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January 3, 2020 minor key blues guitar lesson
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Minor Key Blues (B flat Minor) That You Can Play By Yourself – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP342

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a minor key blues jam in the key of B flat by yourself on guitar. This uses the classic “Call & Response” technique to allow you to jump back and forth between rhythm and lead parts.

December 27, 2019 rock blues lead guitar lesson
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Rock, Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – Using the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales – EP341

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a rock, blues lead that uses both minor and major pentatonic scales. I’ll explain my thought process for choosing either the major or minor path when playing a solo.

December 20, 2019 country blues guitar lesson
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Country Blues Guitar Lesson – How to Compose and Play – EP340

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to compose and play a country blues composition on acoustic guitar. I’ll walk through my thought process for alternating back and forth between chords and lead, while playing the chord changes.

December 13, 2019 b.b. king style guitar lesson
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B.B. King Inspired Lead Guitar Lesson with a Key Change – EP339

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow and easy, B.B. King style lead by using the major pentatonic scale. I’ll show you my trick for finding the major pentatonic scale triangle so that you can easily translate these licks to any key. The jam track for this lesson has a […]

December 6, 2019 Rhythm Guitar Lesson
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Creative Rhythm Ideas – Rhythm Fill Licks plus a Simple B.B. King Style Lead – Guitar Lesson EP338

In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn several creative rhythm ideas to play over a soulful jam track. I’ll show you several of my “go-to” rhythm fill lick ideas so that you can start using them when you play. I’ve also included a simple B.B. King style lead that uses what I refer to as […]

November 29, 2019 learn it came upon a midnight clear on guitar
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“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” – Guitar Lesson and How to Compose – EP337

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a solo arrangement of the Christmas song, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”. In addition to showing you how to play it, I’ll explain my thought process for creating a solo composition like this so that you can create your own.

November 22, 2019 easy fingerstyle blues guitar lesson
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Easy Fingerstyle Blues with a Jazzy Turnaround – Blues Guitar Lesson EP336

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a slow and easy fingerstyle blues that has a jazz style turnaround. This composition is a solo composition, so no jam track is required. As always, I’ll show you how to play everything note for note and explain why everything works so that you can start applying this […]

November 15, 2019 using dynamics guitar lesson
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Using Dynamics to Create a Rock, Blues Lead – Guitar Lesson EP335

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll use the 5 notes of the minor pentatonic scale to create a dynamic lead, starting low and building to a crescendo. This approach is about saving the high notes and keeping them in reserve for a dramatic build.

November 8, 2019 rock blues guitar lesson
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Slow, Rock Blues Guitar Lead That You Can Play By Yourself – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP334

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow blues rhythm and lead that alternates between a major chord, and it’s relative minor (E and C#m). You can use the same pentatonic scale to play over both of these chords, making it fun and relatively easy to improvise in this style.

November 1, 2019 Easy Country blues guitar lesson
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Slow and Easy Country Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – EP333

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow and easy country blues lead that works on electric or acoustic guitar. This one is full of classic Western Swing, 6 chord ideas (like the ones Don Helms would play in those original Hank Williams recordings).

October 25, 2019 rhythmic fingerstyle blues guitar lesson
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Rhythmic, Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP332

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a rhythmic (percussive) fingerstyle rhythm by using your thumb on the 1 and 3 beat, and “slapping” the 2 and 4 beat – it’s easier than you think! This composition doesn’t require a jam track and works on acoustic or electric guitar.

October 18, 2019 soulful blues rhythm and lead guitar lesson
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Learn a soulful, blues rhythm and lead on guitar – EP331

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play both rhythm and lead over a soulful, blues up-tempo jam track. Lots of chords in this one!

October 11, 2019 soulful gospel style guitar lesson
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Soulful, Gospel Style Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson – EP330

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”.

October 4, 2019 ragtime acoustic blues guitar lesson
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Ragtime Blues Rhythm Played on Acoustic Guitar – Play This One By Yourself – EP329

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a ragtime rhythm (with fill licks) on acoustic guitar by yourself (no accompaniment is required). This is the perfect lesson for those of you who struggle with right-hand strum patterns and how to play interesting rhythms on guitar.

September 27, 2019 classic 12 bar blues guitar lesson
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Learn a Classic 12 Bar Blues Guitar Composition That You Can Play By Yourself (Easily Transposable) – EP328

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a classic 12 bar blues composition that you can play by yourself (no accompaniment needed) on electric or acoustic guitar. There are no open strings in this composition so that means you can easily transpose this and play it in any key (I’ll show you […]

September 20, 2019 slow lead blues guitar lesson
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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!

September 13, 2019 tex-mex blues guitar lesson
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Tex-Mex Blues Style Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson – EP326

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a bluesy, Tex-Mex style rhythm and lead on electric guitar. Lots of rhythm and lead ideas that you can pull from this lesson and apply to just about any style.

September 6, 2019 motown rhythm guitar lesson
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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.

August 30, 2019 soulful rhythm guitar lesson
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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 […]

August 23, 2019 acoustic delta blues guitar lesson
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Delta Blues Guitar Composition Played Using Hybrid Picking – Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson EP323

In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to use the hybrid picking technique to play a delta blues style composition on acoustic guitar. Lots of classic Robert Johnson style licks in this one, AND you can play it by yourself. If you’re already a fingerstyle player, I’ll show you how to easily adapt this […]


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