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January 15, 202013Comments

That ii V Move In A Blues…

In this blues guitar lesson we'll talk about one of the common-er jazz/jump style variations. It's a ii-V (two-five) move over bars 9 and 10 of the 12 bar blues form...

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Lessons

Practicing

Tones

January 14, 202022Comments

Pick, Fingers, Claw… Yes!

Albert King always used his fingers to pluck the strings... Stevie Ray Vaughan pretty much always used a pick... Robben Ford uses sort of a "claw" with both the pick and his

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Practicing

January 13, 202018Comments

How To Use A Metronome

Too many people think that using the metronome is the first thing you should reach for when you practice... And NOTHING could be further from the truth. Sure, there are a LOT

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discussion

January 12, 202023Comments

What Makes Blues…. Blues?

Ever wonder what it is about music that makes it sound, "bluesy?" Obviously some music is a 12 bar blues form, so it's technically, "a blues," but there is a LOT

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Lessons

January 10, 202023Comments

Brown Sugar Tweedly Noodling

This is kind of hard to explain, but I think you'll find it fun... One of my students was asking about the intro to ZZ Top's tune, "Brown Sugar," and there

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Lessons

January 8, 202020Comments

A Beginning Fingerstyle Pattern

I know it's not blues, but sometimes it's just fun to try a little something different... This is a simple fingerstyle pattern that is a good way to start to get

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Lessons

January 6, 202038Comments

Pentatonics With Interval Patterns

A lot of times my students will learn box 1 (and maybe box 2) of the pentatonic scale really well... But then when it comes to boxes 4 and 5... not

January 2, 202025Comments

5 Tips For Better Blues Solos

Over the last few years I've found a few things that most every blues player can do to up their game just a bit. None of these require using something new,

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Lessons

December 31, 201924Comments

3 Easy Box 1 Blues Licks

Many, if not most, new blues players learn good old "Box 1" of the minor pentatonic scale, but that's just a small part of the puzzle... In fact, you really need

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discussion

December 26, 201956Comments

The Guitar In 2020…

It's hard to believe that the end of another decade is drawing near... I've been playing and teaching guitar for more than 3 of those decades, and I've seen a lot

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