Wanna play fast? Here is a rippin’ fast blues-rock guitar lick for you to dig into. It’s played over an E minor jam track, and it’s a great technique to use. I use this approach a lot when I play faster runs. It takes a way a lot of the picking hand difficulties, so that […]
Hey Guitarslinger, I hope you enjoyed part 1 of this solo lesson. Here is the 2nd part of this solo. Pay attention to the secondary dominant chord (VI7) that leads to the minor ii chord – a sweet way to open up your blues soloing to a fresh breath of jazz… I hope you like […]
Let’s have a look at some ideas for blues soloing where the ideas have some funky, jazzy ideas. I’m hoping this will inspire you and give you some new ideas you can use in your own playing. There is a concept in here that I want you to know. When you’re playing over a dominant […]
The minor pentatonic box 1 – the first weapon of attack when soloing? Yeah, probably the case for most blues guitarists. So, how do you play something interesting with that box? I’ll show you. Let’s take 7 licks from that box, and string them together for a sweet blues solo. This is how to play […]
Let’s play an easy blues that any can learn. It’s a 12 bar blues in E, but I’m only playing ONE lick and ONE chord! How does that work? Well, because the lick spans 2 bars, and we play that lick when the chords change, we’re always back to the E chord for playing rhythm. […]
What is a Dominant 7 arpeggio? Let’s find out, and let me show you a cool run you can learn from. TAB & Guitar Pro files are available. Arpeggios are very useful to know for any chord, because these are the chord tones. As you learn your scales, please, please – do learn the arpeggios […]
Here’s a funky blues lick in the style of Matt Schofield. Blues and funk is a good mixture isn’t it! Blues doesn’t have to be a shuffle – this lick has a straight or even feel, but you can of course play it with a shuffle feel if you want. It’s gonna sound quite different, […]
This soloing course is at about intermediate difficulty level. I tried it make it sound musical, like something a pretty good blues player might actually play. It’s not just a bunch of licks strung together, because that never sounds natural. Instead, the idea is to tell a musical story, and to get the listener’s attention, […]
I have a Killer Stevie Ray Vaughan lick for you to learn. I invite you to take a look! It’s pretty challenging to play it at the tempo he did, but it sounds sweet at any tempo, really. Take advantage of the Soundslice slow-down feature! I have two links – full lesson breakdown and Soundslice […]
I have added an easy blues solo over at https://www.masterguitaracademy.com/course/minor-blues-rhythm-1/Have a listen – how do you like it? As you will see, I only use 4 licks, but it sounds great and tasty, right? A big reason for that is the SPACE left in there. Take note of this! The 2nd element of power here is […]