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This might be the most widely-used strumming pattern in popular music — and a must-know from any collection of strumming patterns. Once you learn it,…
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The Thrill is Gone – Chords & Progression
BB King recorded The Thrill is Gone in 1969, and it’s been a blues standard ever since. It was the song that crossed blues over…
How to Set Up a Guitar So It Actually Plays Right
You know, I’ve spent 45 years working on guitars, and there’s one question that keeps coming back: “Colin, my guitar just doesn’t feel right. What…
Shuffle Strum Pattern for Blues Guitar
The shuffle strum is one of those things that separates blues guitar from everything else. It’s that lopsided, bouncy rhythm you hear in pretty much…
12 Bar Blues Turnaround
The turnaround is what makes a 12-bar blues feel like it never ends — in the best way. It’s a small phrase at the end…
Jimi Hendrix Guitar Licks: One-String Scale Runs (Part 2)
Now we’re getting into the fancy stuff, boys and girls. In Part 1, we learned how Jimi built that foundation with the E pentatonic bass…