The World To The Left…
If you play blues guitar solos, you probably know good old “box 1″… But that gets you really used to looking at the world from the right… Instead,...
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Double Time G Cadd9 Emin7 D
While I realize this is Blues Guitar Unleashed…. I’d be doing you a disservice if I didn’t talk about something that is important for guitar playing…...
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Jon Mayer Agrees With Me
In the guitar community, when Jon Mayer speaks… a whole lot of folks listen 🙂 Now, maybe you’re a fan, and maybe you’re not, but Jon’s a great player...
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Zep – Since I’ve Been Loving You
Again crossing over onto the “Classic Rock Unleashed” side, we’re going to look at the chord progression, and some soloing ideas, from Led Zeppelin’s...
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How To Play Mississippi Queen
This is a song I always dug because it’s just one of those classic 12 bar blues rock songs that you might not know is just a 12 bar blues at heart. The basic riff is all...
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Using The BB Box House Pattern And Switching Major and Minor
It’s tempting to call this the “3 note solo,” but since I already did a 4 note solo, that might be a little silly 🙂 Seriously, though, this is a really...
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Using The Dorian Mode
While you *can* use the Dorian scale over a 12 bar blues… that’s not the most common way I see it used. More often than not, I see it used over...
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Pivoting Between Sounds
This is a fun little project to try if you struggle with: 1 – Switching between the major and minor blues sounds… 2 – Counting the 12 bar blues (or getting...
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The Funky Tightrope Rhythm
As much as I love funky rhythms, this is one of my all time favorites… In blues, we don’t get to use these funky rhythms as often, and therefore they often get...
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A Turnaround And More – Blues-i-fy The 3rd
This is a simple idea that is easy to play, but is harmonically pretty advanced – Win/Win! If you look at the chord shapes within your 12 bar blues, and you know which...
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