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Lonnie Johnson Style Blues Composition Blues Lead Ideas – EP405

Lonnie Johnson guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play several classic Lonnie Johnson style blues licks in a standalone composition. Lots of ideas to steal in this one! … [Read more...]

Learn a Jazzy, Blues Composition That You Can Play By Yourself on Guitar – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP289

jazzy blues guitar lesson

In this week's lesson, you'll learn a solo blues composition (no accompaniment required) that isn't the typical 1, 4, 5 blues format. This has a jazzy chord arrangement to keep things interesting and give you ideas for other ways to play the blues (similar to Lonnie Johnson's approach). This also uses the "call & response" technique to allow you to alternate back and forth between chords and lead. Los of takeaways in this one! … [Read more...]

Gospel Style Blues Guitar Lesson – Solo Composition (No Accompaniment Needed) – EP248

gospel blues guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a gospel style blues composition that's played solo guitar (no accompaniment needed). You'll be using the "call and response" technique which is what allows you to play this on your own. I'll break down everything and show you how to play it note for note and explain where those notes come from so that you can start to create your own compositions like this one. Also, there were no open strings in this so you can easily transpose it to any … [Read more...]

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