In this lesson I'll cover 2 things. First I'll show you a pattern (or box) in the major pentatonic scale that contains 6 notes (8 notes if you count the 2 bends). This pattern is incredibly powerful and will allow you to create some amazing solos with just a few notes. B.B. King plays a lot of his solos using this pattern. In addition, (for premium members) I'll show you how to play the entire solo that I play in the intro, and also tablature and jam tracks will be available. Also, if you … [Read more...]
Switching Between The Natural Minor Scale and the Major Scale Within a Song – EP023
In this guitar lesson, we’ll continue looking at the natural minor scale (this is a continuation of the previous EP022 Natural Minor Scale Guitar Lesson). This lesson contains 2 very different solos that demonstrate how different a song can feel, depending on how you choose to approach the solo. I always like to use the analogy that guitar licks are really just words, and it’s up to you to form sentences with those words, so remember, have something to say! Don’t just throw a bunch of notes … [Read more...]
Natural Minor Scale In The Key of A – EP022
In this guitar lesson, I’ll break down the natural minor scale in the key of A, and show you the notes. Keep in mind, this is basically the minor pentatonic scale with just a few extra notes thrown in – so don’t let it intimidate you. If you aren’t sure what the minor pentatonic scale is, take a look at this lesson: Understanding how to play blues guitar solo: Minor Pentatonic Scale. I’ll demonstrate how to play 3 different licks in this lesson (each of them have only 4 notes), and for … [Read more...]
Guitar Solo Tip: You don’t have to change scales when the chords change – EP016
I get a lot of questions on the topic of soloing, so I thought I would start creating lessons like these that provide pointers on various topics. In this guitar lesson, I'll demonstrate the fact that you don't have to change scales every time a chord changes when playing a solo. I've had lots of emails from people on that topic so I thought it made sense to create a video that explains the fact that you DON'T have to change scales to match the chords. Hopefully this will help some of you out … [Read more...]
Simple Lead Played in the Major Pentatonic Scale (Key of E) – LEG022
In this lesson, we'll continue exploring the major and minor pentatonic scales and we take a look at a simple guitar lead played in the major pentatonic scale in the key of E. This lead part is fairly simple and contains several licks that you'll notice repeat themselves over and over again. I thought it was important to show that you can repeat the same lick and it will work, even though the chords are changing. It really stresses how just about anything you do within the major pentatonic … [Read more...]
How To Create a Solo Using Only 3 Notes – Using Both Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales – LEG023
This lesson is really just a continuation of the overview of the major and minor pentatonic scales which I did previously. I intentionally don't point out any specific note for note solos in this lesson because I'm trying to keep the focus on dynamics, in fact I've stripped the solos down to only three notes in both the major and minor pentatonic scales to show that you can have a decent sounding guitar solo without going nuts, by simply playing notes that sound good. That involves adding the … [Read more...]
Understanding The Major and the Minor (Blues) Pentatonic Scales – LEG024
In this lesson I'm not going to necessarily show you how to play a particular solo, but more importantly give you a brief overview of how solos are created. I demonstrate both the major and the minor (blues scale) pentatonic scales in this lesson - assuming we're in the key of E. Now this lesson is by no means meant to be super comprehensive and give you all the different positions for these scales, but this will give you a good overview and show how these 2 scales can work together. I'm going … [Read more...]
Simple Blues Guitar Lick – 1 (Chuck Berry Style) – LEG025
<>I've decided to switch direction on occasion with these blues guitar lick videos and try to offer content for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced guitar players. This video demonstrates a simple blues guitar solo that even a beginner should be able to play, on either an electric or an acoustic guitar. Most of it is played using the double string technique (where you are playing 2 strings at the same time), and because of playing on double strings it ends up sounding a lot like … [Read more...]
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