Lessons – Page 27 – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

May 6, 201918Comments

Playing “Acoustic” On Electric

These last few days we've been talking a lot about "acoustic" blues, in the sense that it's blues you play by yourself - and not with a band... But I really

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April 22, 201924Comments

Twisting Up A Jimmy Page Lick

Let's take a simple, 4 note Jimmy Page style sequence of minor pentatonic notes, and look at some quick ways we can manipulate it into some different sounds without changing

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April 17, 201928Comments

That Texas “Chunka Chunka” Rhythm Thing…

In today's lesson we'll talk about how to get that Texas-style "chunk" out of your blues rhythms. Also, we'll talk about where a lot of those different classic riffs in the

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April 10, 201944Comments

Soloing In E Without Box 1

This is a short video based on a question from a viewer who was struggling with soloing over a blues in E... which I understand (because I had the same

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April 7, 201926Comments

BB King 4 Note Lick

There are very few blues players that can do what BB King did... He could play just a handful of notes with more soul than most of us will ever be

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April 5, 201920Comments

How To Find I, IV, And V – And More…

In this video, filmed live, we'll talk about how you use the major scale, and some basic music theory to find the I, IV, and V chords in any key

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April 3, 201922Comments

Blues Phrasing Using Rhythm Figures

This is a lesson aimed at anyone trying to do some blues soloing, but struggling to make sense with what you're playing. It's easy to just throw stuff against a wall

by Griff

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March 28, 201921Comments

Fun With BOTH Blue Notes

Today's little blues soloing lesson is another situation sort of like the 4 note solo... If you can find your root note, you can put not only the 3rd, and 5th

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March 24, 201927Comments

Finding Major Pentatonics From A Shape Barre Chords

If you know the Major Pentatonic/Blues Scale, chances are you only know it from a 6th string root, which is fine until you need one from a 5th string root... Here

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March 20, 201932Comments

3 BB King Licks That Don’t Use The House Pattern

When most folks talk about how BB King solos, they tend to refer to what I call the "house" pattern, sometimes also known as the "BB Box." It's basically a grouping

by Griff

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