ZZ Top's Blues Lesson

ZZ Top's Blues

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  • Hi GMC - today we´ll have a lesson with the Blues spirit in it!

    This lesson is inspired on Billy Gibbons, a great blues guitar player. This solo has got many licks of classic blues music, but Billy plays with "personal" tone and this is the main aspect I tried to recreate.
    This track is in A mixolydian, it basically works with the arpeggio of each one of the mainchords.

    I play the base and the melodic line at the same time. This is how Billy Gibbons plays mainly.

    It’s got a lot of double stops and bends. Pay attention to the tone, it should sound a little dirty.

    Let´s Rock!

    A Mixolydian:

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