How make simple licks like descending down a pentatonic scale sound good. You need to know how to properly combine this with the rhythm! Plus a cool trick blues masters have been using for years to kick off this kind of riff in style... See Example 12 at 9:15. How blues guitarists add "quarter note" bends and in various licks to get that classic blues sound. Get the inside scoop on this technique at 10:08.

• Create simple and majestic blues textures from 3-note voicings picked on the D,G, and B strings. These voicings not only sound great but your understanding of chords will improve. (at 10:57)

• Impress yourself with "Piano voicing" blues chords... With these unique, advanced fingerings, you can play riffs that would be normally impossible. You'll see what I'm talking about at 13 minutes into the second disc.

• Cool pentatonic licks combined with shuffle patterns in one seamless rhythm - See examples 17 and 18 at around 14:00...

Yes, harmonization is a key to creating full sounding blues rhythms with just your one guitar.

The basic idea is to slide up and down the neck across several strings, staying within the key. In DVD 2, I show you a TON of harmonization licks, patterns, and ideas. For example...

• How to write harmonization licks around an E7 chord. Plus, learn several additional techniques you can combine with harmonization licks to add flavor to your sound. Check out this small example...

Of course, you'll get detailed tabs of this example,
plus every other example that's included in this package.

• Discover a whole slew of ways to use harmonization patterns. Use them with partial chords, with inverted chords, or other key blues licks. There's a TON of examples (too many to list here) from 20:00 to 25:00 on disc 2!

• MORE harmonization... you'll see how to create all kinds of slick "voice leading chordal moves" that sound incredible. You have to check this out at 27:01...

• Using the open high "E" for a Texas drone blues... Stevie Ray would approve of this lick at 27:35!

• VERY simple, yet highly melodic single note riffs, made from just a few notes.... There's hundreds of great examples, and I'll also show you how to get even more mileage from these simple licks by adding chord tones. Pay attention at 28:45.

"Your playing is very good, and very natural. It is inspirational watching you play and then break down what you are thinking and how you're approaching it. As I said I have been playing for 16 years but have been stuck in a rut... playing the same scales, the same licks... it all just sounds the same. I have needed to get to the next level and get off this plateau and I think your program gives me an opportunity to do just that. Thanks very much Claude!" Scott Seward, Ann Arbor Vermont

You'll love example 47... It's a super-funky (but easy to play) riff that you might recognize from classic blues jams. (29:50) What every blues guitarist should know when it comes time to playing the I-IV change... This secret can make your blues solos sound better overnight... (30:22)

If you like the intense bluesy lead styles of Eric Clapton or Albert King then you'll love these smokin' examples with tabs. You'll be wailing like an inspired blues veteran. Here's more killer techniques that will be revealed to you: How to creating "rolling notes" (a favorite technique of Hendrix and Stevie Ray) (see 1:12:15) The art of riffing between the vocals - something every serious bluesman knows how to do... (At 1:14:05)

I wrap up the second DVD with a cool section on turnarounds.

A "turn around" is the last 4 bars of a blues progression, and it's where you can make things really swing and sizzle, whether you're playing a sweet acoustic riff or wailing on an electric blues guitar solo...

In this section, I show you several of the most useful turnarounds and how you can adapt them to any blues song.

And we're still not done. There's a third DVD! On this disc, you'll discover how to...

Yes, I'll even teach you the basics of the sophisticated country-blues style that lets you playing two parts, (or even three parts) at the same time. You'll love the way I make it super simple here. Get ready to learn...

The "Texas" sliding partial chord technique How to use an alternating bass with your riffs (7:01, Disc 3) How to combine melody lines, blues chords, and a bassline into a world class blues guitar riff (at 8:03) Learn How Country Blues songs go beyond the basic, ordinary blues progression. This will greatly expand your songwriting abilities and give you tons of ideas (9:07)

• Start playing authentic country blues licks. Learn how these riffs are constructed. (watch 9:27)

• Plus, how to create your own country blues patterns (See 10:02)

• Discover how to add triplet licks within a country blues (at 11:12) plus many, many other blues secrets

such as:

• "Forgotten" blues chords that use open strings for a very raw and powerful sound... (at 13:50)

• How to play a "drone" blues. This gives you an incredible harmony yet its super easy to play (See 14:40)

• How to play spicy jazz voicings (sometimes called "fat chords") in a blues progression (Learn them at 18:21)

There will be no stopping your blues power after watching these DVDs. These potent lessons continue with another section here on lead guitar. I'll give you...

How to Play string skipping licks that sound natural and also improve your chops(See 21:18, disc 3) Learn tons of essential licks starting on each degree of the pentatonic scale. It's more awesome ammo to fuel your barrage of blues riffs and licks (At 28:25) Intense blues riffs based on "scale sequencing" - a favorite trick of Jimmy Page and Gary Moore. (34:23)

Also, you'll learn some cool phrasing tricks and subtleties like throwing in some "wild slides" before wailing out on a blues lick.

Oh, and there's ANOTHER 30 minute final section on these DVDs that you're going to love:

This last section of the DVD is great because you're going to learn some signature S.R.V. licks and many of them are great to help build up your speed. In fact, I think Stevie Ray is one of the most important blues guitarists to listen to and study. With this in mind, I spent almost 30 minutes going over dozens of examples where I decode some of my most favorite S.R.V. licks and solos.

This course is a wild blues journey from start to finish, my friend. In fact, there's not enough room here to describe everything in the videos. You name it, I teach it. Slide guitar? Freddie King licks? Tapping? Yes, yes, and yes!

Claude Johnson with '79 Strat Playing Blues at the Hard Rock Cafe 1999, Philadelphia.

You could spend years looking through blues books and magazines and still not discover a fraction of the secrets I've compiled for you here, all in one place. If you love the blues, it's insane not to grab this monster collection of knowledge that includes blues progressions, riffs, licks, harmonizations, turn-arounds, theory, and much more. Please don't spend thousands of dollars of private lessons or waste years trying to figure this stuff out on your own...

Instead, why not save time and money with How to Play Smokin' Blues Guitar. For a very reasonable price, you can get this killer DVD course, which contains over 3 hours of video and 245 examples, that you can watch as many times as you need to, and learn at exactly your own pace. That's right --

You are getting all 245 examples on this DVD set tabbed out for you. The instruction is pretty clear even without the tabs, but I think you will really appreciate having them available, especially for the faster licks.

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