Subtractive Rhythm
When does less equal more? When you subtract to add to your rhythm...
Confused? Me too... so just watch the video :)
Download this video here (MP4)
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How To Learn Fast Blues/Rock Licks
On one hand, I've got a great lick for you today if you're a blues/rock kind of player.
On the other hand, if you change this from straight feel and fast
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Pick A Spot…
Let's say you want to improve your blues soloing and you're a little tired of just playing the pentatonic/blues scale over the entire 12 bar blues the whole time...
You want
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Johnny Winter “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” Lick
Nothing but a fun lick today...
If you're a blues rocker, you'll totally dig Johnny Winter's version of "Good Morning Little School Girl" and how he uses this lick is super
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Little Red Rooster and Open G Tuning
While "Little Red Rooster" certainly isn't the only song out there in open G tuning... it's one that you'll have a hard time not playing once you start :)
And there
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Blues Phrasing – How You End Your Licks Matters
We spend a fair amount of time talking about how (or, more accurately, when) you start blues licks... but we don't often talk about how they end.
And you might also
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Where To Make The Bends In Blues Boxes
It seems there is a lot of confusion about bends... which is a shame because they are THE coolest thing about playing guitar.
Bends allow us to do on a guitar
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Further On Up The Road Intro
This tune seems to be really popular as I have received a LOT of questions about what Joe is playing for the intro of this tune...
Instead of answering all the
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Stairstepping Down
This is an idea I call "stairstep" pentatonics... and I stole it from Robben Ford, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, and some other modern blues players.
I'll provide the tab under the
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Roots And Octaves – Another Way To Look At Your Fretboard
Your guitar fretboard is a strange and wonderous place... and the longer I play the more I realize that each of us eventually develops our own mental model of it
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