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Latest episodes
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3 Easy Chromatic Fretboard Exercises (And Why They Open Up the Fretboard) - 482
Learn three easy chromatic exercises that move across the guitar fretboard in completely different ways. Practice them slowly while saying the notes out loud to work on y
Sep 9 15 min
How to Find the Notes on Your Guitar Fretboard - 481
Finding the notes on your guitar fretboard doesn't have to mean memorizing every fret one at a time. In this lesson, I'll show you how to use the musical alphabet to find
Sep 2 12 min
LOVIN' My Pentatonic Scales! - 480
Pentatonic scales may be simple, but those five notes can give you a lifetime of musical possibilities. In this episode, we'll explore how pentatonic patterns open up acr
Aug 26 17 min
You're Closer to Understanding Guitar Scales Than You Think - 479
Guitar scales can look like an endless collection of patterns, keys, and sounds to learn. In this episode, you'll discover how much of that knowledge is connected—and why
Aug 19 16 min
When the Guitar Fretboard Finally Starts to Make Sense - 478
The guitar fretboard gets much easier to understand when the things you've learned start connecting. In this episode, I'll show you how patterns, landmarks, and relations
Aug 12 18 min
Why I Recommend Learning the Five Pattern Scale System - 477
The Five Pattern Scale System helps you stop seeing isolated scale shapes and start seeing one connected fretboard. In this episode, I'll explain why I recommend learning
Aug 5 15 min
The Future of Guitar Learning (And Why Everything Is Changing) - 476
For over 35 years I've watched guitar education evolve through private lessons, books, VHS tapes, DVDs, websites, YouTube, memberships, apps, and now AI.
Information ha
Jul 30 17 min
Why The Best Solos Don't Start With Scales - 475
Many guitarists believe better solos come from learning more scales, but great improvisation often starts somewhere else entirely. In this episode, we'll explore why the
Jul 22 27 min
Why Your Chords Don't Sound As Good As They Should - 474
Many guitarists spend years learning new chords while overlooking the habits that actually make chords sound clean, confident, and musical. In this episode, we'll explore
Jul 15 24 min
Why Most Guitarists Never Benefit From Scale Practice - 473
Most guitarists spend years practicing scales without seeing meaningful improvement because they're focusing on patterns instead of sounds. In this episode, we'll explore
Jul 8 32 min
How Great Blues Players Build LONGER Solos - 472
Most blues players don't struggle because they lack licks, they struggle because they don't know how to develop ideas over time. In this episode we'll explore how great b
Jul 1 11 min
Why Great Blues Players Leave MORE Space - 471
Most guitar players think better solos come from learning more licks. In reality, one of the biggest differences between average players and great blues players is their
Jun 24 15 min
Why PLAYING LESS Can Make You Sound BETTER - 470
Ready to make your blues solos sound more intentional and musical?
Download the Blues Elevation Toolkit and learn how to target the notes that matter most in your solos
Jun 17 19 min
Why Some Notes Sound BIGGER Than Others - 469
Have you ever wondered why some notes instantly sound powerful while others seem to pass by unnoticed? In this episode you'll discover how great blues players create emot
Jun 10 20 min
Why Great Blues Players NEVER Outgrow Pattern 1 - 468
▶▶ Download the Blues Elevation Toolkit and discover how to turn simple scale patterns into expressive blues solos: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-tool
Jun 3 17 min
Why You Get LOST in Chord Changes - 467
▶▶ Grab the Blues Elevation Toolkit and start hearing chord changes without guessing: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-toolkit
Most guitar players do
May 27 17 min
Why You Can't PLAY What You HEAR - 466
▶▶ Download my free Blues Solo Breakthrough course below and start turning patterns into musical blues solos: https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessolobreakthrough
May 20 19 min
Why Your Licks Don't Sound LIKE MUSIC - 465
If your blues solos feel like disconnected licks instead of real music, this episode will help you understand why. We'll break down the real problem behind repetitive sol
May 13 19 min
Why You Can't Switch From Chords to Lead - 464
▶▶ Ready to connect your chords, scales, and soloing across the fretboard? Grab the Blues Solo Breakthrough free course here:
https://www.playguitaracademy.com/bluessol
May 6 19 min
The Hybrid Blues Secret - 463
Ever wonder why your favorite blues pros sound just right while your solos still feel a bit sour and repetitive? Today, we're going beyond basic major and minor scales to
Apr 29 27 min
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I’ve started my guitar journey 1.5 yrs ago and use Fender Play along with other sources (Youscian, Hal Lenard, and Justin Guitar, and You tube for specific content). My new job requires that I drive an hour each way and decided to make most of this time “guitar learning” and this is when I found your podcast.
I really enjoy the content and that you discuss other topics than just here’s a A maj cord and this is the finger placement. I consider myself an intermediate player. Your podcast has filled in holes in my development and understanding. And topics that I’m not quite ready for, but helps me understand where I want to go.
Your content and easy delivery hits my learning sweet spot. After I listened to a couple recent post, I decided to (given my time in traveling) to listen to all your podcasts starting in the beginning. I’m on the 20Jun2018 episode and enjoyed all of then so far.
Keep it up and I provide my recommendation to this podcast.
NullSetOG · Apr 2025
My guitar journey started in February of this year. I immediately searched for a podcast to learn and grow while on the go. You can tell that Lee cares and doesn’t mind sharing his knowledge. This podcast has given me the confidence to push through the struggles of learning guitar. I also joined the Play guitar Academy to push me to the next level. Thank you for all your hard work Lee. 🙌
HuskerFan2024 · Jul 2024
Lee is open and transparent about the realities of what should be included in an effective, efficient guitar mastery journey, but he’s also EXTREMELY encouraging. Keeps the joy in yhe journey. Well done!
wildheartD · May 2024
I just found this podcast a month ago or so and I started with episode 1. I am currently on episode 105 and I really am impressed with how much information you share and your genuine kindness and care for teaching guitar. I am hooked, thank you for your help with my guitar progress and I am sure there are many others that share my opinion!
Jmason7 · Dec 2023
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