What is the blues note? The blues note is the flat 5th often used as a passing tone in the minor pentatonic. It will sound tensed and bizarre, but that's the desired effect we want!

First part of a tune called Blue Note in A from the album Let It Out. A slow bluesy tune and this part is done with sweet overdrive tone.

A collection of different runs and fret spanning solutions for playing over beats that require us to use multiples of 4.

Back to the basics with this single-note Funk/Soul guitar lesson, as we will discuss the basic techniques of this musical style.

Using C tone in the bass as a reference point (pivot note)

Funky licks using single notes and dead notes.

Second part of the tune called "Blue Note in A" from "Let It Out" album. This section is played with pretty heavy drive, more power, attack etc.

In this lesson David Wallimann combines several things to create a fusion lead on a minor blues in C. A very important aspect of this lesson is the rythm spacing. Some tension is added with the use of the blue note.

If you've ever wanted to know what those cool rundowns and riffs are at the end of a 12 bar this lesson is just what you need!