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Country Blues by yourself! (seeing the chord shapes makes this easier) – Guitar Lesson – EP609

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Country, Blues style composition by yourself (no jam track needed). Every lick / phrase that you'll learn will be connected to a basic chord shape, making it easier to visualize what's going on. … [Read more...]

Country Blues guitar composition By Yourself – while outlining the changes. Guitar Lesson – EP580

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a country blues guitar composition by yourself on acoustic guitar (no jam track needed). To make it work on it's own, you'll need to outline the chord changes by the notes you choose. Explained in the video! … [Read more...]

Country Blues by yourself on guitar – Weekly Guitar Lesson – EP468

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a short, country blues composition by yourself (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Country blues in Drop D – Play by yourself – EP416

country blues guitar lesson in drop d

In this weeks' guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an acoustic country, blues composition in drop D tuning by yourself (no jam track needed). This lesson is designed to give you ideas for licks and chord voicings that you can play in Drop D tuning. … [Read more...]

How to USE the CAGED System to play a Country Blues Melody – EP346

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to actually USE the CAGED system (in a practical sense) to play a country blues composition that requires no accompaniment. You'll be killing 2 birds with one stone by playing a really fun song, while learning the CAGED chord positions. All played using triads. This will be a break-through lesson for a lot of you. … [Read more...]

Country Blues Guitar Lesson – How to Compose and Play – EP340

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to compose and play a country blues composition on acoustic guitar. I'll walk through my thought process for alternating back and forth between chords and lead, while playing the chord changes. … [Read more...]

Slow and Easy Country Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – EP333

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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and easy country blues lead that works on electric or acoustic guitar. This one is full of classic Western Swing, 6 chord ideas (like the ones Don Helms would play in those original Hank Williams recordings). … [Read more...]

Country Blues Lead and Rhythm Guitar Composition You Can Play By Yourself – EP317

Country blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a country rhythm and lead (with several classic blues licks thrown in) that you can play by yourself on acoustic or electric guitar. This lesson demonstrates how to play lead over chord changes using the major pentatonic scale. … [Read more...]

Country Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson With Fill Licks – EP220

Country Blues Guitar Lesson

This week's guitar lesson is a country blues style rhythm with fill licks. I'll break everything down note for note and show you how to play this rhythm (explaining the strum pattern in detail). I'll explain where all of the fill licks come from so that you can start to improvise in this style. … [Read more...]

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