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November 19, 20248Comments

Beginning Picking Blues Riff

While this might not be a difficult riff for you to play, if you're a beginner it can pose some challenges... More importantly, most beginners I see play this a little

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November 15, 20242Comments

Slow Blues In E With Major Pentatonic Variations

When you do the basic "blues in e" rhythm it can get a little stale, and you might want to add some variations along the way... Also, you probably hear a

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November 13, 20248Comments

Ain’t No Sunshine – Acoustic

While "Ain't No Sunshine" is not necessarily a blues, exactly, it's often played at blues jams and it's a staple at my acoustic blues gigs. So you should probably learn how

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November 9, 20242Comments

Major Blues Lick For The V Chord

I have another major blues lick from more of the major blues sound, this time in a different box for the V chord. As I mentioned in a previous video, major

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November 8, 20245Comments

Major Blues Lick For The IV Chord

I have another major blues lick from more of the major blues sound... As I mentioned in a previous video, major blues licks usually bring along a bit of the minor

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November 7, 20245Comments

Major Blues Lick For The I Chord

Straight up, I'm going to show you a lick from more of the major blues sound... BUT, here's the thing, major blues licks usually bring along a bit of the minor

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November 1, 20246Comments

Triplet Blues Lick Hack

If you've never heard me talk about quarter note triplets and how amazing and useful they are in blues soloing.... Well. consider that time over and gone :) But out of all

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October 25, 20243Comments

Acoustic Blues Intro In E

It's not uncommon to start blues tunes with a couple of bars of intro, followed by the turnaround... So in this lesson I'll show you one of my favorite little intros

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October 22, 20244Comments

Box 3 To 4 Slow Blues Lick

I like this particular idea for a couple of different reasons... 1 - The interesting rhythmic variety - don't overlook this as it's a huge part of the sound 2 - It

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October 11, 20242Comments

Skynyrd Style Repeating Lick

Yeah, we all know it's from Free Bird, but it's a killer lick... And while you may have heard it, and you may have even tried to play it, you probably

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