This guitar lesson showcases the very unique blues shuffle style that John Lee Hooker is probably best known for. This is intended for beginner and intermediate guitar players and can be played on either electric or acoustic guitar. … [Read more...]
SRV Style Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – EP028
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired acoustic blues lead. I was originally preparing a jam track for this, but after listening to just the acoustic recording, I thought it worked better on it's own (with no accompaniment). This has an SRV influence (at least the first half for sure), and the melody sounds familiar but I wasn't able to identify what song it came from - so if you know, send me a message! … [Read more...]
EP006: Jazz Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Part 3 (of 3)
This is the final part in the jazz 3 part mini-series. In this lesson I will show you how to play the rhythm part. I'll walk you through the fingerings on each of the chords as well as a detailed explanation of the strum pattern played with the right hand. This lesson also includes muting techniques used when making chords as it relates to muting specific strings so that you can do a full strum, but not get a sound out of specific strings. If you haven't watched the first to parts be sure to … [Read more...]
Funk Guitar Lesson – Rhythm and Lead – LEG004
This lesson shows you how to play a simple funk rhythm and three separate funk lead parts. The lead parts are incredibly basic, but I wanted to show you how to take a simple lead part and repeat it over and over again to get a really cool groove effect. Obviously with the jam track you can start to make up your own as well - so don't just rely on these... use them as examples, but then try to create your own. Just focus on trying to find a repeatable groove, that's one of the secrets to funk … [Read more...]
Reggae Guitar Rhythm Lesson – LEG015
In this lesson I'll show you how to play a typical reggae style rhythm guitar part. The most important part of this lesson isn't necessarily learning to play reggae, but it's the left hand muting effect that you'll learn, because that be used in all style of playing from blues to jazz. In the beginning you'll want to be sure to practice getting the rhythm down slowly and then over time you'll be able to work up to playing with the jam track. This lesson is intended for beginners - advanced and … [Read more...]
