In this ragtime blues guitar lesson, you'll benefit in two ways. 1) You'll learn a fun composition that requires no accompaniment, a composition that you can play on your own at whatever tempo you want which works on acoustic or electric guitar. 2) I'll explain how to play the chord changes and where all of the notes come from so that you can start to improvise in this style and even write your own compositions like this. Lots of takeaways! … [Read more...]
Slow Blues in G – Includes Major Pentatonic Licks – EP183
In this blues guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a slow blues in the key of G focusing on major pentatonic scale licks. I'll show you some easy patterns that you can connect to chord shapes so that you can easily improvise using the major pentatonic scale. I've also included the MP3 jam track in 2 keys so you can practice transposing everything into the key of A. … [Read more...]
Slow Blues Jam (Rhythm and Lead) – Blues Guitar Lesson – EP158
In this blues guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play both rhythm and lead over this slow, bluesy chord progression. Both rhythm and lead are played without a pick, so you'll be using only your fingers on your right hand. It's all played very slowly, making it fairly easy to play along. In addition to learning how to play this composition, you'll learn the context behind the notes to help improve your ability to improvise on the guitar. … [Read more...]
Gypsy Waltz Guitar Lesson – G Minor Blues – EP154
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play both the melody and rhythm parts to an old fiddle tune called, "Gypsy Waltz". At a recent jam session, someone introduced this song to me by playing it on the fiddle and I thought it would work really well as a guitar melody. Pay attention to all of the little nuances that can enhance your lead playing. Most of this will be in the G minor scale (which I'll explain). … [Read more...]
Dominant 7th Arpeggio – How To Use In Blues – EP150
This lesson was designed both to explain what the arpeggio is and how you can use it when playing lead. The arpeggio can be an extremely powerful tool and can give your leads a more sophisticated sound by mirroring what the chords changes. In this lesson, you'll see that arpeggios can be created out of any chord voicing, so if you already know how to play a chord, you can easily convert that chord into an arpeggio, which you can use when playing lead. I'll demonstrate with 2 chord shape … [Read more...]
Classic 12 Bar Blues Rhythm and Lead (Easy) – EP149
Someone brought to my attention in the forum last week that it's been a while since I created a 12 bar blues guitar lesson, so... here it is! This is a 2 part lesson that has a classic rhythm shuffle (with a few fill licks thrown in). The second time through I'll show you how to play an easy blues lead with some Eric Clapton and Jimmie Vaughan inspired licks. Make sure practice the rhythm along with the jam track to work on your timing. These slower rhythms can be tougher than you might … [Read more...]
Funk Blues Guitar Lesson – Rhythm and Lead – EP147
In this guitar lesson, you'll start by learning how to strum a funky blues rhythm on the first 3 strings. You'll then learn the "call-and-response" technique of playing a rhythm, followed by a lead. I'll give you several "response" lead examples and show you the scales I'm using so that you can improvise your own leads if you want. In the Part 2 video I'll focus more on lead and how to switch scales as the chords change. … [Read more...]
Easy 2 Chord Jam Session (Rhythm and Fill-Licks) – EP146
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to take 2 very basic chords and repeat them over and over again, while combining them with fill licks (in between the chords). This allows you to create a jam session by yourself, without the need for a backing track and is fairly easy to improvise over. I'll show you the strum pattern as well as 3 different levels of fill licks (the first being the easiest). You'll also learn what the natural minor scale is (also known as Aeolian mode). … [Read more...]
Slow Funky Groove – Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson – EP138
In this guitar lesson you'll start by learning how to play a laid back rhythm groove in the key of G. At the beginning of the rhythm lesson (Part 1), I'll spend a few minutes discussing chord theory, so you understand where the chords in this arrangement come from and why they work together. In the second half, I'll show you how to play the lead part, note for note, and will explain where those licks come from to put it all in context. … [Read more...]
Driving Blues Rhythm (With Lead Fills) in G – EP126
This is a blues guitar lesson that can be played on either electric or acoustic guitar, although I think it sounds best on electric with some fuzz or overdrive. I've been listening to a lot of Gary Clark lately and I wanted to try to create something that was similar to his style of electric blues. He always has some great rhythm grooves and does a good job of re-creating the old delta blues rhythm on electric. In between the rhythm parts are some different lead fills that you can mix and … [Read more...]
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