Cool Ideas To Play Over The 5 Chord
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I demonstrate some cool ideas to play over the 5 chord. Hopefully, you will be inspired to make up your own lines from this lesson.
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I’m Using My Bible For A Roadmap
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One of my favorite Reno and Smiley songs. I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap is a Jam Favorite and a great Gospel song. We will venture up the neck for parts of this arrangement. I also added one of my favorite Dempsey Young inspired lines to close out the solo.
Read More5 Positions In G
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I'm going to break down the fretboard into 5 different positions in the key of G. This lesson will ultimately organize your fingers to be able to play across the fretboard.
Read MoreLove Please Come Home
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This Jam Favorite is Love Please Come Home. Originally written and performed by Bill Monroe and later on recorded by Don Reno and Red Smiley. This solo has challenges with a dominant voicing for the flat seven chord and a unique bend in the latter part of the solo.
Read MoreHot Lines 2
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Four Hot Lines to work into your solos. Hot Lines from some of my favorite guitarist.
Read MoreMore Ways To Move Into The 4 Chord
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This lesson I will teach you a G# diminished scale. We will extract a G# diminished arpeggio from that scale. I will also show you a F# dominant arpeggio. I demonstrate how I use these arpeggios moving into the 4 chord.
Read MorePlaying A Chord Ahead
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In this lesson I explain how to play a chord ahead on some of your solos. You actually play over the next chord before the rhythm section goes to the chord. It gives you a fresh sound and makes you use a different set of note choices.
Read MoreClinch Mountain Backstep
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A Jam Favorite ! One of Dr. Ralph Stanley's best instrumentals. This is one of those tunes that will never grow old.
Read MoreGeorgia Mail
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Here is an up tempo song called Georgia Mail. This is my solo from the Lonesome River Band Album, One Step Forward.
Read MoreBlue Ridge Cabin Home
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This is definitely a Jam Favorite! This is the first in this series of classic songs you will hear in a jam. This lesson also includes an example of how I would play the rhythm to this song.
Read MoreLimehouse Blues
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I learned this great tune from my brother. It has some cross picking lines that will keep you on your toes.
Read MoreHow To Play Smooth As Butter
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This lesson is about how to play extremely smooth and effortless. Tips on using less muscle and movement.
Read MoreWhat Makes A Good Solo ?
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My thoughts on what makes a good solo. I discuss in detail how I create a solo that is unique.
Read MoreSay I Do Solo
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This lesson is on the solo I played on the song Say I Do from the Sugar Hill album One Step Forward. This is one of the first songs I recorded when joining the Lonesome River Band.
Read MoreD Dominant Lines
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This lesson I teach 4 different D dominant lines in the key of G. Each line has a unique resolve to move us back to the one chord.
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Randall Collins
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One of my favorite Norman Blake songs that we have recorded. I teach the Intro and Outro, Solo and Instrumental Bridge.
Read MoreI'll Fly Away
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One of my favorite Gospel Songs to solo over. This arrangement has a steel guitar lick in the B part and also a neat line up the neck.
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Sail Away Ladies A Part
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This was my Grandpa's favorite tune. I love this tune because it makes us play in a higher position up the neck for the melody.
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