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Javier Aviles29th October 2013Thanks Friend Fayeed Tan!
Fayeed Tan23rd October 2013nice touch Javier!
- Javier Aviles14th October 2013
Thanks Boys!
playaxeman11th October 2013nice lesson
sieg66611th October 2013A catchy phrase. Very good. ( I might dropping the fifth string one tone to get the G bass.)
Hajduk10th October 2013Great job as always
Dieterle10th October 2013Very nice Sound and cool lesson !
Lakewood are fine guitars :-)
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Greetings from Granada (Andalucia, Spain)!
THE PROFESSOR Although you might think it’s a bit cliche, as you can see demonstrated expertly in this lesson by Javier, knowing your blues and minor pentatonic scales inside and out can really help you when learning how to play any blues song in the style of Robert Johnson, SRV, B.B. King and other legendary players. These two scales are the backbone of this music, and you can hear in this lesson how they make the slide work sound gritty and down-home bluesy in a very cool way.
Really nailing the minor blues scale and minor pentatonic scale all over the neck, and having an understanding of where to apply these two popular scales, will allow you to quickly grab any new blues lesson or song and start jamming on it right away. These are the two most commonly used scales in blues and rock, so they should be a priority in your practicing if you haven’t learned them already.
This lesson is based on the bottleneck technique or slide guitar. I play this lesson with an acoustic guitar.
Getting a good sound is more difficult because there are more high noises present.
Please note that I'm using a custom tuning.
My low E string is tuned to G, don't forget to do this before starting to play this lesson.
Music Style:
Shuffle Acoustic Blues
Tonality & Chords:
G pentatonic minor
Techniques:
Slide, hybrid picking, open tuning
Sound:
I used a Lakewood acoustic guitar and Neumann U-87
Tuning:
Custom tunnig: G,A,D,G,B,E
Tempo:
160 bpm. (slow parts at 80 bpm)
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
