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A solid bass guitar walking bass line foundation opens up all kinds of musical possibilities. In this lesson, I’ll walk you through the core concepts…
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BB King Guitar Licks: The Third String Bend (Part 2)
What good guitar player couldn’t be inspired by BB King’s playing? And if you’re not a good guitar player yet, learning some of BB’s riffs…
Acoustic Blues Guitar: Acoustic Blues: Stealing Riffs From Stevie
These licks are inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan — and if you play guitar, it’d be hard not to love what he did with the…
How to Find the Key a Song Is In
One of the most common questions from students is “how do I figure out what key a song is in?” Colin gets asked this all…
6 Basic Guitar Chords
The 6 basic guitar chords every beginner needs are: G, C, D, Em, Am, and Bm. These six chords are all in the key of…
Open E Tuning for Slide Guitar: How to Tune & Where Your Chords Live
Open E is one of the classic tunings for slide guitar, used by everyone from Duane Allman to Derek Trucks. Like other open tunings, it…