Once you’ve got the minor pentatonic under your fingers, the A major diatonic scale is a great addition to your toolkit. In the video above, we’ll look at the pattern, where it sits on the neck, and — more importantly — how it connects to scales you already know. The major scale has a brighter, […]
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A little while ago I did a lesson for the beginner’s on the chords for Last Dance With Mary Jane, by Tom Petty. I got some good feedback from the lesson, with most of you asking for the riffs as well. So, today I bring you the riffs for Last Dance with Mary Jane. Or […]
Guitar strap locks are one of the coolest little guitar gadget style inventions I’ve ever come across. Have you ever had a guitar strap slip off the hook, or have you seen this happen to someone else? Often times the guitar crashes painfully to the floor, and sometimes, never to get back up. A close […]
Today I’ve got another one of those fairly easy fingerpicking patterns for you and your guitar. I used a very simple and mellow chord progression in this lesson, and there are literally tons of different directions you could go with it. I tried to give you a couple of different ideas on how you can […]
Some of the best blues guitar riffs don’t come from complicated technique — they come from the same two-note shape, repeated in slightly different ways. This lesson is built around exactly that idea. Jonathan teaches a blues guitar riff on thirds in the key of E, and it’s the same pattern SRV used in “Pride […]
Four free video lessons. Take the pentatonic pattern you already half-know and turn it into solos that sound like music, not exercises. Timing, phrasing, the small handful of moves that separate "I'm running the scale" from "I'm actually playing the blues."