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Bluesy Blues Lick in the key of E

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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How to Create Good Guitar Habits That Work

By Klaus Crow 5 Comments

You want to read this post.

So, what new guitar challenge(s) are you going to commit to in the year ahead? What fresh guitar routine are you going to follow and what are you going to do to make it really work and last?

Creating good solid guitar habits is a challenge in itself. First of all, you have to ask yourself the important questions and providing them with hard and truthful answers in writing:

Do you really want to become a better guitar player or is it just a nice idea?
WHY do you want to become a better guitar player? Two good reasons please!
Do you want to put in the work to become a better guitar player? or just really not?

Once you’ve answered these questions you want to ask the follow up questions:

What is it that you want to get good or better at?
What gives you the most satisfaction and reward?
What could you really do to become a better guitar player?
How could you create a habit that works and sticks?

With the last question I can help you with. Read on!

2 Beautiful Blues Licks for Beginners and Intermediate

By Klaus Crow Leave a Comment

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

How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar

By Klaus Crow 4 Comments

Lately I’ve been posting chord melody ideas with easy chords and progressions and the feedback is really positive, so I created another one for you today. This one is an uptempo feel good chord melody with some “Brown eyed girl” and “Lean on me” feel and influences, that really gets you in the summer time vibes.

Video Lesson

How to Match Chord with Melody Guitar

We’re going to match the chords C, F and G with some nice 3rd intervals creating a melody that fits perfectly right with the chords and chord progression.

The key thing to learn here is to know the intervals match the chords so you can always play these intervals next time when you’re playing the chords in different progression or song to spice things up whenever you feel like it.

Enjoy!

TABS

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