Chords

Know The Chord Triads in the Style of Eric Johnson – Part 1

Check out this Chord Triads in the Style of Eric Johnson – Guitar Lesson on Chord Voicings from Jon MacLennan. Hey, how’s it going this is John McLennan with Guitar Control,  I want to show you today is some Eric Johnson style voicing and some interesting ways of having just basic triads on the upper

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Jazz

How to Use Chords Voice Movements in Jazz Guitar

How’s it going, guys. This is John McClennan with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this video lesson. What we’re going to talk about today is a series of jazz chords that move in contrary motion. So the bass notes go down and the The melody on top goes up. Check it out. What we’re doing here is

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Blues Guitar Lessons

How to Play A Slow Blues Guitar Riff in the Style of Stormy Monday

How’s it going guys. This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com. I’m super excited to show you this great riff. It’s just a typical slow blues cliche, a la “Stormy Monday” with the Allman Brothers or the original writer, T Bone Walker. We’re looking at a blues here in G and what What

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Jazz

How to Use Tritone Substitution on Guitar

Tritone Substitution Check out this Guitar Lesson on Tritone Substitutionfrom Guitar Control instructor Jon MacLennan.How’s it going, guys. My name is John McClennanand I’m here with guitarcontrol.com,bringing you this video lesson.Today’s topic is tritone substitution.What I’m going to do is show you somenice voicings you can use to startapplying this concept right away. If we

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Jazz

How to Play A Jazz Lick in C Minor

How’s it going, guys. This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, showing you a great lesson today on II V I licks, this time in the key of C minor. You’ll want to take this lick and practice it in all the keys, but we’re going to start, which is 10, 10, 10,

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Blues Guitar Lessons

How to Play Blues Guitar Lick with Pentatonic Minor Scale

Hey, how’s it going guys. This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this video blog. I want to show you just a cool way of approaching a typical pentatonic formula that we hear all the time sequencing notes in the pentatonic scale. But now, with a little twist on it, adding

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Jazz

How to Play A Jazz Chord Progression Using Block Chords

How’s it going, guys? My name is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, excited to bring you this video lesson. What we’re looking at right now is a series, a jazz chord progression using what I call block chords. So kind of like the way a piano player might move through a series of

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