This style of rhythm is great in COMBINATION with the usual lower register blues shuffle. Learn how to play this way, using whatever triad voicings you like. There are many ways you can play triads, while still using this exact concepts. Blues rhythm guitar is a must know skill for anyone interested in playing blues. […]
One lick – 4 bends? Yes, indeed. This one is a great exercise for bending. The funky jam track is pretty awesome too, don’t you think?
Let’s take a look at how to practice the 5 minor pentatonic boxes, using triplets. This is a great scale exercise, because we are playing each box with a musical phrase, and we play the notes with triplets. Practice the opposite direction as well – start at the highest frets you can reach, and descend […]
What is a 6th interval? It refers to the number of scale steps from the first note to the second note. In the video, you’ll see me play the first 6th on the 12th fret, DB. That’s a 6th, because if you count from D to B, using the G major scale, you’ll see that […]
How to embellish chords is a very important skill to develop. This makes it possible to get away from just simple strumming, which can get boring pretty quickly. It’s also a great way to “change your thinking” about how to play over chords. You see, when we play this way, the style is similar to […]
Here we have a sweet guitar solo in the style of the song Soulshine, by The Allman Brothers. It has a mostly major sound, because the major 3rd is featured in a strong way here. Is this one difficult? Let me know in the forum!
Major Blues? What’s that? Well, it’s a blues where you use the Major Pentatonic instead of the Minor Pentatonic. What’s the difference and which one should you use? Read on. Let’s take a look at a major sounding blues solo. It’s not as common, because the sound we hear most often in blues is the […]
Here’s a lick I’ve heard Angus Young play. It’s a pentatonic lick played with a certain pattern. Patterns are good things indeed! Even though AC/DC is more rock than blues, Angus plays blues licks all the time. This one is no different. Try using it over one of gazillion blues jam tracks on this site!
Easy blues licks from 1 simple phrase! You can do this. I’m just taking a simple rhythmic phrase in one box, then moving to the next box, and so on. It’s easy!
One scale to rule them all? The minor blues scale is maybe the most useful scale you will ever find. Why? Because it’s applicable in any situation – even if it doesn’t fit, it’s gonna sound cool! I think of it as the ultimate guitar scale, for that reason. The major scale is probably the […]