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April 11, 2025
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Is ONE position of the Minor Pentatonic scale enough? Use notes sparingly – Guitar Lesson – EP608
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn to play a laid-back, J.J. Cale style lead using just 1 position of the Minor Pentatonic scale (Pattern 1). Limitation can set you free!
April 4, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML110 – Blues Rhythm Ideas that sound WAY harder than they are – Guitar Lesson
In this MicroLesson (ML110) you’ll learn some fun Blues rhythm ideas that can add a nice twist to your Blues and make it much more interesting. These are easier than you think!
March 28, 2025
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Map out an amazing sounding melodic guitar lead like this! Guitar Lesson – EP607
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to map out a creative melody line when composing a lead. This will help you visualize the entire process.
March 21, 2025
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Ear Training – Hearing the sound of and being able to create a Major 7, flat 7, 6th and 9th – Guitar Lesson – ML109
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn to become familiar with the sounds of chord extensions the flat 7, major 7, 6 and 9, and you’ll learn how to easily find those sounds on the fretboard.
March 14, 2025
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Connecting double stop harmonies to chord shapes! Guitar Lesson – EP606
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play beautiful harmonies (harmonized 3rds and harmonized 6ths) by connecting them to the chord shapes – much easier to visualize this way.
March 7, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML108 – Want better rhythm chops? Learn These Must-Know Blues Rhythm Ideas!
In this MicroLesson (ML108) you’ll learn essential Blues rhythm techniques that will elevate your rhythm and give it a more polished, professional sound.
February 28, 2025
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2 Ideas for turning a simple melody into a great sounding lead! Guitar Lesson – EP605
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to take the melody from the song, “Ain’t She Sweet” and embellish it in your lead using 2 simple ideas. If you’ve ever wondered how musicians do that when improvising, you’ll love this lesson!
February 21, 2025
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MicroLesson: ML107 – The Blues lead “Sweet Spot” for mixing the major and minor pentatonic scales
In this MicroLesson (ML107), you’ll learn how to use the “sweet spot” for mixing the major and minor pentatonic scales, allowing you to dial in a classic Blues lead. I’ll also show you how to transpose and play in any key.
February 14, 2025
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Slow, Heavy Blues – Blending the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales – Lead Guitar Lesson – EP604
In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow and heavy, Chicago style blues (on electric or acoustic guitar) by blending the notes of the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales.
February 7, 2025
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MicroLesson: 106 – A quick guide to improvising over chord changes. Guitar improvising made easy!
In this MicroLesson (ML106), you’ll learn how to improvise a lead over the chord changes, while targeting those chord tones to create a more melodic sounding lead. I’ll show you an easy way to visualize the whole process by first seeing the chords, then playing through the arpeggios, then layering in the major scale.
January 31, 2025
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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.
January 24, 2025
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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!
January 17, 2025
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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!
January 10, 2025
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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!
January 3, 2025
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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.
December 20, 2024
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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 […]
December 13, 2024
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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.
December 6, 2024
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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.
November 29, 2024
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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).
November 22, 2024
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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).
