Blues Guitar Lessons
October 25th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Guitar Playing
For individuals who are fascinated with blues guitar music there is always the chance to take blues guitar lessons. As an old Rock N Roll player myself, the first thing I found out, when looking for free blues guitar lessons on line was this: I had learned to play guitar based on some really bad habits. My fingering and picking were all wrong from the start. If you come across a few blues guitar lessons programs that really interest you then search the net for any reviews on them. This is a great way to get some feedback on them.
On this blues guitar lessons you are going to learn some free techniques with Billy Gibbons. One good starting point is going back to the root with Jimmy Reed. On this blues guitar lessons you are going to learn a solo in a beginner level with Justin Sandercoe. In this little explanation part Justin will go through every part from the solo blues and explain to you how to play it each section. TrueFire proudly hosts the largest online library of interactive audio blues guitar lessons and courses on CD-ROM. All blues lessons include audio MP3 files, PDF notation and tab files and PowerTab, so that you can “see” and “hear” the tab played out as well as slow it down without effecting pitch.
All of the licks that Brad teaches are derived from the E minor pentatonic scale. This illustrates a very important blues concept. John Heussenstamm breaks down great soloing techniques and shows you how to combine your fastest, most soulful licks into a coherent solo. Exotic modes like the Mixolydian shed sudden light on the blues work of guitarists like Jerry Garcia and Peter Frampton. I personally feel that a guitarist isn’t showing you his or her best licks unless they get a little reckless. I like to bring a little ( ok alot ) of the gunfighter mentality to my performance.
The Beginning Blues Course offers all the fundamentals you will use to build your licks and fills, solos and rhythms as a Blues Guitar Player. The eight most important open chords are taught slowly and clearly. The free lessons are generally 5-10 minute video lessons that discuss certain techniques, scales, and licks. You wil also find tabs for each lesson and some .mp3 audio examples. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. Davis’s blues are presented.
These scales are the basic building blocks to playing your own blues solos. Most of you will probably already know the blues positions in each key, but for soloing and improvising, and even writing riffs, it is very handy to have all the notes written down. My suggestion is that you copy all the charts below, paste them into microsoft word and change the font to ‘corier new’, as it is easy to read in that font. The Rock and Blues courses cover intermediate scales, chords, riffs, and solos in the rock and blues genres. The cd features 19 rock and blues jam tracks.
Lonnie Johnson often played in smaller settings or even solo, with his feet firmly planted in country blues. Charlie Christian was Benny Goodman’s guitar player and one of the first electric players. You can use this tension in your solos by playing with the contrast between the blue note and the natural 3. This 16 bar solo will focus on Jeff’s strict adherence to chordal tones and his style of phrasing. We’ll explain how to play each section of the solo in detail and then practice playing it over a jam track.
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