![]() ![]() Play it laid back but with a solid groove. ![]() And that non-chord at the end I'm taking about where I take my left hand off the neck is vital if you want to get the whole thing happening. You need to play this really laid back if you want to capture the groove of it. ![]() It's a big part of why his grooves are so definite. Stevie did that too but he was more percussive and rhythmic the way he played it. Lightnin' Hopkins would use it in a more open dramatic way. They were absolute masters of it but everyone uses is. I learnt it from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lightnin' Hopkins. This technique keeps the pulse and groove going. But in the context of the music it fits a lot better than having a break as I change positions. The notes that are being played don't make sense at all - in theory. It's more for the rhythmic effect than the notes. While my left hand off the fretboard I'm lightly playing any of the open strings I happen to hit, or brush past, with my pick or fingers. I've put specific strings that I'm playing but the fact is I'm just lifting my left hand off the fretboard so it can move to the next chord. It's fairly straight forward, 2 note chords that shuffle using the Root + 5, Root + 6 and Root + b7 chords.Īt the end of each mini-section I'm playing open strings very lightly. A Medium Blues Shuffle Guitar Tabīelow is the guitar tab for the rhythm guitar that is playing for Medium Blues Shuffle. Suggestions: Play along with the bass line and in and out of the E Blues scale.īlues jam track: laid back shuffle (94 beats per minute/bpm) Suggestions: G blues scale and pay attention to your note choice and phrasing.īlues jam track: fast blues shuffle (160 beats per minute/bpm)īacking track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums Suggestions: start with an A blues scale and try some triads in the soloing.īlues jam track: medium tempo blues progression (80 beats per minute/bpm)īacking track instruments: acoustic guitar, bass and drums Suggestions: start with an Eb blues scale and learn to bend hard like Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.Ġ5 Ab Shuffle (A if you play gutar and tune down 1/2 a step) mp3 Suggestions: start with an E blues scale and play around with some hammer ons.Ġ4 Eb Slow Blues (E if you play guitar and tune down 1/2 a step) mp3 Suggestions: start with an A blues scale with a hard sharp attack.īlues jam track: straight ahead progression (120 bpm) If you need to keep your hands on the neck getting good will take care of itself.Į|- 5- 8- 5- 5-ī|- 5- 8- 8-ĭ|- 7-Ī|-Į|-īlues jam track: slow blues progression (90 beats per minute/bpm)īacking track instruments: hammond, bass and drums Don't try and rush to get to the next level. ![]() It's not a hard process to go through, you just need to spend time on it and be patient. Listening to others to get ideas, listening to the music you can sing in your head, emulating those ideas and sounds and then just playing around with them to come up with your own ideas. You can work out different rhythms to play for each lick and vary the notes used to make up your own blues licks. Notice that when you play the same notes over the different chords the licks sound very different. Try playing each lick over the entire progression. Here are 4 simple blues licks that use only the notes from the A Blues Scale shown above. If you focus on learning the basic patterns you'll find you will be able to play along with a lot of music in a relatively short space of time. You really don't need to learn a lot of theory or scales to be able to play reasonably well. You'll soon discover as I put up blues scales in more keys that we are using the same patterns just in different positions on the guitar neck. This is the most common patter for the blues scale.Į|- 5- 8-ī|- 5- 8. We are starting on the Root note, the A, and playing 2 octaves of the blues scale as well as adding the flat third or b3 when we play the 8th fret on the high E or 1st string. '5th position' simply means your index finger is at your 5th fret. Below is the tab for the A blues scale starting at the 5th position. Free Jam Tracks - Brought to you by Nick Cresswellīacking track instruments: electric rhythm guitar, bass and drums ![]()
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