The Guitar Journal is a blog of the free monthly videos I post on YouTube. Here you can pick up some guitar licks, theory lessons, and other goodies that I have excerpted from my DVDs or created for this blog. Subscribe to my YouTube channel to be kept up to date on new videos, and here on the site I often add tabs or worksheets to round out the video lesson. Have fun, and drop me a comment if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see.
Joe
Blues In A Hybrid Picking Lick & Lead Guitar Tips
Here is the tab for the hybrid picking lick: Keep an eye on our "Guitar Pedals" page - the fuzz I used in the video, called "The
Rockabilly / Country Guitar “Ending Lick” w/ Chord Lesson
Here's the PDF with the tab for the lick and all those "ending chords" tabbed out. Memorize those chords made by stacking the pentatonic scale and
8th Note Upbeats for Rhythm Guitar – For Beginners to Intermediate
Here's a lesson to help get you playing away from the basic downbeat. Learn to switch chords an 8th note earlier or later to create a
Shred Alert!
The September Guitar Journal is a siiiiick shred lick ;0) along with some tips on working economy/sweep picking into your regular playing. Tabs can be downloaded here:
2-5-1 Voice Leading For Jazz Guitar (ii-V-I) Getting Away From Block Chords
Two, Five, One... are we counting silly now? This post is an in-depth look at a major ii-V-I chord progression, and how to create chord voicings
Fast Cascading Open String Telecaster Lick / Brad Paisley Style
This month's first video (there are more in the works) is a fast pentatonic-based lick in A. Hybrid picking is the easiest way to perform it, but
Yamaha Pacifica / Fender Strat (etc.) Tremolo Setup Tips
I've added a short video on "tremolo" setup for Strat-style guitars. It's so important to get the vibrato set in the sweet spot where tuning is stable but
12 Bar Blues Solo in E Rockabilly/Country/Swing Style
For May 2013 I've cooked up a smokin' swing style guitar solo for you to dig in to. It's 4 choruses of a 12 bar blues
Git Yer Twang On! – Country Guitar Picking Lessons
This month's guitar journal focuses on learning right hand techniques for country guitar picking. There's a lot to learn for those of you who've never plucked a
Insane Country / Shred Guitar Lick
This a a blues scale (with added maj 6th!) lick that I yoinked from a Phil X youtube video. If you don't know who Phil X is, then
“O Christmas Tree” Easy Jazz Guitar Chord Melody Arrangement (Tablature Available)
For the December 2012 Guitar Journal entry, I have created an "easy" jazz guitar arrangement of the traditional song "O Christmas Tree". For jazz players, this arrangement
Introduction To Rockabilly Rhythm Guitar – “Mystery Train” & “Folsom Prison Blues” Style
This month's entry is aimed at beginning to intermediate players, and shows you how to get a rhythm part rolling along in the style of "Mystery Train"
How to Play Simple Guitar Fills – Acoustic Flatpicking Lesson
This month's lesson is to help you bridge the gap between rhythmic and melodic playing. This one is a real simple example using just two chords; back
Country Guitar Lick in E with Hybrid Picking & Open Strings
Thanks for tuning in again after our long summer pause. I'm starting off the fall with a lick to really challenge your hybrid picking and swing 8th notes
June 2012 Guitar Journal – Part 3/3: Surf Guitar Melody Note-by-note
Sorry about the delay in adding this video to the blog! Here's part three, and below are links to download the tune and a practice track (the rhythm