Guitar Lessons Online – Active Melody
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June 5, 2026
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Your Blues solo may be missing this! Hint (it’s chords) – Guitar Lesson – EP637
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to fatten up your Blues solo by playing notes directly out of chord shapes. This will also help you think through your lead in a more logical way and easily find harmonies.
May 29, 2026
Don’t Stop When You Hit a Wrong Note – Do This Instead
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn why the note you play after a mistake matters more than the mistake itself and how to use that to your advantage. The good news is that you’re never more than one fret away from the right note. There is no part 2 or practice files for this […]
May 22, 2026
The Hidden Melodies Hiding Inside Your Chord Shapes – Guitar Lesson – ML140
Most guitarists treat chords and lead playing as two separate things — but they don’t have to be. In this week’s lesson, I’ll show you how to pull harmonized lead ideas directly out of the chord shapes you already know. The result is a fuller, more musical sound that works in country, blues, just about […]
May 15, 2026
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Learn how to construct a classic Chicago Blues style guitar solo – Guitar Lesson EP636
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to construct a Chicago Blues style lead combining the styles of Freddie King and Albert King. Pretty much everything is played in Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1
May 8, 2026
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2 Fingers + Secret Open Chord = Simple Bluegrass Composition by yourself! – Guitar Lesson – ML139
In this week’s lesson, you’ll learn how to create a solo Bluegrass-style arrangement using just strings 4, 3, and 2 with a simple strum pattern and minimal fretting. Great for improving rhythm, melody, timing, and musical feel all at once.
May 1, 2026
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How do I jam with someone on guitar? Learn both rhythm and lead parts in this lesson – EP635
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to jam with another instrument (mandolin) by playing both lead and rhythm. You’ll also be playing the chord changes in the lead. Lots to learn in this one!
April 24, 2026
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Learn these 4 Levels to play a Pretty Rhythm / Strum Pattern + a Melody line – Guitar Lesson – ML138
In this week’s guitar lesson, I’ll walk you through 4 levels to playing a pretty rhythm strum pattern that includes a very simple melody line. Plus chord substitutions.
April 17, 2026
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Vocal Guitar Phrasing; How to play it like you would sing it. Guitar Lesson – EP634
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a melodic lead that is full of harmonies and pauses and is played the way a vocalist would phrase it.
April 10, 2026
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Need some ideas to make your rhythm sound more interesting? Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – ML137
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a rhythm for a 1-4-5 Blues progression that sounds interesting by mixing up strum patterns and chord embellishments.
April 3, 2026
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Fingerstyle Blues Ideas – Blues you can play by yourself on acoustic guitar – Guitar Lesson EP633
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a fingerstyle Blues composition by yourself on acoustic guitar. You’ll also learn where each of the licks come from so that you can use these ideas when you improvise or compose.
March 27, 2026
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How do I Improvise on guitar? Start simple and expand! Guitar Lesson – ML136
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a process for how start improvising by starting simple (just 2 notes) and building on top of them. Learn how to find a major 3rd, minor 3rd, 5th, 6th, flat 7, and several other key notes and what they sound like.
March 20, 2026
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Easily remember and use minor licks by connecting them to basic chord shapes – Guitar Lesson – EP632
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to connect minor key licks to basic chord shapes so that you can easily remember them and access them in the future.
March 13, 2026
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The Pentatonic Cheat Code – Easy way to Find All 5 patterns of Major & Minor Pentatonic Scale – Guitar Lesson – ML135
In this week’s lesson, I’ll show you a very simple way of visualizing all 5 patterns of both the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales by connecting them back to the 5 shapes from the CAGED System.
March 6, 2026
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Blues lead played across the fretboard using shapes from the C.A.G.E.D. System Guitar Lesson – EP631
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a Blues lead in the key of C over a 1-4-5 chord progression by visualizing the chord shapes from The CAGED System and connecting the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales to those shapes.
February 27, 2026
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Understanding the CAGED System with the Blues – Blues from the E Shape – Guitar Lesson – ML134
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the Blues by yourself, both chords and lead licks while staying in the same 4 fret region of the fretboard, starting with the E shape.
February 20, 2026
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Country style lead pattern – Easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale – Guitar Lesson EP630
Learn a Country style lead (played on the low strings) and learn an easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale by attaching it to a single note.
February 13, 2026
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Blues out of the “A Shape” from the CAGED System – Blues Guitar Lesson – ML133
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a 1-4-5 Blues out of the A shape from the CAGED System. I’m going through each of the 5 shapes and showing you how to connect the 1, 4, and 5 chords as well as the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales in the same region […]
February 6, 2026
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Blues phrasing formula – Connect it all to a single note! – Guitar Lesson – EP629
If you’ve ever struggled with using all of the guitar information you’ve learned to actually construct a solo, or even not known how to start your lead, this lesson will be a breakthrough for you
January 30, 2026
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The G Shape from The CAGED System – Play the Blues from the G shape – Guitar Lesson – ML132
In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn how to play a standalone Blues / Bluegrass / Rockabilly style composition (1-4-5 progression) by starting with the G shape. Everything stays within the same 4 fret range.
January 23, 2026
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Complementing the Chords: Play something that isn’t already being played! – Guitar Lesson – EP628
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn some creative ways to enhance a rhythm track by adding a complementary layer to the song. No need to strum the same rhythm chords, instead learn how to play something over them that adds to the song.
