Free Blues Guitar Lessons

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Entries in Albert King (3)

Friday
May272011

Fat Finger Pickin Tone

A simple guide to using your thumb and index finger to fatten up your guitar tone, while also getting that SRV / Albert King style snap on your notes. Gear details are below the video.

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Friday
May202011

4 Albert King Style Licks

In this free lesson, you'll learn 4 licks from the Albert's Influence lesson series. If you like this video, you'll love the full series.

You'll see some of the features that make this my best series of lessons yet. A progression counter to help with timing and phrasing, slow-motion replay of all licks, video tablature, and as always, note-for-note instruction.

If you like this video, please check out Albert's Influence.

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Friday
Feb182011

4 Fret Bends - Albert King Style

If you pay close attention to Albert King's playing, you'll hear some bends that aren't easily replicated with standard "Box 2" bending. That's because at times, he's bending 3 or 4 frets from a lower note, to the same target note. The result is a bend with more tension, and a noticeably lower starting point. In this lesson I show you how you can replicate this sound.


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