Learning Solos From the Blues Masters
The blues masters built their vocabulary one stolen lick at a time. If you're an early-intermediate player who already knows the pentatonic scale and wants to ......
Chord Tones Help Your Blues Solos Follow the Changes
If your solos sound like they're floating over the chord changes instead of following them, chord tones are the missing piece. A lot of players... ...
Mixing Major and Minor Pentatonic Over the Blues
If you've ever wondered how a blues guitarist makes a solo sound both sweet and gritty at the same time, the answer usually comes down to one thing......
Blues Phrasing: Bends, Vibrato, and the Power of Space
Most guitarists learn the minor pentatonic and then wonder why their solos sound robotic. The notes are right, but something is missing. That missing......
Connecting the 5 Pentatonic Boxes Across the Neck
If you've been playing blues guitar for a while, you probably know the feeling. You've got box 1 down cold, but the moment you try to move higher......
How to Solo Over the Blues With Feel and Intention
You already know the pentatonic scale. You can run the box, hit the root, and find the blue note. But the moment someone calls a 12-bar and says......
How to Stop Copying Guitar Licks: Marty Friedman’s Approach to Originality
Every serious guitar player hits the same wall sooner or later. You spend years learning licks, breaking down solos, slowing down videos to half speed, and tryi...
Memphis Blues Guitar: Inside the Hi Records Sound
Memphis blues guitar is one of the most groove-deep, horn-friendly, singer-friendly styles in American music. It's the sound of Hi Records in the 1970s, the rhy...
All Access Just Got a Whole Lot More “All”: Guitar Methods & In The Jam Now Included
Streaming access to every Guitar Method and every In The Jam session is now part of your All Access subscription — at no addit...
Chicago Blues Guitar Tone with Jeffery Marshall
Chicago blues guitar tone is one of the most influential sounds in modern electric guitar. It's the cranked-amp, slightly-broken-up, vocal-vibrato sound that po...
Blues Guitar Chord Transitions: Master 1-4 Changes
You've practiced basic blues licks for months, but something's missing when you try to solo over chord changes. The magic happens when you master blue...
Jazz Chords Meet the Blues: How Texas Players Expanded the Harmony
Most guitarists learn the blues as a pentatonic language. Five notes, a 12-bar form, and a handful of licks that work over the whole thing. That vocabulary will...