Jody Worrell has two new premium lessons on beginning to intermediate level country guitar solos. Country soloing has come to be identified for it’s twangy sound. One way to create that twang is to use double stops or playing two notes at the same time. Using different scale intervals determines the sound of that double stop. In Jody’s Easy Double Stop Country 1 we will use 6th intervals as the double stops in our riffs. In the second lesson on this topic we will use thirds as the basis for our riffs. Both solos are taught in detail and then practiced over a backing track in the key of A. Go to the lesson page for more details or check out the previews below to hear what the solos sound like.
We’ve previously covered B.B. King’s soloing style in both free lessons and premium guitar lessons. This week we released two new videos that continue our discussion on using the B.B. “box position”. In these lessons we’ll focus on licks from the Major Pentatonic Scale. We’ll use an upbeat groove in Bb as our backing track and learn a couple of 12 bar solos. Jody will teach you how to play each solo in detail making sure understand the concepts and techniques being used. Check out the lessons page for more info or watch the demo below.
Jody Worrell has just released the third installment of his Blues Standards Rhythm Lesson series. You will learn how to play rhythm guitar parts for three popular blues songs:
Before You Accuse Me: Originally written by Bo Diddley then reintroduced to the public through Eric Clapton’s Unplugged performance and subsequent live shows.
It Hurts Me Too: Basically a traditional song that was recorded early on by Tampa Red and then Elmore James. More recently it’s been covered by Eric Clapton and Keb Mo. Jody also has two lessons that will teach you how to play solos over It Hurts Me Too
Help Me: The tune is pretty similar to the blues instrumental “Green Onions” but is credited to Sonny Boy Williamson and Willie Dixon.
For each song Jody will teach you the chords and some strumming and rhythm tips. You can get a feel for it from the demo. To get this lesson or parts 1 and 2 check out the product page
Somewhere between beginner lessons and soloing, rhythm guitar often gets lost in the guitar instruction world. So most guitarists are left to finding chords for their favorite songs and then creating or mimicking strum patterns and other techniques. Our newest premium lesson, Blues Standards Rhythm Lesson 1, hopes to help fill that void. In the lesson Jody walks you through playing rhythm for three blues tunes (Cold Shot, The Thrill is Gone, and Baby Please Don’t Go). The songs come from our Let’s Jam! Blues Standards collection and this downloadable lesson includes 90 second sampler .mp3s of those jam tracks. During the video Jody will discuss his right hand and left hand techniques. In addition to strum patterns the use of muting/choking can provide much of the feel for a rhythm guitar part. Through the teaching of the songs, Jody will show you the tips that will help improve your overall rhythm playing for any song. Watch the demo video below or view the lesson page for more details.
Jody Worrell has two new premium lessons that will teach you the basics of country guitar soloing. In Easy Country Solos 1 & 2 Jody will cover the same type of techniques he teaches in his more advanced lessons. However in this video, we’ll tackle them at a much more reasonable pace for the intermediate player. Jody will provide detailed instruction on how to play the array of twangy bends that help create country’s signature sound. Check out the lesson page or the demos below for more details.
