In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Blues composition out of the C shape from the CAGED System. Blues you can play by yourself. … [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...]
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! Here is the follow-up lesson to this one showing how to play this new structure over a standard 1-4-5 progression. … [Read more...]
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 chord to the 4 chord Lick 2: Sus4 resolving to a major triad - (In the Part 2 video of EP619) Lick 3: Bluegrass, Norman Blake harmony Lick 4: Major Pentatonic scale from just 1 note … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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). … [Read more...]
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). … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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! … [Read more...]
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