What Makes Blues…. Blues?
Ever wonder what it is about music that makes it sound, “bluesy?” Obviously some music is a 12 bar blues form, so it’s technically, “a blues,”...
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5 Tips For Better Blues Solos
Over the last few years I’ve found a few things that most every blues player can do to up their game just a bit. None of these require using something new, just...
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The Guitar In 2020…
It’s hard to believe that the end of another decade is drawing near… I’ve been playing and teaching guitar for more than 3 of those decades, and I’ve...
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The Pentatonic Scale On One String…
Why on Earth would you want to play your entire Pentatonic Scale on one string? Lots of reasons… so let’s talk about it…
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Blues-i-fying The Major Pentatonic Sound And 7th Arpeggios
I’ve had a lot of questions lately about the Major Pentatonic Scale and using for different chords… The thing is… you can use the Major Pentatonic scale a...
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[Live] BB King/House Pattern Shapes
The “BB Box” (I call it the House Pattern) tends to cause a lot of confusion, and today I thought we could look into it and why you want to use it… ...
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Little Chords Made Me Stand Out…
I will admit that I am guilty of not sharing the successes of my students nearly enough… But just the other day I got a message on the forum from Joe Abrams, about how...
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Now Look What You’ve Done…
“Now Look What You’ve Done…” That was the subject of an email I received from a BGU member in Virginia… I was intrigued… Inside the email...
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These Women Play The Blues
Since it happens to be Mother’s Day, I thought it might be a good time to celebrate some of the female blues guitar players out there… Generally speaking, there...
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How To Find All 5 Boxes – No Matter What Key
Certainly in people that I work with every day, wrapping your head around “the boxes” and being able to truly find all of the possible places to play your...
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