Happy 2018!
Yes, it's the end of 2017 in a few hours... hard to believe.
This has been such an enormous year here at "BGU HQ" that I thought I'd recap a couple
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The 5 Boxes? Now What?
Yesterday I read a question on an online Facebook group about the 5 boxes which (basically) read...
"I've learned the 5 pentatonic boxes, now what?"
Which, sadly, is an extremely common question...
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[VLOG] Practicing 1 Bar + 1 Beat
Today's blog is a video blog (vlog) where I'll answer a question about practicing for beginners. Always practice 1 bar + 1 beat...
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What’s A Chart Supposed To Be?
As a guitar player we are often faced with "charts..." Either we're reading them to know how a song goes, or we're writing them in hopes of sharing a song
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The L.H.M.P. Method
I really wish LHMP spelled something cool... that would be really great and make this even more memorable.
And believe me, I tried... I tried to get something that would make
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The Soloing Tripod
Having done this for a long time (over 30 years) I've come across a LOT of different pieces of advice on how to approach blues soloing...
"Just listen to the records
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Required Listening And Playing
Someone asked me for a "required listening" list for blues guitar... and I was, at first, a little surprised.
But then I realized that it's easy for those of us who
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Facebook Live from June 16, 2017
Earlier today I went on Facebook for a little live Q&A session (plus some playing and teaching, of course) and ended up hanging for about an hour!
Obviously I don't always
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How To Choose Your First (Or Next) Electric Guitar
Must be something in the water lately... I've been getting a LOT of emails about choosing a first electric guitar. So many such that I thought it time I give
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The Spent Money Blues On Electric With Different Words
I had a request from the forum for The Spent Money Blues played on electric instead of acoustic guitar...
So I played it, but then I did some other fun stuff,
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