Gone Too Long
Melody is king. Melody is queen. Melody is top dog. I could go on, but I think you get the idea... melody is very important and it makes a great launc…
Archives: Lessons
I Know, I Know, I Know
'A' minor pentatonic is on the menu today... all 5 positions of it as a matter of fact. One position of this scale is effective so don't feel like you…
Wither Away
The rubber meets the road today with 3 differing approaches to the basic chord progression of "Ain't No Sunshine." Starting from the basic chords with…
Every Time She Goes Away
A simple chord progression can receive the smallest of tweaks to make it more interesting and gain a greater feeling of movement... this chord progres…
Day 1 – Blues Jitter Bass
Bass is the name of the game today. You'll be using an eighth note pulse to play a bass pattern on your guitars low strings. While this sequence may h…
Day 2 – Triple Threat
Playing a blues shuffle is satisfying, useful, and it can get any foot tapping. The problem that sometimes arises is the thought that a blues shuffle …
Day 3 – Kodachromatic
Chromatic sequences are quite the ear catching thing, but how on earth do you integrate them into your playing? Today you find out. You'll be using a …
Day 4 – Shape Shifter
Your fretting fingers have an easy day ahead of them... well kind of. Today's 12 bar blues in A has you using the same exact shape for all of the chor…
Day 5 – Funkified Blues
Wowza!!! Today is a day to get funky with the blues. You'll be using pieces of chords, hammer-ons, and even muted strums to achieve a bit of funk flav…
Find Your Way
Pick accuracy is the name of the game today. You'll only be fretting a single chord today, so the action is all in your picking hand. Starting with a …
Just Ain’t Got The Time
The tag ending lick you're about to learn today is so much fun to play and not all that complicated, and it allows for lots of opportunity for modific…
Somebody Holds The Key
The classic 2 for 1 special, a shopper's delight, a sale that is sought out purely for the incredible value it offers... the same will apply to what y…
Waiting All These Years
Drop D tuning is wonderful... this chord progression in drop D tuning is even more wonderful... quite possibly the wonderfulest (I know, I know I made…
Come Down Off Your Throne
A simple recipe for success today: Take the same chord progression you played yesterday, add some simple bass note hammer-ons and pull-offs and voila …
Day 1 – Two Note Window
For day 1 of your 5 day Bass Walk Challenge you'll be looking at a bass transition between two chords that takes up, as you may have guessed, two beat…
Day 2 – Four Note Window
As the name of today's challenge suggests you will be walking into the bass note of a chord using a full measure... all four beats. This type of trans…
Day 3 – Stepping Down
Instead of walking up to the bass note of the next chord, in today's challenge you will be walking down to the bass note of the next chord. This is a …
Day 4 – The Secret Sauce
Remember back to that two note window challenge? Well, today you'll take that two note bass walk and turn it into a full chord two beat bass walk. Sel…
Day 5 – Walk This Way
So far you've had a chance to play through some shorter form bass walks... I'm referring to the two beat and four beat windows that you have now becom…
Mississippi Timing
There's a special magic when it comes to Mississippi John Hurt's finger picking style and it has to do with his timing. The feel he brings to his play…
Drive the Spike
Tough to describe this in any other way other than this is THE lick from Spike Driver's Blues, a song that Mississippi John Hurt is synonymous with. Y…
Railroad Tracks
Now, Mississippi John Hurt isn't known for his lead playing per se, but you can take his technique and apply it to lead guitar situations. Here you wi…
Spike Driver
Hammer on like you would hammer a spike. Today's rhythm challenge gives your fingerpicking rhythm guitar approach a subtle oomph that conures up some …
Catch and Release
Get ready to be comfortably uncomfortable... sounds weird I know, but today's transition challenge is one that uses friendly dissonance to emphasize c…
Cloudy Day
The objective for today is to give the picking hand a workout and gain a perspective on how to divide time so that you have options for basic rhythm a…
Gone Too Long
Melody is king. Melody is queen. Melody is top dog. I could go on, but I think you get the idea... melody is very important and it makes a great launc…
I Know, I Know, I Know
'A' minor pentatonic is on the menu today... all 5 positions of it as a matter of fact. One position of this scale is effective so don't feel like you…
Wither Away
The rubber meets the road today with 3 differing approaches to the basic chord progression of "Ain't No Sunshine." Starting from the basic chords with…
Every Time She Goes Away
A simple chord progression can receive the smallest of tweaks to make it more interesting and gain a greater feeling of movement... this chord progres…
Mississippi Timing
There's a special magic when it comes to Mississippi John Hurt's finger picking style and it has to do with his timing. The feel he brings to his play…
Drive the Spike
Tough to describe this in any other way other than this is THE lick from Spike Driver's Blues, a song that Mississippi John Hurt is synonymous with. Y…
Railroad Tracks
Now, Mississippi John Hurt isn't known for his lead playing per se, but you can take his technique and apply it to lead guitar situations. Here you wi…
Spike Driver
Hammer on like you would hammer a spike. Today's rhythm challenge gives your fingerpicking rhythm guitar approach a subtle oomph that conures up some …
Catch and Release
Get ready to be comfortably uncomfortable... sounds weird I know, but today's transition challenge is one that uses friendly dissonance to emphasize c…
Cloudy Day
The objective for today is to give the picking hand a workout and gain a perspective on how to divide time so that you have options for basic rhythm a…
Gone Too Long
Melody is king. Melody is queen. Melody is top dog. I could go on, but I think you get the idea... melody is very important and it makes a great launc…
I Know, I Know, I Know
'A' minor pentatonic is on the menu today... all 5 positions of it as a matter of fact. One position of this scale is effective so don't feel like you…
Wither Away
The rubber meets the road today with 3 differing approaches to the basic chord progression of "Ain't No Sunshine." Starting from the basic chords with…
Every Time She Goes Away
A simple chord progression can receive the smallest of tweaks to make it more interesting and gain a greater feeling of movement... this chord progres…
Every Time She Goes Away
A simple chord progression can receive the smallest of tweaks to make it more interesting and gain a greater feeling of movement... this chord progres…
Day 1 – Blues Jitter Bass
Bass is the name of the game today. You'll be using an eighth note pulse to play a bass pattern on your guitars low strings. While this sequence may h…
Day 2 – Triple Threat
Playing a blues shuffle is satisfying, useful, and it can get any foot tapping. The problem that sometimes arises is the thought that a blues shuffle …
Day 3 – Kodachromatic
Chromatic sequences are quite the ear catching thing, but how on earth do you integrate them into your playing? Today you find out. You'll be using a …
Day 4 – Shape Shifter
Your fretting fingers have an easy day ahead of them... well kind of. Today's 12 bar blues in A has you using the same exact shape for all of the chor…
Day 5 – Funkified Blues
Wowza!!! Today is a day to get funky with the blues. You'll be using pieces of chords, hammer-ons, and even muted strums to achieve a bit of funk flav…
Find Your Way
Pick accuracy is the name of the game today. You'll only be fretting a single chord today, so the action is all in your picking hand. Starting with a …
Just Ain’t Got The Time
The tag ending lick you're about to learn today is so much fun to play and not all that complicated, and it allows for lots of opportunity for modific…
Somebody Holds The Key
The classic 2 for 1 special, a shopper's delight, a sale that is sought out purely for the incredible value it offers... the same will apply to what y…
Waiting All These Years
Drop D tuning is wonderful... this chord progression in drop D tuning is even more wonderful... quite possibly the wonderfulest (I know, I know I made…
Come Down Off Your Throne
A simple recipe for success today: Take the same chord progression you played yesterday, add some simple bass note hammer-ons and pull-offs and voila …
Day 1 – Two Note Window
For day 1 of your 5 day Bass Walk Challenge you'll be looking at a bass transition between two chords that takes up, as you may have guessed, two beat…
Day 2 – Four Note Window
As the name of today's challenge suggests you will be walking into the bass note of a chord using a full measure... all four beats. This type of trans…
Day 3 – Stepping Down
Instead of walking up to the bass note of the next chord, in today's challenge you will be walking down to the bass note of the next chord. This is a …
Day 4 – The Secret Sauce
Remember back to that two note window challenge? Well, today you'll take that two note bass walk and turn it into a full chord two beat bass walk. Sel…
Day 5 – Walk This Way
So far you've had a chance to play through some shorter form bass walks... I'm referring to the two beat and four beat windows that you have now becom…
Mississippi Timing
There's a special magic when it comes to Mississippi John Hurt's finger picking style and it has to do with his timing. The feel he brings to his play…
Drive the Spike
Tough to describe this in any other way other than this is THE lick from Spike Driver's Blues, a song that Mississippi John Hurt is synonymous with. Y…
Railroad Tracks
Now, Mississippi John Hurt isn't known for his lead playing per se, but you can take his technique and apply it to lead guitar situations. Here you wi…
Spike Driver
Hammer on like you would hammer a spike. Today's rhythm challenge gives your fingerpicking rhythm guitar approach a subtle oomph that conures up some …
Catch and Release
Get ready to be comfortably uncomfortable... sounds weird I know, but today's transition challenge is one that uses friendly dissonance to emphasize c…
Cloudy Day
The objective for today is to give the picking hand a workout and gain a perspective on how to divide time so that you have options for basic rhythm a…
Gone Too Long
Melody is king. Melody is queen. Melody is top dog. I could go on, but I think you get the idea... melody is very important and it makes a great launc…
I Know, I Know, I Know
'A' minor pentatonic is on the menu today... all 5 positions of it as a matter of fact. One position of this scale is effective so don't feel like you…
Wither Away
The rubber meets the road today with 3 differing approaches to the basic chord progression of "Ain't No Sunshine." Starting from the basic chords with…
Every Time She Goes Away
A simple chord progression can receive the smallest of tweaks to make it more interesting and gain a greater feeling of movement... this chord progres…
Every Time She Goes Away
A simple chord progression can receive the smallest of tweaks to make it more interesting and gain a greater feeling of movement... this chord progres…
Day 1 – Blues Jitter Bass
Bass is the name of the game today. You'll be using an eighth note pulse to play a bass pattern on your guitars low strings. While this sequence may h…
Day 2 – Triple Threat
Playing a blues shuffle is satisfying, useful, and it can get any foot tapping. The problem that sometimes arises is the thought that a blues shuffle …
Day 3 – Kodachromatic
Chromatic sequences are quite the ear catching thing, but how on earth do you integrate them into your playing? Today you find out. You'll be using a …
Day 4 – Shape Shifter
Your fretting fingers have an easy day ahead of them... well kind of. Today's 12 bar blues in A has you using the same exact shape for all of the chor…
Day 5 – Funkified Blues
Wowza!!! Today is a day to get funky with the blues. You'll be using pieces of chords, hammer-ons, and even muted strums to achieve a bit of funk flav…
Find Your Way
Pick accuracy is the name of the game today. You'll only be fretting a single chord today, so the action is all in your picking hand. Starting with a …
Just Ain’t Got The Time
The tag ending lick you're about to learn today is so much fun to play and not all that complicated, and it allows for lots of opportunity for modific…
Somebody Holds The Key
The classic 2 for 1 special, a shopper's delight, a sale that is sought out purely for the incredible value it offers... the same will apply to what y…
Waiting All These Years
Drop D tuning is wonderful... this chord progression in drop D tuning is even more wonderful... quite possibly the wonderfulest (I know, I know I made…
Come Down Off Your Throne
A simple recipe for success today: Take the same chord progression you played yesterday, add some simple bass note hammer-ons and pull-offs and voila …
Day 1 – Two Note Window
For day 1 of your 5 day Bass Walk Challenge you'll be looking at a bass transition between two chords that takes up, as you may have guessed, two beat…
Day 2 – Four Note Window
As the name of today's challenge suggests you will be walking into the bass note of a chord using a full measure... all four beats. This type of trans…
Day 3 – Stepping Down
Instead of walking up to the bass note of the next chord, in today's challenge you will be walking down to the bass note of the next chord. This is a …
Day 4 – The Secret Sauce
Remember back to that two note window challenge? Well, today you'll take that two note bass walk and turn it into a full chord two beat bass walk. Sel…
Day 5 – Walk This Way
So far you've had a chance to play through some shorter form bass walks... I'm referring to the two beat and four beat windows that you have now becom…