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September 15, 201819Comments

BB King Let The Good Times Roll Lick

This is a fun lick that shows off BB King's incredible use of my favorite thing - rhythm. It's a simple pattern, one I commonly call the House Pattern, with a

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August 15, 201822Comments

Double Stop Box 4 Lick

Nothing today but a great lick you can use when it's time to go around again for your "second 12." I often tell students to get up and out of the

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June 26, 201821Comments

Trills, Tweedlies, and Turns, Oh My!

In today's blues lead lesson we're going to talk about something called "ornaments," in the classical world... And while this ain't classical music by any means, these ornaments are still pretty

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June 19, 201843Comments

No Clapping On 1 & 3!

As the saying goes, "Friends don't let friends clap on 1 and 3..." So, yes, today's video is with a little tongue-in-cheek irreverence... but it's still important (we can have some

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June 12, 201850Comments

Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Freddie King

The tune, "Ain't Nobody's Business," as done by Freddie King is one of my favorite songs of all time. Freddie's playing and the Gospel infused chord progression are just some of

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June 5, 201819Comments

The Blues Squeeze…

Lots of folks think that in order to really make the blues sing, you have to use a major sound (or a major blues scale) over the I chord, and

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May 29, 201820Comments

Blues Rhythm Lesson On Chord Substitutions

In this lesson we're going to talk about some ideas for replacing the good ole' 7th chord with maybe some 9th, 11th, or 13th chords (oh my!) All of these chords

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May 22, 201827Comments

E Major Pentatonic/Blues Riff Factory

There are SO many blues riffs that come from the notes in the open E Major Pentatonic and Blues Scales that you owe it to yourself to get really comfortable

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May 20, 201852Comments

Trading Fours Over A Shuffle In C With Box 1

Super catchy title today, don't you think? Well, I couldn't come up with anything fun, but it's really fun to play guitar so grab yours and join me :) There's no TAB

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May 15, 201837Comments

Open E7 And A7 Options

Today's video is a fairly simple idea that can be used in a lot of different ways. It's not difficult, so I'll say this might even be a beginning level lesson,

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