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CAGED Guitar – Understanding The Guitar Fretboard
This article is not specifically about the blues guitar or blues licks, but if you want to be any kind of accomplished guitarist you need to know this! So pay attention, folks, and learn this well. Print it out, hang it on the wall and do the practice exercises everyday until you see the thing [...]
The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 5
The 5th pattern of the Minor Pentatonic Scale is the G form (from the perspective of CAGED guitar). Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById("player1").style.display = ""; var s1 = new SWFObject("http://100blueslicks.com/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf","player1","300","220","7"); s1.addParam("wmode","transparent"); s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); s1.addVariable("height","220"); s1.addVariable("width","300"); s1.addVariable("file","/flv/mpent-gform.flv"); [...]
The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 4
So now that you know the first 3 patterns of the Minor Pentatonic Scale it’s time to get your fingers on the 4th pattern. This pattern is really useful because it fits in the area where you would play a chord with the root note on the 5th string. Notice the root note on the [...]
The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 3
So now that you know the first 2 patterns of the Minor Pentatonic Scale it’s time to get your fingers on the 3rd pattern. Many blues guitarists focus primarily on the first 2 patterns of the scale, but if you want to be really good you need to learn to play all over the fingerboard. [...]
The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 2
Now that you’ve got the first position of the scale under your fingers it’s time to to get to work on the second position. If you haven’t yet, be sure to read the part 1 of this series on the Minor Pentatonic Scale. The Second Pattern Of The Minor Pentatonic Scale When you move up [...]
Take My Advice: You Can Play Guitar But You Suck!
Sometimes the truth hurts. But if you can get over yourself for a minute, facing the truth can set you free. Or at least make you a better blues guitar player. This is a true story. Some years ago when I was working hard at getting my chops together I was a regular at a [...]
Get The Blues Right: Taj Mahal And The Diminished 7 Chord
Ever since Jake and Elwood did it in The Blues Brothers, “She Caught The Katie” by blues great Taj Mahal has been a jam night standard. But this great song has one little twist that often trips up less experienced players: the Diminished 7 chord. It’s not that the Diminished 7 chord is difficult to [...]
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 [...]
Better Blues Licks: Question…Repeat…Answer