{"id":7270,"date":"2018-01-30T20:57:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T04:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/?p=7270"},"modified":"2019-10-21T19:28:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T02:28:03","slug":"how-to-play-blues-with-more-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/how-to-play-blues-with-more-feeling\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play Blues With More Feeling"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s video we’re going to talk about how to play the blues with more feeling…<\/p>\n

Now, obviously, I can’t make you feel more or less – that’s not really what we’re talking about.<\/p>\n

Nor am I going to tell you to ride more freight trains and have more pain and sorrow in your life – again, no one can teach you that.<\/p>\n

But even if you had 50 years or more of experience to draw from, that wouldn’t help you get it out through your guitar any better. You have to have both. And I think most of you watching this video have plenty that you want to say, and just need some help making it sing. So that’s where we’re heading.<\/p>\n

Now, there are 3 things that will GREATLY impact the feel of what you play – and not a one of these things will require you to learn anything new (like a new chord or a new scale.)<\/p>\n

I’m assuming that you can already play a minor pentatonic or blues scale, and in fact, I’m not even going to talk about using sounds outside of that scale. Sure, playing the major blues sound or a mode will change the feel… but in my experience, those things don’t have nearly the impact that these 3 things will<\/p>\n

And those 3 things are:<\/p>\n

1. Timing – how your notes fall in the groove
\n2. Attack – how you strike each note
\n3. Phrasing – how long or short your phrases are, and how you space them apart.<\/p>\n