hi Friend, Top of the week to ya… Ok, I know Mondays can be lame-o… so I am sending a bit of comic relief your way. Have you seen all 3 episodes of my “Claustin Powers” movie? It was a little skit I did last year around Halloween time: https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/?cat=18 Well, I have to make …
Hi Friend, It’s always fun learning stuff on the guitar isn’t it? So right now I’ll give you a few ideas I have. One of the most common chord progressions is known as “I IV” or “ONE FOUR”. That basically means going from the root of a key , to the fourth degree of the …
Here’s a sweet, classic blues lick technique – just one of hundreds of tricks that Sol shares with you in “Blues Master Class”… Check it out! 🙂
In Flamenco Guitar Secrets, you will learn many techniques and many forms. Here’s a small taste of the “Tangos” form. You will also get all the tabs when you buy your copy of these DVDs 🙂 A lot of is really hard in the 3rd G key. So this would be the 3rd G key …
Hi Friend, I’m glad you guys liked my last blog post on major 7 chords. Makes me happy to know my blog posts are helping and inspiring other guitarists. But I can’t do alone — that’s why in addition to sharing my own guitar knowledge, I try to enlist the help of other teachers. Many …
Here’s a sweet, classic blues lick technique – just one of hundreds of tricks that Sol shares with you in “Blues Master Class”… Check it out! 🙂 That’s a great way to start a slow blues solo. We’re actually adding something a little extra in here. And this isn’t pentatonic; this is pretty much the …
Hi Friend, Greetings to you on this fine day. It is a beautiful day to be alive. It inspires me to play some beautiful music on the guitar, and there’s fewer things more pretty than the major7 chord. One cool idea that I got from a jazz standard is to play the 2-chord progression: Amaj7 …
Major 7 chords are amoung my favorite chords. They have a very beautiful, mellow quality to them. You can do a lot of cool things on the guitar with some very simple musical ideas. For example, let’s take a 2 chord progression – Amaj7 to Dmaj7. We can spice it up with just a few …
Friend, Goooood mornin. How are you? I feel kind of “meh” this morning, but I plan to hit the gym and that usually gives me a new energy for the day. What can I share with you today in the world of guitar? I was just playing an old favorite this morning: Badge, by Cream. …
Kenny Neal is a blues and swamp blues guitarist and singer. He was born on October 14, 1957, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Neal comes from a musical family; his father, Raful Neal, was a blues singer, harmonicist, and songwriter. Eight of his nine siblings are also blues musicians and he often performed with his brothers …