Here is Part 5 of the Ultimate Blues course, Stage 3. To help you navigate this section, the chapter time markers are shown below.
00:00:00 – Chapter 13 – 12-Bar Study
00:30:24 – Chapter 14 – Let’s Transpose
00:51:06 – Chapter 15 – Another Variation of 12-Bar
01:17:26 – Chapter 16 – 12-Bar and 8-Bar “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
01:36:10 – Chapter 17 – Introduction to Jam Tracks & “Flood” Right Track
Finished? Checkout Part 6 next.
Here is Part 4 of the Ultimate Blues course, Stage 3. To help you navigate this section, the chapter time markers are shown below.
00:00:00 – Chapter 9 – Adding the Major 6th (+6th)
00:19:17 – Chapter 10 – Adding the Minor 7th (-7)
01:01:13 – Chapter 11 – Open Root Options
01:22:49 – Chapter 12 – Single Note Rhythm Riffs
Finished? Checkout Part 5 next.
Here is Part 3 of the Ultimate Blues course, Stage 3. To help you navigate this section, the chapter time markers are shown below.
00:00:00 – Chapter 6 – Alternate Bass Picking Study
00:46:04 – Chapter 7 – Hybrid Picking Techniques
01:17:22 – Chapter 8 – Rhythm Riffs
Finished? Checkout Part 4 next.
Here is Part 2 of the Ultimate Blues course, Stage 3. To help you navigate this section, the chapter time markers are shown below.
00:00:00 – Chapter 3 – Applying 1/4, 1/8. 1/16
00:31:26 – Chapter 4 – Finding Your Bass Notes In Chord Patterns
00:53:42 – Chapter 5 – Applying This To “The Thrill Is Gone”
Finished? Checkout Part 3 next.
Here is Part 1 of the Ultimate Blues course, Stage 3. To help you navigate this section, the chapter time markers are shown below.
00:00:00 – Chapter 1 – Rhythm
01:01:09 – Chapter 2 – Applying The Triplet
Finished? Checkout Part 2 next.
This is part 2 of the Guitar Improvising Secrets course.
This is part 1 of the Guitar Improvising Secrets course.
If you’re looking for some cool riffs to add to your collection, these double stop riffs in A pentatonic minor are classics that belong in every guitar player’s collection. A double stop is simply when you play two notes at the same time.
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Here are a couple of famous chord progressions in the key of C that you’ll find useful to start practicing with.
Here are a couple of famous chord progressions using chords from the key of G that you’ll find useful to start practicing with. They are Sweet Home Alabama and Heart of Gold.
In this lesson you’ll learn about using a Tube Screamer, Colin’s distortion pedal of choice, but even if you don’t have that specific model, a lot of the principles will apply to other pedals as well.
If you’re struggling with your chord changes, then this lesson is for you.
Today there are literally thousands of different effects available to run your guitar through, but after you sort through everything that is possibly out there, you find that there are a few tried and true effects that always rise to the top. The wah-wah pedal is definitely a contender for one of the most popular guitar effects out there, and that’s what today’s lesson is all about. If you don’t have a wah-wah pedal already, that’s okay. Watch the lesson, maybe you’ll be shopping for one soon once you see what it can do! 🙂
Here’s a lesson that will yield dividends on getting a good tone out of your amp. Of course, tone is subjective, so ultimately, it is your preference that counts. That said, we often get questions from people trying to achieve a certain tone with their amp and they don’t know how to get that. Hopefully this lesson will move you closer that goal.
In this short lesson, we'll look at a different place to play that standard Em chord we've all used for eons. The secret to finding chords like these is knowing how the notes in a chord work. Understand chord construction, and learn a few off these lesser-used chords, and you'll have tons of great ideas ready to slip into your rhythm or solos!
To learn more of these unusual chords, please visit the following link:
Guitar chords are a really good place to start if you're looking for some great-sounding notes to put together into a solo or an intro riff. In the video above, you'll see three famous examples of triads used in this way. A triad is simply a three note chord. Understand chord construction, and learn a few off these lesser-used chords, and you'll have tons of great ideas ready to slip into your rhythm or solos!
To learn more of these unusual chords, please visit the following link:
In this course we’re going to look at some chord forms that are a bit off the beaten path. You’ll end up with some cool unique new voicings, and hopefully gain a bunch of ideas to get you going in new directions than before!
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If you have comments, questions, or success stories related to this lesson, please write them in the comments below.
This lesson carries on from the previous one looking at open chord tricks based on “E”. Now we’re going to take a similar approach, but focus on “A” instead.
Most people think of open chords as being the standard “cowboy” chords – G, C, D, etc etc. But there are other open chords we can use, as we’re going to find out in this lesson. The ones in this lesson are based off “E” and they’re pretty cool. Let us know in the comments below how you’ve been able to start integrating these into your playing.
The next lesson in this series looks at open chords based off “A”.
This short course is a good introduction to playing the acoustic guitar. If you have any questions, please use the comments area below. You can watch the lesson online on this page, or download one of options below. Right click, and save as.
This lesson is a great start to playing electric guitar – if you have any questions, please use the comment form on this page and we’ll do our best to help you! You can watch the lesson online on this page, or download one of options below. Right click, and save as.
In the previous two lessons, we looked at triads in the context of root 6 major chords, and root 6 minor chords. In this lesson, we’re going to take that idea a little bit further and see how this also applies to root 5 major and minor chords.
In this lesson we’re going to break down a root 6 minor chord to learn more about how it is constructed. Triads are the key to understanding chords. If you haven’t checked it out yet, the previous lesson on root 6 major chords is a good lesson to view alongside this one, and afterwards, you can proceed to the lesson looking at root 5 chords.
In this lesson we’re going to break down a root 6 major chord to learn more about how it is constructed. Gaining a deeper understanding of your chords is hugely beneficial for later on when you want to start using the notes from these chords in unique ways to build riffs.
When you’re finished this lesson, be sure to checkout the next one in this series, where we’ll break down a root 6 minor chord.
In this lesson we’ll cover a good way to improve your ear’s ability to “hear” what’s in tune and what’s not. It’s a simple technique, but it pays off not only for your ear, but for your fingers, timing and picking speed as well. That makes this a great exercise and one that should be part of your practice routine.
In this lesson we’ll take a look at one of Bob Dylan’s songs, Like A Rolling Stone.
This lesson continues on from the previous one which was more theory based, and now we’re going to apply all that fun stuff to the guitar.
In this lesson, we’re going to take a chord progression that has been used in many different places – including of course in Thrill is Gone by BB King, and look at how we can make some chord substitutions to make things sound a little bit different. Once you’ve gone through this lesson, you’ll want to checkout the practical application of it as well.
Here’s part four in our little series of learning how to make two guitar parts work together without playing the same thing. In this one, we’re going to focus on sus4 and sus9 chords specifically.
Here’s a followup lesson to to the previous one on sus4 chords, as well as the third in our series of learning how to play with two guitars.