How to play rockabilly (video)

Hi Friend, Yo. Let’s talk Rockabilly. Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and its closely related to the blues. And if you like blues, its a great style to know because it can switch up your set with a different feel. I’m mentioning it today because I’ve got a clip for you

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Rockabilly and Blues

Here’s another sample clip from “Rockin the Blues & Slide Guitar”. Here, Jimmy shows you a rockabilly beat. Notice how he breaks down exactly how to play this. I think Jimmy is a great teacher because he shows you exactly what he’s doing. He did go over a similar feel in “Soul of Acoustic Guitar”,

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Shocking news about the Claudester

Hi Friend, I have some shocking news – I am considering entering the Guitar Idol contest this year. No I didn’t commit to it yet, but I’m strongly considering making an entry. Now, I do have a lot of experience playing and teaching guitar, but lets be honest here – I won’t win the Guitar

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Resend: You guys are too smart for me. (video)

Hi Friend, Ok, you guys are wayyy too smart for me. Here’s the story – I started putting up some preview clips of Jimmy Dillon’s new course, called Rockin the Blues & Slide guitar. Ok, now *some* of the content on this course is in open tunings. That’s just part of how some of the

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Strumming lesson, silly stuff, and more…

hi Friend, I promised the beginners a strumming lesson and a strumming lesson they shall get! It’s on my blog, but if you’re NOT a beginner, don’t worry because there’s tons of other cool stuff on my blog. Check it out – heck, you might even teach ME a thing or two. Like when I

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Beginner Strumming, Part 1

The most important aspect of strumming is the rhythm. In this video I will go over a few basic strumming patterns. We are going off of a C => D=> E => E progression.

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strumming for beginners, arpeggios for advanced!

hi Friend, What have you been up to today? I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to. Yesterday, I busted out the video camera and shot a cool video for beginner guitarists, talking about strumming. Seems a few people had trouble getting their strumming down, so I wanted to hook you up with a lesson.

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee (video)

hi Friend, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s a quote from one of my favorite movies (Ferris Bueler’s Day Off). I only thought of it just now because… dang… it’s the weekend already. Seems like it was just Saturday only a

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