In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use chord tones to guide your melody when you improvise lead guitar. This is a different approach to lead than simply playing the notes of a scale. … [Read more...]
Minor Blues Lead Ideas – Use these ideas in your leads when improvising – Guitar Lesson EP517
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several minor key lead ideas. You'll learn how to connect them to chord shapes so they can be used in any key going forward. … [Read more...]
Improvise a soulful blues lead using the major & minor pentatonic scales – Guitar Lesson EP481
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improvise a soulful blues lead using the major and minor pentatonic scales (and mixing in a few arpeggios). … [Read more...]
Dorian lick ideas to add to your solos (plus other modes). All from 1 position! Guitar Lesson EP477
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an easy way to connect Dorian mode (scale) to the minor pentatonic scale and several useful Dorian licks - plus several other mode ideas. … [Read more...]
Slow and mellow guitar solo – Let it BREATHE! – EP476
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to leave space in between your notes when soloing on guitar. Remember to keep things simple and let the notes breathe. … [Read more...]
Steal these soulful lead licks! – Mixing a little blues and country in this lead guitar lesson – EP473
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a slow and (easy to play) soulful lead that incorporates blues and country licks over a fun jam track. … [Read more...]
Soulful blues lead guitar tutorial – Using the major & minor pentatonic scales – Guitar Lesson – EP453
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a soulful blues lead that uses simple phrasing and comes from the major & minor pentatonic scales. Here's a link to the MicroLesson that shows how to play this song by yourself (without a jam track. … [Read more...]
Slow, rock lead ideas (over just 2 chords) – EP442
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...]
3 Gospel Style Techniques for Guitar – Gospel Blues Guitar Lesson – EP431
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a solo gospel blues composition using the melody from the song, 'This Little Light of Mine". You'll learn 3 essential gospel techniques that you can apply to any style! … [Read more...]
Learn an entire solo using just 3 fretted notes – Less theory, more emotional – EP422
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an entire solo using just 3 fretted notes (plus one bend). You'll be focusing more on the emotional aspect of playing (as opposed to scales and chord shapes). These notes are incredibly easy to visualize because they make up a triangle shape. … [Read more...]