Ben Higgins23rd October 2011Stephane this is brilliant.. the only crime is that it ends !
Cosmin Lupu23rd October 2011This is music Stephane
thanks for allowing us to enjoy it and opening up new horizons - for me at least 
Ivan Milenkovic23rd October 2011Very cool progression, the kind that makes use of B harmonic minor over that F#7 chord. Anybody practicing this famous change should check out these licks
Bushybrows23rd October 2011Awesome sound Stephane! Love the mellow style, straight in the bookmarks for this one
I think I'll try an acoustic version of this lesson, see how it goes. Thanks!
Stephane Lucarelli23rd October 2011Cool, thanks a lot my friends!
Daniel Realpe23rd October 2011very tasteful playing and composition
Adrian Figallo23rd October 2011wow stephane, your style is incredible my friend, mega like.
playaxeman23rd October 2011very tastful, like the chord progression. wish I could play as "easy" as this.
Sinisa Cekic23rd October 2011Cool sounding Stephane, nice lesson
- casinostrat24th October 2011
Great Playing and lesson man! Reminded me of some of Hendrix's music. Cool stuff!
JPBluestring24th October 2011Refreshing and so creative. Thanks this is a great one!.
Kristofer Dahl24th October 2011Beautiful dynamics and composition Steph, your tone is breathtaking!
- Stephane Lucarelli24th October 2011
Thanks a lot guys!
zoom24th October 2011I can feel the soul man. The bend at 0.24 wow. great stuff
- Fer Arduz24th October 2011
You are a great musician! So deep and nice man. You got it.
Piotr Kaczor25th October 2011Beutiful tone and playing! Just perfect!
Gabriel Leopardi1st November 2011Perfection and beauty together in the same piece of music. Thanks for this inspiring tune Stephane!
Kristian Hyvarinen1st November 2011Awesome!
- Stephane Lucarelli1st November 2011
Thanks for the nice feedback guys!
- Almanara21st January 2012
Hi, a warm hello,
may I ask you what effects you use on "soul/RNB" and on "pop rock solo beginner"
Thank you so much in advance
Jeanpaul
My email : jeanpaulurracavdv@yahoo.com
my user namer : ALMANARA - robioz23rd January 2012
I love this!!
- Guitarn00b24th January 2012
I just saw an angel! Love it!
- mike2998329th January 2012
Wonderful lesson, really enjoyed it, reminds me of Jackson Browne
- Stephane Lucarelli3rd February 2012Hi, a warm hello,
may I ask you what effects you use on "soul/RNB" and on "pop rock solo beginner"
Thank you so much in advance
Jeanpaul
My email : jeanpaulurracavdv@yahoo.com
my user namer : ALMANARA
Hi Jean Paul,
The guitar is plugged into a Cornford Roadhouse head and the signal is send to the Torpedo VB-101 (That's basicaly a load box with speakers sim). I just add some reverb & delay into the DAW. I also clean up the tone with the volume knob. That's it! - nexus13th March 2012
Totally love this. My guitar has never made these kinds of sounds before. Thanks Stephane!
- jbrown17314th August 2012
This is beautiful. Your playing is amazing. Stumbling onto your Scofield video on YouTube is what got me to join this site. This Soul/R&B lesson, aside from being great to listen to, teaches some truly valuable techniques that you don't find in other tutorials, so thanks for that!. One question: this chord progression sounds iconic and familiar but I can't actually think of any songs that use it. Can anyone name any?
Alex Feather14th August 2012This is beautiful. Your playing is amazing. Stumbling onto your Scofield video on YouTube is what got me to join this site. This Soul/R&B lesson, aside from being great to listen to, teaches some truly valuable techniques that you don't find in other tutorials, so thanks for that!. One question: this chord progression sounds iconic and familiar but I can't actually think of any songs that use it. Can anyone name any?
What is the chord progression? I can probably tell you in which songs it was used!
- jbrown17314th August 2012
Follow up question: can you recommend guitarists to listen to who specialize in this style?
- jbrown17314th August 2012
D l A l F#7 l Bm / G
- Alex Feather14th August 2012Follow up question: can you recommend guitarists to listen to who specialize in this style?
Yeah! There is a lot! You can some Richie Kotzen, Andy Timmons, maybe some Frank GambaleD l A l F#7 l Bm / G
This is a very famous chord progression first what comes in mind Stone Temple Pilots and Jason Mraz! But there is much more than that!
If you want to master this style learn "Little Wing" by Hendrix it is the first song in this style and has everything you might ever need! - jbrown17314th August 2012
Thanks! Much appreciated. Your answers are sure to help others too.
- Alex Feather14th August 2012Thanks! Much appreciated. Your answers are sure to help others too.
Thank you very much! If you would like you can join my mentoring program I can give you more exercises and lick in this style! Let me know if you are interested and I will sign you up!! - Romko21st February 2013
BRAVO!
- Cosmin Lupu21st February 2013
Hey Romko, glad you like the lesson, let me know if there are any questions ok?
Darius Wave15th March 2013great dynamics, phrasing and overall feel of the track
Great job Stephane!
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Hi GMC!
In this lesson we will explore some Soul/R&B styles.
I've made a little intro and a solo part, so let's go!
We are in the key of D major and here's the chord progression :
ll: D l A l F#7 l Bm / G :ll
Notice that the F# is a minor chord in the key of D, but to ad interest in the chord progression, we could transform any minor chord to a seventh chord.
So we get a F#7 chord resolving on the Bm. Scale wise I use the B minor pentatonic, mixing it with the D Major scale. If you take a look at the note's choice, you will notice that a lot of chord tones are used to underline the harmony.
The lesson could sounds easy at first but we'll cover a lot of techniques such as bends, doubles stops, octaves etc.
Another important aspect is the use of dynamics and accentuation. So, pay a close attention to your picking hand!
Have fun,
Stephane
Gear used :
- Haar Custom Stratocaster
- Cornford Roadhouse 30
- Some reverb & delay in the DAW
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