Lick 4 simple guitar licks b minor lick guitar couch lessons. A vertical riff is one that repeats, but transposed to follow the chord roots. Make sure to use the backing tracks and learn to play blues guitar like bb king. The second half of bar 7 is a nice development of the phrase at bar 3. Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar with.
Here is the d minor scale form that this santana lick is played out of. The major pentatonic scale is a wonderful, simple way to add colour to your blues playing. It is a warm contrast to the minor pentatonicblues scale and is often used right next to the minor pentatonic to suddenly lift a solo into a happier, major territory. Learn 10 easy blues licks over an e minor backing track for electric. Though albert lee is known as a master of the country guitar, he has played with a variety of different artists including eric clapton, the everly brothers, and exrolling stones bassist bill wyman. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. Its going to show you how to really get these sounds across and also how to create some great licks with the diatonic arpeggios also some of the other great arpeggios available like quartal harmony and shell voicings. Leigh fuge of mgr music digs into 10 interesting and helpful lead blues guitar licks, ideal for beginners or novice blues guitar players looking for an injection of practice ideas. The 1st construction, using the major scale, starts at lesson 3. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes.
You should be able to hear how great the a minor pentatonic licks sound over this backing track. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. We are going to look at some licks that make use of blues phrasing and scale and some jazz lines. A nice combination are the chords am7, dm7 and e7 together with the a pentatonic blues scale. It allows each player to apply their own style and take their own approach.
Some players have a memorised collection or repertoire of favourite licks that they will throw into a solo every now and then. Also dont forget to check out the free blues guitar. If you wanted to play this santana lick in b minor, then you would move everything down 3 frets so the highlighted note on the first string would be at the 7th fret b. This creates a special blues vibe, that can often be heard on claptons early works. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and high.
Guitar lovers licks riffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. How professional blues guitarists use the minor pentatonic scale while its true that some people like the dissonance that is caused by playing the cnote over the a7 chord, most experienced blues guitarists will choose to either. Stevie ray vaughan srv is for many people on of the finest blues players of all time and he has loads of awesome licks that are great to steal and work into your own playing. Transcriptions of saxophone solos blues jazz and cajun. Remember this works because the key of a minor has exactly the same chords as the key of c. In this example, we will add a turnaround progression in the second bar a turnaround is a series of chords that takes the listener from one chord cm7 in this case, and turning it around back to itself using a series of chords dm7b5g7alt in this case. In general blues lines can be both in the chord so mixolydian or strictly blues from the minor pentatonic scale. Styles include blues, funk, rock, country, licks, theory, technique and more. Two phrases based in a minor blues scale the a in bar 9 is an embellishment. Majorminor pentatonic blues soloing anyone can play guitar. In this lesson youll learn the one scale that is responsible for about 95% of all the blues licks you hear the minor pentatonic and minor blues scale. Here is the intro to the song and is one of the most famous blues guitar riffs out there. Riffs, on the other hand, are usually licks or phrases that are repeated as part of a tune or improvised backings.
Major pentatonic licks for guitar fundamental changes music. Note the change from minor to major 3rd as the chord changes from iv back to i. Charlie parkerish lick b minor master guitar academy. Their licks remain as the common language of the blues guitar solo style.
Sep 27, 2014 this scale is especially valuable if youre a blues, rock, jazz, funk, or country guitarist looking to discover a new world of licks. Easy e minor em 10 minor blues licks lesson youtube. The other way is to replace the slide with a second bending, more difficult to play than the previous lick. Minor blues guitar licks example 4 looks a bit fearsome on the dots, but all thats really happening is some sliding into a root position minor triad. The solution below shows the b blues scale, on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. Theres a mysterious extra something you hear in the solos of many of the blues greats clapton, green, bb. With the combination of the key, tempo, chord progressions and scales suggestions to use, you will be making solos in no time. The blues scale is fairly simple to play particularly if you have mastered the minor pentatonic, yet it is remarkably expressive and seductive. To learn more minor blues scale riffs, check out blues guitar 101 classic licks. Before we dig into these licks we need to cover a few basic principles. The first minor blues scale lick features a classic bend and then two upper strings in the. The licks audio and the backing track are included. We are covering blues licks, but in a slightly different manner than before. How to play the minor and major blues scales with solo examples.
Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. This free blues guitar riff is the thrill is gone by bb king. Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues piano licks. In comparison with the progression i had covered in part one which ill now refer to as the major blues progression, the minor blues progression has a darker, smoother sound to it. We all know that using the minor pentatonic scale sounds bloody marvellous when taking a blues solo, but there are times when using that scale alone doesnt quite cut it. Solo guitar blues licks and solos 12bar blues guitar. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. 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. This collection of 30 licks will inspire you new ideas using the minor pentatonic scale and multiple keys and in multiple tempos.
Licks are short musical phrases used in jazz, blues and rock improvising. Here are pictures and notes of the major pentatonic blues scales. In part four, ill talk about the second most common chord progression in the blues. Or, in the same way, the g blues scale with the chords g7, c7 and d7. Beyond learning these three particular licks, we can also apply this idea in a more general way.
Perhaps this is why there are so many players who sound unique within the scope of blues. Mga where guitarists learn, improve, excel and have fun with lessons by robert renman. As the e minor pentatonic e g a b d phrases in figure 1a b illustrate, blues licks are typically inflected with frethand pitch bends, frethand vibrato, and legato moves like hammerons and pulloffs. These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. Guitar scales handbook bonus lessons steeplechase music books. The solution below shows the b blues scale, on the piano, treble clef and bass clef since the key of b appears on the circle of fifths diagram as both a major and minor key, the lesson steps explain both ways of constructing this blues scale for this key the 1st construction, using the major scale, starts at lesson 3 the 2nd construction, using the minor pentatonic scale. Piano pentatonic blues scales overview with pictures.
Finally, in the freddie king example, the minor pentatonic licks fall over the v to iv of the turnaround, followed by major pentatonic licks over the i chord in measures 11 and 12. Each lick is accurately tabbed in pdf and gp6 format. Any listing of the great blues guitar licks would have to include its fair share of b. Sep 17, 2002 a vertical riff is one that repeats, but transposed to follow the chord roots. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f. Here are three examples that would work over an e blues or e minor chord progression. This week were looking at a very american style of music played in the style of the very english albert lee. The minor pentatonic scale works fantastically over a a blues.
These work best on a more basic blues with a 5 4 chords in bars 910 rather than 2 5 chords. Get all tabs for the full solo, including interactive tabs, downloadable tabs, and the full backing track click here. This is because they work best when all the chords are major type chords. We all love the blues, and this pack will get you playing a lot of it. 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. So i picked my personal favourite 7 blues masters and did 8 licks from each so over a years worth of material for a lick a week. Since the key of b appears on the circle of fifths diagram as both a major and minor key, the lesson steps explain both ways of constructing this blues scale for this key.
In this video i am going to show you some longer melodic ideas or licks with arpeggios and using different minor sounds on a cm blues. King got his start in the early 1950s as the beale street blues boy, but rapidly became a national figure with an approach too broad to be pigeonholed by a particular geographic location. This scale is especially valuable if youre a blues, rock, jazz, funk, or country guitarist looking to discover a new world of licks. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can transpose them into any key you want. To help you take minor blues scales into your lead guitar studies, here are three licks that use this scale over different chords and progressions. These may repeat exactly over and over if they fit any chord changes, but very. Your favorite b minor blues licks all guitar chords. The second backing track is a 12 bar blues in the key of a. First, all five of these easy blues guitar licks come out of the minor pentatonic scale. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson.
This blues guitar riff uses the b minor pentatonic scale. This time it is a very slow backing and we are soloing over b minor blues track at 50bpm. Tabs, fingerings, box patterns, licks, pdf and more. Figure 6 is the classic i chord lick, popularized by b. The lick finishes on a d minor triad which works well because it contains the guide tones of b7 which are d and a.