This week's guitar lesson is a good example of the CAGED system in action. You'll learn how to play chords in multiple positions on the neck and how to connect them to the pentatonic scales so that you can easily create fill licks. This lesson is full of "takeaways". … [Read more...]
Slow Minor Pentatonic Scale Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – EP327
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow blues lead using the 5 notes of the minor pentatonic scale (in multiple positions). This lesson is perfect for those that are interested in blues phrasing ideas! … [Read more...]
Motown Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson – With Rhythm Fill Licks – EP325
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several rhythm ideas in the Motown / soul style. Lots of rhythm fill lick ideas in this one that you can connect back to basic chord shapes, so that you can play them in any key. … [Read more...]
How to improvise rhythm guitar – Soulful Rhythm Fill Licks – Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP324
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a soulful rhythm by using double stops and simple 3 note chords. You'll learn several easy rhythm fill licks that can be played with any chord. This lesson is designed to help enhance your rhythm playing and give you some creative ideas for when you improvise. … [Read more...]
Soulful Rhythm With Fill Licks (Using only the top 3 strings) – Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP316
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to "compliment the band" by playing a soulful rhythm with rhythm fill licks. I'll be playing everything by using only the top 3 strings on the guitar. This was done intentionally to show how creative you can be by playing off of simple 3 note chords (triads). … [Read more...]
Learn a slow, soulful blues rhythm and lead in a blues trio – Blues Guitar Lesson EP297
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow (and relatively easy) blues rhythm and lead over a trio backing track (just bass and drums). Playing in a trio forces you to be on your game as you're covering all of the rhythm and lead parts in real time. This lesson also makes good use of dynamics, and knowing when NOT to play. … [Read more...]
Minor Key, R&B Style Composition – Using Call & Response Technique – Solo Guitar Lesson EP293
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a fun, minor key R&B style composition on acoustic guitar that is designed to give some different ideas for approaching rhythm. You'll be using the "Call & Response" style technique to alternate back and forth between rhythm and lead. … [Read more...]
Soulful Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – Using a Major Chord and it’s Relative Minor – EP290
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a soulful blues lead over a C chord and it's relative minor (A minor). I'll explain how you can play the exact same pentatonic notes and they'll work over both of those chords, making it very easy to solo. You'll also learn how to easily integrate chord shapes into the lead to create a more melodic sounding solo. … [Read more...]
Slow, Dark Blues Lead Played on Acoustic Guitar – Blues Guitar Lesson EP282
In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn to play a slow, dark lead on acoustic guitar (although this could be played on electric as well). I'll show you a few easy ways to connect notes to chord shapes so that you can start improvising in this style. You'll also hear several classic Mark Knopfler style blues licks in this. … [Read more...]
Use chords to create a slow and melodic lead – Guitar Lesson EP280
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a melodic lead by using chords (instead of scales). By playing out of these chord shapes and targeting chord tones, you will be creating much more meaningful sounding solos when you write and improvise. The best part is that it's relatively easy to do. Lastly, this technique takes advantage of the CAGED System (which was covered in lessons EP273 and EP275). … [Read more...]