The question which always comes to mind is what notes in the pentatonic scale do you play first when beginning a solo and which you end on on. Also, as we change from the 1, 4 and 5 do you change your soloing method. What about timing? How do you place those notes? For exmaple, do you to start on the downbeat and end on the last downbeat.

Thanks,

Eric

By Eric |

Can see the video, but have no sound!!

By Brian |

WOW! All i can say is,,, this stuff is absouloutly amazing! to a 14yro guitar maniac, (who cant buy things off the internet… to get this stuff for free just is really incredible! well done dan! keep em blues lessons cumin!
p.s keep it all coming!

whhhooohhhoooo

By kenno |

This stuff is great. Those closeups help so much. Thankyou.

By John Russell |

Just watched your 2nd lesson. It’s awesome. I do have your course. I ordered it a couple of months ago. But, I’ve been in Alaska fishing and will open the box tomorrow. Keep up the videos.

By Casey |

thanks dan, your instruction are very clear
and when i get an hour or so i will
practice them. is this your new guitar
secrets? because i already have the on with
cords book and progression book.
paul

By paul |

Thanks so much, Dan for the lessons. You have really fired me up to get back to playing again and learning what I never knew. Up till now my background has been 50’s/60’s R & R. Flat wound heavy guage strings. Glad those days are behind me. Video lesson 3 has a flovor of the theme song from the old tv series “Peter Gunn” (you are too young to remember). Thanks again, Dan this is really great stuff.

By Larry Port |

DAN CANNOT GET THROUGH ON YOUR LINK TO ORDER THE COURSE. IS IT MY END OR YOURS?

By William |

Hey Dan really like your new course I’m impressed. I’m sure you probably already heard that,I would really like to purchase your coursebut it is so close to christmas I can’t be selfish I got gifts to get for otheers .If you still got one after christmas I can surely get one. Thanks Ilove the Blues

By Aoplo975 |

Dan, You are a very good teacher, not that I have known many, I just wish I had the money to buy your course. I really appreciate the freebies. Thank You very much. Felix

By Felix Petalcu |

Great job as always Dan !!!
I appreciate the way you simplify the lessons and love your course.
I only have one question that I am confused about.. Why do you call them the 1, 4 and 5 chords ?
Please keep them coming!

By Ken Lange |

Dan,
Nice work. I enjoyed your lesson. I will practice it. After the holidays it is hard for me to dish out money to buy your lessons because I spent a fortune.
Keep up the good work and when I save I will get to you! Cheers and happy new year!

By Andy |

great lesson Happy Newyear all from the Neteherlands
Best regards

By John |

Dan, have enjoyed your lessons, and is starting to come togather for me. I hope to be able to get the Blues package, after I recover from Christmas. Best wishes.

By Allen |

Hello Dan,
As always the lessons are very good. I got one of the Gold Editions of the Blues before they sold out. I already had your first course. The Blues Mastery course cuts through to the heart of the blues. Both courses are great. I’ve got your courses as well as Andrew Koblick’s and Will Landrum’s. My wife thinks I’m outta control! I started playing 50 years ago and I’ve had some good face to face teachers. When you consider the cost versus the content, yall’s courses are worth every penny. They are also convenient. You guys are always on call whenever I’m able to practice. Jam tracks are cool too! Keep it up.
Thanks,
Don

By Don |

Man,I cannot get my fingers to stretch up the fretboard like that! What’s a good stretching exercise?

By Bob |

this is a threat none can compare

By akpakpan |

nothing from you lately dan, whats up??

By Johnny |

enjoying your lessons cant wait for my order

By Stuart |

I would really like to sign up for all this stuff (buy it)however, I am 66 years old and I do have the prerequisit arthritis in my hands and fingers. Not massive but I’m not sure I can stretch the fingers out over none or ten frets. Ask Willie??? Or what do you think?

By Byrle |

Step 2 - still easy to understand what’s going on. Hit it

By Bo |

ANY CHANCE OF ENLARGING YOUR VIDEO CLIPS PLZ.

By RAYZA |

I dont know whats wrong,but neither lesson one or two will play on my computer.I get nothing when i push buttons to play………Mel

By Mel |

I have the same problem as Mel is there somthing I need to down load to play the vidios….Norman

By Norman |

These videos are great. Not too much info to take and apply. I just spent $’s buying my gear, and I am not that good of a salesman to sell the wife I need to spend more. BUT, if I take what I am learning here and she hears whats learned, it helps make my sale for your whole course. Thanks for the lessons!

By Mike |

why are there so many oops and in the video beginners really can’t play bar chords let alone stretch out there pinky like that also what fet re you placing the bar on???
thanks

By mike |

Hi Dan. I’m a huge Eric Clapton fan (the early years i.e., Yardbirds and Cream. Love his style of guitar playing.
Am interested to know if you cover the way he lays down solos on songs like Crossroads (live) and Sittin’ on top of the World. He does some different things when he solos that don’t seem to strictly follow the pentatonic minor scale. Can you help by explaining what notes he plays and why?
Love your video lessons.
Scott

By Scott |

I enjoy listening to your videos, but this is not for beginners. I found a beginner thingie with different things to click on where you explained the beat and told how to make the chords. That is more my speed, however I can’t find it now.

By Stephanie |

I can’t wait to try this on my electric guitar

By Greg Busby |

hey, dan i’m really confused i really don’t understand anything here? could ya help

By hayden |

wow!im gonna try it

By javed |

its a bit difficult

By javed |

Dan, love the interactive lesson but the twelve bar blues is tough to stretch the little finger down the fret.please help! You make it look so easy. thank you.

By roger |

My little finger wont strech that far!! Otherwise good stuff!

By Terry |

Hey Dan, thats a very good piece of 12 bar blues.
However I am a beginner and I have almost completed my Acoustic Guitar course but the main problem for me is that I cannot shift/extend my fingers upto 5 frets. I am good at the Barre Chords but yet, as I am thirteen, my hands are too small to extend upto a level of 5 frets and that too with a Barre!
Please give me some options so as to improve upon this skill.

By Adarsh |

I agree with the others that my fingers won’t strech 5 frets playing a barre chord. Any suggestions to practice steching would be welcomed.

By Dan |

Dan
enjoying your lessons, I want to buy your blues package, am in australia - do you ship to here?

By John |

can`t stretch my pinkie that far.

By jos |

Hey Dan,
that guitar lesson is really new for me. It sounds so coool.
I enjoy this lesson and also I am looking forward to learn more. My fingers are hurting.Even though it doesn’t matter then, my ears long after that sound.Therfore I am Practicing 3-5 hours every day.

Thank you again.

Glorya

By Glorya |

Unfortunately none of the videos work on my computer !

By Ray |

Hi Dan.

Schweet! In the first video of lesson two you tell me you are going to count out the 12 bar measures… you got side tracked!
1-2-3-4, 2-2-3-4, 3-2-3-4, 4-2-3-4…
Next should be 5-2-3-4, 6-2-3-4, 7-2-3-4, 8-2-3-4, 9-2-3-4, 10-2-3-4, 11-2-3-4 and 12-2-3-4 to illustrate the cycle. Took me a bit to work it out!

By Tony |

only a word. excelent, but i`ve a question, i`m living in venezuela. i`d like to buy your courses, do you ship to here, or i can study through internet. please send me an answer as soon as you can.

By Ray farfan |

This is impossible - definately not for my level of guitarists! I cannot stretch my fingers that far - not even close. I have been playing for a year now and wouldn’t call myself a complete beginner but this is not working at all for me. Very discouraging!

By Catherine |

Thankyou this is really helpful and interesting. I have just started playing from scratch and I found this a bonus :o)

Claire

Malta

By Claire |

excellent input. thank you

By antony |

Thanks for making things clear and easy to understand!!!!!

By Dan |

Always enjoy your lessons. Simple, fun, and unpretentious as dirt. Please never take out the little misses or “mistakes.” They lend a basic, human, do-able-ness to the music that encourages us perfectionists to let it alone. That’s the blues. That’s the lesson. Thanks.

By Stef |

Great keep it coming

By jules |

Hi Dan. I am trying osme 12 bar blues but strugling to get the pinky stretched far enough. I have been practising the fingure exercises, but any other tips.
Cheers
alun

By Alun Thorne |

love it. I have a question. I’ve heard it said that if you hit a bad note you are only one fret away from a good note. Do you under stand this? If so, can you explain it? Thanks Tom

By Tom |

Hi Dan
Thanks for the lesson it was great ut I do find it difficulf to spread my left hand fingers on the frets, is there a way to train them to spread so far?

kind regards

Peter

By Peter |

Thanks,Learning everytime I view your lessons.

By Randy |

I requested your sample lessons, and just briefly viewed two of them where you make, opppseee in both video’s. I thought it was pretty funny in the first and a very polite mistake response, though it makes me wonder how much of your course is like this? would make it hard to follow.
Sincerely, no offense!
Bad impression
Michael

By Michael |

lezione ben fatta semplice e chiara
ottimo inizio per il blues

By francesco |

hey dan i think that was great i was trying to do that already but was playing it wrong now ican play it right

By danny |

After playing only for a year I’m finally kicking ass with your course. It’s easy too learn with the videos and someone actually explaining what and how. You rock!!!Now I do too!!My pinky makes it just fine!

By KEVDOG |

Hi Dan
Thank you for the 12 bar blues lesson. It was a good stretch to get to those chords. I think the real problem was my undisiplined pinky. Loved it.
Willys

By Willys Smith |

Wow that’s a nice lessons, I really enjoyed it. Thanks Dan!

By rasika |

I think it’s a great lesson thanks.

By Eric Jacobs |

..my god dan i love this one pls teach me more..i really love ur site u know how to teach people so easy..did u know that i wanna learn this blues for a very long time?..thank you so much for helping..i am just a beginner in guitar glad u always help me..tcgb alwayas…

By jungrace |

Well Dan, I must say, these are very good lessons. You don’t overpower us with a lot of technical jargon and your method of teaching is very easy to understand. Thanks

By Art |

Interesting for people with long fingers but for us with little fat fingers… might not be able do it so easy….
I have been playing for a long time but just getting into blues and might stop if long fingers are the only requirement

By Capt. Frank |

Hi Dan , Great job so keep up the good work for all of us !!!! Thank You James

By James |

I love to play the blues and want to learn new riffs but your lessons seem to “basic” for me to purchase.

By Jerry |

Hi DAN,I watched your free lessons for first time [thought they were great]can`t wait to save up to buy the full course. Have been stuck for quite a while and thought of giveing up but have now found new intrest after you sent me the pentatonic scales book [GREAT]well done. All the best from U.K

By Paul |

Dear Dan,
I agree with Mike. If you are aiming at beginners, don’t use the barre chords. The long finger stretches are too much, also. As you know, I’m sure, this progression can be played entirely with chords in the nut position. There are other ways to play the bar chords that are easier, too. Most people use their first and third fingers for barring chords, for example.
Please, edit the oopsies out ! I know.. whattaya want for nothin’ ! LOL
Dan, sorry, I couldn’t say some more positive stuff, but, I’m not trying to hurt your feelings, just trying to help you do what you are already trying to do; teach guitar !
Your Christian musician friend,
Don
PS Check out the band ApologetiX for some great music with a message !

By Don |

thanks for this its really easyim only 12 years old and thanks to youi can play it in about 15 minutes!!!

thanks again

By cameron |

How about some turn arounds in various different keys

By Rex Alan Ward |

Sorry but both videos I get is broken up I kind of think it`s in my laptop I,ll try it again at a latter date—thanks

By robert flood |

Great videos Dan very helpful one of my ambitions is to learn the blues, I am a beginner with limited playing ability so your course will help immensely. I have a Zakk Wylde les paul custom and would love to be able to play rock and the blues with.

By Kevin Deegan |

Hi Dan, thanks for the second lesson will have fun learning it …Regards jenny form Down Under

By jenny |

Thanks Dan,

I am in the same position as some of the above. I love guitar and your lessons, but I do not have the money to buy the course. Please continue with the free videos!
Thanks heaps.

By Reuben |

Hi Dan, Great stuff again! All I know about guitar playing I learned from good newsletters and fee stuff coming from you and your colleages. Andrew, Ben etc. Now I’m getting a bit hooked to grab anything I can and I’m in danger to get confused, because there is no logicak order in what I’m learning. No structure, so 6to speak. I need a good start lesson system now. Please advise me! All the best, gert

By Gert |

By the way, I read a lot about stretching fingers problems. I learned a lot fom Andrew regarding exercises and dicsipline regarding the way you keep your hand. Maybe you could tell us also a bit about that.

By Gert |

And another thing: Please folks, do not get disencouraged too fast. I’m 59 years old, not native english speaker and started 1 year ago learning by English language sites to play guitar and had to struggle with the language and old rusty fingers. I’m still not playing like SRV, but I’m playing and have fun!

By Gert |

Hi Dan, just received 2nd lesson. Tnx Stx. Reading the guys comments on stretching fingers. Just wait guys- i broke my left wrist and it only comes out of fixation middle of june.Then we get to stretching!

By Gordon |

Hi Dan,
OUCH!, I tried stretching my litle finger as far as you did in the video, couldn’t do it. I had to drop all the way down to the 10th fret “D” just to be able to catch the last note. Good video.

By Steve Givens |

Hi Dan 2nd lesson was Great, but having
trouble cos only have short stbby fingers. But thanks any-way

Many Thanks
Tony

By Tony |

Hey there Dan..

This one was a bit harder for me.. However, I will try to get your system as soon as I can.. This is great stuff.. Keep up the great work…

By Michael Brooks |

Your course is amazing hope youll continue. Good job Dan youre helping alot of poor 13yro guitarist like me!!! Cheers!

By Jonathan |

Watchya Dan..
Thank you very much for all the free stuff. I really like the way your measured approach to teaching allows time for the penny to drop in my tired old brain.
Unfortunately, with a crazy three year old biting my ankles, havent got the funds or time for your full course…but maybe some day soon.
respect from Nottingham,England

By paul |

amazing lesson keep it coming

By Andrew |

your lessons are great!

By Rodney |

hi Dan, having a great time playing along with your videos. you make it easy enough for a novice like me to get results, thank you so much.
regards
Mark
Sydney, Australia

By mark thomas |

hilo dan. thank u you again for sendig me the lesson. and it’s also helpful to my finger stretching. thanks again.

By castaniares rhyan |

Great stuff! Got a few things straight and stimulated. I think from now on my guitar won’t gather much dust! Cheers, Dan!

By Manny |

Thanks for #2. Just as much fun. Looking forward to the next one.

By John |

Hi Dan, love the lessons, short sweet and keeps me practising with inspiration..but I don’t have guitar shredder’s hands, I have little squat hands and fingers, not alien length fingers so how do I do lesson two, have been practising heaps, still in pain and still can’t reach…! HElp!!

By Jivan |

Hey,
This is really cool! My only problem is that my hands ae a bit small, so it’s hard to stretch my fingers so far.
:^P

By Josh G, |

Good stuff Dan. Thank you…

By Parabola |

Thanx Dan!!! It sure helps! My fingers are flipping sore though:P

By Atalia |

Hai mr Dan,
Well, all good n positive compliment
has been spoken out, leave nothing to me
to say……but thaaaaaaaaanks a lot for
this helpfull yet free lesson to a beginner dreaming plays the blues likes me

By beni |

Hi Dan

Similar to other questions I have been playing for a number of years now and have never been able to stretch my fingers over six frets whilst holding two strings. Hence i have always tried playing around this by releasing one string to play the sixth fretted note. Do you have any tips for playing this and do you have any tips to stop overall cramping of fingers whilst playing?

Shaun

By Shaun |

Dear Dan,
Thanks for help however, as I seem to have rather small hands, I am unable to reach the last fret with my pinky. Should I go lower down the the fretboard and try the excercise in another key

Lionel

By Lionel |

Thanks dan, I’ve been playing for a while now but playing with the guitar is very different to learning the instrument. Going back to basics is hard work but rewarding. The light bulb comes on often followed by ahhh thats what that means. thanks again Greg Lister, Australia

By greg lister |

dan the man
i am 49 been playing for just 2 years
thanks for the feel of the blues i am self tought and had not picked up the feel for the blues yet. wow that was fun
planning on buying your video next week i hope
thanks again
greywolf
jim blackman

By greywolf |

I could not get ur lesson clearly but m interested to know.

By ugyen |

Hi Dan,

Your guitar lessons are just great! I really enjoy them. I signed in just recently so I went through only 2 of them. My only question is, will you also create some lessons about how to create and play blues solos?

Thank you.

By Marian |

Great Dan, your guitar video tutorials are really cool. As soon as I internalize the A major scales in all positions I’ll try to focus on your video lessons. I don’t wanna get crazy too soon. I hope you’ll keep on sharing your great knowledge with us. Kind regards, Flavio (Brazil).

By Flavio |

For those of you who had trouble streching your pinkie. Try rotating your wrist around and up so that you are up on the tips of your fingers. This technique helped me alot. You might show that Dan.
Thanks, Jim

By Jim |