In this final lesson in the Improve Your Phrasing Series, we take a look at Box 5, and I show you all the places you should be looking to end your licks over the I, IV and V chords, but in a ballad context, rather than a 12 bar blues context.
Archive for the ‘Blues Guitar Lessons’ Category
Unlocking Speed In Box 1
October 1st, 2011 
Seekbuster If you want to increase your speed in Box 1, you will need to master this simple lick, it serves as the gateway to so many other fast licks in this shape.
Chris Duarte Lick Lesson – Letter To My Girlfriend
October 1st, 2011 Seekbuster One of my favorite tracks from Chris Duarte’s Texas Sugar/Strat Magik album is his cover of “Letter To My Girlfriend”. His take on the song featured a slightly different timing and feel to the opening lick. That is what you’ll learn in this lesson.
SRV Box 1 Continuous Vibrato
October 1st, 2011 Seekbuster When playing in Box 1, especially during slow blues songs, Stevie Ray Vaughan would do this thing where he’s pause on several notes during his descent, putting heavy vibrato on whenever he paused. That’s what we’ll look at in this lesson.
Blues Jam – All blues – Bob Ryan and Marty Schwartz – Gibson Les Paul – Fender Stratocaster
August 16th, 2011 Seekbuster 
Posted in Blues Guitar Lessons 
Tags: Blues, Fender, Gibson, Marty, Paul, Ryan, Schwartz, Stratocaster 
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August 16th, 2011 Seekbuster The fourth lesson in a free series from StevieSnacks.com about where to end your licks in each of the 5 Essential Blues Boxes. If you’re not familiar with the 5 Essential Blues Boxes, you can learn more here: http://www.steviesnacks.com/5-essential-blues-boxes
Boston – More Than a Feeling – Easy Acoustic Song on Acoustic Guitar – Guitar Lessons
June 23rd, 2011 Seekbuster SRV Little Wing Hammer-Ons
June 16th, 2011 Seekbuster In this lesson, we take a look at some cool hammer-ons that Stevie Ray Vaughan played in the song Little Wing. These hammer-ons take place at 2:25, right at the end of a solo chorus. I played this wrong for over 15 years, but through teaching this song to a local student, I figured out [...]
Slash – Godfather Theme – How to play on Guitar – Tutorial – Gibson Les Paul
June 15th, 2011 Seekbuster 
