This original lesson by jody worrell will start by teaching you how to play the. Jay millers, recording studio in crowley, louisiana. Can play some of the blues licks covered in this session in any key. Eric claptons essential licks truefire blog guitar. Chicken pickin mp3 albert collins style blues guitar lick. John lee hooker relocated to detroit and invented the boogie, which has resounded in blues, rock, and pop styles ever since. 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. Some albert kingstyle blues licks 3 awesome big bending ideas from the man also known as the velvet bulldozer a charlie christianstyle jazz lick simple but brilliant. Its based on the lonesome sundown song of the same title. Pentatonic blues licks 15 pattern 3 in a click graphic to play audio deactivate arrows on your keyboard for page navigation with alt k. Well use a mixture of ringing notes and a quick pulloff sequence to generate this distinctive sound. It will sound ok and at least give you the confidence to stand up and solo in front of other musicians or an audience. Your choices are to quit and avoid the swamp of sounding bad for a while or to.
Top 100 blues songs pdf zipped top 100 blues power tab zipped download individual songs alberts alley by albert king pdf. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f. Jul 30, 2016 theres a style of blues i like to call swampy. Guitar licks and solos for you to play anyone can play guitar. Whether you call it slow blues, mississippi blues, delta blues or swamp blues, theres something about this type of groove that grabs you by the soul. Blues music is a shared language that can be learned if approached the right way. Blues guitar overview introduction 12 bar blues in emajor 12 bar blues in amajor emajor revisited.
The iivv 145 the 8 bar blues the 12 bar blues a variation of the 12 bar blues roman numerals are used to show which chord or key changes are used in a progression. Miller released lots of swamp blues recordings on his own labels, as well as on more well known labels. This free guitar lesson by jody worrell will teach you a lick with a swampy, bluesy kind of feel. Prewar electric blues the first batch of licks comes from the swing jazz and jump blues era of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. The common common chord progression is simply known as a 12 bar blues, which looks like this. Both of these blues scale licks are from the kenny burrell school of phrasing. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Click here to download a printable pdf of this lessons notation. The micro lick concept doesnt just apply to standard tuning and standard playing. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all keys. Apr 23, 2000 some people think blues solos are easy. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. 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. In the 50s and 60s white cajuns and black creoles combined their traditional louisiana music with rhythm blues. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar. Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. Learn a swampy blues guitar lick in the style of john fogerty and creedence clearwater revival or tony joe white.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. Swamp dog blues 1930s broman resonator guitar youtube. If youre in the key of d and play blues or minor pentatonic licks with some. Play the hammer on and mute the last note of the triplet. 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. Especially useful when you perform solo, but will fit a band setting too. Free guitar tabs printable, downloadable pdf guitar tabs. Language sitemap guitars licks pentatonic blues 15. I seem to remember back then somebody posted a link to a cool free pdf full of blues licks. This week guest host anders shows you his key ingredients to creating a great guitar riff using classic blues licks in a groovin, bluesy, swampy guitar style. Pedal ideas always lend themselves well to blues scale licks. Guitar lovers licks riffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes.
Swamp blues is a laidback, s read more swamp blues, sometimes the excello sound, is a subgenre of blues music and a variation of louisiana blues that developed around baton rouge in the 1950s and which reached a peak of popularity in the 1960s. In slide guitar lessons are two of the most famous open tunings. It features a real cool sliding chord pattern that follows the 145 12bar blues format. Swamp blues has a laidback, slow tempo, and generally is a more rhythmic variation of louisiana blues, incorporating influences from new orleans blues, zydeco, soul music and cajun music. Guitarists can learn to read music notation, chord lyrics charts, or guitar tablature. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. If youre in the key of d and play blues or minor pentatonic licks with some countryrock attitude, you end up in a real sweet spot. Its almost like you can do no wrongjust get in that groove and ride it through the song. The second lick in bar 4 is a only descending blues scale with a common jazz rhythm pattern.
Various artists louisiana swamp blues various amazon. Eric claptons essential licks truefire blog guitar lessons. The licks presented here are classified according to genre ternary or binary licks, 128 licks, intros, turnarounds, riffs etc. Swamp blues, the looser, more rhythmic variation of the standard louisiana sound, also brings more contemporary elements of new orleans, zydeco, soul music, and cajun to bear on its style. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. The first roman numeral i is the root or key that the progression is in. Dec 21, 2016 thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. Transcriptions of saxophone solos blues jazz and cajun. Swamp blues this a great basic swampy rhythm to get you started. So bars 1 and 3 contain chords and bars 2 and 4 contain blues scale licks. Save an extra 25% off your first order with code ignited and combine with truefire cash for max savings. These are the quick little licks that can serve as building blocks for longer, more developed musical ideas. Learn 141 jazz guitar licks over common chords and chord progressions, including major and minor 251.
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. G open and d open and a series of blues with several riffs and turnarounds to learn how to use the slide the best acoustic blues guitar lessons to learn how to play in the style of the greatest bluesmen such as robert johnson, big bill broonzy, son house and many others. Learn nine more swampy blues licks as part of our premium membership plan. After you learn these licks learn this five minute blues guitar solo. You will have streaming access to the video lessons along with pdfs of the tab and mp3 jam tracks. An instant classic when it was released as a double lp in the u.
Horndriven big bands were the popular medium of the time and predominately used acoustic guitarists to provide a. Move up to e4 and then add vibratokeep it pulsing for three beats. It is based on the louisiana blues, but has a more laid back and relaxed feel. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. Well, this approach can work when you are starting out. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. Aug 10, 2016 stevie ray vaughan,rare gibson l1, maybe 1929, accoustic guitar solo. It is characterized by simple but effective guitar work and is heavily influenced by the boogie patterns used on jimmy reed records and the work of lightnin hopkins and muddy waters. Blues scale licks guitar study jamie holroyd guitar. Thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure. Mar 09, 2018 these 7 free guitar lessons are from corey congilios solo factory. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. In this period there was a much closer relationship between jazz and blues.
Nov 21, 2017 these are the quick little licks that can serve as building blocks for longer, more developed musical ideas. If we would play over a minor bluesprogression with for instance the chords am7, dm7 and em7 we cant use the major pentatonic scale. 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. I have done this with the files i had in original format i did not have all of them. But, lets be honest, they sound pretty cool on their own too. I7 i7 i7 i7 iv7 iv7 i7 i7 v7 iv7 i7 v7 so what does this mean. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Swamp blues simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. We also have more than 500 lessons only available to premium members covering blues, rock, country, jazz, and more. Hello, i used to have an account here last year, but ill be darned if i can remember what it was. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Stevie ray vaughan,rare gibson l1, maybe 1929, accoustic guitar solo. Jazz guitar lessons pdf methods with audio files online. 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.
With its 200 licks and phrases, conceived by the most famous guitarists, this coursebook is a veritable bluescyclopedia imperative for everyone working on blues. Turnaround chord sequence, and a turnaround lick in blues guitar lesson 9. The guitar work is simple but effective, and is heavily influenced by the boogie patterns used on jimmy reed records, with liberal doses of lightnin hopkins. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. How to play blues slide guitar lessons burninguitar. Top 100 blues guitar songs download area guitar alliance.
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. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Blues progressions the following blues progressions are covered in this lesson. It is characterized by simple but effective guitar work and is heavily influenced by the boogie patterns used on jimmy reed records and the work of lightnin. 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. Music notation is a great system, but it isnt the most modern, or best system for learning modern pop, rock, blues, country and heavy metal guitar songs. Jazz guitar lessons online, printable pdf ebook methods with tabs and audio files for beginners and advanced players. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar with. Vernon recorded everything included here in baton rouge over the course of four hot summer august days in 1970, and. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and high.