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Jam in A minor – Rhythm with Fills – EP410

rhythm jam guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a rhythm jam in A minor that you can play by yourself, no jam track needed. Great lesson for those of you that are working on timing. … [Read more...]

Creative Rhythm Ideas – R&B Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP395

creative rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn several classic R&B style rhythm fill licks (with harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths). Slow and easy to play, and full of useful "takeaways". … [Read more...]

3 Blues Rhythms with added Fill Licks – Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP168

blues rhythm guitar lesson

In this blues guitar lesson you'll learn how to add fill licks to the 3 blues rhythms that were taught in last week's lesson (EP167). Here's a link to last week's blues rhythm guitar lesson. I'll show you how to play the same fill licks over all 3 rhythm patterns so you get a feel for how it works. This lesson comes with the same MP3 jam track that was used last week (includes 3 different keys so you can practice playing this in other keys). … [Read more...]

Basic 12 Bar Blues Rhythm (Easy) – BLG005

November 11, 2015 by Brian 61 Comments

easy blues rhythm guitar lesson

I received an email from a site member this week stating that he was recently at a jam session and wasn’t sure what to do when it came to playing rhythm. He knew the key the song was in and new how to make chords, but didn’t feel like he knew how to play a blues rhythm, so I’ve decided to create a very simple blues rhythm guitar lesson in the key of E with two variations, so that you can mix and match them. I wanted to make the MP3 jam tracks, tablature and all lesson content for this lesson … [Read more...]

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Eric Clapton Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Part 2: Advanced – LEG013

In this lesson, we'll continue looking at how Eric Clapton approaches playing blues rhythm guitar. This lesson is really a continuation of the previous Eric Clapton Rhythm Guitar Lesson, however this lesson is a little more advanced and has a lot of extra licks that spice it up. Neither of these Clapton lessons are direct copies of a particular song, but instead are a hybrid of common guitar phrases that he uses when playing rhythm. I had several requests for more Clapton rhythm stuff so … [Read more...]

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