Angry Blues

Hi GMCers! Welcome to another blues lesson of mine. Here we will do a blues solo, that I called "Angry Blues", because it is played with an aggressive attitude, involving lots of vibratos, bends, double stops, and faster passages.

Techniques that we will cover in this lesson are:

- Alternate Picking
- Economy Picking
- Legato
- Bending
- Vibrato
- Double Stops
- Raking

For this lesson we will use standard 110 bpm tempo, 12-bar blues progression in the key of A major:


A - A - A - A
D - D - A - A
E - D - A - E


For additional lessons on all of these techniques, check out the lessons that cover similar topic: Alternate Picking, Economy Picking, Legato, Bending, Vibrato, Double Stops, Raking

Tuning:
*Standard E
* E - A - D - G - B - E
(From thick to thin)

Equipment & Tone Settings:
* Gibson SG Raw Power, Neck Position (first part), Bridge Position (second part)
* Focusrite OctoPre MKII preamp/converter into E-MU 1212m audio system
* Amplitube 3 (Compressor, Tubescreamer, Mark I, moderate drive settings, Delay, Reverb)

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* General Forum

Enjoy!/ Ivan

Scales used in the lesson:

A minor pentatonic:


A major pentatonic:


A blues scale: