These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do. The licks tend to be easy to play, and they make a great way to embellish the space between chords when youre playing rhythm. Dont worry if you dont know what those are because ill explain that in detail. In this lesson i want to show you a couple of licks from my e ballad course. Watch the 50 blues guitar licks online guitar lesson by jeff mcerlain from 50 blues guitar licks you must know a large part of becoming a good player and improviser is about expanding your vocabulary. These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons.
Comping over a minor blues tune is an essential skill for any jazz guitarist, as minor blues tunes are some of the most commonly called songs on jam sessions. In this guitar lesson we are going to put together everything youve learned throughout the blues guitar quickstart series to interject some blues licks into the intermediate 12bar blues riff that you learned back in lesson five. Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons. Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. Lessons not playing automatically as i open, only getting backing track, i want instruction part first, thanks drumonica. Even though it may seem like theres a lot to this guitar lick, its really just a few lead guitar building blocks that are put together like legos. In this lead guitar lesson, well be getting more musical with our scales by learning some essential blues licks.
Pentatonic scales are the most common scales used in most genres of music. The solo is then played at 12 speed to make learning the licks a little easier. He was duke ellingtons favorite guitar player and played with some of the biggest names in jazz music, such as dizzy gillespie, sonny rollins, quincy jones, john coltrane, jimmy smith, stan getz, billie holiday, and many more. This pdf method contains 11 guitar lessons with chord studies, tabs, standard notation. For all of these licks, well be using the standard 6 1 blues scale shape. I think everyone has one or more guitar heroes they try to emulate.
Mar 07, 2020 in this lesson i want to show you a slow blues lick that is played over the v and iv chords. This guitar lick is actually constructed using a simple system that i teach in my guitar lick factory course. In this lesson i want to show you a slow blues lick that is played over the v and iv chords. Simply click the pdf link in the right column under the ad. To see many of these licks slowed down and explained visit here. At first you want to concentrate on the scales that we teach and utilize throughout the dvd lessons the minor and major pentatonic scale and the blues scale. Play your 1st blues solo guitar lesson with 8 licks in a minor pentatonic duration. This lesson is an excerpt from my hendrix style lesson where youll learn how to play a solo in the style of once i had a woman. In this free lesson, youll learn the first three licks.
I thought by clicking on the tool icon and then the pdf icon that this would be possible, but it doesnt seem so. Jazz, blues, fusion guitar video lesson by stephane lucarelli. Delta blues licks that will make you sound awesome tuesday. This first lesson covers a basic blues solo in the first position over a standard 12bar blues in e. Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. This is true for every genre of music, but lets talk blues.
Use my search bar to find exactly what youre looking for. This slow blues lesson demonstrates approaching a slow blues 2 different ways. First, a more laid back soulful approach, then a more aggressive straight blues approach. The solo is played at normal speed, with text indicating the in the style of inspiration. I started this series because i great way to learn new blues vocabulary is to learn a new blues lick every week and work it into your playing. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page.
Starting your journey into blues guitar is great fun. Playing and improvising acoustic blues doug young acoustic blues workshop notes q 96 our goal is to be able to play a simple, but effective solo blues guitar piece, hopefully with some improvisation. Turnaround blues guitar licks blues guitar lessons. Even though these are slow blues licks, theres no reason why they wont sound good at faster speeds. In this free blues guitar lesson i want to show you how to play 2 licks from my play like. Jazz guitar pdf methods, ebooks, jazz guitar lessons, analysis with audio files. In this jazz guitar lesson, you will learn 11 variations of the minor blues chord progression and 2 guitar chord studies over the minor blues. Well take a typical blues progression and add several fingerstyle blues licks to help you sound better when playing acoustic. Nov 25, 2019 under the circumstances, every guitarist should know plenty of openposition licks, especially when theyre playing blues and rock. Heres a fun guitar lesson for you, covering three different blues guitar riffs.
Leigh fuge of mgr music digs into 10 interesting and helpful lead blues guitar licks, ideal for beginners or novice blues guitar players looking for an injection of practice ideas. In this free lesson, youll learn how to play the first four licks from my slow blues in e supplement. To build all 10 blues guitar licks, ill use the first two shapes of the minor pentatonic scale. Any listing of the great blues guitar licks would have to include its fair share of b.
You can find one example of a turnaround chord sequence in e in the lesson blues guitar lesson 8. A turnaround chord sequence, and a turnaround lick in blues guitar lesson 9. King got his start in the early 1950s as the beale street blues boy, but rapidly became a national figure with an approach too broad to be pigeonholed by a particular geographic location. Blues music is often described as the rock guitarists fast ticket to understanding chord progressions and basic scales thanks to its simple harmonic structure. In this lesson, were going to talk about turnaround blues licks. Kenny burrell has been a highindemand guitarist during his entire career. Scales blues licks in am tab ultimate guitar archive. Licks are a great way to start getting musical with scale shapes. For this lesson i will be using the minor pentatonic scale in the key of a minor. His breakthrough album with john mayall is a top blues album of all time and its got loads of killer guitar playing on it. Blues is a language and learning to communicate and its very easy to learn the basics and get talking right away. We will start from where we ended in these lessons, so it might. This printable method is available as a pdf file containing 40 easy dominant jazzblues guitar lines with tabs, standard notation, analysis, audio files and scale.
Their licks remain as the common language of the blues guitar solo style. Pdf e book lead guitar licks lesson pentatonic scales rock. How to use this 5 very important tools scales and arpeggios to improve your playing. Well learn how to extend the blues and pentatonic scales out past the open position to cover some of the other licks in down to the station. Rock blues licks scales and applications in pdf ebook format shipped to you on a plain nonlabeled cd for you to label any way you wish.
Printable pdf ebooks for guitarist 40 ii v i jazz guitar licks. But theres one very prominent reason why your blues guitar solos dont sound great. Learn blues and bebop lines that made burrell a favorite. Insert the dvd into your player and the main menu screen appears. Welcome to the tenth video of the blues guitar quickstart series. Beginner acoustic guitar lesson tom petty i wont back.
When i play blues, i always aim to make the guitar as vocal as possible. Aug 10, 2017 15 essential blues guitar licks with tab. This lesson contains the 1st of many 12 bar solos played in the key of g. Ive had multitudes of beginning blues students that have always had trouble getting started with developing a blues soloing vocabulary. This series of lessons contains a number of random solos, each solo containing one or more licks from some of my guitar heroes. In the next lesson well be learning another scale pattern to explore. How to play more advanced blues guitar solos antony reynaert. Right click on the links below to save the files to your computer or other electronic gizmo. Griff, i didnt look at the video of this lesson at first i just opened the pdf of the tab and read it. Both these licks use 6ths and transition between the changes in style. Learn how to play jazz guitar in the style of kenny burrell by studying his licks and solos. E blues, position 1 12th fret easy blues guitar coach magazine more details. Lrt023 pentatonic blues solo rhythm part notation pdf.
This time i present you a complete blues guitar lesson. I hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. As an added bonus, youll learn the simple rhythm groove as well, which is basically just your standard 12 bar arrangement. Dec 20, 2016 deepen your knowledge of delta blues with this indepth guitar lesson. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3. In this video guitar lesson you are going to learn a fun cool sounding rockblues lick in the key of a. Printable pdf ebooks for guitarist 40 ii v i jazz guitar licks 40 minor jazz guitar licks 101 dominant arpeggios 40 major licks 40 minor licks 49 essential lines. Ill also teach you a couple of turnaround blues licks you can use in your solos.
Watch the 30 beginner blues licks online guitar lesson by corey congilio from 30 beginner blues guitar licks you must know hi, im corey congilio and welcome to 30 beginner blues licks you must know. Lesson 1 bluesing up open chords part 1 next level guitar. The solos are played over a simple 12 bar rhythm in the key of g. Under the circumstances, every guitarist should know plenty of openposition licks, especially when theyre playing blues and rock. Dec 21, 2016 thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. This dvd set contains five dvds and three audio jam track cds. Figure 6 is the classic i chord lick, popularized by b. The licks in this video lesson are all slow blues licks and easy to play, perfect for a beginner guitar player, but sound so good that even advanced guitar players will find great uses for them. This lesson is in the key of a and is an excerpt from my blues method supplement course. My concern is with content and quality of educational material not fancy labels and pretty pictures. And having a collection of go to blues guitar licks is vital for any guitar player.
Thanks to several years of your lessons and good advice about counting and reading, i was able to sing these licks in my head from the tabmanuscript then i picked up my guitar and played them, counting out loud, first time. Lesson 1 bluesing up open chords part 1 next level acoustic blues licks course standard tuning 100 11. Deepen your knowledge of delta blues with this indepth guitar lesson. A collection of 30 beginner blues licks to get you on the way to blues improvisation. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. This first module in blues lead guitar called essential blues lead guitar will take you through the techniques. Delta blues licks that will make you sound awesome. Clapton took the blues of the 50s and 60s and found his own take on them to powerful effect. In this tutorial of 15 lessons, ill be teaching you numerous blues licks that are in the style of the players that have been my favorites and inspired me over the years. Blues rock guitar video lesson by chris harrington. Here are 2 awesome blues licks that lead you perfectly from the iv7 chord back to the i7 chord in the blues. So i picked my personal favourite 7 blues masters and did 8 licks from each so over a years worth of material for a lick a week.