Posts by Kevin Downing

The shuffle pattern for playing back up blues and rock guitar is an essential one to know because it is used in many genres and you will be required to play it on many gigs or jam sessions. Download the Harmony Shuffle lesson here. Click here to hear what the Harmony Shuffle sounds like. Here…

Slash chords are not named after the legendary Guns n’ Roses’ guitarist – although he does play these types of chords, but are used by every professional in the business. They are chords that you see in music that look like F/A, or G/B. You can find out more about Slash Chords here.

Every good guitarist needs to have a good working knowledge of the 12 bar blues song form, but not many beginning/intermediate guitar students I come in contact with are well versed with it, and even fewer know the minor versions.  This is a great blues guitar lesson. To get started on the minor blues progression…

The major scale is like the DNA of music because everything we do in music relates back to the major scale in some way or another. Knowing the theory and application of it is very important, so how well do you know your major scales? Many students who get guitar lessons with me don’t know…

Do you know what the terms a cappella, accelerando or accel, adagio, ad libitum or ad lib mean? If you don’t then check out my list of common musical terms you need to know if you are going to play with your friends.  No matter if you want to play blues, rock, jazz, or any other style…

There is no doubt that many current rock, blues, jazz, or acoustic guitarists’ just love playing some good quality guitar riffs. A “riff” (sometimes called an ostinato) is the term for a short repeating melodic line. Rhythm guitar lessons are among the most important ones you can do. See here to download the Rhythm Guitar…

A common problem with many rock, blues, jazz, or acoustic guitarists is that their right hand accuracy is not very exact. To improve your Right Hand Guitar Accuracy click the link. To hear the midi file for this lesson click Right Hand Guitar Accuracy here.