12 Bar Blues in Open D: Finding Your I-IV-V for Slide Guitar
Open D tuning is the other major open tuning for slide guitar, and it’s perfect for playing in the key of D. The 12 bar…
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All Along the Watchtower Guitar Riff: The Hendrix Intro
When you hear that opening to All Along the Watchtower, you know you’re in the presence of something special. Jimi Hendrix took Bob Dylan’s song…
One Tone Bends on Guitar: Get Your Solos Singing
One of the quickest ways to make your solos more expressive is string bending, and the one tone bend is where you want to start.…
Bass Octaves – Super Helpful for Beginners!
This bass guitar lesson teaches you what an octave is and how to incorporate octaves into a bass chord progression. Understanding octaves is one of…
Beginner Blues Chords
If you want to play blues guitar, you need three chords: E7, A7, and B7. These seventh chords are the foundation for hundreds of blues…
Flatpicking Licks in the Key of G
Flatpicking licks are what make guitar sing. When I lean into that E minor pentatonic over a G chord, something magical happens—simple notes become a…