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...]
Robben Ford Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Jazzy, Blues Chords – EP031
In this lesson, learn how to play a more interesting chord arrangement over a 12 bar blues jam track. This is similar to something the great Robben Ford would with a chord arrangement. Mixing jazz chords with blues chords makes being a rhythm player a lot more fun. :) … [Read more...]
Robben Ford
If you took blues and jazz and put them in a blender you'd end up with something that resembles Robben Ford. Robben is one of my all time favorite guitar players (and singers), and for whatever reason he's relatively obscure. He actually has quite an impressive resume playing with Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt, and Michael McDonald to name a few. On top of being a great backup / session artist he has an equally impressive solo career. If you're interested in picking … [Read more...]