Play Guitar Podcast
Have you been struggling with the guitar? You are not alone! For the past 30 years I have been helping beginner, intermediate, and advanced guitarists get out of the guitar rut and find their voice on the guitar. These FREE, FUN, and EASY guitar lessons give you the right mindset for guitar success, and keep you moving forward on the guitar. No matter if you are just starting out or have been playing for years, this is the show that will help you become the guitarist that you always wanted to be! For more lessons, or to just stop by and say hi, come on over to www.playguitarpodcast.com.
Episodes
The Five Pattern Scale System helps you stop seeing isolated scale shapes and start seeing one connected fretboard. In this episode, I'll explain why I recommend learning all five patterns and how they create the foundation for improvisation, intervals, arpeggios, CAGED, and so much more.
Ready to connect the entire fretboard? Check out the Blues Elevation Toolkit, where I'll guide you step by step through the com...
For over 35 years I've watched guitar education evolve through private lessons, books, VHS tapes, DVDs, websites, YouTube, memberships, apps, and now AI.
Information has never been easier to access.
So why are so many guitar players still asking the same question...
"What should I practice today?"
In this episode I share why I believe guitar learning is entering a new era, why information alone isn't enough anymor...
Many guitarists believe better solos come from learning more scales, but great improvisation often starts somewhere else entirely. In this episode, we'll explore why the melody may be the most overlooked tool for creating solos that sound musical, memorable, and connected to the song.
Discover how to use melody to create expressive blues solos with Blues Solo Breakthrough: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthroug...
Many guitarists spend years learning new chords while overlooking the habits that actually make chords sound clean, confident, and musical. In this episode, we'll explore the three biggest reasons your chords aren't sounding their best and what you can do to fix them.
Download the Guide to Clear Sounding Chords and learn the simple adjustments that make every chord cleaner, clearer, and easier to play.
https://www.playguit...
Most guitarists spend years practicing scales without seeing meaningful improvement because they're focusing on patterns instead of sounds. In this episode, we'll explore why scale practice often fails and how a few simple changes can transform it into a tool for ear training, phrasing, and real musical growth.
Download Blues Solo Breakthrough and get the backing tracks, scale diagrams, and complete practice system that goes w...
Most blues players don't struggle because they lack licks, they struggle because they don't know how to develop ideas over time. In this episode we'll explore how great blues players create longer solos by connecting, expanding, and evolving simple musical phrases.
Download the Blues Elevation Toolkit and learn how to connect your ideas into expressive solos that sound musical instead of repetitive: https://www.playguitaracade...
Most guitar players think better solos come from learning more licks. In reality, one of the biggest differences between average players and great blues players is their ability to leave space.
In this episode, Lee demonstrates three simple blues phrases that become dramatically more expressive when strategic rests are added. You'll learn how silence creates anticipation, highlights important target notes, and helps your solos soun...
Ready to make your blues solos sound more intentional and musical?
Download the Blues Elevation Toolkit and learn how to target the notes that matter most in your solos:
https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-toolkit
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Most guitar players believe that sounding better means playing more notes. More scales. More licks. More complexity.
But many of the greatest blues players do the exact opposite.
In this episode, Lee...
Have you ever wondered why some notes instantly sound powerful while others seem to pass by unnoticed? In this episode you'll discover how great blues players create emotional impact by understanding which notes carry the most weight.
Download the Blues Elevation Toolkit to learn how to create more emotional and expressive solos using notes that truly connect with the music: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-to...
▶▶ Download the Blues Elevation Toolkit and discover how to turn simple scale patterns into expressive blues solos: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-toolkit
Many players spend years trying to escape Pattern 1 when the real issue is how they are using it. In this episode you'll discover why great blues players keep returning to Pattern 1 and how to start hearing its musical potential.
▶▶ Grab the Blues Elevation Toolkit and start hearing chord changes without guessing: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-toolkit
Most guitar players don't actually get lost in chord changes because they don't know enough scales, they get lost because they never learned how to hear and target the movement happening underneath the solo. In this lesson, I'll show you a simple way to follow chord changes naturally s...
▶▶ Download my free Blues Solo Breakthrough course below and start turning patterns into musical blues solos: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
Playing what you hear feels hard because most guitar players try to find an entire phrase before they can confidently find one note. In this episode, Lee breaks down why your ear gets disconnected from the fretboard and how to rebuild that connection with a simple...
If your blues solos feel like disconnected licks instead of real music, this episode will help you understand why. We'll break down the real problem behind repetitive soloing and show you how phrasing, direction, and endings create musical solos.
▶▶ Check out the free Blues Solo Breakthrough course below if you want help building solos that actually sound musical and connected. https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthroug...
▶▶ Ready to connect your chords, scales, and soloing across the fretboard? Grab the Blues Solo Breakthrough free course here:
https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
Most guitar players can play chords and they can play lead, but the moment they try to connect the two, everything falls apart. In this episode I break down the real reason switching from rhythm to lead feels awkward, disconnected, and unnatural, and w...
Ever wonder why your favorite blues pros sound just right while your solos still feel a bit sour and repetitive? Today, we're going beyond basic major and minor scales to uncover the Hybrid Mixolydian secret that fixes the "diatonic trap" and unlocks a professional blues sound.
▶▶ Start building solos that make sense with the free Blues Solo Breakthrough course, link in the description.https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluesso...
▶▶ Learn to Solo in Blues with my FREE course - Blues Solo Breakthrough: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
Why do we get stuck playing the same three notes at the end of every song? Today, I'm revealing the system behind the licks so you can stop memorizing and start creating your own variations.
SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE- https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blog/how-to-create-more-blues-turnarounds...
If your solos feel cluttered and rushed, you're probably overplaying. Here's how to fix that fast and make your solos sound better immediately.
▶▶ Get your blues solos under control with my free course, Blues Solo Breakthrough: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE-
https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blog/why-do-you-overplay-and-how-to-fix-it-fast-461
▶▶ Stuck on Soloing? Get my Free Blues Solo Breakthrough course:
https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
Most guitar players think they need more licks, but the real problem is not knowing how to develop the ones they already have into musical ideas that don't sound repetitive.
SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE- https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blog/stop-wasting-your-licks-blues-guitar-460
▶▶ If you want the step-by-step system for building clean, confident blues playing with all the structure and guidance already built in, check out the Blues Solo Breakthrough course https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
Most self-taught blues players skip learning chord progressions and jump straight to licks. In this deep dive, I break down why chord progressions are the foundation you can't skip, what happe...
▶▶ Use the Blues Elevation Toolkit to turn these ideas into real solos on the fretboard. https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-toolkit
If your licks sound like scales instead of music, the issue usually isn't what you're playing, it's how you're playing it. In this episode, you'll learn how to make simple ideas sound clean, expressive, and musical.
SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE- https://www.playguitaracademy.co...
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