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i’m a guitar player in need of help?
i’m used to playing mordern rock songs, learning the chords/tabs and just playing it.
now my guitar teacher is trying to teach me blues scales. he taught me a couple chords and a scale and told me to make up a solo. i got really confused and now i’m pissed.
can anyone relate?
and does anyone know any good blues players so i can hear how it sounds?
I teach about 18 students a week, and he correct in saying “make something up”. Here is 3 positions of the scale
http://kingfreeze.guitarbrain.com/blues%20scale%20pg.%201.jpg
The first on the page is the most commonly used. And is the framework for many great solos, from blues, to country,bluegrass,rock.
The circles on the scale are the targets, in otherwords, where the scale is positioned now, it is a “G” blues scale. Because the circled notes on the fretboard are G notes. The position can be moved anywhere on the fretboard, and where the note lies that has the circle, would be that blues scale, so to play in A, it would be on the 5th fret, in C, on the 8th, ect. Real blues players will use a variety of techniques to enhance the scale, slides, bends, choking. But, like building a house, it needs a frame, the blues scale provides that. Just learn the scale by heart, and play it in different positions on the fretboard. When I pass this paper out, I provide a “play along track” in the key of G, which is a 12 bar blues, that would have made it easier for you to understand. Listen to hendrix play red house for a good example of a 12 bar blues in 12/8 time, and hear how he uses a blues scale. that one position on the page, can play over the entire 12 bar progression, and for the most part, create no objectionable notes. As with most beginner players, they don’t read notation, so it is difficult to tell one exactly what notes to play when. Learn the scale, then consult with your teacher and ask him to write out a 12 bar blues progression in G for you. If he can’t do that, get another teacher.
Granted, trying to improvise is difficult, but if you listen to pro’s use the scale, you will hear the blues scale at work.
good luck.
examples would be, SRV, BB King, Albert King, Robert Cray.
I found this online
http://www.bluesforpeace.com/blues-jam-tracks.htm
a perfect resource to help you understand the use of the blues scale, along with space for you to “play along”.
how to play guitar blues tabs