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| Beginner Blues Soloing Tips |
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| brian writes "In Blues Music the most popular scales by far is the Minor Pentatonic, Minor Blues Pentatonic and the Mixolydian Mode. If your playing in the key of C for example you would play your blues solos in A minor pentatonic, Blues pentatonic. A minor is the 6th chord in the key of C and works well playing over all the chords in that key." |
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| Time,Harmony,Melody in Popular Music Styles |
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| We thought this would be a useful file to expand your knowledge of different music styles. Included is a chart that shows Time Signatures, Harmony and Melody in many Popular Music Styles of today. |
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| The Style of Billy Gibbons |
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| enigmatic_minstrel writes "The bearded Texas guitar guru is one of the premier blues players around. His growling Les Paul tone, huge beard and raw voice the defining features of ZZ Tops music. Here we shall take a look at some of his trade marks licks." |
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| Chet Atkins Style |
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| brian writes "Chet Atkins is by far one of the best guitarist who ever lived! His style was a country, folk, jazz, blues mix with even some Spanish flavors at times. His style was based from another great guitarist "Merl Travis", but Atkins took it a step further. He is one of those guitarist that you can identify when just one note." |
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| Jimi Hendrix Style (Part 2) |
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| brian writes "In the first Jimi Hendrix style lesson ( click here) we showed you how he would utilize his chords and scales. We also came to the conclusion that Hendrix used mostly Pentatonics and Blues scales for his solo's. He also made use of basic chord inversions while interweaving them with blues licks. In this lesson we will take a look at some of Hendrix's trademark chords and licks." |
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| Funk Blues Guitar Style |
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| The following file is a 12 bar blues form with a funk style rhythm. Before we get started you must learn what we call a dead note or shown as an (X) with the chords below. A dead note is achieved by releasing your finger pressure off the chord for the duration of a sixteen note alternating from sounding the chord to deadening the chord. |
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| Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Blues Licks |
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| enigmatic_minstrel writes "For this lesson, we will look at perhaps one of the best blues guitarist ever, "Stevie Ray Vaughan". His Style was an awesome mix of Albert King, Hendrix and Buddy Guy. His music is full of great licks, but we will look at a few of his trademark ones. The best way to play all the licks below is to keep your first finger on the double stop and use your third finger for the bends." |
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| Jimi Hendrix Style - Part 1 |
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| Jimi Hendrix's guitar style is based from the blues style. He would almost always play his solo's from either the minor or major pentatonic scale or the blues pentatonic scales. Hendrix seemed to have three or four styles in one from Rock, Blues, Funk, Country. In his later years he even started venturing into Jazz. This is what made Hendrix's sound so unique! If you listen to the intro to Hey Joe, Hendrix uses an open E minor pentatonic scale as the basis of the lick. Below is the basic Hey Joe Lick. |
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| Lightnin' Hopkins Lesson |
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| ratman writes "When it came to recording or performing, Hopkins often improvised with humor. He made up verses as he went along, or else altered lyrics as he saw fit. Hopkins was, in the end, a tremendously important blues figure one of the most influential country blues artists of the post-World War II era. In Texas only Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker has had as much impact on the state's blues legacy." |
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| Coltrane Substitutions |
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| If you ever heard saxophonist John Coltrane play you know he's one of the best jazz sax players of all times. During Coltran's "Change Running period Coltrane employed most of the harmonic devices of his contemporaries. His use of chord substitutions was limited to the tri-tone and minor third substitutions. |
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Did You Know? |
The Major Pentatonic scale is a Ionian mode without the 4th and 7th scale degrees
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Archived Files |
| Friday, October 18 | | · | Beginner Blues Soloing Tips |
| Wednesday, October 16 | | · | Time,Harmony,Melody in Popular Music Styles |
| Friday, August 23 | | · | The Style of Billy Gibbons |
| Friday, August 16 | | · | Chet Atkins Style |
| Thursday, August 08 | | · | Jimi Hendrix Style (Part 2) |
| Sunday, August 04 | | · | Funk Blues Guitar Style |
| Saturday, August 03 | | · | Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Blues Licks |
| Friday, August 02 | | · | Jimi Hendrix Style - Part 1 |
| Sunday, July 28 | | · | Lightnin' Hopkins Lesson |
| Thursday, July 25 | | · | Coltrane Substitutions |
| Sunday, June 23 | | · | 15 Easy Steps To Blues Guitar |
| Thursday, June 06 | | · | Open String Blues Guitar |
| Sunday, June 02 | | · | Jimi Hendrix Style Chords Changes |
| Sunday, May 26 | | · | Using Sub V chords in the blues. |
| Thursday, May 23 | | · | Playing Wes Montgomery Style |
| Saturday, May 18 | | · | Turnarounds for the Blues |
| Thursday, May 16 | | · | 12 Bar Blues with Walking Bass Lines |
| Saturday, March 30 | | · | 12 Bar Blues using II V Ones |
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