La escala pentatónica

     Sin dudas, la escala pentatónica es una de las más usadas en la música occidental, en estilos como el Blues principalmente, también en el Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock y varias de sus variantes. Aunque se sabe que estas escalas fueron usadas en la antigua India, en el antiguo Egipto y en épocas más …

The hot deal is almost gone

Hi Friend, It’s that time — the Mark Karan launch price is hours away from disappearing into thin air. So I suggest you hop on over to the webpage and secure your set of mind blowing DVDs immediately (while you’re thinking about it). MINDBLOWING DVDS Time is of the essence, Claude J. P.S. The early …

5 consejos cruciales para tener buena técnica

     Hoy en día muchas personas se enfrentan a una variedad de desafíos guitarrísticos todos los días. Algunos de éstos serán más difíciles de aprender que otros. Por ejemplo, tomemos la técnica de tocar arpegios, hay decenas de guitarristas que practican y luchan para poder tocarlos con soltura, obteniendo resultados mixtos. Entonces, ¿cómo podrías estar seguro …

Try This Easy Blues Guitar Lick

FYI: Use all alternate picking (down/up) starting with a downstroke. P.S. If you love to jam, please check out our latest greatest course: SECRETS OF THE JAM MASTERS Hey, what’s up? It’s Claude Johnson and I’d like to show you this little blues lick I was noodling around with earlier today. It goes like this. …

Nasty lil’ blues lick

Hi Friend, Nasty… In a good way. I’m talking about a nice little blues lick I just came up with today. It’s got a cool chromatic run in it and an interesting “tied-triplet” rhythm too. Go check it out on my guitar blog. BLUE LESSON OF THE DAY Also, friendly reminder, promo ends tomorrow for …

Don’t wait for Jerry’s Ghost

Hi Friend, I just wanted to let you know that the tabs are uploaded for Mark’s Secrets of the Jam Masters. Also… I uploaded all the backing tracks too that Mark uses on the DVDs… So if you already ordered, a big THANK YOU! 🙂 from the Johnsonater…also I’ll have another special gift for you …

Jimmy Dillon jams deep

Hi Friend, For all you Jimmy Dillon fans I havesome great footage for you.It’s Jimmy jammin deep. Actually… JD makes a guest appearancetoward the end of Mark’s newDVD, in a new feature we liketo call the “Sound Hound Lounge”. Mark’s DVD, of course, iscalled Secrets of the Jam Masters. Check out the video… You’ll see …

Mixolydian Licks

Hey guitar friends and guitar fans! Ok, here’s a few sweet mixolydian licks I kind of came up with spontaneously… Actually, watching Mark Karan’s DVD got me thinking in different directions… In this case, the power of the mixolydian sound. Lick #1: I was just kind of picking an up-and-down the scale diatonic thing (starting …

mini-lesson: Mixolydian Magic

Hi Friend, Grab your guitar, dial yourself up a little bit of distortion, and then head over to my blog. I’ve got 2 sweet “mixolydian” licks I would like to share with you. MINI LESSON OF THE DAY You can read the tabs and listen to the sounds. I actually came up with these licks …

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