Albert King Style Blues Licks

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   Hi guys, welcome to another blues lesson! :) In this lesson we will cover some of the most famous licks of the great blues legend Mr.Albert King. Albert was by his Gibson Flying V Guitar, left hand playing and upside down string layout. He played with his fingers too, but in this lesson we will do his licks using a pick. You can use fingers if you like to get that rich fat tone.

Now, I've noticed that some people have problems when going back to the root in a solo. This "skill" so to speak can be learned by doing some nice licks when going back to the root, and Albert does this all the time, so I purposely put many variations of these in here too. You will find them quite useful when playing your own progressions I'm sure.

It is a simple lesson using mostly minor pentatonic scale - major position. In this position we will be doing some nice slides and bends using our index finger - just like Mr.Albert King. The tone we are trying to have is rich, warm, overdriven and fat humbucker tone.

This lessons contains:

- Blues style of Albert King
- Lots of great blues licks
- Index Finger Bending
- Slides
- Syncopation

Settings used:
Humbucker (better is neck but i used bridge with tone rolled off), pro co rat drive pedal emulation, fender blackface amulation, slightly overdriven, a touch of reverb.



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 12th March 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


I love it Ivan - to me, the blues has always been the number one inspiration for phrasing and tone! biggrin.gif Everyone should give this a go regardless of their musical preferneces!
Trond Vold
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Great lesson smile.gif I really like those bends
Dejan Farkas
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Great licks Ivan smile.gif
Martin la guitarra
post 12th March 2008


Member


YEEESSSS, i love your blues lesson! keep em coming
Tuubsu
post 12th March 2008


Member


Yeah, this is what blues should be! smile.gif
Is that a pick holder on the "upperside" of your guitar?
Danilo Capezzuto
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Great lesson
Nick Kellie
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


nice lesson dude!
Muris Varajic
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


That's the one! biggrin.gif
The Uncreator
post 12th March 2008


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Great lesson, You did the legend justice!
Nemanja Filipovic
post 12th March 2008


Singing Instructor


great lesson man...smile.gif
Joe Kataldo
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Great Lesson
Carlos Carrillo
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


good job Ivan!!!!!!

thanks
Toni Suominen
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Great as always Ivan! smile.gif
Pablo Vazquez
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Wow!! Great Lesson!
Bogdan Radovic
post 12th March 2008


Bass Instructor


Another great blues lesson! wink.gif
Siggum
post 12th March 2008


Member


Great lesson Ivan, you clearly got the blues smile.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Thank you very much guys! smile.gif
Martin la guitarra
post 12th March 2008


Member


i just have one noobish question, well i've watch most of your lesson. But when you post out the scales i get confused. Because there can be so many notes, like the A dorian mode for instance. In what order do you pick them?
Even those scales you put here, f# minor blues scale and f# pentatonic blues scale makes me go nuts... Appreciate some help here please
Gabriel Leopardi
post 12th March 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Great blues lessons Ivan! Nice sound too.

SLASH91
post 12th March 2008


Member


Really cool
Alejandro Piņero
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


Oh!! Good lesson!

Very nice sound!
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


great blues Ivan ...nice feelings
Ivan Milenkovic
post 12th March 2008


Instructor


QUOTE (magu0117 @ Mar 12 2008, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i just have one noobish question, well i've watch most of your lesson. But when you post out the scales i get confused. Because there can be so many notes, like the A dorian mode for instance. In what order do you pick them?
Even those scales you put here, f# minor blues scale and f# pentatonic blues scale makes me go nuts... Appreciate some help here please


Well it's not the order, you just have to know the scales in order to play it, that's all. And by knowing I mean to know the correct note pitch that corresponds to a place on the fretboard. For simple licks from albert you can choose only F# minor pentatonic lesson, and if you look more closely, minor blues is with just ONE note added, so it's the basically very similar. It all revolves around pentatonic scale.
JukeboxHero
post 12th March 2008


Member


A wise man once said, "Blues is the roots everything else is the fruits." Great lesson Ivan.
Gerardo Siere
post 13th March 2008


Instructor


Great solo, great sound, great job.
Marcus Lavendell
post 13th March 2008


Instructor


Now that's what I call blues!! Awesome Ivan!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 13th March 2008


Instructor


Thanks a lot! smile.gif
Marcus Siepen
post 13th March 2008


Instructor (Blind Guardian)


great lesson, love it!
inertia
post 14th March 2008


Member


killer licks, definitely going to learn this lesson
Ivan - please keep making more blues lessons, you rock man
Juan M. Valero
post 14th March 2008


Instructor


excelent and cool lesson wink.gif
kyldeee
post 14th March 2008


Member


This is what I would call blues smile.gif Great lesson Ivan.
Ivan Milenkovic
post 14th March 2008


Instructor


Thanks a lot guys, my intermediate/advanced blues lesson with lot's of blues licks is almost ready too! smile.gif
Fran
post 14th March 2008


Member


Awesome lesson full of great licks as usual smile.gif

Thanks Ivan!
Carlos Carrillo
post 14th March 2008


Instructor


good job!!!!

thanks
Luciana Segovia
post 15th March 2008


Singing Instructor


I loveeeeeee the bluessssss...

while you was playing your lesson I was improvising with my voice.

coooooool
EGMONT 1963
post 16th March 2008


Member


HI IVAN

WHAT WILL SAY THE S S S S Q S S E OVER THE TABS

THX
UDO FROM BELGIUM
Ivan Milenkovic
post 18th March 2008


Instructor


Thank you very much! smile.gif

@Egmont 1963

Those are note length values for example S like sixteen, Q for quarter etc.
berko
post 10th May 2008


Member


wow, man i just love your lessons
i love this lesson
i love the bb king one (btw where's the 3rd "king" Freddy? :-))
i love you macedonian lesson
i love the pentatonic workshop
the ones with wah-wah
and even you restringing tutorial, man

keep them up, and the ultra-high quality editing as well!!

cheers
Ivan Milenkovic
post 10th May 2008


Instructor


Thanks man, I'm glad I could help, and glad you like them! smile.gif

Cheers smile.gif


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