Guitar Lessons & …

  Today's lick is from my Joe Pass book.  It's a nice bebop(py) lick outlining a Dom 7 chord.  I included it in two octaves so it could be associated with the two basic types of the Dom 7 chord (5th & 6th string rooted). Now that I think of it, I think I've heard [...]

I had to learn a Grateful Dead tune for a wedding early this year. I found this lick while transcribing, and getting a feel for the tune. It's a very simple bluesy/jazzy, scale built of the Major Pentatonic. The b3rd is added (like a blue note), as well as the b7 & major7, to build [...]

Netflix Valerie clued me into this: Netflix has a whole load of Guitar instructional tapes from Tuck Andres to Frank Gamble, all availble to rent. It’s stuff you couldn’t get at your local blockbuster.

Guitar Player – The complete electric guitar package GuitarPlayer.com is really making some progress. They’ve got the same lessons from their magazine, but online they have audio files to download! Pretty cool Stuff.

This is a must see video for any guitarist working on rhythm. It’s all in the head bop: ACDC – Highway To Hell

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