When you're comping or playing blues rhythm, it's easy to get comfortable with one chord shape... But you can add a lot to your rhythm playing by simply moving between shapes

If you are familiar with the popular 'Blues In E" type of blues riff, then you've come across a turnaround before - even if you didn't know it. The turnaround is

So, this is cool, because I get to kill 2 birds with one stone... I love great classic rock licks, and this sure is one of those :) Plus, I get to

Many of my students want to learn to play Chuck Berry licks... and for good reason! But, they usually struggle because of 2 issues: 1 - the bends aren't happening 2- the timing

This is a simple, boogie style blues riff that should suit most beginning and early intermediate blues guitar players. It uses a 12 bar blues in E, with a simple riff

Yup... it's another episode of "Theory Fun Time" where we're going to learn how to do something really cool... ... because of a little music theory :) Theory is great, and I

A lot of my students that I see get hung up on only playing the blues in the "standard" keys of A, or E... And in most cases it's pretty simple

One of the biggest debates I see in blues-land is the debate about music theory... And while I'm a big theory geek, and love it, I realize it ain't for everyone.

I love this old Jimmy Reed classic... and though you might know it done by Gary Moore, it lends itself to playing acoustic and singing along, accompanying your own voice. So