Blues - Get that Shuffle!

Click images for videos - green are free
1
2
3
4
5
6

 

Bookmark this

Backing Tracks

Tab

Guitar pro tab Guitar pro tab (?)

Members practicing this lesson:
JensN
theo
mrszambesi
JWBauer
fishman
britton
fatman
cheytan
RockLivesOn
...view all

   Hi GMC! Today we’ll talk about Blues rhythm. The rhythm is one of the most important things in blues. We need a strong felt rhythm if we want to have a good blues. You should feel it when you are playing a rhythmic part as well as when you are soloing.
The shuffle is the most common rhythm in blues. It uses the first and the last note of a eighth note triplet to create the blues feeling. Accentuating the first note of each triplet is the most common way to play it and make it sound natural.

I prepared this lesson to get into this feeling. I tried to create an amazing blues in A where we could combine blues rhythmical stuff and some scale licks.

This is a dominant blues. It means that the basic blues chord progression is using dominant chords (I7 – IV7 – V7). I used dominant arpeggios and Am pentatonic to compose the guitar parts.

Get fun!



     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Robin
post 19th May 2007


Member


Sweet.
Ryan
post 19th May 2007


Member


WOOOOO FLIPPIN AWESOME
ace_frehely
post 19th May 2007


Member


nice man
fenderbender
post 19th May 2007


Member


Absolutely amazing... I just love the blues lessons plz keep em coming! This is exactly what I'm looking for
stratman33
post 19th May 2007


Member


coooool
Nick334
post 19th May 2007


Member


very nice
The Uncreator
post 19th May 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Great Stuff, Excellent lesson as always!
blindwillie
post 19th May 2007


Member


ohmy.gif Love you Gabriel!
Hemlok
post 20th May 2007


Member


Vid number 5 e|----------------------12-12------------------------10-10---------|
B|------12--------14----12-12--------10--------12----10-10---------|
G|------12h-13----14----------14-*---10h-11----12----------12-*----|
D|---14--------14----14-------14-13---------12----12-------12-11---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Am i right in thinking it should be * 13th fret G string and * 11th fret G string, not D string? cos it aint sounding right doing it how tab says.
Hemlok
post 20th May 2007


Member


Oh and by the way thanks very much for this lesson Gabriel, I cant wait to play this on my Gibson Les Paul std im buying next month.
Gabriel Leopardi
post 20th May 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


I'm glad you liked it! Thank you for the comments!

Gabriel.-

PD: You are right Hemlok. I'm going to fix it. Thanks! You are going tobut a les paul!!! GREATTTTT!!! What coulour?
Hemlok
post 21st May 2007


Member


Wine Red, i have put deposit on it and im going to pay the rest and pick it up on June 16th. And thinking of a Line 6 Spider III amp, but not sure yet, i will have to try out a few amps instore. So im a happy chappy smile.gif
zubeh
post 21st May 2007


Member


Great lesson, thanks!! Sounds awesome and I can't wait to start learning these.
Gabriel Leopardi
post 21st May 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Great Hemlok!! I really like that colour of les paul std!! I hope to receive a photo of the guitar when you have it!
Thanks zubeh for your comment!
ezravdb
post 21st May 2007


Member


thanks for the lesson, cool.
BLUES /m/
keep em coming
ezravdb
post 21st May 2007


Member


wait a sec, Does 18th note exist?
eighteenth note, isn't it just eight note or am I wrong ? LOL
Gabriel Leopardi
post 22nd May 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Excuse me, I meant eighth notes...
ezravdb: remember that I speak spanish!
Iluha
post 25th May 2007


Member


Good lesson! I could actually play these after just a few attempts, I think I'm improving! smile.gif
ace_frehely
post 29th May 2007


Member


nice
ace_frehely
post 29th May 2007


Member


nice
ace_frehely
post 29th May 2007


Member


nice song
ibanez rocker
post 29th May 2007


Member


that first riff is awesome and is ez 2 play
Gabriel Leopardi
post 30th May 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Great Iluha!! It's nice to hear that you are improving!
Thank you Ace and Rocker!
T Friggen Y
post 31st May 2007


Member


awesome riff
sooooo smooth
kiciolud
post 14th June 2007


Member


Hi man! You had very good ide some time ago, to make baking track "extended"! Is it possible you will do it again for your lessons? This is nice to play bluse a bit longer, than only one phrase!
Gabriel Leopardi
post 25th June 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Hey kiciolud!! I promise you to continue doing extended backings. And to solve the problem now, you have the extended backing of the other blues lessons.
gigi
post 26th July 2007


Member


Thank you Gabriel, this is just what I needed. You're my hero.
Stuntz
post 18th August 2007


Member


wow, this isn't that hard to learn at all, and it sound awesome !! Thnx !!
Carlos Carrillo
post 22nd February 2008


Instructor


Hey Gaby!!!very cool...very nice!!!
Frank
post 8th April 2008


Member


You are the man Gabriel ,i love this Blues lesson.
Gabriel Leopardi
post 8th April 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


smile.gif Thanks for these nice comments!
Kenneth DK
post 21st April 2008


Member


Which scale can you use to improvise over this.. The A minor pentatonic??
Kenneth DK
post 21st April 2008


Member


Oh just found out:-)Great lesson keep em coming. What type of Gibson do you use?


Login to the forum to write a comment.
Search My Bookmarks

 
 

© 2007 - 2008 Rock My Web AB