Fingerstyle guitar is difficult for most guitarists. Even if you’ve been playing with a flatpick for years, there’s something about fingerstyle that just doesn’t usually come easily. It’s frustrating that such a beautiful style of playing presents so many challenges. In this course, I’ll walk you through a step-by-step method that helps cut down on […]
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Country Blues in G
Lesson ID: PC027
Country Blues is a broad term covering much of the acoustic blues played in the early part of the 20th century whether Piedmont, Delta or Texas Blues. One of my favorite Country Blues pickers, Blind Lemon Jefferson was a technical powerhouse. He was fast and idiosyncratic in his picking. A mix of skill that’s fun […]
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Songbook: Jingle Bells
Lesson ID: PC026
Looking for a little Holiday Fun to toss in your Songbook? This course will walk you through the classic tune, Jingle Bells. If you only know one Christmas song, it should probably be this one 🙂 But beyond the novelty of this song, there’s quite a lot that you can learn from this song to […]
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Pentatonic Blender
Lesson ID: PC025
Scales, scales and more scales. There’s a bunch of them. As Blues players, we can say a whole lot on the guitar with just two very powerful scales: the Major Pentatonic Scale and the Minor Pentatonic Scale. But once you know these two “Swiss Army Knife” scales, it’s hard to know which scale to play […]
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Triads in Action
Lesson ID: PC024
In this mini-course, we’ll continue working with simple 3-note chords (triads) in a real bluesy composition. We’ll make use of the basic major triad but also the pesky diminished and augmented chords as well. I strongly recommend checking out Tuesday Blues #213 along with this mini-course. Tuesday Blues #213: Multiply the Chords You Know with […]
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Songbook: Amazing Grace
Lesson ID: PC023
Major Pentatonic Scale Bootcamp
Lesson ID: PC022
There’s just no getting around it; you’ve got to know your scales. Luckily for blues guitarists, only a few extremely important scales rise to the top of the “must-know” list. The major pentatonic scale is one of those. The sweet sounds of major pentatonics are beautiful and unmistakable. Think: B.B. King and Dickey Betts. Unfortunately, […]
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Piedmont Pickin’
Lesson ID: PC021
Slide in Standard Tuning
Lesson ID: PC020
Slide Guitar Essentials
Lesson ID: PC019
Sunshine & Grits: A Modern Blues Tutorial
Lesson ID: PC018
In this course, we’ll take a tour of a moving chord progression and a song structure that has a modern blues feel. We’ll accomplish this while learning a 63 bar original tune called Sunshine & Grits.
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Lowcountry Blues
Lesson ID: PC017
Lowcountry Blues is a dead bass style country blues tune in the Key of E. In this course, you’ll learn how to keep the pulse going while working in cool chord sounds and laying a cool melody right on top. This one is sure to get you pickin’ and grinin’
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East Coast Rag
Lesson ID: PC016
Sweet Little Lady (In the Style of Kind Hearted Woman Blues)
Lesson ID: PC015
Songbook: Baby Please Don’t Go
Lesson ID: PC014
Songs of Mississippi John Hurt
Lesson ID: PC013
Songbook: Carolina Breakdown
Lesson ID: PC012
Essential Guide to Slide Guitar
Lesson ID: PC011
Open Up: How to Play a Fingerstyle Country Blues Song in Open D
Lesson ID: PC010
Make sense of alternate tunings with this Country Blues tune from BGI called, Open Up. In this course, you’ll learn how to get into Open D tuning, where the most important spots on the neck are and how to pluck out several choruses. There are a few easy licks for beginners and some very challenging […]
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