Play the second fret of the d string, the second fret of the g string, and finish this lick with the third fret of the g string. In the lesson on comping, we explored inner harmonic movement outlining the i and iv chords over static harmony. I emailed the producer to see if the tab was available. A riff or phrase is nothing more than a musical sentence.
Beginner acoustic guitar lesson tom petty i wont back. Once you purchase a sheet music, you will be able to download the pdf file right away from the website. Five pentatonic licks in pattern 3 for electric guitar solos in the styles blues, rock and pop with music notes, tab tablature and sound guitar. In this video guitar lesson im going to show you a blues lick in e that uses some triplet pulloffs.
Jazz guitar lessons online, printable pdf ebook methods with tabs and audio files for beginners and advanced players. Learn how play over a minor blues progression by learning these 20 licks played over 2 minor chord progressions. Once you memorize the licks you are encouraged to experiment with them. Aug 17, 2017 some slide blues licks in open g that son house and robert johnson and other delta guys used to great effect in open g tuning. Blues guitar lick in g frequently, blues guitarists will mix major and minor scale tones in their licks. As well as playing the lick, also try out the notes of that c major pentatonic scale form as well. Heres a look at a blues guitar lick in g that focuses mostly on the g minor pentatonic scale, but adds the major 3rd at the end. Solo guitar blues licks and solos 12bar blues guitar.
You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Play the hammer on and mute the last note of the triplet. In this video lesson i demonstrate four of my favorite slowblues style guitar licks. The 30 musthave blues piano licks blues transcription and bass arrangements. In this lesson i am going to go over 5 examples and some exercises to help you get started exploring this. This article contains 5 blues scale licks to help expand your jazz guitar vocabulary and soloing skills the blues scale licks are presented in a 12 bar blues etude in conjunction with chords. Its a great place to start and a feel that is guaranteed to show up at just about any open blues jam. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can transpose them into any key you want. A wonderful example of his jazz blues style playing is a famous recording from his 1968 album giblet gravy entitled billies bounce a. Blues in e is one of the most common keys to play in, so you can never have enough e blues licks.
Before we dig into these licks we need to cover a few basic principles. Chicken pickin mp3 albert collins style blues guitar lick. Both of these blues scale licks are from the kenny burrell school of phrasing. The bible of blues riffs beginner to intermediate lesson youtube. The second lick in bar 4 is a only descending blues scale with a common jazz rhythm pattern. The music and guitar tab are from blues guitar band that teaches blues guitar the way its meant to be played in a blues band.
If we would play over a minor bluesprogression with for instance the chords am7, dm7 and em7 we cant use the major pentatonic scale. Oct 24, 2012 frequently, blues guitarists will mix major and minor scale tones in their licks. This lesson comes with over 40 minutes of video, pdf tabs and three audio backing tracks. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. I7 i7 i7 i7 iv7 iv7 i7 i7 v7 iv7 i7 v7 so what does this mean. As the e minor pentatonic e g a b d phrases in figure 1ab illustrate, blues licks are typically inflected with frethand pitch bends, frethand vibrato, and legato moves like hammerons and pulloffs.
Before the solo starts, the track plays through the rhythm part for several measures tab included at the bottom of this page. All of these ideas use the c minor blues scale 1,b3,4,b5,5,b7. Mixing blues phrasing and melodies with jazz chromaticism and harmony can give. Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues. Dec 21, 2016 thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. By working jazz guitar licks, you increase your fretboard knowledge and build a strong connection to the jazz tradition at the same time. Once youve mastered the licks in the written key try transposing them to all the other keys. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Similar threads blues incredible source of traditional blues licks.
Acoustic blues guitar lesson in the key of g no accompaniment ep114. Future any listing of the great blues guitar licks would have to include its fair share of b. Jazz guitar lessons pdf methods with audio files online. These can be played along with the 43 backing tracks included on the 3 cds that come with this book. First, all five of these easy blues guitar licks come out of the minor pentatonic scale. May 15, 2019 there are a lot of blues licks out there that sound a little ordinary so here are some cool blues ingredients to make your improvisation sound more alive. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and.
Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues piano licks. Come on in my kitchen is a 10 bar blues in the key of g. This 12 bar blues is played in the key of g and contains both a rhythm and lead part, so it will be up to you to play them both, alternating back and forth between. Oct 01, 2012 use these licks to deliver heavy, yet earcatching riffs. The examples cover everything from phrasing techniques to turnar. E blues, position 1 12th fret easy blues guitar coach magazine more details. Learn 141 jazz guitar licks over common chords and chord progressions, including major and minor 251. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Its always good to have plenty of blues guitar licks in the key of e in your arsenal. The licks are all derived from the a minor pentatonic scale, so you can play the licks over an a blues chord progression or a song in am. To really get into the essence of george bensons playing style, listen to as much of his playing as possible. Here are 12 easy slide licks for openg tuning for you. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar with.
Leigh fuge of mgr music digs into 10 interesting and helpful lead blues guitar licks, ideal for beginners or novice blues guitar players looking for an injection of practice ideas. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. In this video lesson i demonstrate four of my favorite slow blues style guitar licks. While not complicated, these big chords take a lot of hand strength to keep. Learn a complete blues solo based on the pentatonic scale, written and recorded by francesco cagnacci. Before you start, though, be sure to sign up for my free mini course accelerate your jazz skills. The 30 musthave blues piano licks blues groovewindow.
The other way is to replace the slide with a second bending, more difficult to play than the previous lick. These are fantastic, simple ideas composed by former ljs contributor camden hughes, and he packed these full of fantastic lessons. Robert johnson at the gunter hotel in san antonio, texas used this song at his first recording session. This dvd is jampacked with tasty lead lines, phrases, and riffs personally taught to you by professional guitarists john heussenstamm, johnny moeller, and bill stone. Both lead guitar parts rest during the first 3 measures and play only in. They are all written in the key of a c blues, while the backing tracks are played in the keys of e, a, d, g, c, f, and bb. Thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. After you learn these licks learn this five minute blues guitar solo. Some slide blues licks in open g that son house and robert johnson and other delta guys used to great effect in open g tuning.
So in this lesson, im giving you 25 easy iivi licks. Make sure you click on each sound file to hear the lick played. Jan 30, 2019 learning jazz guitar licks is essential for anyone studying the genre. This is a collection of thirty different blues licks ranging frombeginning through adv. From here we move to the 5 chord, which is the b chord, then the 4 chord, which is a, and your standard riffs will stay the same. In the second bar we get a descending scale run from d to a with a lower passing. Jazz theory explained in 20 minutes chords, scales, 9ths 11ths ths. The bible of blues riffs beginner to intermediate lesson. Language sitemap guitars licks pentatonic blues 15. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f.
The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. For more melodic blues phrases check back for my next lesson on major blues licks. Become a premiere member to access this fulllength video and all of the instruction at my site. Here are 12 easy slide licks for open g tuning for you. By andyblackard in forum rock n roll saxophone replies. While you may know that its important to practice jazz guitar licks, finding the right lines to work on can be a daunting task. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. Blues scale licks guitar study jamie holroyd guitar. Blues music is a shared language that can be learned if approached the right way. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. He just directed me to the website to buy more stuff that may be similar.
In this lesson i take you through 4 blues riffs that you can use in your. Even though the lick and lefthand are written out as eighth notes, they are really played with a triplet feel. Playing and improvising acoustic blues doug young acoustic blues workshop notes q 96 our goal is to be able to play a simple, but effective solo blues guitar piece, hopefully with some improvisation. In this lesson we will look at 5 licks in the style of george benson. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson.
Learning licks is great, but you need to go deeper. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. This page lists 8 of the greatest guitar leads of all time. Pentatonic blues licks 15 pattern 3 in a click graphic to play audio deactivate arrows on your keyboard for page navigation with alt k. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. King or albert collins really dont play much rhythm guitar at all, but have a large band and just sing and play some lead guitar licks. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all. They can be played with finger picks or with a flat pick or no picks. Be careful in how you resolve these ideas though more on that in future lessons. Additionally, a fender stratocaster or telecaster was played for the electric slide licks. Gboogie rev gary davis is funny that way blues in c c c rider cocaine blues blues rag in c diddie has something there minor blues minor blues lesson 1, part 1 part 2 part 3 jazzier blues moveable chords in f, bb and eb 12bars, two chord shapes. The common common chord progression is simply known as a 12 bar blues, which looks like this.
Most of these ideas are also phrases which can be repeated to create repetitious fast bluesrock playing. Free guitar lesons w pdf tab masters of delta blues guitar. So bars 1 and 3 contain chords and bars 2 and 4 contain blues scale licks. There are a lot of blues licks out there that sound a little ordinary so here are some cool blues ingredients to make your improvisation sound more alive. A guitar licks goldmine awaits in this incredible blues collection. Learning jazz guitar licks is essential for anyone studying the genre.
Track 1 is a funky thrill is gone style while track 2 is a tin pan alley style. The bends to the b5th eb and the b7th g tantalize our auditory nerves before resolving smoothly to the 4th d, which is the root of the iv chord. You can also try play the f form of the lick over the f7 chords, and the g form of the lick over the g7 chords. Here is a blues in c jam track that you can use to put your new eric clapton lick into practice. How to use the blues scale on piano riff ideas from paddy milner. After you learn your basic 12bar chord progressions, your next task is turning your pentatonic scales into musical phrases or riffs think of this as a kid going from just saying the alphabet over and over to actually turning it into words and sentences. Johnsons recording was released on the vocalion label no. John lee hooker relocated to detroit and invented the boogie, which has. The formula for this etude is always one bar of a shell voicing using the charleston rhythm followed by one bar of single line playing using the blues scale this type of call and response playing. Back with another no accompaniment style guitar lesson because theyre so popular. In this lesson youll learn the one scale that is responsible for about 95% of all the blues licks you hear the minor pentatonic and minor blues scale.