This is a short free video for those who are somewhat familiar with these two scales, but don’t know how to use them over Dominant chords. It’s really jazz language I’m talking about here, and I like to add some of that flavour to my blues. It’s fun and people’s heads turn a bit when […]
Let’s dig into some blues strumming! In this first mini-course, we are going to dig into a minor blues rhythm in the key of A. You’ll learn 3 variations on the same theme. Let’s hear you play this! I’m planning on a few more of this type of lesson – yay or nay?
I’ve added in this course that I created 3 years ago. There are lessons laying around from the old version of the website, and I have not added every single one back in yet. It’s not easy to find them because I redid so much… This is a useful one I think, even though I […]
Here is a cool chord you might find use for. The way I view this chord is E7#9 but with an added 6th in there (can also be viewed as the 13th). Or you can view it as an E13#9. Or E7(13,#9). This chord has no 5th either, and neither does that typical “Hendrix chord”. […]
Craig submitted a wonderful piece that blew me away. Can we say Jimmy Page rules! Chuck played along to Honky Tonk Woman, and I loved it. I mentioned in the video how you can work on rhythm, just using a drum track. Come see. Live video coming soon! I did a test using Facebook, check […]
While I was in Sweden, I went to a blues jam and they filmed it. I certainly didn’t play as well as I would have liked, but you know that’s how it goes sometimes. I played some strange gear, and I didn’t connect with it. On the other hand, this is what it’s all about. […]
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This lick is simply using the 6 note “hybrid” scale, where we play both minor third and major 3rd, and it’s repeating itself as we go higher and higher. The lick ends with a longer chromatic move, followed by minor third, root note and minor 7th. Simple concept that sounds very cool sometimes! Just to […]
I love the sound of “wider interval triads”, which is something Eric Johnson often uses, hence the name of this lesson. It’s a simple concept really: play a triad, but move one of the notes to a different octave. That’s it in a nutshell. Now, you should explore this concept further. You see, you can […]
I wrote a ballad for you to practice with, while I’m at NAMM. It’s a slow tune at 65 BPM, in C Major, and I have provided several versions of it, with different instrumentation. All done with Band-In-A-Box. You can grab it here – the chord progression is in the PDF. It’s a 32 bar […]