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February 6, 201845Comments

Blues Keys Vs. Real Keys (With Video)

Here's the thing... when we say we're in a "key" in blues, we aren't really in a key at all. It's a convenience, but it's not accurate. For example, when we say

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Lessons

January 30, 201843Comments

How To Play Blues With More Feeling

In today's video we're going to talk about how to play the blues with more feeling... Now, obviously, I can't make you feel more or less - that's not really what

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Gear

January 26, 201844Comments

NAMM 2018

If you're a gearhead... this is for you! NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants) is where all the new music gear is announced for the year. It's pretty chaotic, but

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discussion

January 23, 201858Comments

A Blues Key

Lately I've seen a lot of confusion over the word, "key," as it applies to the blues. For example, when we say a blues is "in the key of E," it's

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Blues Guitar Lesson - The Albert King Lick

Lessons

January 15, 201827Comments

The Albert King Lick

Yes, I know, there isn't just one Albert King lick... But, this lick, or some variation of it, shows up in darn near every... single... song. So, it's probably worth learning.

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Practicing

January 5, 201831Comments

Picking Vs. Slurring In Practice

This is a quick, but useful lesson on adding slurring (hammer-ons and pull-offs) into your practice routine. The primary thing here is that we are attempting to make your slurred notes

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Lessons

January 2, 201830Comments

Funk Blues In C

Not too long ago I did a video about 9th chords... and in the middle of it I did a little funky blues thing that apparently caught some attention :) I

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discussion

Practicing

January 1, 201836Comments

1 Way To Play Better In 2018…

You'll see about 37 different "5 ways to play better in 2018" articles this week (I even did one in 2015 if you want to read it it's not like anything

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discussion

December 30, 201787Comments

Happy 2018!

Yes, it's the end of 2017 in a few hours... hard to believe. This has been such an enormous year here at "BGU HQ" that I thought I'd recap a couple

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Uncategorized

December 23, 201750Comments

Merry Christmas Baby – Slow Blues

So the other day I was Christmas shopping with my wife and this song came on the background music. What caught my ear was how it's a lesson straight out

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