Like many videos I do, I'm hoping this will inspire you to experiment a little and try this out in your soloing...
When most folks play or learn a blues lick,
Today's video is in response to a common question about how to play "real" blues songs in a solo context (meaning, just you and a guitar, not a band.)
This is
There's this one particular double stop that lies between boxes 1 and 2 of the pentatonic/blues scale...
I hear this sound SO much, and I use it all the time, but
As you've probably noticed, I'm a big fan of looper pedals...
Back in the old days, I literally used to sit with a cassette deck and play a groove into it
When I was learning to solo, there were a lot of licks and solos that I either couldn't play, or couldn't figure out by ear (remember, this was before the
If you're stuck with the regular old, "Blues In E," groove, then I've got something fun for you today...
What typically makes this tricky is the picking hand... I use my
In my experience, only a small handful of folks will actually try and do today's lesson more than twice...
Which is unfortunate, because I would argue it's the skill that most
While this is obviously not a lesson on how to play Stairway To Heaven, or the solo from that tune...
It was the first song where I learned this set of
I often get asked about using modes with the blues, and there aren't a lot of simple, easy answers...
Except this one.
The Dorian Mode (the 2nd mode of the major scale)