In this weeks video podcast, I’m going to show you how to play a blues guitar lick in the style of BB King. I’ve been watching a DVD from him called, “BB King Live in Africa”, and this is a lick I kinda picked up from Sweet Sixteen.

That DVD is amazing and contains some of the best blues guitar licks you will ever find. The whole band is really tight, and they just groove like no other blues band can. You can really see why he is “King of the Blues” in this video.

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In this weeks Slide Guitar Lesson Video Podcast I’ll show you a lick in open E Tuning played in the Key of G.  This lick is part of a lesson included in Slow Blues Slide Guitar – Open E Tuning part 5.  You can get the free tabs to this podcast here.

Playing slide guitar in Open E Tuning is just a great way to explore all the sounds that are in the style of Duane Allman and Derek Trucks who both use Open E Tuning for slide guitar.

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In this weeks Blues Guitar Lesson video podcast, I’m going to show you how to play an Eric Clapton Style Blues guitar lick.

This is a blues guitar lick you’ll hear Eric Clapton play in the song, “Have You Ever Loved a Woman”. This style of lick can be found in many of Clapton’s versions of this legendary blues tune.

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In Video podcast 29, I want to show you how to play a slide guitar lick in standard tuning, similar to what you would hear Warren Haynes play over One Way Out.
This lick is in the key of A and is not that hard to pull off if you learn the proper technique of how to play slide guitar in standard tuning.

Many people are truly baffled when it comes to playing slide guitar in standard tuning. The trick is to rethink how you play your patterns and scales. By doing this you will create an easier way to move around the fretboard when playing slide guitar.

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In today’s blues guitar podcast, I’m going to show you the continuation of Podcast 27 about the Derek Trucks lick from “Key to the Highway”. This slide guitar lick occurring at the intro of the live version of this song from the Songlines Live DVD, is just an amazing slide guitar lick that utilizes some really cool rhythyms and positions in open e tuning.

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In this weeks podcast, I’m going to break down a slide guitar lick used by Derek Trucks in the song “Key to the Highway” from the Songlines DVD.

The solo he plays in this song is nothing short of brilliant. Derek effectively manages to blend the Major, Minor, and Blues Scales together to form a very melodic vocal-esque slide guitar solo.

Notice the use of dynamics, phrasing, space, and melody in this solo. Only a true blues man possesses the power of restraint during a solo.

You’ll notice he’ll leave quite a bit of space between the phrases at the beginning points of the solo. Anyway, in this podcast I show you the intro lick used in this solo in open e tuning.

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In this weeks guitar lessons video podcast, I’m going to show you how to play a blues guitar lick similar to one Eric Clapton would play over a slow blues in the key of G.

This lick combines a couple of different scales, but the main thing you want to take away from the lesson is the intervals used, and the use of space within a blues guitar lick to create more drama.

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In this weeks Video Podcast, I’m going to show you how to play a fast blues guitar lick that will add some speed to your electric guitar playing.

You will also learn a little about combining scales together to create useful patterns when playing blues guitar.  By combining different scales together, your blues guitar playing will sound more soulful, and have more of a melodic sound.

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