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May 29, 201821Comments

Blues Rhythm Lesson On Chord Substitutions

In this lesson we're going to talk about some ideas for replacing the good ole' 7th chord with maybe some 9th, 11th, or 13th chords (oh my!) All of these chords

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Lessons

May 22, 201830Comments

E Major Pentatonic/Blues Riff Factory

There are SO many blues riffs that come from the notes in the open E Major Pentatonic and Blues Scales that you owe it to yourself to get really comfortable

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Lessons

Practicing

May 20, 201853Comments

Trading Fours Over A Shuffle In C With Box 1

Super catchy title today, don't you think? Well, I couldn't come up with anything fun, but it's really fun to play guitar so grab yours and join me :) There's no TAB

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Lessons

May 15, 201837Comments

Open E7 And A7 Options

Today's video is a fairly simple idea that can be used in a lot of different ways. It's not difficult, so I'll say this might even be a beginning level lesson,

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Lessons

May 8, 201844Comments

Major Pentatonic Pattern In 3 Positions

As with many of my blog lessons, this one comes from a question... The question was in reference to using the Major Pentatonic Scale over a blues... and changing the scale

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discussion

Practicing

April 26, 201815Comments

Using The Speed Building Blocks With BGU

As I write this, you've got about 24 hours left to grab Blues Speed Building Blocks at the special launch price of 40% off here - https://bluesguitarunleashed.com/get-blues-speed-building-blocks-launch Or, you can get

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discussion

Practicing

April 22, 201833Comments

Navigating The New Stuff…

Lots of things are afoot here at Planet BGU... You may already have been working with the new Member Portal, but with the launch of Blues Speed Building Blocks and the

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Lessons

April 17, 201869Comments

Let’s Talk Technique…

As blues players, sometimes the word technique leaves a... less than desireable taste... Blues is about feeling the music and playing from your heart and leaving your soul bare on the

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Lessons

April 11, 201834Comments

How To Start Red House

First things first... this is not a "How to play Red House" lesson (I don't want the Hendrix estate beating down my door!) However, I've recently heard a LOT of guitar

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Lessons

Practicing

March 30, 201860Comments

Trading Fours

Trading Fours is something that comes up a lot on gigs, but for some reason I rarely see it discussed. And since I was working with some students who asked

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