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July 31, 201921Comments

BB King Thrill Is Gone Intro Solo

One of the most iconic and recognizable blues guitar solo on the planet is the first 12 bars of BB King's masterpiece, "The Thrill Is Gone. Now, I'm no copyright lawyer,

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Lessons

July 30, 201922Comments

Playing The Blues In A Shuffle

In this blues lesson you'll see how we put together some of the things we've learned in the past... If I take the simple "comping pattern," add in some little chords,

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July 29, 201932Comments

Little Chords Made Me Stand Out…

I will admit that I am guilty of not sharing the successes of my students nearly enough... But just the other day I got a message on the forum from Joe

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Lessons

July 24, 201922Comments

A More Traditional Lonnie Johnson Lick

This is a great traditional blues lick from Lonnie Johnson in the style of him playing, "See See Rider." What I love about this lick is how it shows the mashing

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Lessons

July 21, 201919Comments

Gary Moore Stormy Monday Turnaround Lick

This lick is super fast... I won't lie... but you don't have to play it that way. I stole it from Gary Moore fair and square, and it's even right up

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Lessons

July 17, 201928Comments

Hammer-ons And Pull-offs Better (or at all)

Hammer-ons and pull-offs, known by their official name as "slurs," are super cool... They help you sound better, play faster, and can allow you to do things you could not do

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July 16, 201910Comments

Changing Your Licks To Better Fit Chords

Let's take a simple blues lick (that you oughta know anyway) and see how to modify the last note to fit the new chords when the chord changes... Sort of a

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Lessons

July 15, 201931Comments

How To Handle Chord Changes In A Blues

Let's have a live Blues Lesson about how to best handle chord changes when you're soloing... This, like many of my topics, comes from a student question... and it's not a

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Lessons

July 1, 201930Comments

Using Marks To Learn Licks Faster And Better

In this lesson we'll talk about using what I call, "marks," to learn passages that are difficult to count, or to save yourself counting situations where it might be unnecessary. To

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Lessons

June 27, 201911Comments

3 Note Per String Blues Pull Offs

The idea in this lick is actually used quite often in blues, country, rockabilly, and rock music... I think I stole it from Brian Setzer, but I've heard dozens of places

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