In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a repeatable method: strum through 1-2-3-4, stop, then play your lick. Reuse that same pattern throughout the song and you've got a solo guitar composition. … [Read more...]
Use Minor Triads to create Dreamy Major 7 sounds – ML144
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use simple minor triad shapes to create dreamy Major 7 sounds over major chords. We’ll apply this idea to a standalone composition in the key of A and connect it back to familiar CAGED shapes, major scale notes, and lead ideas. … [Read more...]
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 anything. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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 of the fretboard. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
Need help with your timing? Strum patterns + rhythm ideas! Lesson – ML128
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the rhythm guitar part over last week's jam track (EP625). You'll learn how to play ahead of the beat, and how to play on the beat as well as several simple rhythm embellishments! … [Read more...]
How to USE the upgraded Blues Rhythm to layer on top of a 1-4-5 progression – Guitar Lesson – ML126
In this week's guitar lesson, I'll continue what we started in lesson ML125 by demonstrating how to layer the upgraded Blues rhythm over a standard 1-4-5 chord progression. Learn how to count it, and how to hear the extra chords. Here's a link to the previous (prerequisite) lesson to this lesson … [Read more...]
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