Using triads (chords) to construct a solo – Guitar Lesson – EP603
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to visualize major and minor triads (on the first 3 strings) to compose a Ragtime Blues guitar lead.
MicroLesson: ML105 – Blending the Pentatonics using the “SLIDEY” lick.
In this MicroLesson (ML105), you’ll learn how to play a fun little slidey lick to blend the major and minor pentatonic scale, giving you lots of options when improvising!
2 Popular Zones on the Fretboard for Easy Blues! Lead Guitar Lesson – EP602
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn 2 popular regions of the fretboard for playing blues lead guitar. This simple triangle and square shape unlocks so much potential for improvising lead, and it’s very easy to find and use!
MicroLesson: 104 – 1 Note Can Give you the Harmonic Minor Sound
In this MicroLesson (ML104), you’ll learn how to play (and hear) the harmonic minor scale when improvising lead in a minor key. 1 note can make all the difference!
Beautiful guitar harmonies using just 2 strings. Easy to visualize! Guitar Lesson – EP601
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play harmonies when you improvise by visualizing chord shapes. These are all played on the 2nd and 4th strings.
Minor key blues – electric lead guitar lesson – Jam track by Quist! – Guitar Lesson EP600
In this week’s guitar lesson, we’ve got a special jam track created by the maestro himself, Quist. This allowed me to improvise an electric lead (with lots of string bending) over this incredible minor key jam track. If you like this jam track, be sure to check out Quist’s social media accounts below: YouTube channel […]
Blues Guitar by Yourself – Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lesson – EP599
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a fingerstyle blues composition that sounds great on it’s own (no accompaniment needed). I’ll explain which chord shapes all of the notes come from so that you can learn to improvise in this style.
Swiss Army Knife of Guitar Rhythm Ideas. Useful when improvising rhythm guitar – Guitar Lesson – EP598
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several ideas that are useful when playing rhythm guitar. We’ll explore an idea from each of the 5 CAGED System positions.
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Easy Solo Guitar Composition – Guitar Lesson EP597
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the Christmas song, “O Little Town of Bethlehem” on acoustic guitar by yourself (no jam track needed).
Sometimes, 5 notes is all you need! Twangy guitar melody using the Minor Pentatonic Scale – EP596
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a fun guitar melody (think The Ventures or Duane Eddy) that uses only the 5 notes of the Minor Pentatonic Scale (1 position).
Acoustic Jam: Acoustic lead inspired by Jerry Garcia – Guitar Lesson EP595
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn an acoustic lead over a basic chord structure that was inspired by Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead). Learn to play over the chord changes
Slow country lead using the CAGED System – Guitar Lesson – EP594
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn a slow, country style lead that you’ll be able to easily visualize by relating it to the CAGED System. This lead has lots of open space and lost of classic, pedal steel licks.
Lead with Arpeggios: finding the right notes to match the chord – Guitar Lesson – EP593
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to use arpeggios to outline the notes of your lead, giving you safe notes to land on. We’ll look at the Dominant 7 arpeggio in 4 of the 5 CAGED System positions.
Easy way to visualize harmonized guitar leads – Guitar Lesson – EP592
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to easily find harmonized 3rds and 6ths by seeing where they live inside of chord shapes.
Blues chord ideas that you may not know about! Guitar Lesson – EP591
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several chord ideas that you can use in your Blues rhythm or lead. Enjoy!
Improve your speed and accuracy with this fun Bluegrass Rag. Guitar Lesson – EP590
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a standalone Bluegrass Rag composition that was written to help you improve your speed and accuracy by the inclusion of several short lead runs that are played using alternate picking. It’s a lot more fun to have a song to work towards than to sit […]
Mixolydian Scale and dancing with your fingers! Guitar Lesson – EP589
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to use the Mixolydian scale to play over a 2 chord vamp. I’ll show you how to play up and down that scale quickly by “dancing with your fingers”.
Ideas for making a blues chord structure sound more interesting. Guitar Lesson – EP588
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn several ideas for making a standard blues chord progression sound more interesting, all while learning a blues composition that you can play by yourself.
Minor chord magic! Build incredible sounds by playing minor chords on top of Major chords – Guitar Lesson EP587
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play minor chords, 6 chords, 9 chords, and Major 7 chords all by using 3 minor shapes. This can absolutely change the way you sound when you play!
Minor Pentatonic Blues – Play this by yourself using just 1 position – Guitar Lesson – EP586
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a minor pentatonic scale blues by yourself (no jam track needed). This first half is all played using only minor pentatonic scale pattern 1, limiting your options.
