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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several simple ideas for playing lead guitar over chord changes, using a combination of the pentatonic scales and basic chord shapes.
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Tasty!
Great
I can really use this because I struggle with trying to play lead. Thanks Brian
It’s starting to sink in. I’ve been pausing the videos a lot trying to guess what chord the notes come from, and sometimes it take a while but I usually figure it out. Feels good.
And those rakes sound sweet!
Brian, Fun song.I like it!! Not too fast,Not too slow. Ko ko Mo
Hi
I missed where the note at the 10th fret 3rd string (F natural) in Bar 8 comes from?
Thanks.
It’s just a chromatism to land the f#
Thank you
It’s just a chromatic passing note, a brief note that gets you from one place to another. You can do this all the time in blues. Even say in an Am Pentatonic scale you can add these passing notes and it sounds just fine so long as you don’t linger on them.
Thank you
Great licks to take away, thanks Brian!
Really nice there Brian…
Tony C.
The explanations of the soloing options over the chord changes are fantastic.
Thank you
Like this a lot I wonder if you would consider teaching a lesson on country style chicken pickin guitar
A+ Brian. Thanks!
Love this one. Bright and happy tune.
Brian,
another great lesson and again a lot of lightbulb moments for me. What you said at about 10:30 in lesson 1 is also true for me. Now I know how to find what is played in a much easier way, without always analyzing all the notes individually. I am really glad I became a premium member in the past and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Cool riff. As I watched you play it, I could envision some embellishment that I do that could easily be incorporated. I’m digging it. Sorry Brian, I’m gonna steal it and make it my own LOL
Probably biggest takeaway for me on this one is to see some of the harmonic 6th as D6 & D9 chords.Useful.
Love this country rock vibe. Lots of fun to play. Great explanation of licks, chords shapes etc. Well done.
The notation is missing 3 crosses. The song is in A major. I love this hillbilly solo thanks a lot.
Brian, this lesson particularly resonated with me and I thought I should let you know!
Do you hear a melody in your head? You mention you have a bag of licks you go to. Perhaps put out your top 10 favorite go to licks – major/minor, IV, turnarounds…
I find myself a little lost on a solo unless I have a plan in mind before starting. It’s easier when covering a famous song. Then you know the melody (or line)
You never cease to amaze me, Brian…. You come up with the cleverest ideas!
Great lesson Brian
Fantastic lesson!
My goodness, every time I flick through your lessons I include more and more song into my Favourites. Far more than I can chew
Brian,
You explained the D7 lick in part 2 as playing in D mixo; however the tune is in A major, so the fifth mode in A major is E mixolydian. But you are trying to get us to play the changes in this tune, so is that why you explained that lick as in D mixolydian?