In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a melodic lead by using chords (instead of scales). By playing out of these chord shapes and targeting chord tones, you will be creating much more meaningful sounding solos when you write and improvise. The best part is that it's relatively easy to do. Lastly, this technique takes advantage of the CAGED System (which was covered in lessons EP273 and EP275). … [Read more...]
Slow, Melodic Lead Guitar Lesson – Learn About Soloing With a Relative Minor Chord – EP269
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a VERY slow, and melodic lead over a basic chord progression. I'll explain what a relative minor is and how you can use the same scale to solo over a relative minor and it's relative major. This lead is made up of both blues and country style licks. … [Read more...]
Learn 3 Classic Blues Rhythms That Can Be Played In Any Key – EP247
In this weeks guitar lesson, I'll show you how to play 3 classic blues rhythm patterns that you'll be able to play in any key. These are the main chord voicings I use when improvising rhythm. This lesson comes with 12 jam tracks so you can practice playing in multiple keys and at multiple tempos. … [Read more...]
How To Create Chord Arrangements Using The Major Scale – EP237
In this week's guitar lesson I'll show you how to use the major scale to create chord arrangements. If you've ever wanted to write your own songs but aren't sure which chords work together, this is the lesson you need. In addition to chord theory, I'll also give you a fun rhythm that you can play over a jam track that includes 3 different levels of difficulty. … [Read more...]
Simple Blues Lead Guitar Lesson Using Just 6 Notes and Phrasing – EP219
In this week's guitar lesson, we're going to be eliminating complexity that is often associated with improvising lead guitar by focusing on only 6 notes (4 fretted notes and 2 notes that are bends). We will create an entire 45 second solo with those notes while putting the emphasis on simple phrasing. This lesson includes 12 versions of the same MP3 jam track (one for each key) so that you can practice playing this lead in any key. … [Read more...]
Blues Lead Guitar Lesson with Piano Accompaniment – EP215
This week's guitar lesson is a blues lead (with rhythm elements thrown in) that has only a piano as accompaniment. It's always great practice to learn how to accompany a single instrument like this because it forces you to listen and compliment the other instrument. It's a completely different dynamic than playing with a full band! … [Read more...]
Chord Embellishments and Hybrid Picking Guitar Lesson – EP204
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a solo blues composition using just 5 basic chords. Instead of just strumming the chords, I'll show you how to use hybrid picking to help embellish the chords. You'll essentially be playing extra notes with each chord to create a more sophisticated sound. I play through this arrangement 2 times, playing it different each time to give you a variety of embellishment ideas. … [Read more...]
3 Essential Chord Shapes on the Guitar – Chord Inversions – EP199
In this guitar lesson, you are going to learn 3 triad chord shapes (a triad means just 3 notes). I'll show you how to play these chord shapes up the neck of the guitar and how to play a 1, 4, 5 chord progression with them. You can use them both in rhythm playing and when playing lead. This lesson contains both a rhythm pattern, and a lead - which is created by adding embellishments to the chord shapes. This lesson is a MUST learn! … [Read more...]
Slow, Minor Key Blues in A – Both Rhythm and Lead Guitar Parts – EP184
In this blues guitar lesson, you'll learn how play along with a slow, minor key jam track that is missing any guitar tracks. The jam track consists of a piano, bass, and drums and it'll be up to you to fill in both rhythm and lead parts. I'll show you how to alternate back and forth between rhythm and lead using the "call and response" technique. … [Read more...]
Away In A Manger Guitar Lesson – Bluesy Version – EP180
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to play the Christmas classic, "Away In a Manger" with no accompaniment. No MP3 jam track or accompaniment is required to play this. I'll also talk through how you go about creating a solo composition from a familiar melody so that you can start creating your own solo compositions. … [Read more...]
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