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Blues Soloing Tricks: Instant Clapton

Eric Clapton spearheaded the British blues explosion back in the sixties during what many believe to be his best playing. […]

If you’ve been following this series (go to: Part 1 | Part 2), and practicing the material, you should now […]

In Part 1 we looked at four of the most common scales used in blues soloing and how to learn […]

I recently got back into blues playing, so I thought I’d share this practice routine for getting the fundamental blues […]

The Minor Pentatonic Box 1 was probably one of the first things you learned when you started improvising on guitar, […]

If you’ve gotten tired of the minor/major pentatonic and blues scales when soloing over a blues, you may be wondering […]

If you find you’re running out of ideas when soloing over a blues, then you absolutely must learn blues scales […]

I think every guitarist should learn to play the blues at some point on their musical journey. It has so […]

I don’t know about you, but I cringe when I hear a guitar player (usually in a guitar shop) scraping […]

One of the things that set great improvisers apart from mediocre ones is their phrasing. Think of phrasing as your […]