Blues Guitar Lick #2 – Slow Blues Intro – B.B. King Style

Blues lick #2 is an intro to a slow blues in the style of B.B. King, although I think my tone in the video has a bit more gain than B.B. would use. This lick is in the key of G, and it incorporates a whole step bend and release.

To put the lick in context I play a chorus of the blues at the beginning of the video guitar lesson. I didn’t have anything planned beyond the initial lick. Also I slowed it down a bit and showed a couple closeups at the end. Let me know what you think. The great backup track is an mp3 from 50blues.

                       |3-| |-3-|             |--3--|      |--3--|
                  H    Q  E E E E   W   Q    +Q    +E  Q  +E   E E   W
                |-----------------|-3-|----------------------------|------|
                |-------------3-5-|---|-6b8--(6)r--(6)-3--(3)------|------|
                |---------3-4-----|---|------------------------3-4-|------|
                |-----------------|---|----------------------------|-5----|
                |-----------------|---|----------------------------|------|
                |-----------------|---|----------------------------|------|

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