In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an Eric Clapton style blues lead that primarily uses the Major Pentatonic scale (with a few minor pentatonic licks). The jam track for this lesson is provided by Quist! If you like this jam track, be sure to check out Quist's social media accounts below: YouTube channel - full of classy sounding backing tracks by going here Spotify - Stream Quist backing tracks by going here Instagram - Featuring some of Quist's amazing guitar work by going here … [Read more...]
Using the Major Pentatonic scale to play “Go Tell It On The Mountain” on guitar – Lesson EP544
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the Christmas song, "Go Tell It On The Mountain" by using the Major Pentatonic Scale. … [Read more...]
This simple square patterns gives you both major & minor pentatonic lead options – Guitar Lesson EP489
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play both major and minor pentatonic scales in the same song, using a simple box shape that is easy to visualize and use. … [Read more...]
Slow Bluesy, Jazz Lead Guitar Lesson – Easy to Play – EP460
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an slow and melodic jazz lead that comes from the Pentatonic scales (major and minor). … [Read more...]
Learn this BB King zone on the fretboard – B.B. King guitar lesson – EP435
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play lead guitar in the style of B.B King by learning how to blend the major and minor pentatonic scales in a few zones that he often used on the fretboard. … [Read more...]
Lead guitar ideas: Diminished arpeggios for that “outside” sound in your lead. Guitar Lesson EP424
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate diminished arpeggios into your lead when you improvise for that "outside" sound that you hear blues / jazz players like Robben Ford use. … [Read more...]
Dickey Betts style lead – Major Pentatonic Scale – EP404
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how add a note to the major pentatonic scale to get that classic Dickey Betts sound. Classic Dickey Betts style lead including harmonies and triplets. … [Read more...]
Using the Major Scale to Improvise – Improvise Using Happy Birthday Melody – Guitar Lesson EP390
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play the major scale in all 5 positions up the neck by connecting it to the 5 chord shapes used in the CAGED System. You'll also learn how to take a basic melody (Happy Birthday) and learn how to first play the melody straight, and then learn how to improvise by adding fill licks to that melody. … [Read more...]
Visualize a Triangle and Square to play Major & Minor Pentatonic Blues – Easy Blues Guitar – EP380
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll be playing in the key of the song (so no worrying about following chord changes). You'll be playing everything out of 2 basic shapes (a triangle and a square) - and you'll be going back and forth between major and minor pentatonic scales using those shapes. A fun and easy way to play blues lead. … [Read more...]
Using Minor and Major Pentatonic Scales in the Blues – Blues Guitar Lesson EP368
In this week's guitar lesson, I'll explain how to easily find the minor and major pentatonic scales, and how to connect those scales to basic chord shapes. You'll then learn a stand-alone blues composition that uses both of these scales so you can understand how they relate to the blues. … [Read more...]
