In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Western Swing style lead by playing the chord changes (changing scales to match the chords). This is designed to teach you how to play more melodic and interesting sounding leads when improvising. … [Read more...]
Rock, Blues Guitar Lead – Mixing the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales – EP276
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a rock, blues lead in the key of C by mixing both major and minor pentatonic scales. I'll explain the theory behind each of the licks so that you can use them going forward when you improvise (in any key). … [Read more...]
CAGED System for Minor Chords – How to play minor chords all over the guitar – EP275
This week's guitar lesson is a follow-up to the previous CAGED lesson that I did a few weeks ago (EP273), here's a link to that guitar lesson. That lesson was so popular that I thought it was necessary to create a 2nd part and show how to play the minor chords in various positions using the same methodology. We will be using the A minor, E minor and D minor shapes that you learn in first position to play all over the neck. Like the previous CAGED lesson, this one comes with a composition that … [Read more...]
Blues Rhythm Fills – Learn a stand-alone blues rhythm that you can play by yourself – Blues Guitar Lesson EP272
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a really fun blues rhythm composition that you can play on your own (with no need for a jam track). This is full of classic rhythm fills that are designed to spice up your rhythm chops. I'll also explain how to play them in any key. … [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...]
Solo Blues Guitar Lesson in the key of C – No Accompaniment Needed – EP262
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and easy blues composition that's played solo guitar (no accompaniment required). I'll break down everything note for note and explain where the notes come from so that you can start to use all of these licks in your own playing. There are no open strings in this which makes it very easy to transpose and play in any key (I'll show you how to do it). … [Read more...]
Classic Minor Key Blues Lead (in C Minor) – Blues Guitar Lesson EP256
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a minor key blues lead in C minor. You'll be playing the chord changes as well as staying within the key of the song (explained in the video). This is made up of influences by Santana, Eric Clapton, and David Gilmour. To learn how to play the R&B style rhythm for this lesson, visit MicroLesson ML055 … [Read more...]
Jam With Just 2 Chords – Solo Guitar Composition – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP254
This week's guitar lesson is designed to show you how to jam on just 2 chords (Cm7 and F7). You'll be alternating back and forth between those 2 chords while playing chords, fill licks, and rhythm fills, to create a fun, funky stand-alone composition. It's like having a jam session with yourself :) … [Read more...]
Solo Country Guitar Composition – Country Guitar Lesson – EP250
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a stand-alone country style composition in the key of C that works on acoustic or electric guitar. No need for jam tracks or another person to accompany you - this is something that you can play completely on your own. I'll also explain where the notes come from so that you'll walk away understanding a whole new set of licks and how you can apply them to your own playing. … [Read more...]
Learn How to Play Harmonized Leads When Improvising – Country Guitar Lesson – EP242
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use harmonized leads when you improvise and how to connect those leads to basic chord shapes so that you can easily find them. I'll show the pattern for playing both harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths. … [Read more...]
