EP300 – Over 300 In-Depth Guitar Lessons – Thank You!!!!
First, let me just say a huge THANK YOU for your continued support of ActiveMelody and helping me to reach this monumental milestone. We’re now at over 300 in-depth guitar lessons! I know it sounds clichè, but I could not have done it without you. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!! Instead of […]
Electric Blues Guitar Lesson that you can play by yourself – Staying in the key of a song – EP299
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a Chicago blues style lead by yourself (no accompaniment is required). Instead of focusing on “playing the chord changes” like we did in last week’s lesson (EP298), you’ll be playing in the key of the song, only focusing on the pentatonic scales.
Learn how to play the chord changes over a blues composition – No accompaniment required – EP298
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a blues lead that doesn’t require any rhythm or accompaniment because you’ll be “playing the chord changes”. This is a technique in which you outline the notes in the chords with your lead, resulting in a more sophisticated sounding solo. This is perfect for those […]
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 […]
Fingerstyle Ragtime Blues Guitar Lesson – Play By Yourself – EP296
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a ragtime blues composition that’s played fingerstyle. You can do this one by yourself, no accompaniment is required. In addition to learning how to play the song, you’ll learn the 2 main thumb patterns used in fingerstyle compositions, and how they relate to the chords.
Ragtime Blues Lead on Acoustic Guitar – Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – EP295
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play lead on acoustic guitar over a ragtime piano rhythm backing track. Even though the backing track has lots of chords, I’ll show you an easy way to improvise a lead over it.
Funky Minor Key Blues Guitar Lesson – Ideas for Playing “Outside The Box” – EP294
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to spice up your rhythm and lead in a funky, minor key blues composition by learning to play “outside the box” (which means including something unexpected). This is much more common in jazz, but sounds just as good in the blues.
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.
Have a Blues Jam Session By Yourself on Guitar (Just 4 Chords) – Blues Guitar Lesson EP292
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play both rhythm and lead in a solo jam session (no accompaniment needed). You’ll also learn a right-hand strum technique and how to play the Mixolydian scale when soloing. Everything is created with just 4 basic chords (E, Bm, A, and G)..
(Easy) Slow, Country Guitar Lesson – Learn to play the chord changes – EP291
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow (and easy) country lead by playing the chord changes. This lesson is designed to show you a different way of playing lead, by focusing on chords and arpeggios instead of scales. This technique works especially well over slow songs where the band stays […]
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 […]
Learn a Jazzy, Blues Composition That You Can Play By Yourself on Guitar – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP289
In this week’s lesson, you’ll learn a solo blues composition (no accompaniment required) that isn’t the typical 1, 4, 5 blues format. This has a jazzy chord arrangement to keep things interesting and give you ideas for other ways to play the blues (similar to Lonnie Johnson’s approach). This also uses the “call & response” […]
Play a 12 Bar Blues Composition By Yourself on Guitar (No Accompaniment) Blues Guitar Lesson – EP288
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a classic, 12 bar blues composition that you can play by yourself on electric or acoustic guitar. This uses the “call & response” technique which allows you to easily go back and forth between rhythm and lead licks. As always, I’ll break everything down note for note and […]
Learn to play the chord changes in this Western Swing guitar lesson – EP287
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a Western Swing style lead by playing the chord changes (changing scales to match the chords). This is designed to teach you how to play more melodic and interesting sounding leads when improvising.
Rock, Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – with Rhythm Fills – EP286
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a rock, blues rhythm that includes several classic rhythm fills. I’ll show you how to transpose all of these licks and fills into other keys so that you can start using them when you improvise.
Learn “O Holy Night” on Electric Guitar – Christmas Guitar Lesson – EP285
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’re going to learn how to play the classic Christmas melody to “O Holy Night” on electric guitar. As always, I’ll explain the “why” behind the notes so that you can create your own compositions like this.
Boogie Woogie Style Blues Guitar Lesson – Play it By Yourself – EP284
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a really fun Boogie Woogie style blues composition that doesn’t require any accompaniment. You can jam on this one all by yourself on acoustic or electric guitar. I’ll also walk through several useful takeaways that you can apply when playing rhythm or lead.
Minor Key Blues Guitar Lesson Played with a Percussive Fingerstyle – EP283
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a minor key blues in B minor (although, I’ll show you how to easily transpose this and play it in any key). This is played with a percussive fingerstyle rhythm and requires no jam track – you can play this one all by yourself.
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 […]
Rock, Blues Rhythm (with fill licks) that you can play by yourself on guitar – Blues rhythm guitar lesson – EP281
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a rock, blues rhythm that sounds great on it’s own (no accompaniment needed). This lesson is designed to give you rhythm strumming and fill lick ideas to make you better at writing and improvising rhythm guitar.
