To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can transpose them into any key you want. Here you get nearly all lessons of this page in 10 pdf files.
Classic blues, texas blues, chicago blues and rockabilly blues. The 12bar means that the song or jam is divided into 12 parts or measures. 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 licks one of the aspects of wes playing that many guitarists explore in their studies is the blues, as wes was a master of blues inspired phrases and soloing over the 12bar blues form.
Cool blues to save these files to your local computer try right click, then save link as on a pc. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 25 blues scale licks for blues guitar. 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. You can print pdf archives from lessons as it normally happens with. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. More then 200 pages, compleate printerready formated.
Youll master advanced arpeggios and substitutions while learning the theory behind each exciting concept, so you can apply these skills in any musical situation. 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. The guitar licks in this app would be perfect for guitar solos in blues and rock music. Printable pdf guitar method 40 minor licks with tab and audio files. The first roman numeral i is the root or key that the progression is in.
Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues piano licks. The videos show the licks in c, but you can download sheet music which has the licks in nearly all keys. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. Try to play the phrase on as many sets of strings as possible. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar.
Top 100 blues songs pdf zipped top 100 blues power tab zipped download individual songs alberts alley by albert king pdf. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Tbone walker showcased similar hot licks in his description blues and alimony blues. Advanced arpeggio soloing for guitar fundamental changes. These videos dont really need to be watched in any particular order. Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. A collection of 30 beginner blues licks to get you on the way to blues improvisation. A new printable pdf method is available for download. John lee hooker relocated to detroit and invented the boogie, which has resounded in blues, rock, and pop styles ever since. The 12 licks are also demonstrated as a whole solo, both at normal speed 95 bpm and a 50% slower version. The first batch of licks comes from the swing jazz and jump blues era of the late. Another early 2008 video tutorial originally done for expert village. Grab a copy of blues guitar 101 classic licks today, crank your amp, and youre on your way to playing killer blues solos in no time. Thanks everyone, i hope this is a really fun and achievable lesson for players starting out on their blues adventure.
This is particularly true of blues, a style loosely based upon musical cliches that have survived generations. Other common blues progressions include the 8 bar, 16bar, and 24bar blues. Rocky top, san antonio rose, on the road again, desperado, sweet home alabama, orange blossom special etc. Basics of reading music the fundamentals of music are pitch and rhythm which are placed in a grid of five lines and four spaces called staff.
In this section, you will explore a wes blues solo, constructed using common concepts and phrases found in wes soloing output over this commonly. This complete edition includes a full instructional video, available online via streaming or download, hosted by guitar virtuoso jared meeker for each book it includes, beginning, intermediate, and mastering blues guitar. The final goal is tu fuse this and play jazz blues phrasing using slides, hammeron and pull offs etc. The pack includes an a4 sized 30 page pdf ebook which contains guidelines on how to use the. Guitar lovers licksriffs als pdf mit integriertem sound zum. This one features a different movement for the picking hand. Each riff will be played for you at a fast speed, then a slower speed and then in most cases, at an intermediate speed. So you can easy print every page or lesson you want. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing.
A fun and easy way to play bass licks in the style of your favorite artist whether you read music or not. Bluegrass soloing with g runs by mickey abraham i am very excited to be the flatpickinginstructor for fgms online newsletter. If we would play over a minor blues progression with for instance the chords am7, dm7 and em7 we cant use the major pentatonic scale. The common common chord progression is simply known as a 12 bar blues. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f. Learn to play fills or riffs to such country favorites as. 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. This is a collection of thirty different blues licks ranging from beginning through advanced. 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.
Take a one or two bar phrase and transpose it to all 12 keys. Advanced arpeggio soloing for guitar takes you to the next level of musical and professionalsounding arpeggio usage, and draws inspiration from rock and fusion soloists alike. Free guitar lesons w pdf tab masters of delta blues guitar. Our filtering technology ensures that only latest guitar book 1001 blues licks pdf files. Free lesson pdf download of various concepts beginners to advanced level, plus lick examples with audio tab in blues, rock, metal, jazz and fusion genres.
Practising this cell in isolation will make the lick easier to execute. Often these blues progressions will contain dominant chords such as 7th chords. Blues progressions the following blues progressions are covered in this lesson. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my newsletter. Licks and lessons in the style of players such as bb king, muddy waters, buddy guy, stevie ray vaughan, albert king, eric clapton and more. Then you just keep repeating that same 12bar pattern over and over for the length of the song. Jazz guitar method 40 minor guitar licks pdf with audio. At the same time you need to also develop some blues phrases and techniques. Bass guitar books pdf download music lessons download. Gordon is a book with 45 examples showing how to play professional sounding country, western swing, bluegrass, honky tonk, blues, country rock and country pop styles.
Mp3 audio files for all three books are also available online. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. Monday morning blues is a twelve bar blues piece in the key of a using the alternating bassline which is common to john hurts songs. In any form of music, some melodic ideas sound more at a home than others. It is my goal as your online flatpickingteacher to, over time, give you all the information youll need to become a more advanced and ac. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. Lessons not playing automatically as i open, only getting backing track, i want instruction part first, thanks drumonica. The file will open when you click on pdf word from lessons, and you can. Download guitar book 1001 blues licks pdf free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts. Publication date 20140302 topics pl collection opensource language english. New lessons open c tuning silent night in open c tuning minor blues reading music lesson 3 reading music reading chords blues turnarounds a chord excercise jazzy 7th files in pdf format. 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. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player.