One of my Blues Guitar Unleashed members posted this clip up on the member forum and I think it's just great. In it, Clapton talks about his use of what he calls "stock phrases," but a lot of us would call them licks or riffs... So first, check out this video. It's only a few…
Learning to play funk rhythm guitar can help your feel in all styles of music! One of the most common questions I get about playing guitar is developing a "feel" for rhythm comping. Every guitarist has a different approach to rhythm comping, and there are a lot of different ways to use it in different…
Usually when I tell my students they can write a song in 5 minutes I get a big eye-roll and a "yeah right!" sort of comment. But the truth is that with a little bit of theory under your belt, writing music really isn't all that complex for the most part. Try this out: .youtube_sc…
In the wise words of good old Willie Brown back in 1986 - "Muddy Waters invented electricity!" Well... okay, maybe not, but it's a great quote from an otherwise questionable movie (Ralph Macchio as a bluesman?) But I have digressed again... how about a blues guitar lesson? This lick from Catfish Blues and TONS of…
Albert King with his signature Flying V. Image from Wikipedia Alright so today I want to talk about cool blues riffs - and in particular I'm going to use Albert King's "Born Under A Bad Sign" as my demonstration riff. Now, your first question might be, "What's the difference between a lick and a riff?"…
