Part 2 (of 2) - How to build a lead off the root note in multiple neck positions. #guitarlesson #leadguitar #guitartutorial | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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Part 2 (of 2) - How to build a lead off the root note in multiple neck positions. #guitarlesson #leadguitar #guitartutorial | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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Find the ROOT! One note can guide your whole solo - #leadguitar #guitarlessons | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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Find the ROOT! One note can guide your whole solo - #leadguitar #guitarlessons | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a rock blues lead that uses the major and minor pentatonic scales. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a rock blues lead that uses the major and minor pentatonic scales. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a melodic lead by targeting chord tones and playing with the chord changes in this Western Swing style waltz. This one is FULL of takeaways. :) | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a melodic lead by targeting chord tones and playing with the chord changes in this Western Swing style waltz. This one is FULL of takeaways. :) | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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Slow and dreamy lead guitar lesson. Connect triads with the major scale. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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Slow and dreamy lead guitar lesson. Connect triads with the major scale. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn which specific notes you should be targeting (and where to find them) when playing lead. This makes improvising so much easier and takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn which specific notes you should be targeting (and where to find them) when playing lead. This makes improvising so much easier and takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll be learning several classic Rockabilly techniques including using chords to play solos (picking the notes out of chords). So we won’t be discussing scales this week, only chord shapes! | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll be learning several classic Rockabilly techniques including using chords to play solos (picking the notes out of chords). So we won’t be discussing scales this week, only chord shapes! | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play those classic 6 and 9 chords all over the neck of the guitar and how to use them when you improvise. Perfect for Rockabilly, Western Swing, Country or Blues! | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how play on the off-beat, Reggae style. This lesson includes a rhythmic lead as well. Lots of takeaways in this one! | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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It's easy to get overwhelmed when trying to learn how to start playing lead guitar, so many scales, patterns, boxes, etc. This is a short and easy lesson to get you started playing lead right away by visualizing 2 square shapes. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn which triads work on top of a major chord. You can play these to create colorful versions of the chord, for both rhythm and lead. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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Learn how to enhance your lead when improvising by targeting chord tones and playing the chord changes in this week's guitar lesson. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn several melodic rhythm and lead fill licks that are based on chord shapes (not scales). These are designed to enhance your playing when improvising, and get you out of that rut where everything just sounds like you're playing a scale. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
20.1K viewsAug 3, 2019
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a blues lead that uses only the major and minor pentatonic scales. This is played over a Texas shuffle rhythm track and is so much fun to play! | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
25.8K viewsAug 28, 2020
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow country lead (with a little Western Swing feel) over a simple chord progression. Not all country leads have to be played at insane speeds! This lesson also takes advantage of the CAGED System which we covered last week. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
27.7K viewsSep 15, 2018
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow and easy country style lead that uses pedal steel licks and a harmonized lead. Fun and easy to play. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
31.4K viewsApr 3, 2020
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DADGAD Tuning - how to play both lead and rhythm in this alternate tuning. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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This is part 1 of 2 on a lesson series designed to help you understand what modes are and how to use them when playing lead. In this part, you'll learn how to play the major scale in the 5 positions of the CAGED System | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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This is a follow-up to last week's lesson on the major scale. In this lesson I'll explain 1) what modes are, 2) what they sound like, 3) how to find them, and 4) how to use them when you solo. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
23.1K viewsAug 22, 2020
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a blues, rock style composition that can be played solo guitar (no jam track needed). Lots of classic Eric Clapton Cream era licks in this one AND there are no open strings so you can play it in ANY key! :) | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
45.7K viewsAug 16, 2019
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improvise a soulful, gospel style rhythm with fill licks by playing over basic chord shapes. Lots of "takeaways" in this one! | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
72.9K viewsOct 12, 2019
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a slow, somber lead on acoustic guitar with several classic blues licks thrown in. I'll show you how to connect these licks back to familiar chord shapes so that you can use them in anything you play. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
24.2K viewsNov 10, 2018
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to target chord tones for a more sophisticated sounding lead in this ragtime blues composition that you can play by yourself (no jam track needed). | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
20.3K viewsFeb 14, 2020
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn my complete system for playing harmonized 3rd and 6th intervals - and how to incorporate them when improvising. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
20.5K viewsMay 30, 2020
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Using major and minor triads to guide you through a melodic lead. Full lesson on ActiveMelody YouTube channel. #guitarlesson #leadguitar | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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In this week's guitar lesson, you'll be blending the mixolydian scale with the minor pentatonic to create a bluesy, Bluegrass style lead that's played over the chord changes. | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
6.2K viewsDec 12, 2020
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Complement the chords. Build simple creative layers on top of an existing rhythm:’. Full lesson on ActiveMelody YouTube channel - #guitarlesson #learnguitar #rhythmguitar | ActiveMelody Guitar Lessons
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