Über Funky Riff!
This one is very cool, and admittedly quite challenging. See what you think and let me know! Remember, you can always simplify things. Just keep that right hand on a tight strum with the beat.
Country Pop Backing Track
I used Band-In-A-Box to write a little country jam track for you. Hope you like it! You can download it in the Backing Tracks folder on my “Box” – look in the Country folder. It’s called “Country Pop – Backing Track”.
Classic Rock Riff
I don’t have enough rock guitar lessons! So, here is a 2 minute lesson that should be a fun one for you rock guitar lovers. The difficulty level is about intermediate. Since it’s a 2 minute lesson, I didn’t have time to discuss muting. That is very important to do, in order to get the […]
Funk Riff James Brown Style
Let’s get the FUNK on! Here is a sweet funk riff for you to learn. It’s heavily inspired by James Brown!
180 Backing Tracks for you
I’m super excited to give all full members access to the 180 backing tracks by my friend Mats! I want to encourage you to spend time listening to these track, and jamming / practicing with them. These tracks are fantastic, and I’m happy and thankful that Mats let me provide them for all you guys. […]
Albert Lee Descending Run
I’ve always been fascinated by fast country pickers. One of my favourites is Albert Lee. Here is a sweet, descending run I learned from him.
Swing Jazz Lick “Nat”
Here’s a pretty cool swing jazz lick, played over an F dominant vamp. I picked up a few pieces from Oscar Peterson and Nat King Cole, and the end result was this lick. It’s played pretty fast, but you can definitely slow it down quite a bit, and it will still sound great. There are […]
5 Note Cycling Lick
This is a great way to get more “mileage” out of your licks. You take a lick and massage it a bit so that it has an odd number of notes. In this case 5, but it would also work with 7, 9 notes, etc. Because it’s an odd number of notes, it’s going to […]
Charlie Parker Blues Lick
Charlie Parker (Bird) was one of the first jazz musicians I listened to. I bought several albums, and really worked on trying to learn some licks. This one is perhaps the first jazz lick I ever learned. I still love it.
Downward Sweep Picking Blues Licks
This time, I’m doing a bit more advanced sweep picking licks. I start with alternate picking (3 notes), then the sweep, then 3 more notes to end the phrase. Cool?