Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials

Get that biting, mean, minor blues sound today!

What you'll learn

Learn how to solo authentically over a 12 bar minor blues jam.

Master many essential blues licks and techniques in the styles of the blues greats.

Build your soloing and phrasing vocabulary.

Add feel to your solos, using a lyrical approach.

Learn a mean, minor blues solo and re-use the licks in your own playing.

Learn scale, arpeggio and chord-tone ideas, essential for soloing over a minor blues chord progression.

Learn how to play rhythm guitar over a minor blues jam.

Play along with our downloadable backing track.

Requirements

All you need in order to begin is an electric guitar, an amplifier, a pick and a desire to play the blues.

We do however recommend taking our Complete Foundation Course which will give you the skills to tackle this course.

Description

An essential study to help take your blues playing to new heights!This 14-part series of lessons, taught by top UK session guitarist, Bobby Harrison, is the third instalment of our Blues Guitar series. We’ve learned how to solo over both a shuffle groove and a slow blues progression, but now it’s time to turn our attention to minor blues playing.The focus here is how to solo over minor or minor 7th chords, as opposed to the dominant 7th progressions we’ve grown accustomed to. There are several differences in both mood and note choice, especially since we no longer have the luxury of mixing both the major and minor pentatonic scales; and as for our old friend, the major third, avoid that fella like the plague when soloing over a minor blues progression!We will learn a mean 36-bar solo, containing countless blues licks that you can incorporate into your own playing, as well as a cool, ZZ Top inspired minor blues rhythm guitar part. Bobby also shows us scale, arpeggio and chord-tone ideas for soloing over a minor blues progression.

Overview

Section 1: Let's play minor blues!

Lecture 1 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 1

Lecture 2 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 2

Lecture 3 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 3

Lecture 4 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 4

Lecture 5 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 5

Lecture 6 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 6

Lecture 7 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 7

Lecture 8 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 8

Lecture 9 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 9

Lecture 10 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 10

Lecture 11 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 11

Lecture 12 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 12

Lecture 13 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 13

Lecture 14 Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 3 - Minor Blues Essentials Part 14

Some prior experience of electric guitar is required i.e. at least a basic grasp of chords and scales. This course would suit the intermediate player, but would also be perfect for the advanced player looking to add blues to their skill set.,This course can be studied as a standalone subject, or the perfect accompaniment to FretHub’s “Blues Guitar Lessons - Volume 1 - Blues Shuffle Essentials”.