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
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
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
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
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
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...]
Part 3 – The CAGED System (A Shape) – Using the C,E & A shapes in a blues lead – Guitar Lesson EP558
This week's guitar lesson is a continuation of the CAGED System series in which we'll be doing a deep dive on the A shape and learning how to play major and minor chords, scales and arpeggios within that shape. We'll also combine the C, E and A shape to create a soulful, minor key blues lead. … [Read more...]
Albert King style lead – Play this by yourself (no jam track) – Guitar Lesson – EP554
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an Albert King inspired lead that is full of those classic, "Albert Kingisms" that are so common in electric blues. This is a lead that you can play by yourself (no jam track required). … [Read more...]
Blues rhythm comping ideas using 2 note and 3 note chords (Dyads and Triads) – Guitar Lesson – EP553
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn blues rhythm comping ideas in 3 different positions on the fretboard, while using simple 2 note and 3 note chords. … [Read more...]
All chords and scales are never more than 1 fret away! The CAGED System Guitar Lesson – EP552
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to anchor all scales, arpeggios, and chords in all 12 keys to a single fret. You'll learn how to pick any fret at random and play anything you want from that fret! … [Read more...]
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