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June 28, 20262Comments

Why You Should Learn Complete Solos

If you've ever heard me talk about my "3 legs" of soloing, then you know one of those legs is to learn complete solos, not just some random licks... Well, I've

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Lessons

June 26, 20268Comments

Do-Re-Mi Country Soloing

One of the scales we largely ignore in blues music is the "regular ole'" major scale - the Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do scale (officially called a "diatonic" major scale.) But in country, it gets

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Lessons

June 24, 20265Comments

The “3+2” And Some Chord Chasing Fun

If you're not familiar with the, "3+2 pattern," you will be today :) It's one of my favorite patterns for the major pentatonic/blues sound - even more than I like to

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Lessons

April 29, 20266Comments

Hypnotic Blues And Rock Pattern Licks

Many classic rock and blues licks revolve around repeating pentatonic and blues patterns that you can add to your own playing easily... In this video, we'll cover 5 - and with

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Lessons

April 22, 20266Comments

Try A One String Blues Solo

When you're doing a blues solo, do you ever feel like you're stuck in a single box pattern and can't really go up or down the guitar neck? This is one

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Lessons

April 19, 20267Comments

A One Lick Guitar Solo

This blues guitar lesson will show you how you can build a complete blues solo, starting from just one good blues lick. It was very much inspired by Albert King, so

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Lessons

April 12, 20265Comments

The “Open E” Blues Scale Position

In this video we'll talk about the open E blues scale on guitar and some important licks and patterns that come from the open strings... Most folks know the blues scale,

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Lessons

April 7, 20265Comments

Slow Blues Switching Sounds Lick

If you've not heard of mixing the major and minor blues sounds, you're in for a treat today... Not only will we cover why and how you want to mix the

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Lessons

March 29, 20265Comments

Clapton Lick From “Spoonful”

In today's video we'll cover a lick that Eric Clapton uses in the Cream recording of, "Spoonful"... And while he didn't use it as a slow blues lick, or even really

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Lessons

March 25, 20261Comments

Slow Blues Rhythm Guitar

Today's lesson is all about slow blues rhythm guitar and having a handful of ideas that will take you through most anything that comes up. So grab your guitar and let's

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