Thanks, Dennis. You make some good points. Clearly, I have a lot to learn from you. There's a portion of my practice time that I set aside for improvising & applying the concepts I...

Nice job on the notes & licks...see more detail below...and thanks!!!! As far as your 2 Questions: 1) If you sometimes have trouble feeling the beat (or rather "keeping the...

My two questions: 1) I sometimes have trouble feeling the beat when playing with just a guitar player. That's why I used a different jam track (in A). How can I develop the...

Thanks!! Making this kind of music should be like having a conversation and dancing at the same time!

I love the way that you two guys are playing off of each other, so light hearted and fun. I'll be bouncing for the rest of my day....                                               ...

I love the way that you two guys are playing off of each other, so light hearted and fun. I'll be bouncing for the rest of my day....                                               ...

Happy Birthday, Buddy Guy!!

Hey Duke! Wow, trying to play like Buddy is like learning to speak Martian! He builds his own universe there for a few seconds, then *bang!* and you're back in Chicago. "In the...

Hi, Davell: When you move from the I chord to the IV chord, does it matter which direction you move? It seems that when you played the song, you moved your left hand down for the...

Hello Friends, This week we are working on the final lesson for Early in the Morning. I continue this week with more ideas and demonstrations for lines in the Buddy Guy style....

There you go!

Thanks Chris, That's actually exactly what Tony Rice said one time at a festival - someone asked him how to work up to those insane speeds he sometimes plays at... His response...

Thanks Chris, That's actually exactly what Tony Rice said one time at a festival - someone asked him how to work up to those insane speeds he sometimes plays at... His response...

As far as getting it up to speed, I don’t think there’s any substitute for putting in the hours. It can be good to play beyond the speed at which you can do it cleanly with a focus...

Thanks Chris! Yes, it is MOST highly unusual!  Very cool way to pick though - I'll definately inject a little of this into other tunes! And you're right about the timbre/texture...

We're re-issuing one of Corey's most popular lessons with re-mastered video and updated sheet music.  From Corey: In this lesson I will teach you one of my original songs, High...

Hey Tim, that sounds great! And yes, it looks like the right pick direction throughout. Great job of working on it. It is indeed very tricky to keep the timing accurate and flowing...

Hi Stephen, the basic idea is that we want to maximize the use of rest strokes so that those bass runs can speak at (or possibly even above) the volume of a strum. So I’m using all...

Hi Mark, sorry to have missed you in Charlotte but thanks for coming and I hope we can connect in person sometime down the road!

Thanks, and yes, keeping a groove is of the utmost importance! Playing a catchy riff while staying on one note and keeping the groove is also a very overlooked skill and demands a...

I think any good player has to get proficient at holding a groove down just by playing on the root note. It's like what Little Walter did in "Off the Wall" and "Juke." Chorus 5 is...

I think any good player has to get proficient at holding a groove down just by playing on the root note. It's like what Little Walter did in "Off the Wall" and "Juke." Chorus 5 is...

Hey Chris, This is slightly different from the way you are playing - my own interpretation of the Youtube vid with most of yours added... Think I got the pickstrokes in the right...

Thanks, Davell! I'll take some time to work through this lesson and I'll try to watch your hands carefully. The left hand shuffle pattern is explained well, but I'll try to figure...

Great lesson Duke! What and how you share is invaluable to me. And your playing is astounding (so no need to keep apologising; you're a master! Listen to Muddy sing 'Young...

Thanks Marc! Yes, the double V is common in rock & roll and some jump blues as well.  Sneaking in a good lesson while making it fun is all part of being a good tecacher, thanks...

Wow. This is so great. I feel like, if a guy learns this song, he'll really know how to improvise with the blues scale. You clearly have a solid background in theory and I love how...

Hi Marc! Great to know you are progressing as a musician. This lesson, if you follow it closely and practice, it is a geared towards the beginner of the blues for the left hand....