A Great “Mixer” Lick
This is a shining example of how to mix the major and minor blues scales/sounds using boxes 1 and 2 of the blues scale...
It pivots around the root up top
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Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale
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
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A “1 Move” 12 Bar Blues Solo
This little solo example is simply a way I've come up with to give you some practice making one of the most important "moves" out of Box 1 of the
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Following Power Chords With Box 1
I was messing around with the song, "Life In The Fast Lane," and digging into the solo a little...
It uses a great trick using Box 1 of the major pentatonic
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Bends… Lots Of ‘Em
Heading back to some blues technique basics today...
I think bending is the thing that makes guitars cooler than everything else :)
But, if your bends are... sucky... then they don't sound
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Look For Patterns In Licks
As I started going through this particular lick for today's lesson, I realized there are actually at least 3 cool things going on that are important:
1 - The patterns, and
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Chasing Chords With A Simple Blues Phrase
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,
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How To Play “Real” Songs By Yourself
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
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Gary Moore Umbrella Man Blues/Rock Riff
As you may have noticed, I lean a little more to the blues/rock side of the spectrum...
So I'm a huge Gary Moore fan and this is a riff of his
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This Double Stop Is The Blues
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
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