Lead Guitar: Major Pentatonic String Pairs

One of the wonderful attributes of the guitar is that it is very effective as an instrument to provide accompaniment and an instrument to play melodies. You can play short melodies, longer tunes, riffs, alternate between melodies and accompaniments and even do both at the same time. You don’t need a lot of vocabulary to…

Blues Ensemble

This video shows you four ways of using material we’ve looked at in lessons. In the top left corner you can follow the low part for Green Onions. In the top right corner you can follow the high part for Green Onions (notation below). In the bottom right, you can play all the way around…

Triads Application And Training

Here we have all three types of triad – those with a root on string 1, those with a root on string 2 and those with a root on string 3. When you can use these, you have some very cool sounds at your disposal.

We’ll start by revising each one individually.

Here we have two…

G Major Blues

This blues uses only five notes – the five notes of G major pentatonic that go along with the G major triad. Playing it will help you with dexterity and finger independence and being able to use those notes effectively. Getting some phrases really into your fingers allows you to build confidence improvising in other…

Improvisation Training

This session will allow you to sound more musical, feel more confident, and truly have the ability to improvise and respond the musical setting you’re in. Improvising is a composite skill, and the reason it is hard to work on by yourself is that it’s hard to develop in the different skill areas evenly. You…

Blues bass line

This catchy blues riff fits a standard twelve bar blues, and it will fit with another guitarist playing Blues guitar parts like a Blues Boogie or Green Onions. Together these parts will sound really good. Play it slowly first, especially when you’re working on getting between finger 4 and finger 1. Finger 4 might feel…