Guitar Lessons Online – Active Melody
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October 31, 2025
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Upgrade your Blues rhythm with these chords (Jazzier structure) – Game Changer! – Guitar Lesson – ML125
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to convert a basic sounding 12 bar Blues rhythm into a much more interesting chord structure by adding a few extra transition chords. This concept was a game changer for me!
October 24, 2025
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Blues lead over a jam track with STOPS! – Fill the space when the band stops – Guitar Lesson – EP622
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play an Eric Clapton inspired lead over an awesome jam track that was provided by QUIST (links to his channels below). This jam track has stops where the band drops out, and you get to creatively fill the space with your lead (so much fun!) If […]
October 17, 2025
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My Go-To Harmony Licks That Work in Just About Anything – Guitar Lesson – ML124
In this week’s lesson, I’ll show you my absolute favorite harmony licks and relate them back to each of the 5 chord shapes from the CAGED System. I use these in just about any style I play and they work for rhythm or lead.
October 10, 2025
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Play an entire Blues lead in 1 position of the fretboard (E shape from CAGED) Guitar Lesson EP621
In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn an entire Blues lead by learning how to easily blend the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. You’ll be doing everything in 1 region of the fretboard (within 4 frets).
October 3, 2025
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How do I USE all of these licks to actually make music on the guitar? Guitar Lesson – ML123
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to compile licks from various sources into a single lead. I’ll give 4 lick idea examples from previous lessons and show how to stitch them together into a solo. Deep dives for the licks that I reference in this video: Lick 1: Triad walk-down from the 1 […]
September 26, 2025
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Jamming by yourself on guitar – Bluegrass style! – Guitar Lesson – EP620
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a solo Bluegrass composition with several classic Norman Blake style licks. This one is great for working on speed and accuracy of your left and right hands.
September 19, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML122 – Using Triads and Harmonies to spice up your Blues! Guitar Lesson – ML122
In this MicroLesson (ML122), you’ll learn how to play a Blues lead by using chords (Triads) and harmonies and will be doing it all over a stand-alone composition (no jam track needed). Transpose these and play them in any key.
September 12, 2025
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Don’t overthink this stuff! Minor Pentatonic Blues lead – Guitar Lesson – EP619
In this week’s lesson, you’ll be playing a minor key Blues in the key of F# minor and will play the entire solo using only the Minor Pentatonic scale.
September 5, 2025
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Find both Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales from a SINGLE NOTE! A different approach to the Pentatonics – Lesson ML121
In this weeks’ guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to find both major and minor pentatonic scales by identifying a single note (the note of the key). From that note you can branch into the major OR minor pentatonic scale (using the same shape).
August 29, 2025
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Blues by yourself. Some simple ideas for solo Blues – Guitar Lesson – EP618
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a classic 8 bar blues shuffle rhythm with several embellishment ideas sprinkled throughout. In the part 2 video, learn how to use a Diminished 7 arpeggio for a more sophisticated sound.
August 22, 2025
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Use 1 shape to play an entire harmonized lead all over the neck (w 2 fingers) Guitar Lesson – ML120
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to use 1 shape to create an entire lead, even playing over the chord changes! The best part is only 2 fingers are needed to do this, and you’ll be able to play these harmonies in any key, because there are no open strings.
August 15, 2025
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Dark and Spacey acoustic guitar lead – Ambient Guitar Lesson – EP617
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a dark and spacey sounding lead on acoustic guitar (think Pink Floyd).
August 8, 2025
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Bluesy Bluegrass licks that are perfect for soloing or use as fill licks” – Guitar Lesson – ML119
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several open string, Bluegrass style licks that are connected to 1st position (cowboy) chords. These are great for soloing or for fill licks.
August 1, 2025
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How to improve your lead phrasing: Sing with your fingers! – Guitar Lesson – EP616
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to create a lead with vocal-like phrasing, all using the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales.
July 25, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML118 – Blues harmonies hiding inside chord shapes – Can you see them? Guitar Lesson – ML118
In this MicroLesson (ML118), you’ll learn how to find Blues harmonies inside of basic chord shapes (from the CAGED System) – Makes it easy to find them again in the future (in any key).
July 18, 2025
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Slow & Pretty Country Lead – Learn where the licks come from. Guitar Lesson – EP615
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow and pretty, Country lead by connecting licks to chord shapes. This makes them easy to remember and reusable.
July 11, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML117 – Playing lead over a Blues Turnaround. Which note to land on and how to time it! Guitar Lesson
In this MicroLesson (ML117), you’ll learn how to play lead over the Blues Turnaround. Specifically, which note to land on and how to get the timing right.
July 4, 2025
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1 Note changes everything! The Major Pentatonic scale + 1 note sounds amazing! Guitar Lesson – EP614
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a bluesy lead that is based on the major and minor pentatonic scales for the key of the song (A), however, by adding 1 note to the Pentatonic, you’ll give it a more sophisticated sound.
June 27, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML116 – Mixing Triads with Pentatonics gives you endless Blues lead ideas – Guitar Lesson
In this MicroLesson (ML116), you’ll learn how to take a few basic Triad shapes and mix them with both the minor and major pentatonic scales in one small area of the fretboard (on the top 3 strings) to create some amazing sounding Blues lead ideas – including highlighting chord tones!
June 20, 2025
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Improvise a Ragtime Blues lead PLUS a fingerstyle rhythm – Guitar Lesson – EP613
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a Ragtime Blues lead and follow the chord changes by primarily staying in 1 position of the Major Pentatonic scale. This lesson includes a bonus fingerstyle rhythm that is tabbed out as well and sounds great on it’s own.
