0:00:04.403,0:00:09.085 Okay, we've covered an awful lot of ground [br]in this little blues course. 0:00:09.085,0:00:14.657 It's really important that you practice the right things [br]to make the most of your practice time 0:00:14.657,0:00:17.540 and to make sure [br]that you really digest this information. 0:00:17.540,0:00:19.387 So, what should you be doing? 0:00:19.387,0:00:22.669 Well, the first thing that needs to go[br]into your practice schedule 0:00:22.669,0:00:24.339 is to learn the licks. 0:00:24.339,0:00:28.433 Of course you need to learn the scale positions as well :[br]they go around the licks 0:00:28.433,0:00:32.501 but definitely knowing the licks for each position [br]is really important. 0:00:32.501,0:00:34.641 So it's worth practicing each one up. 0:00:34.641,0:00:37.157 Really working on trying to make it sound good. 0:00:37.157,0:00:39.066 Not just getting the notes right 0:00:39.066,0:00:42.831 but thinking about how loud and soft [br]you pick the notes. 0:00:42.831,0:00:47.503 The whole dynamic feel of it, [br]whether you really give it some aggression, 0:00:47.503,0:00:49.678 or whether it's soft and delicate,[br]that kind of thing. 0:00:49.678,0:00:54.515 That makes a huge difference to the way [br]people can project through their playing. 0:00:54.515,0:00:57.536 So, learning your licks, [br]getting the licks down right, 0:00:57.536,0:01:00.261 is the first thing [br]that you should be worried about. 0:01:00.261,0:01:02.308 The next thing is making sure that you use them. 0:01:02.308,0:01:05.995 Now what I recommend for all of my students [br]is that you use a backing track. 0:01:05.995,0:01:10.040 Now, if you're lucky enough to be in a band [br]and you can practice using the licks with a band 0:01:10.040,0:01:13.291 then that's the best thing ever [br]but not everyone has that luxury, 0:01:13.291,0:01:16.096 so a backing track is a pretty close second. 0:01:16.096,0:01:20.046 Now, there's backing tracks available [br]from my site, including a couple of free ones, 0:01:20.046,0:01:22.468 so use those. [br]There's plenty around on the Internet 0:01:22.468,0:01:25.882 so just look about and find yourself [br]some backing tracks to jam to. 0:01:25.882,0:01:27.082 It's really important. 0:01:27.082,0:01:32.531 The ones that you'll get from my site [br]are 5 minute long, 0:01:32.531,0:01:36.025 which is a good amount of time [br]to practice one lick. 0:01:36.025,0:01:41.110 Now I did talk about this in an earlier lesson, [br]in Blues Lead Guitar, Volume One 0:01:41.110,0:01:45.634 but just to reiterate it here, [br]take one lick that I've given you 0:01:45.634,0:01:47.837 and use it as many different times, 0:01:47.837,0:01:51.117 as many different ways as you can [br]for a whole five minutes. 0:01:51.117,0:01:54.240 What you'll find is that after the first minute 0:01:54.240,0:01:57.602 you've used everyway [br]that you can possibly think of to play the lick. 0:01:57.602,0:02:02.033 And that way you'll start really pushing your boundaries [br]of the ways that you can use that lick. 0:02:02.033,0:02:04.624 It's also worth, within that five minutes, 0:02:04.624,0:02:08.171 maybe towards the last part of it, [br]the last minute or so, 0:02:08.171,0:02:11.029 linking up with some other licks [br]that you already know from that position. 0:02:11.029,0:02:15.213 So you can sit there and go from one lick [br]and then smoothly into another lick 0:02:15.213,0:02:18.818 and then back to the first lick or whatever. [br]Letting them blend. 0:02:18.818,0:02:20.485 Because what you don't want is to have: 0:02:20.485,0:02:25.352 Here's the licks that you've learned on this DVD [br]or from wherever else, 0:02:25.352,0:02:28.466 and when you play, it's got nothing to do [br]with that collection of licks. 0:02:28.466,0:02:30.938 You have to try and blend them [br]in to your playing 0:02:30.938,0:02:33.693 so that they naturally just come out [br]whenever you play your pentatonic. 0:02:33.693,0:02:35.345 That's kind of the point. 0:02:35.345,0:02:38.987 As well as doing that, [br]you might want to add to your playing schedule, 0:02:38.987,0:02:42.236 after you've done all of these individual licks [br]in individual positions 0:02:42.236,0:02:47.604 would be linking positions and practicing [br]moving from one place to another place 0:02:47.604,0:02:52.370 and using those slides to join them together [br]or shifts or using the same note. 0:02:52.370,0:02:56.589 A good idea is just to pick one specific thing [br]and practice that. 0:02:56.589,0:03:00.374 So, either practice moving from one position [br]to another position that's right next door 0:03:00.374,0:03:03.789 or, practice jumping from one end of the neck [br]to the other end of the neck 0:03:03.789,0:03:06.125 and back to the middle somewhere, [br]really jumping around a lot. 0:03:06.125,0:03:09.110 But really trying to find the thing, [br]it is that you're going to practice 0:03:09.110,0:03:11.990 and then work on that one thing [br]over and over. 0:03:11.990,0:03:17.204 Okay, now, the other really, really big question [br]that people have is 0:03:17.204,0:03:20.224 "You've taught me loads of stuff [br]about playing in the key of A 0:03:20.224,0:03:22.363 but I want to play in other keys too." 0:03:22.363,0:03:26.140 Actually, you have to play in other keys [br]and it's really, really important. 0:03:26.140,0:03:29.894 But the reason that I taught you [br]everything in the key of A is so that 0:03:29.894,0:03:32.563 you really start to understand each position. 0:03:32.563,0:03:36.460 Now, once you can play, [br]for example, position one. 0:03:36.460,0:03:38.927 You've learned your licks [br]in position one in the key of A 0:03:38.927,0:03:42.265 and you've done your homework [br]and you've really got it sounding good. 0:03:42.265,0:03:47.465 Now, if you want to move that to the key of C, [br]all you need to do is move the root note. 0:03:47.465,0:03:52.650 And this is why I keep going on all the time, [br]through all my lessons, 0:03:52.650,0:03:54.882 about the importance[br]of knowing which note is the root note. 0:03:54.882,0:04:02.150 Because all you have to do [br]is to move that root note to the note of your new key 0:04:02.150,0:04:03.932 and you've got your new scale. 0:04:03.932,0:04:07.901 For example, position one in A [br]was around the 5th fret. 0:04:07.901,0:04:09.954 If you wanted to play in C, 0:04:09.954,0:04:13.361 you simply move that whole bunch of stuff [br]up to the 8th fret 0:04:13.361,0:04:20.468 because the root note for the key of C is the note C, [br]8th fret, 6th string. 0:04:20.468,0:04:22.730 And then you can play [br]all of your position one licks. 0:04:22.730,0:04:25.522 You'll find that a little bit weird at first 0:04:25.522,0:04:28.328 because you've been playing so much [br]in the key of A. 0:04:28.328,0:04:31.551 So what you want to start again with [br]is just playing position one. 0:04:31.551,0:04:34.411 Get use to playing position one [br]in your new key. 0:04:34.411,0:04:38.764 When you feel confident with that, [br]maybe try going from position one up into position two, 0:04:38.764,0:04:41.175 back to position one, up to position two, [br]back to position one, 0:04:41.175,0:04:43.707 and start to see [br]that they kind of link together. 0:04:43.707,0:04:45.946 And because you've already done it [br]in the key of A 0:04:45.946,0:04:50.412 you will find it quite easy, I'm sure, [br]to link through all your different positions 0:04:50.412,0:04:53.679 if you've done your homework [br]in the key of A well enough. 0:04:53.679,0:04:55.423 Which I'm hoping you will have done. 0:04:55.423,0:04:59.373 Other things we need to talk about quickly : [br]new licks. 0:04:59.373,0:05:05.079 I've given you a bunch of licks [br]but Eric Clapton certainly didn't learn licks from a DVD 0:05:05.079,0:05:08.429 by some weird Tasmanian guy [br]who teaches via the Internet. 0:05:08.429,0:05:11.196 You learn licks from records. 0:05:11.196,0:05:15.899 The sooner you get transcribing [br]and listening to your favorite BB King 0:05:15.899,0:05:18.463 or Eric Clapton [br]or whoever you like's album 0:05:18.463,0:05:21.865 and trying to work out their licks. [br]That's what you should be doing. 0:05:21.865,0:05:26.198 That is the real way to learn to play blues guitar [br]and there's no substitute for it. 0:05:26.198,0:05:30.027 I've given you a really good course [br]that I think will help you on your way 0:05:30.027,0:05:32.912 but you need to transcribe things. 0:05:32.912,0:05:34.910 There's no question, [br]you must do that[br] 0:05:34.910,0:05:37.955 if you want to end up being[br]even a competent guitar player, 0:05:37.955,0:05:39.400 (it) has to be transcribing stuff. 0:05:39.400,0:05:43.232 Now to help you with that, I have a product, [br]which I'm not saying you have to buy 0:05:43.232,0:05:48.467 you can be using your own CDs like Clapton CDs [br]or whatever if you like but I've got this thing, 0:05:48.467,0:05:52.745 this really useful blues solos pack [br]where I recorded five different solos 0:05:52.745,0:05:56.954 in the style of five different guitar players [br]and they progressively get harder 0:05:56.954,0:06:01.387 and they use a mixture of the different pentatonic scales[br]and they're full of licks. 0:06:01.387,0:06:05.570 I picked each guitar player's [br](twenty, whatever) favorite licks 0:06:05.570,0:06:10.049 and then squashed them all into a new solo, [br]made a backing track and recorded it. 0:06:10.049,0:06:13.139 So I've made sure [br]they're pretty straight-forward to transcribe 0:06:13.139,0:06:16.215 and you get the tabs as well [br]so after you've transcribed it, 0:06:16.215,0:06:19.909 like worked it out by ear yourself, [br]you can then check it against my transcription 0:06:19.909,0:06:22.330 and make sure that everything's okay. 0:06:22.330,0:06:27.193 So, that's a really, really important thing [br]that you do next is work on your own licks. 0:06:27.193,0:06:28.937 Mega, mega important. 0:06:28.937,0:06:36.935 One last thing, there is another note [br]that you will find crops up quite a lot in blues, 0:06:36.935,0:06:39.609 In the key of A, this is the note C#. 0:06:39.609,0:06:43.800 And the reason this note is there [br]is because it comes from an A7 chord. 0:06:43.800,0:06:50.170 but whenever you use that note particularly, [br]it only fits over the A7 chord 0:06:50.170,0:06:54.236 and in a blues, hopefully [br]you remember that it's got the chords A, D and E. 0:06:54.236,0:06:55.850 Or A7, D7 and E7. 0:06:55.850,0:07:00.667 Any licks that use the note C# [br]only sound good over the A chord. 0:07:00.667,0:07:03.443 So the reason they're not covered here 0:07:03.443,0:07:07.333 is because these things, [br]they're called chord specific licks, 0:07:07.333,0:07:11.561 and they're going to get covered [br]in Advanced Blues Lead Guitar 0:07:11.561,0:07:13.823 which will be coming to you very soon. 0:07:13.823,0:07:17.608 So, don't stress about that. [br]If you want a quick snippet of what I'm talking about 0:07:17.608,0:07:22.603 you might like to check out a series of videos [br]on my web site called 'Jazz up your blues' 0:07:22.603,0:07:26.960 which talks about this concept a bit [br]and gives you an introduction to the use of arpeggios 0:07:26.960,0:07:31.597 which is a very cool thing to do. 0:07:31.597,0:07:35.251 Well I hope you've enjoyed this series [br]of blues lead guitar lessons. 0:07:35.251,0:07:39.375 Be it on the DVD or if you've watched it on Youtube [br]or through the web site. 0:07:39.375,0:07:42.305 I really hope that it helps expand your blues playing 0:07:42.305,0:07:47.263 and takes you to new, and cool, and hip places [br]that you never thought you'd go to before. 0:07:47.263,0:07:50.339 I've seen many of my private students [br]really progress 0:07:50.339,0:07:53.978 from being complete beginners [br]in the lead guitar department 0:07:53.978,0:07:56.094 to really doing [br]some pretty good quality solos. 0:07:56.094,0:07:57.789 It's all about the licks. 0:07:57.789,0:08:02.244 Okay, take care of yourselves, [br]and I will see you again for another lesson real soon. 0:08:02.244,0:08:04.058 Bye bye.