Jared James Nichols explains how to use open strings and Drop D tuning to bulk-up your blues fingerstyle

Park your electric guitar in Drop D. Throw your pick in the trash. It's time for some muscular fingerstyle with the purveyor ...
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Josh Smith - Using Chromatic Approaches To Expand Your Blues Soloing Vocabulary

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith SOLO EXPANSIONS, PART 1. Over the next few columns, Josh Smith will demonstrate three distinct approaches he likes to take to expand his soloing vocabulary within the ...

Learn the chord secrets of Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery with this iconic jazz progression

Want to add sophistication to your chords? Master this essential chord progression as played by 5 guitar legends ...
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Feeling down about your blues guitar jams? We'll show you how to solo over a 12-bar progression

The minor pentatonic scale is a fantastic scale to jam over a 12-bar blues with, but by adding a few more notes you can infuse your blues with the slick sounds of virtuoso blues-meisters such as Joe ...
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“You’ll find it in many old blues tunes”: You need to learn how to solo over this chord progression

In this lesson, I’d like to discuss playing over what’s known as a I - VI - II - V (“one-six-two-five”) chord progression, which is common in a variety of musical styles, from country to rock to folk ...
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10 great blues guitar chords to learn

To get you started we’re looking at some chords in the guitar-friendly key of A. You’ve probably heard of a I-IV-V (one-four-five) progression - it’s a common blues chord sequence and its name tells ...
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Songwriter U: The Pop Chord Progressions, I-IV-V

A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...