For that we need an overview of the essential scales and arpeggios. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. So if you wanted to play these guitar licks in the key of d, just move them all up 2 frets. Apr 22, 2009 some impromptu blues licks for mandolin. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all.
Sep 17, 2002 licks are short musical phrases used in jazz, blues and rock improvising. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Figure 6 is the classic i chord lick, popularized by b. This lesson comes with over 40 minutes of video, pdf tabs and three audio backing tracks. You can make some really great lines by mixing things from blues and jazz. The blues scale is very closely related to the minor pentatonic scale, and is used unsurprisingly in blues. Pentatonic and modal guitar licks for solos in the styles pop. The first roman numeral i is the root or key that the progression is in. In this case the root is c which is indicated in the tablature for all of the blues licks. In the licks i can then easier explain where we are pulling the different parts from. G minor pentatonic blues solo played by marty schwartz. The following are mostly examples of common licks which act as the backbone for almost every great blues guitarist s vocabulary i have provided below a video demonstration of a solo which uses most of these licks to illustrate how they can be worked into an authentic blues guitar solo.
If we would play over a minor bluesprogression with for instance the chords am7, dm7 and em7 we cant use the major pentatonic scale. Additionally, a fender stratocaster or telecaster was played for the electric slide licks. Bluegrass guitar lick 1 in g lick 1 bluegrass licks. How to play simple delta bluesstyle riffs in the key of e. Learn 141 jazz guitar licks over common chords and chord progressions, including major and minor 251.
Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks with tab, standard notation and audio files for beginners and intermediates. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f. Lrt023 pentatonic blues solo july 18, 2016 patrick macfarlane licks, riffs, and tricks learn a complete blues solo based on the pentatonic scale, written and recorded by francesco cagnacci. Become a premiere member to access this fulllength video and all of the instruction at my site. I break everything down, and explain what i am playing on the hand of tabs. Heres a look at a blues guitar lick in g that focuses mostly on the g minor pentatonic scale, but adds the major 3rd at the end blues guitar lick in g. Register on the site still free get pdf downloads for many lesson, your own. Minor pentatonic scales and the blues scale using scale tones 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the natural minor scale. Oct 24, 2012 frequently, blues guitarists will mix major and minor scale tones in their licks. Styles run the gamut from straightforward bluesrock cliche licks, licks in the style of some of our favorite guitarists, to some fairly unorthodox ideas. The music and guitar tab are from blues guitar band that teaches blues guitar the way its meant to be played in a blues band. There are a lot of blues licks out there that sound a little ordinary so here are some cool blues ingredients to make your improvisation sound more alive.
Another typical jazz line is the use of the g augmented triad to help pull towards the c7. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can transpose them into any key you want. A lick contains a few notes which belong together like words in a sentence and have special meaning or express a certain feeling. Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here.
Jazz guitar lessons online, printable pdf ebook methods with tabs and audio files for beginners and advanced players. In this video, i go over 5 longer jazz blues licks that incorporate different. In this video guitar lesson im going to show you a blues lick in e that uses some triplet pulloffs. Riffs, on the other hand, are usually licks or phrases that are repeated as part of a tune or improvised backings.
Licks are short musical phrases which form useful elements for improvising guitar solos in the styles blues, rock and pop. May 15, 2019 today i will teach you three cool blues licks to spice up your improvisation skills. Bluegrass guitar lick 2 in g lick 2 bluegrass licks. As the e minor pentatonic e g a b d phrases in figure 1ab illustrate, blues licks are typically inflected with frethand pitch bends, frethand vibrato, and legato moves like hammerons and pulloffs. Bb king style blues guitar solo tab download in pdf format. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and high.
Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. Colorado composer hears blues, beethoven and elvis in bird song. Any listing of the great blues guitar licks would have to include its fair share of b. Blues progressions the following blues progressions are covered in this lesson. Now lets take our study of the blues scale further and use the notes of the minor blues scale, the major blues scale and the extended blues scale to create different types of blues licks of riffs. Blues licks guitar licks guitar riffs blues chords. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. Heres a look at a blues guitar lick in g that focuses mostly on the g minor pentatonic scale, but adds the major 3rd at the end. After you learn these licks learn this five minute blues guitar solo.
In this lesson i am going to look at 5 licks that do that and talk a bit about how they are constructed and how you can make lines like that. Playing and improvising acoustic blues doug young acoustic blues workshop notes q 96 our goal is to be able to play a simple, but effective solo blues guitar piece, hopefully with some improvisation. The iivv 145 the 8 bar blues the 12 bar blues a variation of the 12 bar blues roman numerals are used to show which chord or key changes are used in a progression. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. Blues jam survival guide essential g blues licks jeff scheetz.
The bends to the b5th eb and the b7th g tantalize our auditory nerves before resolving smoothly to the 4th d, which is the root of the iv chord. Play simple delta blues style riffs in the key of e. Solo guitar blues licks and solos 12bar blues guitar. Get the printable pdf including licks and integrated sounds. Jun 02, 2016 blues and jazz are two genres that share the same roots and have a lot of things in common. The migration of southern blues players northward in the postwar years generated a motherlode of blues guitar licks. This dvd set contains five dvds and three audio jam track cds. Blues guitar licks, blues guitar tab blues for peace.
The bend of the b7th g to the root a should be executed with the pinkie, backed up by. Frequently, blues guitarists will mix major and minor scale tones in their licks. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. So if you want to play these blues rock guitar licks in other keys, you will just need to move them up or down the neck to where you want the root. Bluegrass and flatpicking guitar workshop by dan geib contact. Jazz guitar lessons pdf methods with audio files online. In this video i am showing how to play a 12 bar blues combining chords and leads into one guitar. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes.
The following 6th and 5th string root diagrams show how you can. John lee hooker relocated to detroit and invented the boogie, which has. Some players have a memorised collection or repertoire of favourite licks that they will throw into a solo every now and then. Its always good to have plenty of blues guitar licks in the key of e in your arsenal. Colorado composer hears blues, beethoven and elvis in bird.
In this guitar lesson we are going to put together everything youve learned throughout the blues guitar quickstart series to interject some blues licks into the intermediate 12bar blues riff that you learned back in lesson five. Some might refer to this as bill monroe style which is ok with me, although ive been playing it for so long im not sure it bears that much resemblance. Leigh fuge of mgr music works through 10 easy blues guitar licks for beginners that can be quickly worked into a practice routine. Blues in e is one of the most common keys to play in, so you can never have enough e blues licks. When you start playing solos and thinking of the architecture of a solo, how to build up and release tension and all these things, you need a basic set of blues licks to start with. Insert the dvd into your player and the main menu screen appears.
Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues piano licks. While youre stuck at home, make the most of your time by learning a new language, skill, or even train for a remotework job with our new premium online courses. Nov 10, 2016 to be able to mix jazz and blues we of course need to have the material to play both jazz and blues in this position. Easy blues volume 1 blues licks, solos improvisation. All of the licks are written in the key of e minor, so that you can easily master them in this popular key. Get tabs and backing tracks for all my lessons here. Blues turnarounds the easy approach this talk of i, iv, v is a little bit heavy on the theory, but there is a easy way to locate these chords that doesnt require you know all the mechanics behind it. These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do. The licks are all derived from the a minor pentatonic scale, so. Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Since we are mixing two genres we need to get the tools to play each of them. Nov 15, 2017 pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues.
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