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January 29, 201926Comments

Tweedlies Are Your Salt And Pepper

Wanna take a boring old scale and make it cool? Here's how... I call them "tweedlies," but probably the proper term for these types of things are ornaments - it's a

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January 28, 201928Comments

Thump Bass And Little Chords

This acoustic blues guitar lesson was filmed live before a studio audience ;) When you play music, in general, you need 3 things to make it sound musical - rhythm, harmony,

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January 25, 201931Comments

Lots Of Approaches…

Today's video is not necessarily a lesson, but it's no less important... In fact, in many ways it's more important, because it can give you direction and purpose - two things

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January 23, 201918Comments

It’s Voodoo Child… Basically

I'm always one to try and avoid the wrath of the copyright police... but basically this is how to play "Voodoo Chile" using a wah pedal and the E Minor

January 21, 201943Comments

Finding Songs To Play

If you've been through my Beginning Blues Guitar or Strumming And Rhythm Mastery courses, then you've undoubtedly heard of the "Most Popular Strum In The World" (and make sure to

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January 18, 201943Comments

Acoustic Open D Tuning Elmore James Slide Guitar Lesson

I was listening to some blues radio and "Dust My Broom" by Elmore James was on... And I was struck by how he tended to use a very simple, characteristic lick

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January 15, 201918Comments

The 2+3 Pentatonic Minor Pattern

You may remember I did a video on what I call the "3+2 Pattern," so it made sense to add in the "2+3" version of the minor pentatonic pattern as

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January 7, 201949Comments

The 3+2 Pentatonic Minor

This pentatonic minor pattern is one of my favorites for a couple of different reasons... First, it's easy to remember because you play the same thing over and over again -

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December 16, 201839Comments

The Comping Pattern

Playing blues rhythm is sometimes called "comping," especially when we talk about playing chords behind another soloist or a singer. It's not really a "strum pattern," because you don't strum, but

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December 14, 201824Comments

Another Sweet Home Chicago Intro – “Chord Soloing”

There are a lot of cool ways to play the first 12 of Sweet Home Chicago, but this one I heard from Luther Tucker struck me as a great use

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