- michaelj


Teacher: Hello class Teacher: This lesson covers more on blues guitarosts Teacher: We have a ton of guitar licks to cover in our second part on the style of Gary Moore. Teacher: Gary Moore is a great blues player, but what makes him stand out is his ability to incorporate rock and even shredding type guitar licks. Teacher: In this lesson we'll cover standard blues and some of the related shred licks. DanK: What bands did he play with? Teacher: Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake,... a lot of solo stuff Teacher: In the lesson sample I start in the key of C# and then later modulating to D. Teacher: Let's get started. Here's the C# Minor Blues scale you will use: Teacher: Notice you have the standard blues notes: 1, b3 4, b5, 5 & b7 notes. Load this jam track and practice the scale pattern a few times and then we will start on the licks. Teacher: OK, let's start with the first C# min blues lick. Teacher: This is a very interesting blues lick, you start with a standard lick, but have the descending run starting in the 2nd bar that uses that b5. Teacher: Here's the C# minor blues pattern descending so you can see how the lick works with the scale. I highlighted the notes used: Teacher: Let's go to the next lick, for this next lick you will use an Eddie Van Halen tapping technique, use you index finger to tap the note. Teacher: The highlighted note(s) is the one you will use finger-tapping, the video will help illustrate the technique better. Make sure you hammer from the 1st to 3rd finger, this allows you to build up speed when playing the lick. Teacher: See how Gary uses standard blues and shred licks together? Teacher: For our next lick you will play a standard Chuck Berry type lick. Teacher: This lick has some double stop notes. Later you hammer the 3rd string-10th fret while holding down the 1st & 2nd strings. Teacher: For our next lick we will jump to various positions of the other boxes of the C# Minor Pentatonic scale. Teacher: Now this lick starts in Box 2 of the C# Minor Pentatonic and then moves to the C# "Major" Pentatonic, here's the scale patterns: Teacher: Do you see how Box 1 & 2 connect? Teacher: Then the Major Pentatonic connects in the higher position. I highlighted the note for the Major Pentatonic. Teacher: Let's go to the next set of licks that are played in the jam track. Teacher: This first lick uses various intervals that are used by Hendrix, Trower and other players. Teacher: Using these intervals are very effective in building the dynamics of a solo. You can slide into each set of notes as well. Teacher: Now you can jump back into a shredding type run to break up the blues licks Teacher: This pattern is actually a G# Dorian, it sounds very cool for shred licks Teacher: Here's the scale pattern. Teacher: Now you can jump back into the original C# Minor Blues pattern with a common blues lick. Teacher: This lick uses a combination of licks that you learned earlier in this lesson. In the lesson sample we modulate up one half-step to D. Teacher: Here's the D Minor Blues scale you will use in the next few licks. Teacher: The jam track also moves up one half-step to D, here's the new track. Teacher: Practice the scale pattern over the jam track a few times to get use to it. Teacher: The next lick will start by using another standard blues licks, but this time in D. Teacher: Notice the double-stop notes towards the end which have a Chuck Berry type sound. Now you can also break out of the common blues pattern and jump into the "Major Pentatonic." Teacher: Using this combination of scales is often used by blues and rock players. Teacher: Here's the lick. Teacher: You might notice the descending chromatic run starting in the 2nd bar. After that you jump back into the D Minor Blues. Here's the D Major Pentatonic scale pattern for reference. Teacher: Our final lick jumps back into a typical blues lick in the D Minor blues pattern.	<< load notation from left
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