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Acoustic Jam: Acoustic lead inspired by Jerry Garcia – Guitar Lesson EP595

jerry garcia style lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an acoustic lead over a basic chord structure that was inspired by Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead). Learn to play over the chord changes … [Read more...]

Lead with Arpeggios: finding the right notes to match the chord – Guitar Lesson – EP593

lead with guitar with arpeggios

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use arpeggios to outline the notes of your lead, giving you safe notes to land on. We'll look at the Dominant 7 arpeggio in 4 of the 5 CAGED System positions. … [Read more...]

Mixolydian Scale and dancing with your fingers! Guitar Lesson – EP589

milxolydian scale guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use the Mixolydian scale to play over a 2 chord vamp. I'll show you how to play up and down that scale quickly by "dancing with your fingers". … [Read more...]

5 Guitar lick ideas to up your game when improvising. Guitar Lesson – EP581

5 Guitar Lick Ideas

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn 5 guitar lick ideas that can make you sound like a pro! You can apply these concepts to any style and in any key. … [Read more...]

Use your ear and improvise a blues lead over a minor key jam track in 1 take. Guitar Lesson EP576

improvising blues lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, I'll talk through the thought process behind improvising a lead over a song you've never heard before. Let your ear be your guide! If you like this jam track, be sure to check out Quist's social media accounts below: YouTube channel - full of classy sounding backing tracks by going here Spotify - Stream Quist backing tracks by going here Instagram - Featuring some of Quist's amazing guitar work by going here … [Read more...]

Ear training (Part 1 of 2) – A simple formula for finding the right notes and playing by ear. Guitar Lesson EP570

ear training guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to find which notes to target (or land on) by using your ear alone. This simple formula works, even if you don't have a good sense of pitch yet. Here's a link to Part 2 where we introduce the Flat 7 … [Read more...]

Try using triads in your lead. Simple technique for playing chord changes – Guitar Lesson – EP562

triad guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use triads in your guitar lead for a more sophisticated lead sound. This is a super easy way of playing over the chord changes. Includes the tab for the rhythm part. … [Read more...]

Blues lead by YOURSELF! Slow blues lead that works in any key (no jam track needed) – Guitar Lesson EP561

blues lead guitar by yourself

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a slow blues lead in the key of C that you can play by yourself (no jam track needed). I'll be playing out of different positions of the CAGED System as well. … [Read more...]

Part 5 – The CAGED System Series – The D Shape – Plus a lead that demonstrates how to use – EP560

the caged system - D shape

This week's guitar lesson is the final lesson in this 5 part mini-series on The CAGED System, where we'll do a deep dive into the "D" Shape. You'll learn how to play major and minor chords, scales, and arpeggios in this shape, and how to actually use it by learning a lead in the 2nd half of the video. … [Read more...]

Part 4 – The CAGED System Series – The G Shape – 5 Ideas within the G Shape – Guitar Lesson – EP559

the caged system - G Shape

In this week's guitar lesson, we're continuing our series on The CAGED System. In this lesson we'll be doing a deep dive into the G Shape and looking at the major and minor chords, scales, and apreggios you can play within this shape, as well as 5 useful ideas that are unique to this shape. … [Read more...]

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