The new blues solo in C sounds really sweet and greasy. And the double-stops complete it all. Great 👍.

I just had a look at the breakdown of the 9 licks and I would like to mention that the additional information helps a lot to expanding knowledge on music theory. And you always find the right amount of explanations.

For example:

-Lick 6 : How the double-stops relate  to the chords in question

-Lick 7 : On the five chord, where you use the Gm pentatonic, and you explain how to make it extra bluesy and why it works. I really love this lick.

Birgit

I like this one Robert, i love lick 9, When i hear this one, i wanna listen to SRV-Empty arms.
But first i grab my guitar and try to learn these licks 😀 

Posted by: @bluesiline

The new blues solo in C sounds really sweet and greasy. And the double-stops complete it all. Great 👍.

Lots of meat on those double stops!

Posted by: @clayton

Lots of meat on those double stops!

OH YES, Clayton, and the tritone in lick 4 is amazingly good 👍 . Goes under the skin.

Although I love the sound of double-stops so much, I regularly loose my courage when I try to practice them. I can‘t get into the "start" mode, I regularly give up. Actually quite unusual for me! I don’t know why. Maybe too difficult for me?

Maybe you have a tip for me ?

Birgit

I remember them being intimidating, whether it is playing doubles in thirds, fourths, fifths, or sixths.  I found playing them in harmony up and down the neck to be very helpful.  Start with thirds on strings next to each other (adjacent) on the GB or BE strings.  Pick a key, and then play each corresponding set of thirds up and down the neck to match the harmony of the key scale.  Major= Maj, Min, Min, Maj, Maj, Min, Min, Major Octave.  Remember, this is the same as the relative minor scale just starting from a different position.  Once you have the pattern down, use a metronome or backing track and play two or three "double stops" in the scale.  Now you are making harmonic motion!  

Sixths are amazing but you have to play them on non-adjacent strings, such as DB or GE strings.  THESE are the SWEET NOTES- so very worth the time.

Make a game of it, try connecting double stops in whatever rhythm pattern you feel at the moment, and try them in any motion from the I chord to IV chord or VI chord.  Think Steve "The Colonel" Cropper of Booker T and the MGs. Soul Man, Knock on Wood for example.

I am absolutely hooked on the sixth progressions since they are so open and magical. A fave of mine is the section right after the solo in Zep's Heartbreaker at 2:48, Page moves along an A7 (D major scale) progression from the D&B strings in sixths from the following positions on the D string with the proper corresponding sixth on the B string: D string Fret 2, Fret 4, Fret 5, Fret 7 (B string Fret 2, Fret 3, Fret 5, Fret 7). Oh the power and motion!

There are countless examples, but these doubles add so much to rhythm and soloing.

Oh yeah, Scotty Moore's double stop thirds at 48-54 seconds in Elvis Presley's "That Alright (Momma)"

@clayton, thank you for taking the time to answer me. So many tips – no chance of withdrawal for me. I’ll kneel in there.

And I‘ll give you feedback – maybe in a few years? No, just kidding  - the promise to give a feedback increases the pressure on my part (but positive stress, eustress) to stay tuned.

Thanks a lot,

Birgit

@clayton Scotty Moore a great guitarist!

@bluesiline, get right on it!  I promise you an infection of double stops that will always be a part of your playing.  And that infection leads to such ear training, expression, and freedom on the fretboard.

@blues-lover, Scotty was incredible, just throwing it all up on the wall at Sun Studios.  Can you imagine being there to see the recording process?

Birgit, what do you find is difficult with double-stops? Is it the picking?

Think of them as mini-chords. You do a quick "brush" with your pick. Remember to not dig in too much with the pick so that it ends up feeling stuck under the strings.

Great solo. Is there a sound slice for this?  I couldn’t see one in the lesson files. 

Posted by: @rossmickey

Great solo. Is there a sound slice for this?  I couldn’t see one in the lesson files. 

Yes, here - https://www.masterguitaracademy.com/lesson/yl34-soundslice/

Posted by: @robert

Birgit, what do you find is difficult with double-stops? Is it the picking?

Think of them as mini-chords. You do a quick "brush" with your pick. Remember to not dig in too much with the pick so that it ends up feeling stuck under the strings.

Exactly, Robert, the picking was my problem, as you said „feeling stuck under the strings“. That was half a year ago.

In the meantime I have already learned some 3 string chord voicings and that worked out fine.

So I just have to start again with the „mini chords“. I like your visualisation to think of double-stops  as „mini-chords“ and that I should do a quick « brush » with my pick. Yes, I’ll try it out.

And, according to Claytons recommendations I’ll begin to play double-stops in harmony. My practice plan is to start with the C major scale playing double-stop 3rds up and down the neck. When everything is settled, I could move on to playing these double-stops across the neck.

Thanks a lot, I’ll give a feedback

Birgit

@robert thanks so much. You always amaze me with your quick responses.