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 ......
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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......
7 Free Rhythm Blues Guitar Lessons With Oz Noy
When practicing, guitar players tend to spend a majority of their time working on lead riffs and licks. But, at any given gig, they most likely to spend most of...
6 Free Desert Blues Guitar Licks You MUST Know
It is a well known fact that the blues music we know today originated as a part of African American culture. But, if you follow this history back even further, ...
3 Blues Bends Guitar Lessons From Jeff McErlain
One of the most distinguishing factors between Blues guitar players is their ability to express themselves in unique ways. Playing expressively is also a way to...
7 Blues Intros, Turnarounds, and Endings Guitar Lessons
There are a few crucial, distinct parts of any blues song that gives it its character and "claim to fame." Intro parts, turnarounds, and ending parts really def...
5 Urban Blues Guitar Lessons With Robben Ford
It is common knowledge amongst musicians that blues music originated in the Southern U.S. and was traditionally played on acoustic instruments. There was, howev...
6 Cutting-Edge Blues Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Are you a fan of playing blues guitar? Well, then you must be constantly searching for new licks to add to your arsenal! After all, being able to craft evocativ...