Hi Terry --- it's good feedback and we appreciate you letting us know.  We're actually working on an update right now that improves the organization of lessons.  We didn't have an...

Wish I could take the previous comment back.  I'm kind of new here and tend to get lost a lot looking for the lessons I want, which frustrates me, so then I make halfbaked...

SJ is in every other respect super great and I love it BUT there's that navigation problem!!!  Lessons seem to be in some kind of random order, so that on the JP hub when I want to...

Hi Ryan, great playing! I particularly liked it when you played your own solo starting around 0:50 because the dynamics came alive. Loud notes were loud and surprising and there...

I really enjoyed the video of you playing Church Street Blues on the Tony Rice benefit Bourgeois guitar. Thanks for teaching this song.

Yeah, Duke, this is cool!  One thing I kinda struggle with on this "family" of songs, is the I chord a minor?  If you were playing behind what you showed us with a simpler chord...

This week I'm going to show you a simplified version of the Norman Blake approach. The idea here was to come up with something easy but musically satisfying that will set the stage...

very,very, VERY   cool,  cheers Duke

Hello Folks, This weeks selection is Easy Baby for all you Magic Sam fans. We do the intro and first verse. It's a great Westside Chicago blues and one of Sam's most popular...

You're a joy to listen to--and a very effective teacher, not afraid to nag when it's about something important.  I really need those constant reminders about the metronome.  If you...

Beings of Sonic Junction - welcome back to the next chorus (Chorus 3) of my new study song "Buffle Off To Shuffalo". This week there is still plenty of shuffle rhythming going on...

By pure chance I found a "jazz drum track brushes 150 bpm back track"( on the Tube) and it doesn't sound that faster than Duke's105bpm. How come ?it seems to fit Honeysuckle...

Great show last week in St.Louis at the Blues City Deli.    Hard workin' band,  big sound,  they leave it all on the band stand,  fun, fun, fun, rock, rock, rock. Great Harp...

 I sometimes do it better, I still have quite a few hours 's works before mastering the tune, but I hve  lmost memorise it !once step t  time!

Hey Chris.  Just wanted to send this video by way of an introduction.  Any thoughts about technique or note choice would be greatly appreciated.  This is my take on Gold Rush,...

Hi Weeks, welcome to the site! I've mostly laid things out so that different concepts and techniques tend to build on each other, so I'd recommend going in chronological order....

No, not necessarily at all. I played everything very evenly in the example for clarity (although the super even approach does sound nice in it's way). Feel free to accent strong...

Yes, sounds great! That's a fully legit reading of the song. One thing that I personally would do differently (so take this or leave it) is I probably wouldn't emphasize the...

I really enjoyed the video of you playing Church Street Blues on the Tony Rice benefit Bourgeois guitar. Thanks for teaching this song.

SJ is in every other respect super great and I love it BUT there's that navigation problem!!!  Lessons seem to be in some kind of random order, so that on the JP hub when I want to...

I was having the breakup trouble too and  Mike pointed me to the connection speed thing.  That was the problem.  All fixed up now.  Thanks, Mike. 

I made a video showing how much I still have to progress, but I can't load it! Too bad!

Yes , really a great lesson . Great song !!! Thanks Duke.

Hi Chris I recently joined the site and I love your playing. You have a lot of focus on bluesy notes and slightly dissonant notes that I have always found very interesting. I am...

 Trying trying trying again. In the cross pick are all the notes to have the same emphasis? Any kind of exercise you can recommend to improve that?

This any better? I personally like the bobble head I've added in for visual effect haha! geeze

Thank you Charlie!

What a great lesson - not just for the (as always) great music, but the love of it you expressed. Thanks Duke!

You may want to think of a rubber band in your head. Rubber bands usually last a long time, as long as they are not stretched too far beyond their capacity. If you stretch it just...

I practice your mantra to play softly, but it's good to have the reminder.  Also your advice to go easy on that 4-hole bend lest we blow out the reed seems particularly appropriate...