In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a short, country blues composition by yourself (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]
Bluegrass Flatpicking Guitar Lesson – good practice for left & right hand synchronization – EP458
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Bluegrass composition that you can play by yourself (no jam track needed). This composition is a great exercise for improving left and right hand synchronization. … [Read more...]
Ideas for mixing the major & minor pentatonic scales. – Guitar Lesson EP437
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to mix the major and minor pentatonic scales to play the blues while learning this composition that you can play by yourself on guitar. … [Read more...]
Chord Neighborhood – Find the 1-4-5 chords along with scales in multiple areas on the neck – EP425
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to locate the 1-4-5 chord progression, and accompanying scale in a confined region (neighborhood) on the neck, and learn a simple composition that will help you practice this concept. The Part 2 video includes a 2nd position. … [Read more...]
Complement a rhythm guitar player with melodic fills – Rhythm Ideas – EP419
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several creative ideas for how you can be complimentary to a rhythm guitar player by creating simple melodic phrases using harmonized 6ths and Sus chords. … [Read more...]
Stacking chords (triads) on top of chords – Guitar Chord Theory – EP411
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn which triads work on top of a major chord. You can play these to create colorful versions of the chord, for both rhythm and lead. … [Read more...]
Slow acoustic melody and rhythm composition – play it by yourself – EP406
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow (and easy) melody and rhythm in a solo composition (no jam track needed). You'll be learning your chords in various positions and understanding how the major scale relates to those chord shapes. This sounds great on acoustic or electric guitar … [Read more...]
Rhythm fill licks and embellishments – Bluegrass Style Guitar lesson EP394
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several useful embellishments and fill licks to play over basic chords in first position. You'll also be learning a stand-alone bluegrass style composition that is the perfect exercise for practicing synchronization between left and right hand. … [Read more...]
Jazz up your blues rhythm and lead by using 2-5-1 turnarounds – Guitar Lesson EP371
In this week's guitar lesson, we'll continue our look at Secondary Dominant Chords (from last week, EP370), and add the minor 2 chord, so that we can now play a 2-5-1 chord combination for any of the chords in the chord family of the key we're in. You'll learn how all of this applies to a 12 bar blues in this lesson. … [Read more...]
How to write a simple stand-alone composition on guitar – Guitar Lesson EP360
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a simple melody and chord composition while also learning how to create your own stand-alone compositions like this on guitar. I happened to record the genesis of this composition, explaining my thought process as I began to create it and share that in the video. … [Read more...]
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