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Here another great lesson on the minor pentatonic scale by my buddy Justin. The minor pentatonic scale is used in almost every popular blues and rock song. It is a great scale to learn to be able to jam with your buddies. The Am pentatonic scale is my favorite.

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Here’s a great beginner lesson from yours truly. Finger exercises and pointers for YOUR success!!

Ok so the guy teaching this lesson reminds me of a child pedophile (is there even such a thing) but he does a great job explaining and breaking down the Coldplay jam “Don’t Panic” off their Parachutes album. Have a go at it and let me know what you think.

Here’s a lesson for you to learn how to play Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads” from his Cream album. If you didn’t already know, Clapton was inspired to play guitar by blues legend Robert Johnson, so much so that he covered an entire album of his tunes called “Me and Mr. Johnson.”Clapton has basically carried the torch as far as guitar playing, song writing, and innovation goes for almost 3 decades now. I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Clapton live and it was an experience for sure! Old, young, fat, slow, black, while…. the place was packed. My favorite from the night, “Before You Accuse Me” and “Down and Out.”Who knows, maybe we will get to those lessons later…. But for now, turn up the amp, pump out some distortion and get ready to rock!!!

Have you practiced that Clapton yet?? Don’t worry, I haven’t got it down either, but I know we can get it soon. Anyways, here’s a little easier tune from Fleetwood Mac called “Landslide.” Just get the picking pattern down and you are on your way!

The first picking pattern is 542534. The second picking pattern is squeeze the 5 and 1 strings together (5/1)42514