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Blues Guitar Greatest Hits - Vol. 2
Good stuff. Can’t go wrong with lessons by both Robin Ford and Larry Carlton!
Blues Guitar Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Ramp Up Your Blues Guitar Chops with a Selection of Top Lessons
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About this course
This Greatest Hits compilation presents top-ranked video guitar lessons from TrueFire's top blues guitar educators. All of the lessons are tabbed and notated, include Guitar Pro files, and come with the backing tracks used in the lesson. All in all, this Greatest Hits collection delivers essential and very versatile vocabulary, techniques and insight for any guitar player.
What you'll learn
- Use voice leading principles to create smooth chord transitions
- Play zydeco-influenced rhythm guitar over a I-IV-V progression
- Apply dotted quarter note pulse feel to rhythm playing
- Incorporate slide techniques into chord-based rhythm playing
- Mix different rhythm feels (zydeco and rockabilly) within one progression
Release date: 12/11/2014 • 1h 00m runtime
Sample lessons
Dirty Blonde
Performance
Dirty Blonde
Breakdown
Ice Cold Rhythm
Funky Groove 1
Mocamboxes
Lick 13
What's included
37 lessons • 25 charts • 18 Jam Tracks
Up Swing
Lesson Source: Jeff McErlain's 30 Authentic Blues Grooves
An uptempo blues is essential to any authentic vocabulary. Like all blues feels, please don't take anything for granted! A swing is a tough feel to get and my advice it to listen closely to the drummer. Always. Then the bass player, then the two of them together. Really try to listen to what each of them is playing separately then together. Our job is to fit into that, not the other way around. We are a supportive instrument to them not the other way around as we guitar players may feel! I have as much fun locking into a great rhythm section as I do soloing.
An uptempo blues is essential to any authentic vocabulary. Like all blues feels, please don't take anything for granted! A swing is a tough feel to get and my advice it to listen closely to the drummer. Always. Then the bass player, then the two of them together. Really try to listen to what each of them is playing separately then together. Our job is to fit into that, not the other way around. We are a supportive instrument to them not the other way around as we guitar players may feel! I have as much fun locking into a great rhythm section as I do soloing.
Dirty Blonde
Lesson Source: Mike Zito's Blues Americana
Here is a good shuffle in the key of G from my tune "Dirty Blonde". It's a 1/4/5, and it's swinging. I will play a lot of my standard blues style licks here. I will also use the major country style double stops to spice up the changes.
Here is a good shuffle in the key of G from my tune "Dirty Blonde". It's a 1/4/5, and it's swinging. I will play a lot of my standard blues style licks here. I will also use the major country style double stops to spice up the changes.
Dirty Blonde
Dirty Blonde
Lesson Source: Mike Zito's Blues Americana
Alternate picking, playing in and out of time. Some fun open banjo style licks mixed with traditional blues.
Alternate picking, playing in and out of time. Some fun open banjo style licks mixed with traditional blues.
Dorian Funk
Lesson Source: Robert Renman's Blues Booster
This is a fun little groove to play over. It is a 1-4 progression, but because the 1 chord is minor, and the 4 chord is a 7 chord, the perfect scale to use for both chords is Dorian.
This is a fun little groove to play over. It is a 1-4 progression, but because the 1 chord is minor, and the 4 chord is a 7 chord, the perfect scale to use for both chords is Dorian.
Dorian Funk
Lesson Source: Robert Renman's Blues Booster
By using the A Dorian mode over both chords, we have the perfect scale. In fact, if you look at it from a D7 perspective, we are playing D Mixolydian over that D7 - the notes are identical to A Dorian. Using just one scale can sound boring though, so let's add some diminished ideas too!
By using the A Dorian mode over both chords, we have the perfect scale. In fact, if you look at it from a D7 perspective, we are playing D Mixolydian over that D7 - the notes are identical to A Dorian. Using just one scale can sound boring though, so let's add some diminished ideas too!
Dorian Funk
Lesson Source: Robert Renman's Blues Booster
There's a lot happening here. Besides Dorian, I also use the C & D Triads, to make the playing more melodic. Those triads also fit perfectly into Dorian. I'm using a slightly unusual way of playing a C-D triads lick, check it out. Now, it can get boring to just play a scale randomly, so I make use of some rhythmic phrasing through repetition, triplets, and the 4 note pattern. Remember to not overuse patterns, or playing will sound too much like practice. I'm also sneaking in the Dim scale here, because I think it's the hippest scale there is! If you use it tastefully, I find it adds such a cool hipness factor to solos.
There's a lot happening here. Besides Dorian, I also use the C & D Triads, to make the playing more melodic. Those triads also fit perfectly into Dorian. I'm using a slightly unusual way of playing a C-D triads lick, check it out. Now, it can get boring to just play a scale randomly, so I make use of some rhythmic phrasing through repetition, triplets, and the 4 note pattern. Remember to not overuse patterns, or playing will sound too much like practice. I'm also sneaking in the Dim scale here, because I think it's the hippest scale there is! If you use it tastefully, I find it adds such a cool hipness factor to solos.
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Reviews
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frsmi4
Verified buyer
08/23/24
I haven't gone through all of the lessons, but so far good.
warrens
Verified buyer
06/17/21
Great course
This course gives you the perspective of playing the blues by many different artists. I find this helpful to learn different styles and then maybe create my own style.
DOCTORTOOTH
Verified buyer
11/19/20
nice lessons and tips for blues players
top educators like Jeff MCerlain , Corey Congilio , Brad Carlton , Robben Ford , Karl Verheyen and Dave Hamburger and are here to show You some great blues tunes .... Gorgeous
triathlondackel
Verified buyer
11/15/19
Great course
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