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The Boogie Rhythm Pattern – Part 2

A photo of Chuck Berry in 1957

In The Boogie Rhythm Pattern – Part 2 we’re going to look at some variations on the pattern that we learnt in part one.
The first variation on the pattern is something that Chuck Berry uses a lot.

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Blues, Blues Guitar, Boogie, Boogie Woogie, Rhythm guitar, Rock and roll, Rock n roll

The Boogie Rhythm Pattern – Part 1

There’s one blues and rock and roll rhythm that’s heard in literally hundreds, possibly thousands of songs. Learn The Boogie Rhythm Pattern.

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Blues, Blues Guitar, Boogie, Boogie Woogie, Rhythm guitar, Rock and roll, Rock n roll

How To Break Out Of the ‘Playing The Scale As A Solo’ Rut – Part 2

If you’ve been practising the ideas we looked at in my previous article How To Break Out Of the ‘Playing The Scale As A Solo’ Rut, you might be feeling a little bit restricted at this point, so here’s part 2.

In the second part of our look at soloing on two strings we’re going to look at a couple of combinations of two string patterns that you can join together and start to create more interest and variety in your solos.

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Beginner's Guitar Solos, Guitar Licks, Learning to Solo, The Pentatonic Scale

How To Break Out Of the ‘Playing The Scale As A Solo’ Rut

Starting to play rock solos doesn’t need to be a black art. If you know the basic ‘blues box’ A minor pentatonic scale, you can start to turn it into a solo very easily. In this post I’ll talk about how to break out of the “Playing The Scale As A Solo” Rut. The Minor […]

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How to Play Any Chord with One Shape

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Have you ever wondered why experienced electric guitarists often seem to be simply moving one simple shape around the neck? This post will give you a little insight into how to play any chord with one shape. I thought it might be interesting to throw a few ideas down about what I call “The Magic […]

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