Six chord licks in 4ths tuning

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

This month Richard Barrett demonstrates how changing the order of the notes in a chord can open up a lot of harmonic possibilities

LAST MONTH, I discussed the role of the turnaround in a 12-bar blues. To review, the turnaround occurs in the last two bars of the progression. Its function is to set up the return to the beginning of

LAST MONTH, I demonstrated my approach to soloing over the song ”Hard Wired,” originally released on my 2023 self-titled album. We began with the breakdown section, over which I play simple lines over

“ACE OF ACES” is the debut track from the 2018 self-titled EP by the Fearless Flyers, which is a side project from the band Vulfpeck that consists of me, guitarist Mark Lettieri, bassist Joe Dart and

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks