The other day, John was watching the Kickstarter blues mini-course.
Learning the blues is something he has been super excited about for a long time.
16 Reasons to Learn the Blues on Guitar (Even If You “Hate” It)
Over the last week or so, I’ve mentioned a couple of times how fun the blues can be to play on guitar…
While it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, here are 16 reasons why I think everyone should learn at least one blues piece in their guitar-playing lifetime…
3 Random Thoughts (Positivity, a Weird Exercise, and a Blues Master)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including positivity, a weird exercise, and more. Here we go…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Blues Jams, the Key to Success, and Irish Singing)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including blues jams, the key to success, and more. Here we go…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (A New 12-Bar Blues Course, Learning to Swim, and Humans vs. Drum Machines)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a new 12-bar blues course, humans vs drum machines, and more. Here we go…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Blues Shuffle, a Paradox, and a Quiz!)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, inlcuding blues shuffle, a paradox, and more. Here we go…
If You Have Ever Wanted to Learn Fingerstyle Blues…
One of the toughest things I found about learning guitar was trying to get my head around fingerstyle blues.
Many years ago, I would watch various YouTube videos while trying to learn how to play this style.
The Minor Pentatonic Scale – The Essential Pattern For Guitar
Eric Clapton; There’s One In Every Crowd Tour, on 15 August, 1975 by Matt Gibbons, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
For this week’s blog post, we are looking at lead guitar, and more specifically the minor pentatonic scale. Everyone including acoustic guitarists will benefit from learning the minor pentatonic scale – it’s so useful.