What's the Deal with Power Chords? If you have ever heard any rock music, punk, heavy metal or any other form of music that features over driven, distorted guitar sounds, then you have definitely heard power chords in action, they have been the b...

If I had to recommend one guitarist for a student to listen too, when learning to play blues guitar and attempting to get to grips with pinch harmonics, I would have to choose Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top fame. This Texas style player is an absolute master of ...

Anybody wanting to learn to play blues guitar is going to have to get their head and hands around damping eventually. Even those that have their sights firmly fixed on becoming an outstanding lead player and soloist will find themselves beginning to s...

I am going to come right out and say it, I am a bender, I don’t know why, there is just something about it but I love bending! Every time I bend, I lift my left leg off the floor; the height to which I lift my leg is dictated by the extent of th...

Whenever I have a new student come to me, telling me that they want to learn to play blues guitar, it always makes me smile. I love the blues, and consider it my primary style. One of the things I enjoy doing with students is giving them a list of...

One of the most important ideas when you learn to play blues guitar is phrasing. Phrasing is how a guitarist takes all the little techniques and notes and puts them together to create a fresh, expressive and personal musical idea. A well phrased tu...

String bending is one of the most expressive blues guitar techniques you can learn. A string bend sounds fairly simple to perform. Just strike the note, rotate your wrist and push the string until it reaches the desired pitch. Although it sounds easy, ...

The 12 bar blues are standard for anyone who wants to learn to play blues guitar. They are the most important chord progression in western guitar music. The 12 bar blues consist of 3 lines. Each of these lines is subdivided into 4 bars. That makes ...