Memphis – Lonnie Mack
Got a request for some info on this tune… I’d not heard it, but it was a fun one so I made a video about it for you, I hope you dig it.
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Double Stops a la “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”
I was in a private lesson and this tune came up as my student was asking about how these double stops work… Turns out, with just one shape, and some fun moving around,...
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Using Both Pentatonics Over “Bluesy” Chord Changes
There are a lot of different tunes that, while “bluesy,” aren’t really blues songs (they aren’t a 12 bar blues.) This particular progression, which is...
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Melodic Patterns – Gary Moore Lick From “Key To Love”
It would be REALLY hard to learn all of the individual notes in a lick like this one from Gary Moore in his tune, “Key To Love”… However, if you know the...
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Blues Soloing – Mixing Sounds Over 1 Chord
A lot of my students spend a lot of their time practicing soloing over a 12 bar blues… But that requires some different muscles – you have to pay attention to what...
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An Acoustic Clapton Johnson Riff
This one’s a little tough to name… … but when you hear it, I think you’ll recognize it 🙂 It’s a super common idea with a lot of...
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How To Add Vibrato To A Bent Note
First and foremost… If you’re not cool with bending, in general, and your vibrato on un-bent notes isn’t happening yet… Then adding vibrato to a note...
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Better Blues Solos With Syncopation
Wanting to play cooler blues solos is a typical request from students… But most go about it all wrong, thinking that more notes, more patterns, and more speed, are going...
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How To Start A Blues Song From The V
A lot of us take it for granted when we hear that we’re going to start a blues song, “From the V…” So in this video, I’ll show you what that...
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Pull Your Listener To The Next Chord
There are a lot of ways to solo over a blues chord progression, but one things that holds true is using chord tones… In this video, I’ll show you a great way to...
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