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March 9, 201728Comments

How to play blues rhythm (in a shuffle)

Let's say you're going to an open jam, or you want to play with some friends, and someone says, "Hey, let's play Matchbox in C." Do you know what to do? What

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March 7, 201739Comments

A Blues Turnaround With The Blues Half Step Ending

This is something fun you can use either by yourself or with a band... This is the TAB for the version where you use the V chord to start the form

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February 1, 201772Comments

Start A Tune Otis Rush Style…

Nothing but fun today - it's a great way to start a tune and it ain't that hard to play. Dig it! Download this video - MP4 | WMV By the way,

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January 20, 201745Comments

How To End Your Blues Licks

One of the things I hear the most from less experienced soloists is the tendency to let the ends of your licks just sort of "hang there..." No "sugar" on them,

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January 15, 201747Comments

Easy Blues In E With Variations

At some point in every blues guitar player's life, you are going to play "Blues In E..." So you might as well have a little fun with :) If you're new to

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December 23, 201663Comments

Blues Rock Minor 7th Chord

The Minor 7th chord is a blues-rock staple as you'll see in this video. You might be familiar with it in a more traditional fingering, but for the blues-rock thing you

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December 20, 201644Comments

1 1/2 Step Bending Lick

This is just a cool lick that utilizes the House Pattern and a nice step-and-a-half bend to make you sound like Albert and/or BB King... Download this video - MP4

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December 15, 201642Comments

What Does It Mean To Play In Time?

You hear all the time about "playing in time," and "keeping good time," or "playing in the pocket..." But what does that really mean? In this video we'll talk about it and

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December 1, 201671Comments

Blues In A With The A Minor Blues Scale

Don't you just wish sometimes you could sit down, grab a guitar, and just play? I often call that "Playing On The Porch" style playing, because it reminds me of my

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November 24, 201634Comments

Many Ways To Blues Solos

A lot of folks wonder about how the blues scale(s) and the blues chords go together... Well, there's no 1 right answer, there are (as with most things) a lot of

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