Free Lesson Friday

Here are eight short lessons to help you learn how to bend notes like Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan. These lessons are from the 1-Minute Blues “Shorts” series. If you’re serious about learning to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan or Albert King, check out the related courses below.

I picked up this lick from a Smokin’ Joe Kubek song, and it reminded me of something Jimi Hendrix played over the V chord in Red House. In this lesson I’ll show you where this pattern comes from and how to use it over the V and the IV chord during the last 4 bars of a 12-bar blues solo.

In this lesson I’ll show you how to drastically change the sound of a simple blues rhythm, just by changing how you mute the strings. This change in sound affects the entire ìfeelî of the song. Some techniques produce a rhythm with more ìpunchî while other techniques allow the rhythm to fill more space.

If you invest the time to learn Texas Flood, take the time to learn the ending correctly.

The next time you’re at a blues jam, don’t be the guy who plays the same rhythm lick all the way through the song. Albert King’s recording of this song had a GREAT rhythm guitar part, and that’s what I’ll teach you in this lesson.