Blues: The Texas Hybrid

Hey folks,

Thank you for checking out my lesson and welcome to Blues: The Texas Hybrid. In today's lesson we are going to talk about creating hybrids - unique mash-ups of your favorite guitar players' motifs, ideas and styles, into one continues phrase or solo.

In particular, we will examine what I like to call "The Texas Hybrid", which is a mash-up of the playing styles of some of the Lone Star State's greatest bluesmen, in the likes of Freddie King, Billy Gibbons and Stevie Ray Vaughn, just to name a few. I'll share with you some of the ideas and methods that I used to create this greasy sounding hybrid and show you some typical Texas Blues motifs that I like to include in my playing.

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comment section, and I'll be more than happy to help.

Enjoy :)

~J


Key: G

Chords: G7, C7, D7

Chord Progression:
(12 bar blues)

| I | I | I | I | IV | IV |
| I | I | V | IV | I | V |

Tempo: 130

Time Signature: 4/4

Tuning: Standard

Gear Used:
Guitar: Fender AVRI '52 Telecaster
Amp: Fender Tweed Deluxe (1x12) Limited Edition
Overdrive: Fulltone OCD (@18V)
Mics: Shure SM57 and Rode NTK (slightly off-axis)
Preamps: Presonus TubePre x2
DAW: Avid Pro Tools 11

Scale Shapes:

Gm Blues (Pentatonic + "Blue Note")



G Mixolydian



G7 Arpeggio



C7 Arpeggio



D7 Arpeggio