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October 11, 20242Comments

Skynyrd Style Repeating Lick

Yeah, we all know it's from Free Bird, but it's a killer lick... And while you may have heard it, and you may have even tried to play it, you probably

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Lessons

October 11, 20242Comments

Acoustic Blues Thump Bass And Little Chords

This is one of my favorite acoustic blues guitar moves for the first few bars of the 12 bar blues form... It uses some little chords and inversions in the key

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Lessons

October 10, 20245Comments

My Favorite Pentatonic Trick

This is a really fun way to take a basic pentatonic or blues lick and add some new life to it... We often play licks or ideas that are simply a

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Lessons

October 8, 20246Comments

How To Fix Your Licks

You may have heard me say that rule #1 of Blues Guitar Soloing is to NOT start your licks on beat 1... However, sometimes that's easier said than done, especially if

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discussion

October 7, 20248Comments

10 Things I Wish I Knew

Just like the title says, knowing these things when I was learning guitar would have saved me SO much time! Luckily, you don't have to wait, you can start putting these

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discussion

October 5, 202418Comments

Pop Blues Songs

Not so much a lesson as a discussion about famous "pop" songs that you may not know are actually "blues" songs... There are a large number of songs I would consider

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Lessons

October 4, 20245Comments

Blues Song Parts And Pieces

When my students come to me wanting to learn a specific blues song, they often don't realize they already know it... Or, rather, they've played all of the parts of this

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Lessons

October 3, 20243Comments

How To Start And End Blues Songs

After returning from a great hang with a bunch of Blues Guitar Unleashed members and a few days of jamming, I realized it was time to talk about beginning and

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Lessons

September 24, 20245Comments

Sequences Of 4 Lick (Triplets)

This lesson may not be all that good for a beginner, but if you've got your box 1 blues/pentatonic scale under your fingers and you've played some licks, you should

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Practicing

September 23, 202414Comments

Fretboard Freedom With Limits

Many students come to me after having learned a bunch of pentatonic or blues scale soloing patterns... And they wonder why their solos still don't sound very good :( But the reality

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