Webinar this Friday on “Sweep Picking”

HI Friend, How’s everything today? I know you’re probably busy, so I’ll try to keep this email short and sweet. THIS FRIDAY, we have a very special treat. Derryl Gabel, our resident “fusion-shred” guitar teacher, is doing a free webinar. So, this email is for all the shredders, would-be shredders, wannabee shredders, or anyone who …

I Love the A-Team!

Hey guitarists… The A-Team was one of my favorite tv shows growing up. In honor of the new A-team moving coming out, I decided to compose a guitar arrangement in the A-team style. You can play it on just one guitar. Try it out! Enjoy!!! [audio:https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/audio/a-team.mp3] Don’t forget to check out all our websites: Beginner …

Blues Jam: Claude Johnson and Sol Philcox

Sol Philcox is back! We recently recorded a monster new DVD course called “Blues Master Class”. The most fun part of filming this new product was jamming with Sol at the end 🙂 He is just amazing. Although Sol’s new blues course won’t be out for a bit, I do know quite a few things …

Here’s a Party Pack for you!

Hi Friend, Happy Friday. I got 3 coolio things for you. First of all, I posted a new lesson on my blog. It’s a simple blues shuffle rhythm and I also talk a bit about swing/shuffle notation. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog Now, thats just one thing. Ok, next, in celebration of Memorial Day weekend, I am running two …

Swing/Shuffle Rhythms

Today I want to show you a basic strumming pattern that you can use for blues. You can pretty much just use your ear and follow along but I also wanted to show you how this rhythm looks like, notated. In order to do this, I should probably teach you about swing rhythms and swing …