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Jimmy jams with who?? whaa?? – amazing pics

hi Friend, Oh man… this is not your ordinary, everyday “Claude email”… I want to show you some pics that Jimmy Dillon just sent me this week. He’s rocking out with some seriously famous dudes like they were neighborhood jam buddies. It’s amazing. Gotta see this… JIMMY DILLON JAMS WITH R.W. and D.C. If you …

Challenge of the modern day guitarist

hi Friend, I’m about to sit down for a practice session here and working on my picking chops. You know, one thing I’ve learned in life is that people tend to have similar experiences. So if I’m struggling with something, chances are good that many people feel the same thing. One thing that I struggle …

how i deal with stress

hi Friend, TGIF … its been a heck of a week over here in my corner of the universe. Kinda stressed but nothin the Johnsonater can’t handle. Actually the guitar helps me “deal” a lot of times. Helps me take my mind to a place of inspiration and away from the mundane and “boggeries” of …

completely out of it

hi Friend, A friend of mine told me that I seem “out of it” lately… Maybe it’s cause I’m getting ready to get married in October. Maybe the fact that I’m totally crazy is finally taking its toll after all these years, ha! lol.. But I’m not too out of it to recognize some slick …

How to Do Countermelodies in Guitar

Easy Beginner Guitar Teachings Let’s Learn Some New Chords With Sean Daniel – Cool Guitar Lesson on Chords How to Play Lenny by Vaughan Using Advanced Blues Guitar Chords How to Play `Landslide´ by Fleetwood Mac on Acoustic Guitar How to Play Killer Blues Guitar Riff in the Style of Eric Clapton How To Do …

Countermelody lesson (video)

hi Friend, I’d like to wrap up my little video series on “playing single notes between the chords” with today’s lesson. This one talks about countermelodies or fills. Think of it as “tasty little licks” in between your chords. Hope you enjoy this lesson and the whole series. It’s all on my blog CLAUDE JOHNSON …

Easy Way of Adding Melodies To Chords

Yo, what’s up? It’s Claude Johnson; how’s it going? I’d like to continue in this series of looking atways that we can add single notes with our chords.And if you remember, we looked at two differentmethods already: bass note runs and picking patterns.In today’s lesson I’d like to just look at addingmelodies to chords. All …

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