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Blues with DJ Lesson 20: Improvising

Returning to his blues series, DJ returns to cover some of the finer points of improvising. From the grand entrance, to the big finish, DJ covers it.

Added Dec 26th, 2008 at 4:58 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce

Blues with DJ Lesson 19: Rhythm

Returning with the 19th installment in his blues guitar series, DJ is back to cover Rhythm. In this lesson, DJ discusses some of the finer points of creating great rhythm to work with your solo and lead lines.

Added Dec 26th, 2008 at 4:34 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce

Blues with DJ Lesson 18: Solo and Lead Lines

DJ is back in lesson 18 of his blues guitar series. In this lesson, DJ discusses some of the subtleties and tricks to creating solo and lead lines.

Added Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:14 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce

Blues with DJ Lesson 17: Combining Major and Minor Pentatonics

DJ is back with installment 17 of his blues guitar series. In this lesson he provides a number of licks that will demonstrate how to move between the major and minor pentatonic scales.

Added Dec 22nd, 2008 at 5:42 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce

Shredding with Nick!

Nick teaches exercises and techniques for the B Minor Pentatonic scale, 1st position. Combined with a metronome, these will get you on the road to shredding in no time!

Added Dec 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 AM EST | Posted by AaronMiller

Blues with DJ Lesson 16: Moving Across Positions

Just as he did with the minor pentatonic scale, in this lesson, DJ shows you how to move across positions in the major pentatonic scale.

Added Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:52 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce

Blues with DJ Lesson 15: Major Pentatonic

DJ returns to his blues guitar series with a lesson on the major pentatonic positions. In this lesson, DJ discusses the differences between the major and minor pentatonic, as well as providing some cool licks and riffs that you can jam to.

Added Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:33 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce

Blues Lesson 46: Ramblin' On My Mind

Greetings, JamPlay friends! On this fine Friday afternoon, Hawkeye has got ramblin' on his mind and hopes you do too. If you have been paying attention and practicing the last few lessons, you are ready to play the full song, "Ramblin' On My Mind" by Robert Johnson. Enjoy!

Added Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:06 PM EST | Posted by nessa

Pentatonic Scale in Open D Tuning

Hawkeye Herman is back again with another blues guitar lesson. This time around Hawkeye shows how the pentatonic scale can be used in open D tuning. He will also show how using a slide can make this scale more interesting.

Added Dec 18th, 2008 at 5:34 PM EST | Posted by nessa

Blues with DJ Lesson 14: Moving Positions

DJ is back with the 14th installment of his blues guitar series. In this lesson, DJ demonstrates how to move between positions of the A minor pentatonic scale.

Added Dec 18th, 2008 at 4:04 PM EST | Posted by Jason.Mounce