Jam Sessions - All Blues Styles

Lesson 2 - Blues in D

Lesson SampleReady to jam?! In this lesson you'll learn a couple different rhythm riffs and 3 different solos made from 3 different scales. Here's your jam track. This is a classic progression used in the blues/rock style. Try this with either super clean or slightly distorted tone, add chorus and a little bit of reverb. Notice the Cadd9 and G chords both use the 3rd and 4th fingers, so does the Dsus4 chord. Here's how I suggest playing the rhythm part:

Here's another way of playing the 3 basic chords.

Since the D chord is NOT a minor chord, the D major pentatonic would be my first choice of scales to use:

Here's a little solo from this scale:

The major pentatonic against the major chord gives you a strong sound. To get a blues-ier sound, try the minor pentatonic against the major chord.

Now listen to this solo. It is the same thing only using the D minor pentatonic. Notice it has a raunchier and bluesy tone to the over-all sound:

There is another good scale you can use to jam with, the D mixolydian mode:

The mixolydian mode is the dominant scale. It is the 5th mode of the G major scale. It has 7 different tones in it, making it more melodic sounding than the 5 tone pentatonic scales. Here's an example:

Jam Sessions - All Blues Styles

Here's the jam track and it's 12 bar chord progression. This is a typical minor 1 - 4 - 5 progression. You can call the Cm as the I chord, Fm as the IV, and Gm as the V chord in Cm. In theory, the Cm is the relative minor in the key signature of Eb major, the Fm chord is the ii chord in Eb, and Gm is the iii chord in Eb.

Chord chart

Solo Chart

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Guitar lick of the week 2

A malha desta semana implica, uma estratégia de two-strings em solos de guitarra rock. É usual grandes guitarristas usarem-na, tais como: Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon e Eddie Van Halen. Esta "frase" é tipica na abordagem ao rock improvisado. É tocada em D, na 10ª posição do "blues box". A utilização do bending das duas cordas é facilitado, pela utilização simultânea do primeiro, segundo e terceiro dedos juntos para empurrar as cordas. Ajuda bastante no desempenho da frase.

Skill level: moderado

Guitar lick of the week 1

A primeira malha é baseada no blues rock que presta homenagem ao Chuck Berry um dos pioneiros do blues-rock britânico. É extemamente apropriado para esta época do ano, este é um "back to school" que aponta para o blues e swing do rock 'n' roll. Esta malha é tocada em D, ou seja, para que não sabe, é em Ré. Por outro lado também pode ser tocada em D7 ou D maior.

Skill level: moderado