High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Use 1st and 3rd for strings 1, 2, 5 and 6 and 1st and 4th for the middle strings. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. Blues guitar lick in g frequently, blues guitarists will mix major and minor scale tones in their licks. Click here to support the site make a donation today. Easy blues volume 1 blues licks, solos improvisation. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. Licks are memorable musical phrases that can be strung together to create a solo, fill.
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. In this article we are going to look at some of these so. 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. So lets look at how you can become more creative with different scales and licks to. So in this lesson, im giving you 25 easy iivi licks. Advanced guitarists dont use one single scale to play blues solos, but use a combination of many different scales, which makes their sound more advanced and highly personal. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Future scales and licks the importance of the blues scale 1b34b55b7 and its variations cant be overstated. This is a collection of thirty different blues licks ranging from beginning through advanced. Here is the interval pattern for the melodic minor scale. These are fantastic, simple ideas composed by former ljs contributor camden hughes, and he packed these full of fantastic lessons. Once you purchase a sheet music, you will be able to download the pdf file right away from the website. Whenever you hear a rock or metal guitar solo, theres a. To help you in your quest in mastering jazz language, here are 8 minor iivi licks to practice.
Resolving to the root a of the i chord allows us the opportunity to follow with a lick that can chart an entirely new course, which is exactly what we see. Thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do. Well learn how to extend the blues and pentatonic scales out past the open position to cover some of the other licks in down to the station. Before you start, though, be sure to sign up for my free mini course accelerate your jazz skills. Ascending a minor pentatonic lick lesson with tab youtube. Zum einen kommen alle offenen saiten in dieser lage vor. By working jazz guitar licks, you increase your fretboard knowledge and build a strong connection to the jazz tradition at the same time. Now that we have focused our turnaround substitutions on the tonic key, we can start to turnaround to secondary keyschords in this example, the target chord of the new turnaround is the ab7 chord found in bar nine the previous two bars cm7f7bbm7eb7 act as a iiiviiiv progression that resolves when it reaches the ab7 chord in bar nine.
All of the licks are written in the key of e minor, so that you can easily master them in this popular key. In this lesson i am going to go over 5 examples and some exercises to help you get started exploring this. This is a great lick to learn if you are looking to break out of the stock standard minor. Its always good to have plenty of blues guitar licks in the key of e in your arsenal. Minor 7th licks study for jazz guitar jamie holroyd. Learn how play over a minor blues progression by learning these 20 licks played over 2 minor chord progressions. Learning jazz language is one of the most important things that a jazz musician can do. We do this by listening, transcribing, and taking phrases and lines through all 12 keys. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. Here is a blues in c jam track that you can use to put your new eric clapton lick into practice. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. Learn a complete blues solo based on the pentatonic scale, written and recorded by francesco cagnacci. But it is also a bit more complicated than the major counterpart.
In this lesson i am going to look at 5 licks that do that and talk a bit about how. Some players have a memorised collection or repertoire of favourite licks that they will throw into a solo every now and then. So a jazz phrase could be something like an arpeggio some scale. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. Flatpicking bluegrass licks arranged for guitar by steve krenz here are a few great flatpicking licks that can be used in a bluegrass or country setting. A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar. The 30 musthave blues piano licks blues transcription and bass arrangements. John lee hooker relocated to detroit and invented the boogie, which has resounded in blues, rock, and pop styles ever since. How to tell when you can use the e minor pentatonic scale in a way that musically works and. Learning jazz guitar licks is essential for anyone studying the genre. Turnaround chord sequence, and a turnaround lick in blues guitar lesson 9.
When learning minor 7 th licks or any type of jazz licks, it is important to practice them in a musical context. This is lesson 4 in my essential blues lead guitar module. Solo guitar blues licks and solos 12bar blues guitar. The videos show the licks in c, but you can download sheet music which has the licks in nearly all keys. The first mode that you will explore in this lesson outside of the minor blues scale is the melodic minor scale. How many jazz improvisers construct a completely original solo. Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues piano licks. New styles of jazz sometimes dictate new harmonic structures. The guitar lesson has an example solo and then each lick shown individually. Riffs, on the other hand, are usually licks or phrases that are repeated as part of a tune or improvised backings. Only one note different from a major scale it has a b3 interval, the melodic minor scale is effective when soloing over tonic minor chords, such as the im7 chord in a minor blues progression. These suggested practice ideas should be incorporated into your.
Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Blues in e is one of the most common keys to play in, so you can never have enough e blues licks. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. The common common chord progression is simply known as a 12 bar blues, which looks like this. If we would play over a minor bluesprogression with for instance the chords am7, dm7 and em7 we cant use the major pentatonic scale. So here we have our first 5 words this is a big day.
The second lick in f can be moved to any key by using the lowest note as a moveable root. Licks are memorable musical phrases that can be strung together to create a solo, fill in behind a vocal phrase or simply spruce up the end of a tune. Twelvebar rock blues for guitarists, players, singers or background music. Most often the finger you use will be determined by the lick you are playing. The main feature of this lick is the roll between strings 2 and 3 and the blues curl on the note c f5. S3 shorthand for fret 5, string 3 and its amazing how much getting a good curl makes the lick sound awesome well be looking at curls in more detail later in the module. 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. Tabs, fingerings, box patterns, licks, pdf and more. In this guitar lesson well be looking at 5 really cool blues licks words using just notes from the minor pentatonic scale the alphabet. Language sitemap guitars licks pentatonic blues 15.
Pentatonic blues licks 15 pattern 3 in a click graphic to play audio deactivate arrows on your keyboard for page navigation with alt k. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can transpose them into any key you want. As well as playing the lick, also try out the notes of that c major pentatonic scale form as well. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f.
Learning licks is great, but you need to go deeper. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. It may be fair to say that most players rely on scales and patterns aka licks, phrase or in more academic circles, formulae. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. In this article ill show you a couple great bluesy licks and how to transpose them for use across a 12bar blues form. You can make some really great lines by mixing things from blues and jazz. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3. Another early 2008 video tutorial originally done for expert village. These may repeat exactly over and over if they fit any chord changes, but very. The minor ii v i is a very common progression in jazz.
Blues piano licks play blues piano with willie myette. Hello, i used to have an account here last year, but ill be darned if i can remember what it was i seem to remember back then somebody posted a link to a cool free pdf full of blues licks. In any form of music, some melodic ideas sound more at a home than others. 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. Blues guitar overview introduction 12 bar blues in emajor 12 bar blues in amajor emajor revisited. Before the solo starts, the track plays through the rhythm part for several measures tab included at the bottom of this page. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all keys. I7 i7 i7 i7 iv7 iv7 i7 i7 v7 iv7 i7 v7 so what does this mean. This is particularly true of blues, a style loosely based upon musical cliches that have survived generations.
Tbone walker showcased similar hot licks in his description blues and alimony blues. Muddy waters and howlin wolf developed the early versions of chicago blues by amplifying their rootsy delta licks in a combo setting with tunes little red rooster, and spoonful. While you may know that its important to practice jazz guitar licks, finding the right lines to work on can be a daunting task. Oscar peterson plays duke ellington piano piano artist transcriptions. Now build up a blues lick starter kit, using the following licks and taking more from the songs discussed on this site. Check out this cool ascending a minor pentatonic lick played over a funky blues rock backing track. Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. Jazz is an ever evolving language, the established patterns and licks are borrowed, adapted and mutated into new ones. The first bluegrass lick in e is notated as played in the march 2011 newsletter tip video. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale.
Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. This minor 7 th licks study demonstrates how you can apply the minor 7 th licks taught in different articles on this site into a musical situation although each of the licks in this minor 7 th licks study is featured in different articles, they may not sound exactly the same in. The 30 musthave blues piano licks blues groovewindow. Licks are short musical phrases used in jazz, blues and rock improvising. Blues guitar soloing advanced blues licks blues guitar lessons. How to play the minor and major blues scales with solo examples. If you improvise using a 12 bar blues progression there are plenty of other options that you can choose from. 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. These licks can be used in a variety of styles of playing blues, boogie woogie, jazz, rock, country, etc. The e minor pentatonic scale is a useful and fun guitar scale to know. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. Track 1 is a funky thrill is gone style while track 2 is a tin pan alley style.
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