If you look at your scales, and actually dissect them to see what notes are in each scale, you’ll see that in many keys, some of the notes you’re playing are also available to you as open notes. This lesson is more to open you up to the idea than it is to show you…
A little while ago I did a lesson for the beginner’s on the chords for Last Dance With Mary Jane, by Tom Petty. I got some good feedback from the lesson, with most of you asking for the riffs as well. So, today I bring you the riffs for Last Dance with Mary Jane. Or…
I know how much you guys love learning riffs, so here’s another lesson for you to scratch the itch I love this blues guitar riff, and although in the lesson I teach it in the Open E position, the fact is, I use these thirds time and time again, regardless of what key I’m in….
I know how much you all like riffs, so I’m hoping you’re gonna like these two blues guitar riffs as much as I do. The first of these blues guitar riffs is basically working off the fourths you find in the pentatonic minor scale. You’re essentially doing mini bars with your fingers… just grabbing two…
Many days when I pick up my guitar I end up just noodling away… improvising is probably my favorite part of playing the guitar. Improvising over open chords is probably the easiest way to get started, and the key of G is the best key for that. When you’re playing in G major, then you…
