Here’s a cool lick that you can try out… Sounds best when played pretty fast. Of interest is how we can get from one position to another by sliding around… Also notice how we start in a G mixolydian tonality (using the F natural) but end up using the F# (G major tonality) at the
Hey, how’s it going? I’m Claude Johnson and today I want to talk about hammer-ons from nowhere. This is a technique where you’re going to be hammering-on to a string, but the note that you played before it was on a different string. So if we have this real simple, descending lick, basically three notes
Phrasing on the guitar can mean how you’re playing a lick rhythmically… But it can also refer to the subtleties that you add to the notes — hammerons, pullofs, bends, vibrato, harmonics..etc. Here’s a cool way to use slides when you’re playing lead. Check it out:
Hey Friend, Ok here’s the scoop — I just recorded 5 new guitar video lessons and I was going to title this email something boring like “5 new video lessons”… Then I thought I would be clever and tell you its really 5 ways to be happy! RAH RAH 🙂 AND THEN i thought… why
Another Delta bluesman — Walter “Furry” Lewis was a great guitarist and improviser… You might not understand everything going on in this video, but don’t worry because with the “Deep Delta Blues” package, you’ll get it all tabbed out. But even if we don’t get all the right hand picking stuff, you can learn a
Hey Friend, I started recording some video guitar lessons for you today, but I realized I wouldn’t have time to upload them in time to get this email out to you, so they’ll have to wait till next time… Good stuff coming though, I promise 🙂 I do have a video today from instructor John
But I should say that this video is more about inspiration and knowledge than getting some quick licks under your fingers like our last video… That’s because we need to go a bit deeper into what the right hand is doing to make it clear. However, it will all become crystal-obvious once you get the
Hey Friend, One of the great Delta bluesmen was Mississippi John Hurt. He was a total original and an influence on other legendary guitarists like Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan. I’m stoked about the fact that Mississippi John Hurt is one of 6 guitar legends featured on our new “Deep Delta” Blues packge. In today’s
“Deep Delta Blues” is a new guitar learning DVD package featuring tricks and techniques from some of the greatest all time country blues guitarists. Yes, strictly speaking, the “delta” was only one area in Mississippi, and there are many other regions and influences that are a part of acoustic blues and country blues, but who
