Blues Lead Guitar: Putting it all together #20of20 (Guitar Lesson BL-030) How to play
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0:04 - 0:09Okay, we've covered an awful lot of ground
in this little blues course. -
0:09 - 0:15It's really important that you practice the right things
to make the most of your practice time -
0:15 - 0:18and to make sure
that you really digest this information. -
0:18 - 0:19So, what should you be doing?
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0:19 - 0:23Well, the first thing that needs to go
into your practice schedule -
0:23 - 0:24is to learn the licks.
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0:24 - 0:28Of course you need to learn the scale positions as well :
they go around the licks -
0:28 - 0:33but definitely knowing the licks for each position
is really important. -
0:33 - 0:35So it's worth practicing each one up.
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0:35 - 0:37Really working on trying to make it sound good.
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0:37 - 0:39Not just getting the notes right
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0:39 - 0:43but thinking about how loud and soft
you pick the notes. -
0:43 - 0:48The whole dynamic feel of it,
whether you really give it some aggression, -
0:48 - 0:50or whether it's soft and delicate,
that kind of thing. -
0:50 - 0:55That makes a huge difference to the way
people can project through their playing. -
0:55 - 0:58So, learning your licks,
getting the licks down right, -
0:58 - 1:00is the first thing
that you should be worried about. -
1:00 - 1:02The next thing is making sure that you use them.
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1:02 - 1:06Now what I recommend for all of my students
is that you use a backing track. -
1:06 - 1:10Now, if you're lucky enough to be in a band
and you can practice using the licks with a band -
1:10 - 1:13then that's the best thing ever
but not everyone has that luxury, -
1:13 - 1:16so a backing track is a pretty close second.
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1:16 - 1:20Now, there's backing tracks available
from my site, including a couple of free ones, -
1:20 - 1:22so use those.
There's plenty around on the Internet -
1:22 - 1:26so just look about and find yourself
some backing tracks to jam to. -
1:26 - 1:27It's really important.
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1:27 - 1:33The ones that you'll get from my site
are 5 minute long, -
1:33 - 1:36which is a good amount of time
to practice one lick. -
1:36 - 1:41Now I did talk about this in an earlier lesson,
in Blues Lead Guitar, Volume One -
1:41 - 1:46but just to reiterate it here,
take one lick that I've given you -
1:46 - 1:48and use it as many different times,
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1:48 - 1:51as many different ways as you can
for a whole five minutes. -
1:51 - 1:54What you'll find is that after the first minute
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1:54 - 1:58you've used everyway
that you can possibly think of to play the lick. -
1:58 - 2:02And that way you'll start really pushing your boundaries
of the ways that you can use that lick. -
2:02 - 2:05It's also worth, within that five minutes,
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2:05 - 2:08maybe towards the last part of it,
the last minute or so, -
2:08 - 2:11linking up with some other licks
that you already know from that position. -
2:11 - 2:15So you can sit there and go from one lick
and then smoothly into another lick -
2:15 - 2:19and then back to the first lick or whatever.
Letting them blend. -
2:19 - 2:20Because what you don't want is to have:
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2:20 - 2:25Here's the licks that you've learned on this DVD
or from wherever else, -
2:25 - 2:28and when you play, it's got nothing to do
with that collection of licks. -
2:28 - 2:31You have to try and blend them
in to your playing -
2:31 - 2:34so that they naturally just come out
whenever you play your pentatonic. -
2:34 - 2:35That's kind of the point.
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2:35 - 2:39As well as doing that,
you might want to add to your playing schedule, -
2:39 - 2:42after you've done all of these individual licks
in individual positions -
2:42 - 2:48would be linking positions and practicing
moving from one place to another place -
2:48 - 2:52and using those slides to join them together
or shifts or using the same note. -
2:52 - 2:57A good idea is just to pick one specific thing
and practice that. -
2:57 - 3:00So, either practice moving from one position
to another position that's right next door -
3:00 - 3:04or, practice jumping from one end of the neck
to the other end of the neck -
3:04 - 3:06and back to the middle somewhere,
really jumping around a lot. -
3:06 - 3:09But really trying to find the thing,
it is that you're going to practice -
3:09 - 3:12and then work on that one thing
over and over. -
3:12 - 3:17Okay, now, the other really, really big question
that people have is -
3:17 - 3:20"You've taught me loads of stuff
about playing in the key of A -
3:20 - 3:22but I want to play in other keys too."
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3:22 - 3:26Actually, you have to play in other keys
and it's really, really important. -
3:26 - 3:30But the reason that I taught you
everything in the key of A is so that -
3:30 - 3:33you really start to understand each position.
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3:33 - 3:36Now, once you can play,
for example, position one. -
3:36 - 3:39You've learned your licks
in position one in the key of A -
3:39 - 3:42and you've done your homework
and you've really got it sounding good. -
3:42 - 3:47Now, if you want to move that to the key of C,
all you need to do is move the root note. -
3:47 - 3:53And this is why I keep going on all the time,
through all my lessons, -
3:53 - 3:55about the importance
of knowing which note is the root note. -
3:55 - 4:02Because all you have to do
is to move that root note to the note of your new key -
4:02 - 4:04and you've got your new scale.
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4:04 - 4:08For example, position one in A
was around the 5th fret. -
4:08 - 4:10If you wanted to play in C,
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4:10 - 4:13you simply move that whole bunch of stuff
up to the 8th fret -
4:13 - 4:20because the root note for the key of C is the note C,
8th fret, 6th string. -
4:20 - 4:23And then you can play
all of your position one licks. -
4:23 - 4:26You'll find that a little bit weird at first
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4:26 - 4:28because you've been playing so much
in the key of A. -
4:28 - 4:32So what you want to start again with
is just playing position one. -
4:32 - 4:34Get use to playing position one
in your new key. -
4:34 - 4:39When you feel confident with that,
maybe try going from position one up into position two, -
4:39 - 4:41back to position one, up to position two,
back to position one, -
4:41 - 4:44and start to see
that they kind of link together. -
4:44 - 4:46And because you've already done it
in the key of A -
4:46 - 4:50you will find it quite easy, I'm sure,
to link through all your different positions -
4:50 - 4:54if you've done your homework
in the key of A well enough. -
4:54 - 4:55Which I'm hoping you will have done.
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4:55 - 4:59Other things we need to talk about quickly :
new licks. -
4:59 - 5:05I've given you a bunch of licks
but Eric Clapton certainly didn't learn licks from a DVD -
5:05 - 5:08by some weird Tasmanian guy
who teaches via the Internet. -
5:08 - 5:11You learn licks from records.
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5:11 - 5:16The sooner you get transcribing
and listening to your favorite BB King -
5:16 - 5:18or Eric Clapton
or whoever you like's album -
5:18 - 5:22and trying to work out their licks.
That's what you should be doing. -
5:22 - 5:26That is the real way to learn to play blues guitar
and there's no substitute for it. -
5:26 - 5:30I've given you a really good course
that I think will help you on your way -
5:30 - 5:33but you need to transcribe things.
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5:33 - 5:35There's no question,
you must do that -
5:35 - 5:38if you want to end up being
even a competent guitar player, -
5:38 - 5:39(it) has to be transcribing stuff.
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5:39 - 5:43Now to help you with that, I have a product,
which I'm not saying you have to buy -
5:43 - 5:48you can be using your own CDs like Clapton CDs
or whatever if you like but I've got this thing, -
5:48 - 5:53this really useful blues solos pack
where I recorded five different solos -
5:53 - 5:57in the style of five different guitar players
and they progressively get harder -
5:57 - 6:01and they use a mixture of the different pentatonic scales
and they're full of licks. -
6:01 - 6:06I picked each guitar player's
(twenty, whatever) favorite licks -
6:06 - 6:10and then squashed them all into a new solo,
made a backing track and recorded it. -
6:10 - 6:13So I've made sure
they're pretty straight-forward to transcribe -
6:13 - 6:16and you get the tabs as well
so after you've transcribed it, -
6:16 - 6:20like worked it out by ear yourself,
you can then check it against my transcription -
6:20 - 6:22and make sure that everything's okay.
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6:22 - 6:27So, that's a really, really important thing
that you do next is work on your own licks. -
6:27 - 6:29Mega, mega important.
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6:29 - 6:37One last thing, there is another note
that you will find crops up quite a lot in blues, -
6:37 - 6:40In the key of A, this is the note C#.
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6:40 - 6:44And the reason this note is there
is because it comes from an A7 chord. -
6:44 - 6:50but whenever you use that note particularly,
it only fits over the A7 chord -
6:50 - 6:54and in a blues, hopefully
you remember that it's got the chords A, D and E. -
6:54 - 6:56Or A7, D7 and E7.
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6:56 - 7:01Any licks that use the note C#
only sound good over the A chord. -
7:01 - 7:03So the reason they're not covered here
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7:03 - 7:07is because these things,
they're called chord specific licks, -
7:07 - 7:12and they're going to get covered
in Advanced Blues Lead Guitar -
7:12 - 7:14which will be coming to you very soon.
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7:14 - 7:18So, don't stress about that.
If you want a quick snippet of what I'm talking about -
7:18 - 7:23you might like to check out a series of videos
on my web site called 'Jazz up your blues' -
7:23 - 7:27which talks about this concept a bit
and gives you an introduction to the use of arpeggios -
7:27 - 7:32which is a very cool thing to do.
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7:32 - 7:35Well I hope you've enjoyed this series
of blues lead guitar lessons. -
7:35 - 7:39Be it on the DVD or if you've watched it on Youtube
or through the web site. -
7:39 - 7:42I really hope that it helps expand your blues playing
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7:42 - 7:47and takes you to new, and cool, and hip places
that you never thought you'd go to before. -
7:47 - 7:50I've seen many of my private students
really progress -
7:50 - 7:54from being complete beginners
in the lead guitar department -
7:54 - 7:56to really doing
some pretty good quality solos. -
7:56 - 7:58It's all about the licks.
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7:58 - 8:02Okay, take care of yourselves,
and I will see you again for another lesson real soon. -
8:02 - 8:04Bye bye.
- Title:
- Blues Lead Guitar: Putting it all together #20of20 (Guitar Lesson BL-030) How to play
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Justin's Completely Free, Blues Lead Guitar Lesson BL-030. Lesson 20.
In this guitar lesson you will learn how to put everything together.
Find the related course notes on the following link:
http://justinguitar.com/en/BL-030-PuttingItTogether.phpTaught by Justin Sandercoe.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Blues (BL)
- Duration:
- 08:11
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