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August 21, 20232Comments

What Are The Blues Guitar Chords?

Playing blues guitar starts with chords because chords make songs... Before you can solo and do all that fun stuff, you gotta know your chords, and your chord book isn't gonna

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August 8, 20239Comments

How To Blues Guitar Solo

Here's how to blues guitar solo in one video... Call it the 30,000 foot view :) Obviously, there can be much more to it, but the point is that, fundamentally, it's really

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Lessons

July 29, 20236Comments

Switching Major And Minor Sounds Around The Pivot

You might know that there are times and places to use both the major and the minor blues scale when you solo over a blues... But can you do it? I

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July 28, 202310Comments

A Root By Any Other Name

When you solo over a blues there are a lot of root notes to think about... There's the "root" of the key... There's the root of the I chord, the root of

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Lessons

May 31, 20237Comments

So, You Want To Play A Blues Solo?

If you've never tried blues soloing, but you want to... Or if you've tried it, maybe learned some scales or patterns, and still aren't digging what you hear... This lesson is for

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Lessons

May 24, 20236Comments

Punctuation In The Style Of Albert King

This is something that Albert King does better than anyone, and it's a way of punctuating your phrases with a few different options. A lot of people have asked me about

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Lessons

May 18, 20234Comments

Acoustic Blues Rhythm Groove Variation

You've probably heard me talk about playing the blues alone, solo, or what most folks call acoustic blues... And there's a pretty straightforward way to "build a blues song," using the

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May 15, 20235Comments

A Little About Transcribing Music…

I was asked a great question about transcribing music and, effectively, why is it something I need to do? Additionally, I would say the question was whether it was something you

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Lessons

May 9, 202310Comments

How Do YOU Play The Pentatonic Scales On Your Guitar?

You hear a lot of talk about boxes and scales and patterns when it comes to the guitar... But do you know why you learn scales and what you're going to

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Lessons

May 2, 20233Comments

You MUST Be Able To Play This To Play SRV

While SRV probably does this as much or more than most... It's not something that is unique to him, it's just easy to recognize in his playing. Really, most blues players use

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