Guitar Lessons

I explore some key concepts in the latest video in the “inspired by series”. Please let me know if there are any other artists you might like to see in this series. Thank you, Joe

It’s a lot of fun to learn songs and it can equally be as fun to come up with your own or maybe you are just curious where chords come from and how they fit together.That’s what’s in this micro… Read More »How Do You Write a Chord Progression?

Funk offers so many learning opportunities in a deceptively simple framework. Some key takeaways from this style are:1) Using chord fragments- break up your large barre chord shapes.2) Recycle those pentatonic shapes in a different context.3) 16th note rhythm patterns… Read More »Break Out the LinnDrum and Get Your Funk Face On!

How to practice guitar? What should I practice on guitar? These are common questions I see a lot on guitar forums and they’re great questions however, I think there is a better question to ask yourself first that will help… Read More »How to Set Goals for Guitar – Stop Practicing! Do this First.

Sure. Early blues rock offered some fun twists to the normal blues chord progression and fun rhythm lines. In this video I share a musical example and breakdown each guitar part so you can see exactly what I am playing… Read More »Hammond B3 Organ Lines on the Guitar?

A key step in playing over any chord progression is to know exactly where you are in the music at any given time so you can target the chord tones in your solo. An easy approach is to first outline… Read More »How Do You “Play the Changes?”

We made it to the third video in the series where we take a moment to stop and really listen and analyze why each note in the pentatonic scale has a different flavor over each chord in a Blues progression.… Read More »How Do You Use the Pentatonic Scale to Solo?

One key musical concept is contrast. There are many different ways to add contrast to songs from a frequency standpoint, meaning playing parts in different pitch ranges or simply the number of instruments playing at once.In this video I break… Read More »How Do You Arrange Guitar Parts for a Song?

Here is the second video in the series where we take a moment to stop and really listen and analyze why each note in the pentatonic scale has a different flavor over each chord in a Blues progression. This time… Read More »How do you use the minor pentatonic scale to solo?

Here’s an easy way to play Silent Night on guitar with a special chord you can add in towards the end for an emotional lift to the song. Happy Holidays! Joe