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Attach licks to chords to create a solo blues composition – EP494

adding licks to chords guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll attach licks to chord shapes to create a stand-alone blues composition. No jam track needed. … [Read more...]

Embellish a classic melody on guitar. How to improvise around a melody – “Up on the Housetop”- EP493

embellish a classic melody on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to take a classic melody and embellish it. Improvise, while continuing to honor the melody. … [Read more...]

SPICE up your blues lead with Chromatics! – Chromatic Minor Pentatonic blues lead guitar lesson – EP491

chromatic blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn how to incorporate chromatic lines into the minor pentatonic scale to give your lead an "outside" sound. To view the Part 2 video, download the TAB, and the MP3 jam tracks for this lesson, visit: … [Read more...]

Harmonized leads that live inside triads – Easy to visualize! – Guitar Lesson EP490

harmonized lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to visualize and actually use harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths when you improvise. … [Read more...]

Jam by yourself using the same chords in 3 positions. Solo blues guitar lesson – EP467

jam by yourself on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to jam by yourself (no jam track needed), using the same basic chords in 3 neck positions. … [Read more...]

Minor Triad Embellishment Ideas – Guitar Lesson EP459

minor triad guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn the 3 main positions for minor triads (along with embellishments) and will be able to practice them in a stand-alone fingerstyle composition. … [Read more...]

Rhythm chord ideas – Apply the ideas from this funk rhythm to any style! – EP457

rhythm guitar lesson ideas

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn both the percussive strum pattern, and various chord voicings over a funk jam track with just 1 chord. You can easily apply these rhythm concepts to any song in any style. … [Read more...]

Boogie Woogie Swing blues by yourself on guitar. Lesson – EP454

boogie woogie swing blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a boogie woogie style, swing blues composition that you can play by yourself on guitar (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]

Simple concept to create movement within chords (triads) – Line cliché guitar lesson- EP452

line cliche guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a simple concept that involves moving just 1 note in a chord to create a melodic movement (or a line cliché). … [Read more...]

Slow and Dreamy (easy) lead by connecting triads and just 1 scale – EP449

slow dreamy lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow, dreamy sounding lead that combines triads from the CAGED System with the major scale. … [Read more...]

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