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November 14, 2009117Comments

9th chord substitutions

While we often talk about how blues is based around 7th chords, those are just suggested chords. In reality you can substitute the 7th chords for 9th chords... and you

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Lessons

October 23, 2009170Comments

Blues Box 2

Now that we've spent a fair amount of time with box 1, let's take it up the fretboard a bit into the next 4 fret region which is commonly called

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Lessons

October 15, 200997Comments

Blues-Tricks-And-Tweedlies

Alright, let's cut to the chase... there's a really cool trick that almost every blues player does, and here's how you do it....Now that I have your attention, I'm actually

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discussion

July 25, 20091,943Comments

What Are You Listening To?

I thought it would be fun to chime in on what we're listening to these days. Or possibly what some of your favorite blues songs are. Hopefully in the process of

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Lessons

July 13, 2009195Comments

Muting Unwanted Strings

Lately I've had a lot of questions regarding muting out unwanted strings on your guitar when doing bends or playing single notes. I actually made this video to include it in

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Practicing

June 15, 2009157Comments

Barre Chords or Bar Chords

Few things strike fear into the hearts of aspiring guitarists like the words "barre chords." The question I am most often asked is basically something along the lines of.... "I just can't

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Practicing

May 8, 2009193Comments

Using Riffmaster Pro To Look At The Road

If you've read many of my emails or lessons, you've probably heard me talk about "looking at the road and not the wall" when you practice. What I mean by that

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Tones

March 12, 2009334Comments

My New Blues Junior Video

One of the forums on the BGU bulletin board is a gear forum. Lately there's been a lot of talk about the Fender Blues Junior which is a great little

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Lessons

February 10, 2009236Comments

Major Minor Solo Example

Yesterday I posted a lesson where I talked about using the major and minor blues scales over different portions of a 12 bar blues progression. I took that video clip right

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