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A common question I get here in my guitar lessons in Vancouver is: How can I play longer lines that move from low on the guitar to high...

Blue Morris
- Nov 26, 2022
Stop Playing this Guitar Lick! (Do this instead...)
These are the tabs from the beginning of my "Stop Playing this Lick" video, features just a handful of examples of how common it is to...


Blue Morris
- Oct 20, 2022
The best one-chord song of all time?
When we talk about songwriting, a lot of the time we are talking about great chord changes. What chords go in what key, what chord...


Blue Morris
- Oct 15, 2022
The Beatles "Something" Guitar Solo Lesson
My latest Youtube video is in a "guitar lessons live" format in which I analyze the guitar solo to the Beatles song "Something," as...


Blue Morris
- Sep 29, 2022
Bohemian Rhapsody Guitar Solo Lesson
Now that the summer festival tours are over I'm back to creating some more guitar lesson videos on my Youtube channel. My latest video is...


Blue Morris
- May 14, 2022
"Paranoid" Guitar Solo (Black Sabbath)
One of my favourite solos to teach my guitar students here in Vancouver is Tommy Iommi's solo in "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. It's a...

Blue Morris
- Apr 3, 2022
Flatpicking Friday
Improve your guitar picking technique with this one exercise. Based on my Youtube video from my Guitar Lessons Vancouver channel, below...


Blue Morris
- Mar 19, 2022
Get Back Solo by John Lennon / Beatles
When I watched the "Get Back" documentary that everyone has been talking about, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that John Lennon...


Blue Morris
- Oct 15, 2021
"Piece of My Heart" Intro Guitar Tab
I'm starting a new series of live guitar lessons on Youtube and for the first one, I examined the fantastic guitar intro to Janis...


Blue Morris
- May 20, 2021
Neil Young "Harvest Moon" Chords and Guitar Tab
One of my favourite songs to play in guitar lessons with my acoustic students is "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young, especially with those...


Blue Morris
- Apr 28, 2021
Essential Blues Guitar Chord Slide
You'll hear this great lick on loads of electric blues songs. It can form the basis for an entire song, or you can just use it in the...


Blue Morris
- Apr 24, 2021
My Favourite Picking Exercise for Guitar
Doubling Select Notes in the scale One of the challenges we face when we create improvised solos is that we tend to always follow the...


Blue Morris
- Feb 10, 2021
The Cars "Just What I Needed" Solo
Guitar lesson and tab for the solo to The Cars "Just What I Needed" Download the tab and learn how it was composed.

Blue Morris
- Jan 8, 2021
10 Ways to Sound like BB King
What makes BB sound like the King? It’s not just his guitar "Lucille." Let’s look at 10 habits I notice in his iconic style of playing.


Blue Morris
- Mar 2, 2020
The Motown Sound
Learn how to get the Motown sound from this in-depth article and guitar lesson from Vancouver instructor Blue Morris.

Blue Morris
- Feb 28, 2020
Country Guitar Lessons - Lick 02 - Bending Minor 3rd to Major 3rd
This video will show you how to play a very common country bend on the guitar. I discuss the theory behind it, but also show you how to ...

Blue Morris
- Feb 28, 2020
Country Guitar Lessons - Lick 01
How to play a highly useful country lick using a series of pull offs in groups of six notes. I teach this lick to advanced students.

Blue Morris
- Feb 28, 2020
Guitar Solo from "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" by Shania Twain
Learn how to play the guitar solo from Shania Twain's "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" from Vancouver guitar lessons teacher Blue


Blue Morris
- Feb 28, 2020
Video guitar lesson: How to Play Thirds
Free online guitar lesson on how to play thirds from Vancouver teacher Blue Morris. This is an essential technique for anyone.


Blue Morris
- Feb 28, 2020
Switching Scales Major to Minor Guitar Lesson
Guitar lesson on how to switch from major to minor pentatonic scales from Vancouver guitar teacher Blue Morris
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