In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a blues shuffle by yourself on guitar. I'll start by showing you how to play a classic blues shuffle rhythm, and then layer in the lead licks in a "call & response" style. No accompaniment is needed when playing this composition. … [Read more...]
Blues Guitar Lesson – Solo Composition in E – Jam By Yourself on Guitar – EP238
In this week's guitar lesson, I'll show you how to play a fun blues (with jazz influence) composition that requires no accompaniment. You can play this one by yourself and will learn how to play chord changes and how to connect licks back to basic chord shapes. These solo composition lessons are popular because they give you something that you can perform for others, to showcase your progression. … [Read more...]
One Chord Blues Guitar Lesson – Improvise Over a Single Chord – EP230
In this week's guitar lesson, you won't have to worry about playing chord changes ... because there aren't any. This jam track has a single chord (E) played over and over again. It'll be your job to play something colorful on top of a single chord to keep things interesting. This lesson is designed to teach you how to improvise over a single chord by giving you a series of licks and different chord voicings. … [Read more...]
Blues Ballad on Acoustic Guitar – Played Solo Guitar (No Accompaniment) – EP228
In this week's guitar lesson, I'll show you how to play a slow, bluesy ballad on acoustic guitar all by yourself. No accompaniment is required. I'll also provide information on chord theory that will help you understand how certain chords work together, so that you can start to create your own compositions. … [Read more...]
(Part 2) Muddy Waters Style Blues Guitar Lesson – Solo Composition – EP214
This week's guitar lesson is a follow-up to last week's Muddy Waters style acoustic blues guitar lesson (EP213). I received so many requests for a Part 2, that I decided to go ahead and create an additional 24 bars that you can combine with EP213. … [Read more...]
Solo Blues Rhythm and Lead (No Accompaniment) – EP198
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo blues composition in the key of E. This works on both electric and acoustic guitar. This is another lessons that uses the "call and response" technique, going back and forth between playing rhythm and lead licks, and you'll learn how to improvise in this style. … [Read more...]
Boogie Woogie Blues Guitar – EP132
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a boogie woogie rhythm and lead in the key of A. This works on electric or acoustic guitar and is played with no accompaniment. The first time through you'll play the rhythm part, and the second time through you'll be combining lead and rhythm. The entire video lesson portion is free. … [Read more...]
Electric Rhythm and Lead Blues Guitar Lesson – EP067
This lesson was created exclusively for premium members. The jam track for this lesson contains only drums and bass, so your goal in this lesson is to play all of the electric parts (just like you would in a blues trio), so you'll alternate back and forth between rhythm and lead. Half of this lesson is devoted to the back and forth (call and response) technique and the other half is devoted to rhythm (timing). … [Read more...]
