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June 19, 201648Comments

Learning A Blues Tune

First... notice that this article is "Learning A Blues Tune," (singular, as in not tunes.) Why? Because (we) guitar players have a habit of trying to learn a LOT of things at

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Lessons

June 16, 201683Comments

Where To Make The Bends In Blues Boxes

It seems there is a lot of confusion about bends... which is a shame because they are THE coolest thing about playing guitar. Bends allow us to do on a guitar

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Lessons

June 14, 201662Comments

Further On Up The Road Intro

This tune seems to be really popular as I have received a LOT of questions about what Joe is playing for the intro of this tune... Instead of answering all the

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discussion

June 6, 201666Comments

Soloing In The Style Of…

I got such a great question about soloing in the style of... [insert your favorite guitar player here.] The question was basiscally: "If all those guys were playing the same box shapes

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Lessons

May 31, 201656Comments

Stairstepping Down

This is an idea I call "stairstep" pentatonics... and I stole it from Robben Ford, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, and some other modern blues players. I'll provide the tab under the

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discussion

May 29, 201614Comments

Video Blog 5-29-16

I had a question from Chuck (one of our fearless forum moderators) about my choice for a lick for Position 3 (using the Blues Solo Construction Kit method) over Clapton's

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Lessons

May 25, 201690Comments

Roots And Octaves – Another Way To Look At Your Fretboard

Your guitar fretboard is a strange and wonderous place... and the longer I play the more I realize that each of us eventually develops our own mental model of it

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Lessons

May 16, 201634Comments

Slow Blues Rhythmic Solo Ideas…

One of the first things most of my students go for when playing over a slow blues is more speed, and that doesn't usually work out as intended. The thing with

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Lessons

May 11, 201636Comments

Mannish Boy

Today's video is another along the classic lines of the Muddy Waters classic, "Mannish Boy." As we've seen in other videos, there are a lot of options and a lot of

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Blues Artists

April 6, 201640Comments

The “Other” Johnson…

As blues players, the name Robert Johnson comes up about as often as the word guitar... but there's another Johnson, not related to Robert Johnson, who many would say was

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