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Major Pentatonic Blues Ideas – Featuring QUIST! + the Eric Clapton Crash Strat – Guitar Lesson EP547

major pentatonic blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an Eric Clapton style blues lead that primarily uses the Major Pentatonic scale (with a few minor pentatonic licks). The jam track for this lesson is provided by Quist! 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...]

Using Chord Tones and Voice Leading to Guide Your Melody on Guitar – Guitar Lesson – EP546

chord tones to guide your melody

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use chord tones to guide your melody when you improvise lead guitar. This is a different approach to lead than simply playing the notes of a scale. … [Read more...]

Chicago Blues jam by yourself on guitar! – Includes TAB on Screen – Gutiar Lesson – EP543

Chicago Blues jam by yourself on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Chicago Blues style rhythm and lead by yourself (no jam track needed) on electric guitar. You'll be learning both how to play a shuffle rhythm as well as a call & response. … [Read more...]

Mapping the fretboard for a slow, country style lead – Guitar Lesson – EP538

mapping the fretboard guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn the difference between playing a solo "in the key", versus outlining the chords of the song. You'll also be visualizing various chord shapes all over the fretboard to highlight those notes, and give your lead a more melodic sound. … [Read more...]

Simple Triad idea to improve your Blues lead on guitar – Blues guitar lesson – EP537

simple triad ideas for blues guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate a few simple triad shapes into your blues lead to create a more sophisticated lead sound. You'll be targeting those chord tones as the chords pass by. … [Read more...]

Hear the chord changes in a Boogie Woogie style lead – by yourself (no jam track) Guitar Lesson EP531

outline chord changes lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Boogie Woogie style lead composition that doesn't require a jam track. You'll be learning how to play through the chord changes while improving your alternate picking skills. … [Read more...]

Using the CAGED System to play over chord changes – EP526

using the caged system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll be tying together the previous 2 lessons (EP524 and EP525) and using that information to demonstrate using the CAGED system to play over chord changes. … [Read more...]

Trying to improvise in a minor key? Try using these – Guitar Lesson – EP520

improvise guitar in a minor key

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several rhythm and lead ideas that you can use when improvising in a minor key. … [Read more...]

Minor Blues Lead Ideas – Use these ideas in your leads when improvising – Guitar Lesson EP517

minor blues lead guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several minor key lead ideas. You'll learn how to connect them to chord shapes so they can be used in any key going forward. … [Read more...]

How to fit into a busy song and avoid “getting in the way” – Guitar Lesson on Improvising – EP510

fit into busy song guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn how to improvise a lead / rhythm over a busy jam track by learning what to play and when to play it. Remember, less is more! … [Read more...]

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