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 from the major blues sound, but you can put the b3 and 4 from the minor blues scale.

If you then add in the “blue notes” you get the b5 from the minor blues, and the b3 is already there (it’s the “blue note” in the major blues sound, and it’s just *in* the minor blues sound.)

That’s probably too much theory already… let’s just play with it and see where you can take it.


    19 replies to "Fun With BOTH Blue Notes"

    • Phoenix

      Great lesson as usual, very easy to incorporate into my solo’s. Thanks as always.

    • William Drinkard

      Hey thanks for that. I’ve actually been playing that but I didn’t know what it was called.

    • Alan B Goldstein

      Hey! That sounds like “Blue Monk” by jazz piano great Thelonius Monk. Cool! Two lessons in one. Thanks.

    • Fred Upton

      Griff,
      Would you please add the Tab for what you play at the intro to this video. I’m a slow learner and I may not be the only one. It’s a cool video, thank you.

    • Afton

      I really enjoy your lessons. Not playing professional never really studied much theory.

      • Chris Roper

        No excuse buddy!! But does it really matter? If you want to know what “teach’” is talking about, some theory will help, honest…….it contains “the language” by which you progress. Good luck if you’re naturally endowed with the talent to play without any theory.🙂

        • Steve

          I agree, I have made more progress since I took time to learn theory and understand all the lingo than all the years trashing blindly with YouTube of online courses.

    • Wastorey45

      An anecdote from my days in a music theory class while studying music at Denver University (side note: when a flat 5 is played with the root of the chord, it is called a “diminished 5th”).

      The anecdote: two ladies were discussing the music of Beethoven when one lady remarked that “Beethoven did so much with the diminished fifth.” The other lady said, “Just imagine what he could have done with a full quart!”

    • Owen Mohr

      Griff,
      Great lick, with a full sound. Your theory explanation, easy to understand.
      Thanks for the lesson.

    • lee

      Some famous jazz guy once said “we don’t flat our fifths, we drink ’em

    • Mr. Ron

      Another Great Lesson! Great Idea something to grab when you are lost!
      Everyone can add this to your WORLD Famous 4 lick solo! It’s right there!
      Once again Griff you help us all step up when we get that nervous feeling…time to solo!
      When you said “I hope you dig it!” your taking us back to the beatnik days….my reply…
      As many jazz and blues players would maybe say back in the day…
      “Yea, cooool man, that’s smoking!”
      Thanks Griff! Keep On Trucking!

    • Ricardo

      No such thing as “too much theory”.

    • tony

      This seems like a walk down or turn around to me . I going to see if I am right and just play it backwards .

    • Jim

      Excellent! I really like all the “authentic” sounding licks! And then the theory stuff behind them is the icing!
      Great stuff!!

    • John Eisner

      Griff, love all your guitar lessons. Some a little difficult for me , but in general – great.
      Thank you
      John Eisner

    • DaveyJoe

      Cool!

    • John

      Griff,
      This is a great lesson! It’s easy to grasp. I also enjoy the theory explained as to why it works so well. It’s another a-ha! moment. I will watch this one again.
      Oh, The part of ‘being lost’. Finding the key and playing it is very clever indeed!
      Have a great time in Tacoma. I will be out of town that weekend. I hope you will return someday.

      John

    • Terry b

      Thanks griff, all these little lessons on simple things to add to our repertoire are great. Going to add this in today to my practice time. Enjoy your day.

    • Randy Mekalet

      Love your videos. I stoped playing in 1991. Played for about a year in 2010. I felt I was a better player than ever before. I would really like to start playing again. Your videos will be a great help. You have a very good way of teaching. I think the only thing stoping me is after all these years is the disappointment I’m going to have when I first pick it up. You ars slowly giving me the kick in the ass I need!!! 😂 I wish I had someone like you back in the early 70s to learn from. Yes I’m a rock geezer!!!! Thanks Griff. PS see you on YouTube also

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