Excellent suggestion! I'll put it in the hopper...

Hi Greg, welcome! I wouldn't say that there is anything fundamentally wrong with your strum. It sounds good and looks fine too. I do think you might have an easier time...

I've looked at this 100's of times. Studied it and learned most of it (I think) except the majority of what I assume is Chris improvising which is fun to try and play also. Fun for...

Hi Ian, you sound really good! I think you just need to keep playing it to get it smoother and punchier. Your second time playing the melody was both smooth and punchy, which means...

Chris thanks again for doing Jerusalem Ridge. I was wondering if you could teach Butter and Eggs from your Avalon album with Julian Lage, this is another very cool tune, thanks...

Chris thanks again for doing Jerusalem Ridge. I was wondering if you could teach Butter and Eggs from your Avalon album with Julian Lage, this is another very cool tune, thanks...

  Hi Chris - I've been working on Cherokee Shuffle and wanted to check in with what I have so far so I don't get too far out of line before you get to a point where you may wrap...

Thanks Robert. I'm glad you enjoyed the series. Regarding Jay's passing, it's a sad deal. He was a great guy.

Thanks for another great series, Rick. Very sorry to hear your good friend passed away.       

Hi Corey. Back again with a more rehearsed and comfortable with the words version. I'm playing sans annoying metronome today and the time does wander a little, but hopefully with...

Cool lesson FYI - a super spread in Fretboard Journal on Chris and Julian Lage.

Hello all! This week we're going to be learning and playing the melody with almost exactly the same notes and rhythms that we used last week. But they're all going to be located...

Jimmy Smith ,  " TNT " ????

Hello My Ukulele Playing Partners! I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that you’ll love this song and you’ll love this lesson. Shenandoah is another sea shanty and this time...

Good Day My Fine Friends! Here we are with another sea shanty and, in my humble opinion, you really can’t have too many of these up your sleeve. Unlike Cape Cod Girls and Pay Me My...

In this lesson we will take a look at different ways you can end the song. Learn the different endings presented here (as well as any other blues endings that you like) as see what...

Hey Sonic Junction - Rick Estrin back again, with the last lesson on this piece we're calling "So Long". This week the lesson starts from the IV of the sixth and final verse, and...

Hello Corey! I'm working on playing very simple lines on the slide, really trying to focus on the tone  and playing it in tune and with feeling. That's not so much to ask, is it...

wow, great tune, nicely done. and thanks for the suggestion of listening to the anthology of american folk music. it's like a gold mine.

Hi Dan, Thanks for this wonderful lesson. I really appreciate the calm, postive, supporting energy that you put out on all of your videos. You're a great teacher man! Brief...

Chris thanks again for doing Jerusalem Ridge. I was wondering if you could teach Butter and Eggs from your Avalon album with Julian Lage, this is another very cool tune, thanks Roy...

Well, you can't have everything :)

Hey Chris- Just stumbled across this site while looking for a lead sheet to Old Grimes, but you've convinced me that I should start at the beginning! My primary instrument is...

Those are the 2 main keys: Listening and practicing - The more obsessive your approach, over time, the better your musical results will be. It may not be the recipe for an ideally...

Thanks Duke!

Your comments about listening and speaking the same language are really interesting.  Countless hours obsessively listening to blues music AND practicing (that OCD tendency you...

I like the way you listen, Bill! You're listening for details - Listening for the small things that make a big difference. In my opinion, time spent developing a finely tuned ear...

Charlie, on these old time blues the 1,6,2,5 is comonly played that way with the intro outtro chords and sometimes ever the turnaround too. It a matter of taste but I feel it...

I'll check it and get right back to you.

That's great Steve! You started the solo at exactly the right place. You got a little ahead of the chords for a second but made a great recovery and got back in the groove quickly...