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101.
Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In my opinion, playing blues rhythm guitar is a study in economy of style. You don't want to overplay and take away from the main focus of the music, which might be a singer or a soloist. So, what elements do you have to pl...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 202552 Hits · 4.09 / 5 (150 ratings)
102.
Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Let's try varying some of the chords we used in the last page. For now, I'm only going to show the first 5 measures of the tune. From these measures, you'll know the chord voicings for the E7 and the A7, and when it comes t...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 202552 Hits · 4.09 / 5 (150 ratings)
103.
Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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We can take this idea a bit further by using 13th chords instead of 7th or 9th chords. 13th chords give our tune a "jazzier" kind of feeling, but it still completely fits with the direction of the tune...
Blues · Intermediate · 202552 Hits · 4.09 / 5 (150 ratings)
104.
Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In a similar vein, we don't have to use voicings on the middle 4 strings. We can extend it up to the top 4 strings for some higher comping. With all of these different types of voicings, the best changes are the ones which ...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 202552 Hits · 4.09 / 5 (150 ratings)
105.
Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Up until now, we haven't changed anything in our rhythm. Now we'll start to introduce some variation. One way to change the rhythm is hold a chord on the 4th beat of a measure just before the chord is about to change. In t...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 202552 Hits · 4.09 / 5 (150 ratings)
106.
Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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So now, let's put it all together in a full 12-bar blues. All of the variations in chord choices and rhythm come from the principles we've learned in this lesson. Once you get familiar with using this devices, it'll just sh...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 202552 Hits · 4.09 / 5 (150 ratings)
107.
Basic Scale Patterns (#36)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In this lesson, we'll look at eight different permutations of the same scale pattern idea. The main scale we'll use is an A blues scale without the blue note so: A · C · D · E · G. This is one of the most basic scale forms ...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 198022 Hits · 4.31 / 5 (217 ratings)
108.
Basic Scale Patterns (#36)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Now, we'll do the same thing as page 1, but we'll use an ascending pattern instead. We find our low A, and play 4 ascending notes. Then we find our next highest note from the low A, which a C and we play four ascending note...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 198022 Hits · 4.31 / 5 (217 ratings)
109.
Basic Scale Patterns (#36)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Of course, our pattern doesn't necessarily have to be 4 notes long. It could 3 or 5 or even 8 notes long if you can keep track of where you are. In this case, we do the same thing as page 1, but we use a 3-note descending p...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 198022 Hits · 4.31 / 5 (217 ratings)
110.
Basic Scale Patterns (#36)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Now let's do the same thing, but using a 3-note ascending pattern instead of a descending one. Are you starting to see the things that you can keep changing to create similar but effective lines? So far, it's been the number...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 198022 Hits · 4.31 / 5 (217 ratings)
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