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September 11, 201681Comments

Wind Cries Mary (Sort Of)

In today's video you'll (sort of) see how to play Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix... I say "sort of" because I'm not going to walk you through it note for

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Lessons

September 3, 201659Comments

Walk In My Shadow Lesson

This is a song that's a great example of a variation on what I commonly called the "tore down" rhythm. And there are a LOT of variations on that same

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Lessons

September 1, 201656Comments

Subtractive Rhythm

When does less equal more? When you subtract to add to your rhythm... Confused? Me too... so just watch the video :) Download this video here (MP4)

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Lessons

August 11, 201620Comments

How To Learn Fast Blues/Rock Licks

On one hand, I've got a great lick for you today if you're a blues/rock kind of player. On the other hand, if you change this from straight feel and fast

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Lessons

Practicing

August 10, 201639Comments

Pick A Spot…

Let's say you want to improve your blues soloing and you're a little tired of just playing the pentatonic/blues scale over the entire 12 bar blues the whole time... You want

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Lessons

August 3, 201655Comments

Johnny Winter “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” Lick

Nothing but a fun lick today... If you're a blues rocker, you'll totally dig Johnny Winter's version of "Good Morning Little School Girl" and how he uses this lick is super

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Lessons

July 29, 2016100Comments

Little Red Rooster and Open G Tuning

While "Little Red Rooster" certainly isn't the only song out there in open G tuning... it's one that you'll have a hard time not playing once you start :) And there

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discussion

July 22, 201678Comments

Hanging Out With Pete Rasnick…

Every once in a while I get the pleasure of getting together in person with one of my Blues Guitar Unleashed students... and in this case I was able to get

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discussion

Lessons

June 21, 201656Comments

Blues Phrasing – How You End Your Licks Matters

We spend a fair amount of time talking about how (or, more accurately, when) you start blues licks... but we don't often talk about how they end. And you might also

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discussion

Practicing

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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