In response to a request on the forum, I will show you some rhythms and patterns to play a blues progression. This is a standard 12 bar blues. Try to use the E minor blues/pentatonic scale or E Mixolydian scale to improvise.
Based on a normal blues chord progression(1-4-5), the scale is A minor and also A pentatonic with the blue note (d#). This piece is also a good right hand damping exercise because I use alot of it, especially on the bass strings.
Marcus shows you how to effectively use the volume knob to create a dynamic blues solo improvisation. Scale wise, if you use the B Dorian and Blues scale - you can't go wrong.
We continue to explore the different blues rhythms with Gabriel Leopardi. As opposed to the last lesson, we now use 8th notes played without shuffle. Contains Steve Ray Vaughan style riffs.
Muris presents a lesson in style of SRV, and combines both riffing and soloing in his style. The lesson contains SRV "raking" style, 12 bars blues progression, bends and double bends, left hand muting.
Intervals are basically just a way of measuring the distance between notes in a scale. In this lesson, 6ths are used over a blues progression. This is an easy and effecient tool that you can start using today!
In this lesson Muris shows you some of the most common bending techniques: semi tone, whole tone, whole and semi, 2 whole tones, pre-bends etc. The lesson has a blues chord progression and feel to it...
... this type of playing is really fun! and it's more tricky to play than it might appear. The pitch has to be close to perfect most of the time, and that's quite a challenge. The basic chords are the same as in the standard blues but I also added F7, A#7 C7 which adds a somewhat lazy and cool feeling to it
The main purpose of this lesson is to learn every position and inversion of the dominant 7th triads. These triads are a great tool to use when you are soloing and also when you are playing a blues rhythm.
We need a strong rhythm if we want to have a good blues solo. You should feel it when you are playing rhythm, 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 eighteenth 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.