Blues Guitar for Beginners

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Blues Guitar For Beginners Lesson 8 Lyle: Welcome to another Blues lesson. This one has a cool solo made from the E minor blues scale. But first it's a good idea to learn how to play the rhythm guitar part. This is another 12 bar blues progression: chord chart Lyle: For the measures that have the E chord you'll want to do this rhythm riff: Lyle: I like the sound of this riff. It reminds me of a ZZ Top song or jam. Lyle: You can use a clean tone or dirty tone. You can even do this on an acoustic guitar. Lyle: Take the E riff and move it down one string to make it an A riff: ZZ: Can I use the pinky for the 5th fret instead? Lyle: Yes you can use the pinky for the 5th fret part of the riff. Lyle: The "E and A" rhythm licks use a power chord made from root note and 5th degrees, then alternating between the 6th and b7th degrees of the key before it comes back down. Lyle: During measures 9 and 10 you'll play this: Lyle: For the final 2 measures you'll play this next riff, also known as "the turnaround riff": Lyle: Here's how all the rhythm parts go together for the complete 12 bars: Lyle: Play along to the TAB notation. Select the loop feature. Once you get it down and can play right along with it, try playing along to this looping jam track: Lyle: For most beginners this rhythm riff isn't too tough. With a little practice you'll get it down in no time at all. Lyle: The solo I've made for you to learn is a different story. This solo will give some beginners something to work at. Lyle: First learn the E minor blues scale in the open position: Lyle: Pay attention to which fingers you are using for this scale pattern. Many times I see beginners using the wrong fingers. Look at the TAB playback on the virtual neck to see the fingerings. Lyle: The solo is made mostly from this scale. I made the solo by repeating this riff here: Lyle: Notice the first note of the main riff has a slight bend to it. Lyle: Here's the first solo with this main riff all through it. There will be a few other "bonus" blues riffs mixed in there too: mark: That riff just doesn't sound the same on an acoustic! :-) Lyle: Play it hard and heavy if you're using an acoustic. Lyle: Can I show you another solo that is just like this one? ZZ: Go for it! Lyle: The minor blues scale is made from the root, b3, 4, b5, 5, and b7 degrees of the major scale. Lyle: The MAJOR blues scale is made from the root, 2, b3, 3, 5, and 6 degrees of the major scale. Lyle: I made you another solo from the E major blues scale way up high on the neck: Lyle: Here is the solo. You'll be jumping around the neck and switching from the E major and minor blues scales. Lyle: For some beginners this solo will take extra practice! radica: Those bends on the G string sound nice! Lyle: Those are very important little bends that help give you the blues sound. StevO: I dig the bends on the 9 and 10 what are those called? are those chords? Lyle: Those are just a couple notes from the A7 chord. Lyle: That's all for this lesson. I hope this gives you something good to practice for the week. See if you can memorize the solos and then play them along to the looping jam track.	<< load notation from left
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