December 7, 2017

In this lesson, we are going to learn all 5 CAGED positions of the minor pentatonic scale.The Minor Pentatonic ScaleThe minor pentatonic scale is often one of the first scales learned by guitar players, and certainly one that is very frequently used. It’s provided the melodic foundation to some of the most classic solos and

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December 4, 2017

Join me as we examine this up-tempo solo from the Grateful Dead’s live album, “One from the Vault”.The Grateful Dead fused together elements from a myriad of styles – blues, country, bluegrass, jazz, folk, R&B, Rock & Roll – into what can only be described as Grateful Dead music. Sometimes these influences are subtle, while

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November 22, 2017

Explore Jerry Garcia’s guitar part on one of The Dead’s most adventurous compositions from their 1975 album “Blues for Allah”.The Grateful Dead’s 1975 album “Blues for Allah” marked a new chapter in their compositional playbook, and many of these songs went on to become great vehicles for improvisation in their live shows. The song we’re

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November 22, 2017

Learn how to play Jerry Garcia’s main guitar solo from the “Europe ’72” version of China Cat Sunflower.In this video lesson we are taking a look at Jerry’s main guitar solo of China Cat Sunflower from the album, “Europe ’72”. The goal of this lesson is not to reproduce the solo exactly as Jerry played

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November 13, 2017

In this lesson we will learn the intro guitar part to Phish’s “Stash” from their album “A Picture of Nectar”.Appearing on Phish’s 1992 album “A Picture of Nectar”, Trey Anastasio’s composition “Stash” takes you on a musical journey from beginning to end. At the time Trey composed “Stash” he had been listening to a lot

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