Mark Wein

Tag: blues

  • The B.B. King “Voice Box” Pattern

    The B.B. King “Voice Box” Pattern

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    This is a favorite lesson of mine to teach.  In the video, I’ll break down how I think B.B. plays such great melodic or “vocal” phrases in his solos.   Here is the backing track that I’m using in the video:    

  • Harmonized Lines for Blues Guitar

    Harmonized Lines for Blues Guitar

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    I am in gig and school meltdown this week so I decided that instead of rushing through a new lesson I would bring back a classic for you. This is one of the videos that I made for the Truefire.com “Next Top Guitar Instructor” contest a few years ago, and in the lesson, I am…

  • Playing in the Pocket – Static Lick Ideas

    Playing in the Pocket – Static Lick Ideas

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    This lesson is about my favorite kind of repeating licks.  I realized that I have a few good examples of this in my own recorded repertoire so I used bits from the last rock album that I did with the band Felt back in 2002. Apologies in advance for the editing on this one.  My…

  • Playing in the Pocket with Chuck Berry and T-Bone Walker

    Playing in the Pocket with Chuck Berry and T-Bone Walker

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    This week we are continuing to work on playing single note ideas and solo bits in time by working with a few classic blues and rock and roll licks that we all play to death but don’t always play in time. Click here for the PDF: Playing in the Pocket with Chuck Berry and T-Bone Walker…