Category Archives: ** = a little tougher

These tunes and lessons for the advanced beginner. You are the student who can now play a few chords and looking for more advanced material that can still be learned quickly.

Guns and Roses – Sweet Child o’ Mine for solo guitar **

Posted on November 23, 2012 by John Gilliat

He’s a great classic rock tune that I created as a solo guitar arrangement. I love the intro as it is a challenging exercise in picking and skipping strings. You can easily play this with a guitar pick or with … Continue reading →

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Welcome – Drop D ballad for solo guitar – **

Posted on June 15, 2012 by John Gilliat

Here’s an easy Drop D ballad for solo guitar. Drop D is lowering your low E string down to a D note. In this lesson I’ll show you how to tune your guitar to drop D tuning. Then we’ll learn … Continue reading →

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Carlos Santana & Ottmar Liebert
Samba Pa Ti – Learn to play and jam ** UpDated!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by John Gilliat

Ottmar Liebert & Carlos Santana Guitar Lesson This lesson I will teach you how to play the melody, chords, chords solo and jam on Carlos Santana’s instrumental hit Samba Pa Ti. Note… The tab is now updated to match the … Continue reading →

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Swamp Blues & A 16th note rhythm study **

Posted on May 28, 2012 by John Gilliat

This blues lesson is divided into 2 parts. Part 1 is to help you learn your 16th note rhythms. It’s very important to practice each of these groupings a lot. The end goal here is to see a 1 beat … Continue reading →

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C Blues – Another great jam tune & track **

Posted on April 27, 2012 by John Gilliat

This is another great blues lesson, melody and jam track. Click here to view, print or download the C Blues Lesson tab First it’s best to learn the melody and the chords. The melody is great as it incorporates 1/8 … Continue reading →

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Bending the Blues – **
A little E jam / solo tune

Posted on March 28, 2012 by John Gilliat

Bending the Blues E Jam This is a great blue jam tune that can be performed as a solo guitar piece or with a band. To get started we’ll have a look at playing this as a solo guitar tune. … Continue reading →

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Midnight Special for Solo Guitar & Jamming **

Posted on March 7, 2012 by John Gilliat

This is a great tune to play as a solo guitar piece or use it to play in a group situation! First we’re going to learn to play the melody. Then we’ll talk about how to jam on it! Click … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind – **

Posted on December 15, 2011 by John Gilliat

In this lesson I’ll teach you to strum along to the Bob Dylan classic “Blowin’ in the wind! For this song you will need to play 3 chords… D, A & G Click here to view, print or download the … Continue reading →

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G Blues Jamming for beginners to the advanced. **

Posted on December 13, 2011 by John Gilliat

This is a great lesson for learning to jam on the blues. I highly recommend this video lesson for all blues players! Let’s get started… #1 Print the lesson sheet. This sheet contains everything you need for the lesson. Click … Continue reading →

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Picado – John’s personal technique – **

Posted on December 12, 2011 by John Gilliat

This lesson is a very focused study with exercises to help you develop a very strong picado technique. For those of you who do not know what picado is… Picado… It’s the technique a flamenco guitarist uses to play very … Continue reading →

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