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Soul Soloing with Double Stops Backing Track

Here's the backing. You can use it to practice my piece, or of course experiment with some ideas of your own. Hope you enjoy playing along. 

Soul Soloing with Double Stops

This week, a soul/r&b style lesson using mostly double stops. I love this style of playing; it's super versatile and can be used to create interesting solos, fills or rhythm parts. 

In my piece there's a selection of my favourite licks and ideas: 3rds, 4ths, 6ths, Hendrix-style lic...

Radar by Link Wray backing track

Here's my backing track. (Great piano part in this one, by the way!) The arrangement is the same as the original recording. Enjoy playing along.

Radar by Link Wray

After the technical difficulties of last week's Wilko Johnson lesson, I decided to go for something simple, raw and satisfying for today's video: the track Radar by the great Link Wray. 

Here's the link:

https://you...

Wilko Johnson

Hello all. This week, an exploration of the guitar style of British guitar legend Wilko Johnson. He has unique approach to the instrument and this video is my attempt to get to the bottom of what he's doing. Here's the link - 

2022-06-03 15:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Love in Vain by The Rolling Stones

This week I wanted to look at a proper classic: Love in Vain as played by the Rolling Stones. It contains some beautiful acoustic work from Keith Richards, and I believe he also played the slide guitar part. Here's a link to the video:

2022-05-27 16:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post

All About Diminished 7th Arpeggios

Hello all! 

This week's video is all about the diminished 7th arpeggio. It completes my series of lessons looking at the most common four note arpeggios. (Do check out the other videos if you've not already seen them.) This is a great and versatile sound that has more uses than you mig...

Castles in Spain by The Armoury Show

I've spent this week reading the excellent new John McGeoch biography, so how could I not look at at song featuring the great man's work for today's video. I've decided to go for a lesser-known track, by The Armoury Show, the band McGeoch joined after Siouxsie and the Banshees. Castles in Spain h...

Nice (rockabilly-style) Lick 19

Hello all. It feels like time for another Nice Lick. So here's an interesting rockabilly-style phrase that I've developed into a short solo. Here's the link to the video - 

https://youtu.be/RGhQRrIEJpw

And it's ...

Lost in the Supermarket Backing Track

Here's the backing. It's an abbreviated version of the track, and the arrangement is as I play it in the video: intro, chorus, verse chorus and solo. Enjoy playing along!

Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash

Hello everyone. I wanted to do a song lesson this week, and plucked this one from my long list of potential tracks to look at. It's a fabulous track, with plenty of interesting things happening guitar-wise: an open-tuning, great use of harmonics, and a brief, perfectly-formed solo. Here's the lin...

Playing the changes blues solo

Hello all! A few people requested that I write out in full the solo that I played at the start of last week's video. So I've done just that. Find the tab attached below (I'll also add it to the main post for this lesson).

I'll leave you to figure out what's going on here. In the last 4 bars...

Playing the changes on a blues: backing track

Here's the backing to go along with this week's video. It's a simple blues in A. Use it to practice my examples, or just do your own thing...

Playing the changes on a blues

Hello all. This week, some blues. For me, one of the most important parts of blues soloing is being able to outline the chord changes, particularly during the last four bars of the 12 bar cycle. In this video I show you how I approach doing this. There's a bit of theory, a discussion of phrasing ...

All about the Minor 7b5 Arpeggio

Hello all! This week I'm continuing my examination of the most common 4 note arpeggios, and   this week it's the turn of the minor 7b5. Here's a link to the video:

https://youtu.be/4E-Qmdnb88U

As I joke in ...

Apache Backing Track

Here's the backing. Hope you enjoy learning the track and playing a long!

Apache by The Shadows

Hello all,

Following on from last week’s perhaps slightly obscure song choice, this week I thought I’d head in the opposite direction and look at an all-time guitar classic: Apache by The Shadows.

I’ve gone all out with this one: it’s a two part, in-depth look at the track cov...

The World is as Soft as Lace Backing Track

Here's the backing. It's the full track and should follow the original arrangement. Have fun playing along. 

The World is as Soft as Lace

Hi everyone. This week I'm looking at a stunning track from 80s band Felt. (Perhaps this one's a little obscure, but it's my job to go there...) This one contains some wonderful, challenging Televsion-esque guitar parts. It's well worth checking out the original track if you're unfamiliar with th...

Time is Tight Backing Track

Here's the backing. There's a 1 bar count in. (Don't be put off by the fact that the bass comes in part way through the riff, which is what seems to happen on the original recording. The guitar comes in right on the 1.) The structure is the same as the original single version of the track. Have f...

Time is Tight

Hello all. This week, a soul classic from Booker T and the M.G.'s, with some wonderful playing from Steve Cropper. Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/DIiTpXc_mHc

One the surface of it, all the parts are fairly ...

Atmospheric Slide backing track

Here's the backing to accompany this week's video. Enjoy playing along!

Building simple, atmospheric slide parts

Hello all. This week I'm attempting a bit of slide guitar, and I'm taking you through my approach to coming up with nice standard tuning slide parts. Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/5D6A_nMwyJo

For those of you who...

My new album - backing track

Here's the piece Lapis Lazuli that I discuss in the video, without the main guitar tracks, for anyone who fancies playing along. There main theme is pretty straight-forward D minor stuff played in the 5th position. For the solo you might like to try improvising something using the D minor/ D dori...

I made a new album: here's how

I've made a new record. It's a vaguely experimental mixture of synths and guitars, and rather than just do a totally shameless "buy my new record" style video, I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss my overall approach to writing and production. Here's the link - 

2022-03-04 18:32:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Ghost Riders In The Sky Backing Track

Here's the backing. I've added a 4 beat count at the start. One of the slightly tricky things here is getting the gaps right between the phrases. You'll either need to just feel it by getting super familiar with the original recording, or you can study the tab and count bars and beats. 

Ghost Riders In The Sky

This week I'm looking at a fantastic instrumental take on the country classic Ghost Riders in the Sky. It's a version by guitarist Neil Levang that I came across whilst browsing through YouTube videos. I thought it sounded great, so I obviously had to figure it out and turn it into a video. Here'...

Minor I IV V Triads backing track

Here's the backing track to accompany the minor I IV V triad lesson. It's a repeated 4 bar sequence of I IV V I in the key of G minor. You can use it to practice all the inversions on the all the different string sets, as I do in the video. But if this stuff is new to you, you might want to start...

Minor I IV V Triads

Hello all,

As a follow up to the major I IV V triad video I made a few weeks back, today I want to bring you the minor edition. I consider all this to be essential fretboard knowledge, and really knowing this stuff thoroughly will help your playing in all kinds of ways. Here's a link to the...

Soul Lament by Kenny Burrell

I'm mixing things up once again the week, and I thought I'd bring you a beautiful bit of solo jazz guitar. This is another track from the great Kenny Burrell (following last year's lesson on Chitlins Con Carne). It's a great stand-alone piece that should be approachable, I think,  even to th...