Electric Blues Explorations
Tap Into Some of TrueFire's Best Electric Guitar Lessons!
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About this course
This Electric Blues Exploration compilation features a collection of student’s favorite lessons from 6 of TrueFire’s top electric blues educators: Jeff McErlain, David Grissom, Corey Congilio, Matt Schofield, Josh Smith, Ariel Posen, and Oz Noy.
All of the key examples are tabbed and notated and you’ll have all the backing tracks to work with on your own. You can loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s play the blues!
All of the key examples are tabbed and notated and you’ll have all the backing tracks to work with on your own. You can loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s play the blues!
What you'll learn
- Execute barred double stops on the 2nd and 3rd strings with proper bending technique
- Use multiple fingers to support string bends for better control
- Apply vibrato to finish phrases musically
- Integrate short signature licks into longer improvisations
- Understand how space and simplicity create funky, infectious phrasing
Release date: 06/01/2020 • 2h 10m runtime
Sample lessons
West Side 12/8 Blues
Overview
West Side 12/8 Blues
Performance
West Side 12/8 Blues
Breakdown
Slow Blues
Overview
What's included
44 lessons • 18 charts • 17 Jam Tracks
Electric Blues Explorations
Double Nation
Double Nation is a video guitar lesson presented by Corey Congilio and is sourced from 50 Texas Blues Licks You MUST Know
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble definitely were one of the hottest trios to come out of Texas. However, perhaps the most infamous blues rock group of all time is ZZ Top. Get past the funny music videos and Rumplestiltskin beards and you'll find some fantastic blues guitar playing from none other than Billy Gibbons.
We'll start with this lick from the tune Nation Wide. It's a simple double stop bend but very effective. The lick sits right in the C minor pentatonic. You'll be using this immediately.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble definitely were one of the hottest trios to come out of Texas. However, perhaps the most infamous blues rock group of all time is ZZ Top. Get past the funny music videos and Rumplestiltskin beards and you'll find some fantastic blues guitar playing from none other than Billy Gibbons.
We'll start with this lick from the tune Nation Wide. It's a simple double stop bend but very effective. The lick sits right in the C minor pentatonic. You'll be using this immediately.
Shuffle E Solo
Shuffle E Solo is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Essentials: Advanced Blues Soloing
Let's get started with a classic shuffle in the key of E. To start, let's get some lingo going on so you can be with the in crowd:
The blues form is 12 bars long most of the time. In blues and jazz, one time through the entire form of the progression is referred to as a chorus. So, when the solo I'm playing is same solo for two choruses, it's two times through the complete form. Getting the lingo together is important, as in a pop song a chorus is very different. So, it's all about the context. Understanding feels is just important, for example this feel is called a shuffle. Other feels are boogaloos, rumbas, boogie-woogies, etc.
Let's get started with a classic shuffle in the key of E. To start, let's get some lingo going on so you can be with the in crowd:
The blues form is 12 bars long most of the time. In blues and jazz, one time through the entire form of the progression is referred to as a chorus. So, when the solo I'm playing is same solo for two choruses, it's two times through the complete form. Getting the lingo together is important, as in a pop song a chorus is very different. So, it's all about the context. Understanding feels is just important, for example this feel is called a shuffle. Other feels are boogaloos, rumbas, boogie-woogies, etc.
Shuffle E Solo
Shuffle E Solo is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Essentials: Advanced Blues Soloing
The point of this course is to start to crack the code of playing on the chord changes as opposed to over them. There's that lingo again! Playing over the core progression means we are playing one scale over everything, in a blues this often works out very well by just playing the minor pentatonic scale. The next level is playing on the chord progression, where we play the notes at a specific time on a specific cord. Good blues guitar playing does this in my mind, as it can add a level of sophistication to your playing. It takes time to know the right notes to play, but it is well worth the effort. A good way to do it is exactly what we're doing here - learn the solos that I've constructed and then break them down and analyze the placement of each note.
The point of this course is to start to crack the code of playing on the chord changes as opposed to over them. There's that lingo again! Playing over the core progression means we are playing one scale over everything, in a blues this often works out very well by just playing the minor pentatonic scale. The next level is playing on the chord progression, where we play the notes at a specific time on a specific cord. Good blues guitar playing does this in my mind, as it can add a level of sophistication to your playing. It takes time to know the right notes to play, but it is well worth the effort. A good way to do it is exactly what we're doing here - learn the solos that I've constructed and then break them down and analyze the placement of each note.
Shuffle E Solo
Shuffle E Solo is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Essentials: Advanced Blues Soloing
To make this solo easier to breakdown, I've constructed it in sections. What's cool here is that all those individual licks can be applied just about to any blues or rock tune provided you take the key into consideration. The three chords in an E blues are E7, A7, and B7. E7 is spelled E-G#-B-D, A7 is A-C#-E-G, and B7 is B-D#-F#-A.
As you go through this solo, be sure you see which note I'm playing on which chord. In the first lick, you can see I play a number of G# notes either via bending or fretting. By using that note, I'm clearly defining the E7 chord. The same goes for the A7 and B7. This is called playing on the chords and can open up a whole new world of possibilities.
To make this solo easier to breakdown, I've constructed it in sections. What's cool here is that all those individual licks can be applied just about to any blues or rock tune provided you take the key into consideration. The three chords in an E blues are E7, A7, and B7. E7 is spelled E-G#-B-D, A7 is A-C#-E-G, and B7 is B-D#-F#-A.
As you go through this solo, be sure you see which note I'm playing on which chord. In the first lick, you can see I play a number of G# notes either via bending or fretting. By using that note, I'm clearly defining the E7 chord. The same goes for the A7 and B7. This is called playing on the chords and can open up a whole new world of possibilities.
Someday Baby Solo
Someday Baby Solo is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Essentials: Advanced Blues Soloing
Here's a classic 8 bar blues tune in a standard form. I first heard the Freddie King blues classic "Someday After a While, You'll Be Sorry" on the John Mayall record Hard Road with Peter Green on guitar. I came to the blues, as many of us did, via the British blues rock bands like Cream, John Mayall, Led Zeppelin, and Fleetwood Mac. So, the playing is a bit more aggressive than the American influences who came before them. This is an 8 bar form that you should memorize, as it's a nice change from a standard 12 bar blues.
Here's a classic 8 bar blues tune in a standard form. I first heard the Freddie King blues classic "Someday After a While, You'll Be Sorry" on the John Mayall record Hard Road with Peter Green on guitar. I came to the blues, as many of us did, via the British blues rock bands like Cream, John Mayall, Led Zeppelin, and Fleetwood Mac. So, the playing is a bit more aggressive than the American influences who came before them. This is an 8 bar form that you should memorize, as it's a nice change from a standard 12 bar blues.
Someday Baby Solo
Someday Baby Solo is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Essentials: Advanced Blues Soloing
On a solo like this, the right tone is pretty important to help some of the notes really ring out and get some sustain. The key to that is overdrive, but not too much, just enough to hold those notes, which also makes it a lot more fun! The trick here is to get the bends in tune and vibrato them steadily, keeping it in tune. It's a tricky thing to do, and the bane of many guitar players existence. It requires a lot of practice and hand strength, but there is nothing worse than out of tune bends and vibrato. It can really make a good player sound amateur. Conversely, if executed properly, can make an amateur player sound more professional.
On a solo like this, the right tone is pretty important to help some of the notes really ring out and get some sustain. The key to that is overdrive, but not too much, just enough to hold those notes, which also makes it a lot more fun! The trick here is to get the bends in tune and vibrato them steadily, keeping it in tune. It's a tricky thing to do, and the bane of many guitar players existence. It requires a lot of practice and hand strength, but there is nothing worse than out of tune bends and vibrato. It can really make a good player sound amateur. Conversely, if executed properly, can make an amateur player sound more professional.
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