Become a Respectable Bluesman Faster

Considering the many tools available formusicians arpeggios are among the strongest, most creative, difficult, and the most fun to play. They are also one of the most misunderstood in purpose and application.    Characteristics of Arpeggios In general, arpeggios outline the scale-wisecomponents of a specific chord structure. This is true for simple triads, the1st - 3rd - 5th degrees of a major or minor scale and for the most complicatedchord forms. Adding additional scale tones (say the 6th degree) changes theoutline to a Major 6th or Minor 6th chord outline. Techniques To complicate matters, one of the most effective techniques associated with arpeggios is ... Read Full Story

by Zack Roberts So you have understood the 12-bar blues or at least the concept of it and you would like to push your blues playing to higher grounds. Well your in luck my friend! The better way to invigorate up your playing is to learn the blues shuffle rhythm. I am not sure where the name derives from, but the shuffle is a term used to identify the break down of a beat into 2 components where the first is lengthier than the second. The blues shuffle rhythm is founded on an eighth note triplet rhythm. A triplet is when you use 3 ... Read Full Story

by Zack Roberts So you have understood the 12-bar blues or at least the concept of it and you would like to push your blues playing to higher grounds. Well your in luck my friend! This article will explain what the blues shuffle rhythm is all about The better way to invigorate up your playing is to learn the blues shuffle rhythm. I am not sure where the name derives from, but the shuffle is a term used to identify the break down of a beat into 2 components where the first is lengthier than the second. The blues shuffle rhythm is founded on ... Read Full Story

Country blues is the almost composite blues to perform since you are frequently performing two parts, (or yet three parts) at the same time. You will enjoy the broad kind of proficiencies lam proceeding to present you here. Proficiencies such as...     * The "Texas" sliding partial chord proficiency.     * How to utilize an interchanging bass with your riffs (7:01, Disc 3)     * How to bring melody notes to a associate chord and mix it with a monotonic bass (at 8:03)     * Study How Country Blues advances dissent from traditional blues constructions. This will greatly elaborate your songwriting powers and present ... Read Full Story

As guitar players we are always looking for arrangements of notes that we can use to impress our audience. There are several names given to these sequences of notes, such as lick, phrase, riff or hook. Each of these terms identifies a group of notes with a different function. A guitar lick is a basic ingredient in a guitar player’s repertoire - kind of like spices in a kitchen - it can be used in many different ways to achieve many effects. Blues music uses very simple melodies but solos, whether they be by a guitarist, trumpeter or keyboard player can depart from the ... Read Full Story