inspired lead which has a lot of dramatic bends. … [Read more...]
Allman Brothers Lead Guitar Lesson – Dickey Betts Style – EP030
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a short (but sweet) Dickey Betts inspired guitar solo. A lot of what creates that Allman Brothers sound was the fact that guitar solos were often played in the major pentatonic scale - which creates that "happy" sound. Learning how to switch between the major pentatonic and the minor pentatonic (sad) is key to playing great sounding solos, so hopefully you'll be able to take the notes that make up this solo and apply it to other songs! … [Read more...]
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