Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog This lesson may not be all that good for a beginner, but if you’ve got your box 1 blues/pentatonic scale under your fingers and you’ve played some licks, you should be good to go… The lick itself will look like it’s not that long, but in order to play it well, … Continue reading Sequences Of 4 Lick (Triplets)
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Many students come to me after having learned a bunch of pentatonic or blues scale soloing patterns… And they wonder why their solos still don’t sound very good But the reality is that they haven’t taken the time to master any one area of the fretboard, so nothing *sticks* and sounds … Continue reading Fretboard Freedom With Limits
GUITARHABITS September 20, 2024 by Klaus Crow The major pentatonic scale is a guitarist’s go-to for creating solos that feel fresh, uplifting and bright. It’s the secret sauce behind some of the most memorable guitar solos in music history. You’ll find these solos in country music a lot of the time, but also in classic rock (The … Continue reading Songs with Major Pentatonic Scale Solos
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog After nearly 20 years of teaching online along with private students, this has become my Ultimate How To Play Blues Guitar For Beginners lesson. Depending on where you are now, maybe some of these things are new, and maybe some are not. But I want to encourage you to watch the … Continue reading My Ultimate Beginning Blues Guitar Lesson (maybe)
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog When you’re soloing over a blues, you may know that there is a time and place for the major blues/pentatonic sound… And a place for the minor pentatonic/blues sound. While you might know that, being able to *do it* is a whole ‘nuther thing, so here’s a good approach that I … Continue reading Slow Blues Major To Minor Lick
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Most guitar players I see feel like they need to go all over the fretboard to be good… But BB King knew that the secret to sounding amazing wasn’t in how much fretboard real estate you could cover… It was in how well you could outline the chords and create melodies … Continue reading BB King Knows This Better
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog If you ever get tired of your “same old” Pentatonic Minor or Blues Scale, have I got just the thing for you… This is something I originally stole from Robben Ford, but later learned he stole it from BB King (who probably stole it from Lonnie Johnson, but I can’t back … Continue reading The Pentatonic 6 Sound
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog It seems all I’ve heard about lately from other guitar teachers and students alike are triads… But, what are triads? Do you need them? Will they help you in some way? Why do you feel compelled to learn them (or should you?) I’ll try and answer all of these questions in … Continue reading Triads, What’s The Big Deal?
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog It’s one thing to learn your 5 boxes of the pentatonic/blues scale… It’s another to be able to navigate between them effortlessly. And one of the best ways I’ve found to visualize the connections between the boxes are something I call pentatonic “hinges.” If you can see the connecting notes between … Continue reading Pentatonic Hinges
GUITARHABITS August 24, 2024 by Klaus Crow For guitar players and musicians alike, Damien Rice stands as a masterclass in the art of songwriting with songs like Cannonball and The Blowers Daughter. He’s definitely one of my favorite artists. Damien goes to the deepest core of his soul and you hear it right away. The … Continue reading Top 10 Best Damien Rice Guitar Songs
