In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play lead guitar in the style of B.B King by learning how to blend the major and minor pentatonic scales in a few zones that he often used on the fretboard. … [Read more...]
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 key change as well. … [Read more...]
B.B. King Style Lead (Bonus For Premium Members) – EP102 – B – BB King
In honor of B.B. King’s passing last week, I wanted to create a lesson showcasing some classic B.B. King style licks. This is a bonus lesson that’s only available to Premium Members this week. This lesson uses the same MP3 jam track as EP102-A the T-Bone Walker style lead and rhythm guitar lesson … [Read more...]
T-Bone Walker Style Lead and Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP102 – A
In this blues guitar lesson you’ll learn how to play a T-Bone Walker style lead and rhythm. This can be played on either electric or acoustic guitar (although some of the lead parts might be challenging on acoustic guitar). T-Bone Walker was a huge influence on B.B. King, and so in honor of his passing I wanted to create 2 lessons this week. One on T-Bone’s style and the other on B.B. King’s style – both played using the same MP3 jam track. Here’s a link to the B.B. King guitar lesson (only … [Read more...]
The Thrill Is Gone Style Guitar Lesson – BB King – EP078
In this lesson you'll learn how to play a bluesy lead over a slow blues in the key of A minor, similar to the B.B. King classic, "The Thrill Is Gone". The lead is actually made up of licks from Albert King, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King as well - I wanted to put my own twist on things by combining influence. If you're trying to do this on acoustic guitar, I recommend using light gauge strings for the bends. … [Read more...]
BB King Ballad Guitar Lesson – Slow Blues in The Key of C – EP041
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow blues ballad in the style of the great B.B. King. B.B. tends to go to the same place on the guitar neck during a solo (usually in the Major Pentatonic scale), and in this lesson I'll explain how to find that place and will give you a series of licks that you can use that are in the style of B.B. King. … [Read more...]
Major Pentatonic Scale Pattern (6 Note Box) and Solo in A – EP025
In this lesson I'll cover 2 things. First I'll show you a pattern (or box) in the major pentatonic scale that contains 6 notes (8 notes if you count the 2 bends). This pattern is incredibly powerful and will allow you to create some amazing solos with just a few notes. B.B. King plays a lot of his solos using this pattern. In addition, (for premium members) I'll show you how to play the entire solo that I play in the intro, and also tablature and jam tracks will be available. Also, if you … [Read more...]
Rock Blues in the Key of A- Learn to Play Rhythm and Lead – EP018
This is a new 4 part mini series that will show you how to play a driving blues lead guitar and up-tempo rhythm guitar. This lead lesson was influenced by several different artists, namely Eric Clapton, Dickey Betts, and B.B. King... with some various country pedal steel licks thrown in for good measure. Hopefully there are enough out there that share my love of this style of playing to make lessons like this worth while. I will be releasing the 4 videos for this mini-series over the next few … [Read more...]
B.B. King Guitar Lesson – Understanding His Approach – LEG012
In this lesson I've decided to part from writing a solo "in the style of" and then teaching it to you note for note. I'm not sure how good of a lesson that is in the long term. When you're learning a new instrument, there will always be a fair amount of memorization in the beginning... but most people can never make it past the memorization part... they learn it.. and can replicate it, but then ask, "now what?". So I'd like to start explaining how the boundaries for guitar solos and rhythm work … [Read more...]
BB King Blues Guitar Lesson – LEG029
This lesson is part of a new blues artist series that I'm starting where each lesson will cover a particular blues artist and I'll explain how they play some of their signature guitar licks. This lesson focuses on Mr. Beale Street Blues Boy himself - B.B. King. Although B.B. has never been considered an extremely technical player, his phrasing and emotion that he uses when he plays in like no other. Even non guitar players can identify a B.B. guitar lick because of his unique vibrato. I put … [Read more...]
