By now, you likely know that you can use the minor blues scale or minor pentatonic scale over all of the chords of a blues…
And you may even know the major blues sound and how to play it…
And you may even know that you can use it over the I chord…
But you might have tried it, and found it to sound a little stale, or not perfect.
That’s because it’s missing the b7 of the chord, and because the shape doesn’t naturally guide your playing into the chord tones the way an arpeggio will.
As always, use this some, not all of the time. Add it to your bag, don’t replace anything.
Chord By Chord Blues Soloing can be found here: https://bluesguitarunleashed.com/get-chord-by-chord-blues-soloing/
10 replies to "Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale"
I’ve also heard that called: “Flirting With the Third.” lol
How about if the “E” becomes the ! chord ? Fred
Today is 8/14/23 and I haven’t had an email from griff since this one. Just wondering if there is a problem?
Joe, I drop off the emails about every week or two. I have saved the “Get back on the list” link. I almost always get the email the next day. I have no clue why this is happening.
I’m a 68 year old guitar player, have a cover rock & roll band, and have been following you for over 10-years. I can’t imagine opening my email and not seeing something from Griff each day… Always something useful and insightful and I am really glad you’re here!
I like getting this material that is making it easier to understand and play but I found listening and applying the knowledge has helped me and later want to purchase this portion and dig deeper into the theory and concepts of counting and waiting for the right time to play.
Great recipe. Bluesifying the third is like yeast. Without it, everything else just kinda sits there.
Hey griff I’m not getting any more of your free lessons don’t know why but I really learned a lot from you thanks my email is. kn4kvomike@gmail.com
Michael, I drop off the emails about every week or two. I have saved the “Get back on the list” link. I almost always get the email the next day. I have no clue why this is happening.
Nice explanation of the method, maybe a little quick and as such I think tabs would have been helpful, not necessarily the licks but the scales/arpeggios.
Good lesson as always, all the same ashame not more comments, cheers.