Here is an idea to help make you solos flow better. Play endless eighth notes through every measure of a chord progression.

Here is a basic minor blues progression. This type of Blues is my favorite sound. I was turned on to this many years ago at a jam session when someone called for the John Coltrane tune “Equinox” (in Cm). This is my favorite blues sound. Fm | Bbm7 | Fm | Fm | Bbm7 | [...]

Below is a very standard blues progression that everyone has played. This is the take off point for the other variations to follow.

What is a blues scale? What is a Major blues scale?

I’m trying to post something that everyone can take away. Even at the early stages of someone’s musical path, you run into a major scale. Remember Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do well, that’ a Major scale. Let’s talk about what chords are found in a Major scale. For example I’ll use the [...]

Introduction to Spelling Chords By: Dennis St. Germain In this music lesson I want to show you how to spell chords and understand the component parts of a chord. You don’t have to even read music to learn to spell chords. All you need to know is the first seven letters of the alphabet. In [...]

Learning to improvise music without beating yourself up over the right notes or fumbling for the right fingering is something we all work towards when learning to solo over chord changes. Some musicians are uncomfortable with the idea of using licks because they fear it will inhibit their creativity. But learned correctly licks can enhance [...]

Let’s start by establishing some sort of chord progression. How about | Gm7 | Bb13 | Am7| D7#5| I’m taking anything at this point for an example. Here’s what people tend to do when trying to learn this progression. Vamp and play the whole thing say 50 times (not always perfectly) then they may need [...]