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Cool Blues Guitar Lick in the key of D

If you’re looking for some inspiration for your blues guitar playing, then you’ve come to the right place. In this blog post, we’re going to explore a cool blues guitar lick in the key of D that will add some spice to your playing. The lick is an excerpt from my 50CoolBluesLicks Soloing and Improvisation Course.

Blues chord Progression in the key of D

Before we dive into the lick itself, let’s take a moment to talk about the key of D. The key of D is a popular key for blues guitar playing because it’s relatively easy to play in, and it has a distinctive sound that’s well-suited to the blues. In the key of D, the chords are D, G, and A, and you can use the D pentatonic or blues scale to improvise over these chords.

Here’s a 12 Bar Blues in the key of D you can use to play the lick over:

| D7 | D7 | D7 | D7 | | G7 | G7 | D7 | D7 | | A7 | G7 | D7 | A7 |

Cool Blues Guitar Lick in the key of D

The lick in the video lesson is played using the D blues scale and incorporates some double stops in combination with bend ups and bend downs which are a common technique in blues guitar playing.

When you put all of these elements together, you get a cool blues guitar lick that’s both fun to play and interesting to listen to. Try incorporating it into your next blues jam session and see how it feels.

TABS

Below you can find the tabs for the lick in the video lesson.

Enjoy!

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2 Heavenly Blues Turnarounds Guitar Lesson

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If you’re a blues guitarist, you know that a good turnaround can give real flavor to your song, lift up the entire piece and make it stand out, so that’s what we’re going to do today!

A turnaround is a short musical phrase that leads back to the beginning of a song or progression and typically starts on the last two bars (or measures) of a 12-bar blues shuffle or 12-bar blues progression.

So if you’re playing a blues tune and you want to incorporate a turnaround, start by counting out the 12 bars of the progression, and then begin the turnaround on the 11th and 12th bars.

While turnarounds are often used to signal the end of a chorus or verse, and set up the next one, today’s heavenly blues turnarounds are only used at the end of a blues progression to finish the song with some raw and soulful blues elegance.

Add these two heavenly blues turnarounds to your repertoire and you’re good to go.

Remember, the key to mastering these turnarounds is practice, so be sure to spend plenty of time working on them. Grab your guitar, watch the video lesson and get started!

Happy playing!

TABLATURE

If you want more turnarounds you can also check out the Robert Johnson Style Turnarounds or 6 Cool Guitar Blues Turnarounds.

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Bluesy Blues Lick in the key of E

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Hi folks, In this lesson you’re going to learn a very cool Bluesy Blues Lick. The blues lick is made up of the blues scale which consists of 6 notes ( 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 ) compared to the major scale ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ). The b5, also referred to as the ‘blue note’, and the b7 really stand out in this lick due to the hammer-ons on the double stops, which gives it that really bluesy sound.

The lick is fun to learn and great for intermediate guitar players. Beginners can also have a go at it and play it at a slower pace, which in blues music does often sound even better, so don’t hold back and get your hands dirty.

Enjoy and have a wonderful day!

LESSON VIDEO AND TABLATURE

If you want to learn more cool blues licks, the blues shapes and positions, blues soloing and improvisation check out my 50 COOL BLUES LICKS COURSE.

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2 Beautiful Blues Licks for Beginners and Intermediate

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Hi folks, I hope you have a beautiful summer! It’s a great time to play guitar in the backyard, on the beach or on vacation. There’s always a time and place to practice.

Today we’re going to learn two beautiful blues licks in the key of A and in the key of E that are both suitable for beginners and intermediate. You can see blues licks as the words and sentences that make up your story line. By learning blues licks you create the skills and vocabulary for your soloing and improvisation. Let’s learn some blues language!

2 Beautiful Blues Licks for Beginners and Intermediate

We start with a blues lick in the key of A with the first couple of notes from the A minor pentatonic scale position 2 (D-shape) and the last 6 notes from position 1 (E-shape). We also added the major 3rd to give you that overall happy blues sound.

The second blues lick is in the key of E starting with notes derived the E minor pentatonic scale position 4 (A-shape) and then rolls down to position 3 (C-shape), then goes back using the same notes from position 4 (A-shape) and then goes higher up the fretboard to position 5 (G-shape).

2 beautiful blues licks for beginners and intermediate TABS

If you want to learn more about licks, scales and positions / shapes, soloing and improvisation check out 50CoolBluesLicks.com