Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Rhythm Performance
This is a 12 Bar Blues in D with a ‘quick’ change in measure 2. Making another appearance is the trusty ol’ Boogie Woogie rhythm, but this time it’s moving alon...
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Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Intro
A fast shuffle is usually a happy shuffle, keep your thoughts happy while soloing. Try to create a melodic flow without confusion. Let each note have meaning an...
Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Rhythm Breakdown
Josh walks through his rhythm playing on the Fast Shuffle in D. It may take a little time to build the left hand stamina required to hold this part down far mor...
Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Lead Performance
Red & Josh play a few more choruses of a Fast Shuffle in D, this time with the focus shifted to Red’s lead. In this solo, Red is doing some cool blending of Maj...
Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Lead Breakdown
Josh takes Red’s solo apart a piece at a time, explaining the different technical and theoretical components at work in this lesson. Check out ‘Rock This Town...
Blues Song Genealogy: “Talk to Your Daughter”
by David Hamburger Video guitar lesson, part 1: Click here for Part 1 of the "Talk to Your Daughter" tab. Video guitar lesson, part 2: Click...
Stairway to Heaven: How to Make it Big as a Musician
By Charlie Doom
Illustration by Eric Hunter Want to make it big? We asked some of the biggest guitarists on the planet for their best career advice. Know...
7 Cool iPhone Apps for Guitarists
As some of you may already know, we have developed a killer iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch app for guitarists, including video guitar lessons, tab, and notation -...
Wes Montgomery’s Magic Box
Most guitarists recognize the E minor pentatonic scale - and with good reason. After all, it is the world’s most popular launching pad for rock solos and blues ...
Guitar Lesson: Van Halen’s Tips For Beginner Guitarists
Eddie Van Halen opens the article by fessin' up about how much he stole, note for note, from Eric Clapton. Now here's your chance to rip off EVH. This audio gui...
Guitabulary: Diddie Wa Diddie
More than 60 years after its recording, Blind Blake’s rambunctious Diddie Wa Diddie, a double-entendre ragtime blues, still stands as a fingerpicking classic. B...
Guitabulary: Bottleneck Breakdown
Is there anything more seductively rootsy than metallic slide musings on a glimmering National steel guitar? In this two-part lesson, Brozman, one of the foremo...