#3 note bluex tabs download#
You can also download this video from here if you prefer having it on your computer. The backing track is called "Get Close" and can be found on my backing tracks page. This time we use 3-note versions of the aforementioned chords. Practice playing fewer notes when soloing and see how you fare. Chicago Blues Guitar lesson with notated blues licks, and horn lines in the style of the. That's what great about the blues - you can play 3 notes over and over - slightly change the way you phrase those 3 notes every time - and voila, it can sound great. It's all about phrasing and making musical statements. Which is good news if you are just starting out. It's not my best blues solo ever, granted, but it is a good exercise in itself, and the video may be helpful in demonstrating that you don't need to play a lot of notes when you are playing the blues. The shell chord will always be a 1, b3 or 3, and b7 or 7 depending on whether it is major 7th, minor 7th, or dominant. Figure 3 is the minor pentatonic scale form that is the basis for the fretting-hand arpeggio shapes in this lesson. Figure 2 shows the notes that make up each of those chords, played as single-octave arpeggios: G-B-D-F. Check it out.Ĭan you really play a 12 bar solo with only 3 notes? Well, sure you can! In this video, I am playing over a 12 bar blues in the key of A, and each time through the 12 bars, I play only 3 notes from the A minor pentatonic scale. Figure 1 shows the three chords in a basic 12-bar blues: G7, C7, and D7. with your index finger ready to play at the 13th fret).
Slowing down songs is another great way to learn from records and your song collection. Blues Scale Pattern 3 The TAB below shows how pattern 3 can be used to play a 1-octave C blues scale either in open position (in which case one of the black circles on the diagram would represent the open G string), or starting in 13th position (i.e. Will you Donate? Making these lessons is a lot of work.