Pentatonic-Blues Scales On The Guitar: History and Relavence..

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Published Dec. 25, 2009 at 9:52 a.m.

The minor pentatonic scales are played by blues guitar players extensively. Historically speaking, the blues scales and minor pentatonic scales have no connection that I can see. The word “pentatonic” comes from the Greek word pente meaning five and tonic meaning tone. Simply put the pentatonic scale consists of five notes within one octave, [ ... ] ...

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Lick Library release series of Stevie Ray Vaughan DVD’s

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Published Aug. 25, 2009 at 7:39 a.m.
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From the press release: ... Lick Library, one of the worlds leading suppliers of guitar tuition DVDs, has just released a new title in the definitive series of DVD’s to learning how to play the jaw dropping blues guitar riffs, licks and technique of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV) ... As one of the most respected, influential and legendary blues guitarists of the 20th century, Stevie Ray’s unique style and technique continues to be an inspiration for all guitarists. The new series

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Slide Guitar Lesson Podcast: Learn Derek Trucks

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Published Aug. 21, 2009 at 9:11 a.m.

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 [ ... ] ...

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Blues Guitar Lessons Video Podcast: Blues Guitar Lick

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Published July 6, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.

In this weeks blues 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 [ ... ] ...

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The Guitar Teacher’s Toolkit from TeachWombat

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Published June 24, 2009 at 5:48 p.m.
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The Wombat is an Australian Marsupial, I know that because I live in Sydney, Australia. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area, I know that because I looked it up on Wikipedia! Why am I telling you this? Seemed like a good place to start ... While I was researching the recent posts on Nick Minnion’s eBooks (‘How to Make a Living Teaching Guitar’ and ‘50 Flexible Lesson Plans for Teaching Guitar’) I came across a

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Blues Guitar Lessons podcast: How to play blues guitar licks.

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Published May 28, 2009 at 7:59 a.m.

In this weeks Blues Guitar Lesson Video Podcast, I’m going to show you how to play blues guitar licks 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 [ ... ] ...

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The #1 technique to improve your blues guitar licks.

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Published Nov. 7, 2008 at 2:15 p.m.

Do you want to make your blues guitar licks sound like the pros?There is one specific thing you can do that will enhance your blues guitar playing without running scales everyday.  Am I crazy?  No. Well maybe a little, but you don’t have to practice scales all the time to improve this area of your [ ... ] ...

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