A Great “Mixer” Lick
This is a shining example of how to mix the major and minor blues scales/sounds using boxes 1 and 2 of the blues scale...
It pivots around the root up top
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Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale
By now, you likely know that you can use the minor blues scale or minor pentatonic scale over all of the chords of a blues...
And you may even know the
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A “1 Move” 12 Bar Blues Solo
This little solo example is simply a way I've come up with to give you some practice making one of the most important "moves" out of Box 1 of the
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Following Power Chords With Box 1
I was messing around with the song, "Life In The Fast Lane," and digging into the solo a little...
It uses a great trick using Box 1 of the major pentatonic
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Better Double Time Strumming
Clearly, today isn't a blues guitar lesson... but strumming is, arguably, one of the most important things you can do on a guitar...
So you need to be able to do
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September 2022 Practice Generator Update
There have been some changes made to the Practice Generator due to the list of courses and lessons getting way too long to work with...
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Bends… Lots Of ‘Em
Heading back to some blues technique basics today...
I think bending is the thing that makes guitars cooler than everything else :)
But, if your bends are... sucky... then they don't sound
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Look For Patterns In Licks
As I started going through this particular lick for today's lesson, I realized there are actually at least 3 cool things going on that are important:
1 - The patterns, and
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Chasing Chords With A Simple Blues Phrase
Like many videos I do, I'm hoping this will inspire you to experiment a little and try this out in your soloing...
When most folks play or learn a blues lick,
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How To Play “Real” Songs By Yourself
Today's video is in response to a common question about how to play "real" blues songs in a solo context (meaning, just you and a guitar, not a band.)
This is
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