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Blues Soloing Lesson by James

Transform your blues soloing with this blues soloing lesson. Grab my free 'Video Powerpack' here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/sign-up/ Blues Soloing Lesson - 3 Tricks for Killer Blues Licks! In this special blues soloing lesson you'll learn 3 easy to use blues moves for killer blues licks in your solos. You've heard these played by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Eric Clapton...all the blues legends. With what this blues guitar lesson shows you, you'll be able to use them too. Blues Soloing Lesson - 3 Tricks for Killer Blues Licks! In this lesson you'll learn 3 simple tricks you can use for killer blues licks and  better blues guitar solos.  Let's dive in! 0:40 Everything in this blues guitar lesson is shown in the key of G and uses these blues scale patterns shown. All the blues licks and ideas will work great over a 12 bar blues in the key of G but make sure you move it to other keys as well. 1:17 Killer Blues Trick 1 If there's one mu...

Guitar Soloing - The Secret of a Great Start To Your Solo!

Grab my free jampack with lesson backing track and video lessons here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/jam-pack-redirect-page/ Guitar Soloing - 3 Tips for a Great Start to Your Solo! Get a powerful start to your rock guitar soloing every time with these 3 great tips. A powerful start to your solo will grab the listeners attention and make them pay attention to what you're playing, a weak start to your guitar solo and they might not even listen at all. Use these 3 tips for your guitar soloing which will make people listen and have more impact every time! Guitar Soloing - 3 Tips for a Great Start to Your Solo! Here's what you learn in this guitar lesson: 00:50 A bad start to your guitar solo can spoil it from the start. Here I demo how lots of players start their solos. It doesn't really grab the listeners attention and make them want to hear the rest. 1:21 When we play a guitar solo we need to 'set it up' and announce to the listener that a solo is coming...

Starting a Blues Solo - By James

Starting a blues solo in a strong ,attention grabbing way is essential if you want your playing to make an impact on the listener! In this lesson I'll show you 3 awesome licks for starting a blues solo. These 'solo starting licks' can be easily adapted and changed to suit the way you play and to give you lots of killer blues starting licks of your own. Starting a blues solo well is about more than licks though! You need to start your solo with commitment and conviction and your rhythmic feel needs to be rock solid. These two factors can really show the listener that you mean business as you kick off your blues solo. On the other hand, a weak, timid sounding start to your blues solo will most likely lose the listeners attention straight away...so dig in and play like you mean it every time. Remember this as you work through these blues starting licks! 3 Licks for starting a blues solo 1:07 All these licks are coming from the A minor pentatonic and A blues scale. See th...

Guitar Solo Lesson - What nobody ever tells you (and makes or breaks your solos)

Sign Up for the Free Rock Training! Starts 11th July 2016. Grab your seat here: https://jamesshipway.leadpages.co/rock-lick-lab-opt-in-page/ Guitar Solo Lesson - What Nobody Tells You (Rhythm is KING!) What's the magic ingredient that makes everything sound awesome? The thing most guitar books and DVDs don't even mention? RHYTHM. Let me say that again. RHYTHM Rhythm is the key to sounding great on guitar! In this lesson we'll look at a really simple way you can start to focus on it more in your playing...with great results really fast! Guitar Solo Lesson - What nobody ever tells you about playing a great solo!  (guitar lesson breakdown) 0:24 Rhythm is the most important thing to nail when we play a solo. How do we know? Because every great sounding player has a strong rhythmic groove! The fact is the right notes with a boring rhythmic feel will always sound boring...but 'weird' notes with amazing rhythm- can sound amazing (John Coltrane, Scott Hend...

Stevie Ray Vaughan Open String Blues Licks

Open String Blues - Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Licks Nail the open string blues scale plus two awesome open string blues licks in the style of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan. Grab full tab for this lesson in my free 'Blues Guitar Tab Bundle' https://jamesshipway.leadpages.co/blues-guitar-bundle-video-offer/ Learn how to create amazing blues guitar solos with the open string blues scale and play open string blues licks in the style of players like SRV, Hendrix, Clapton, Freddie King and others. I'll show you how to play E blues scale using the open strings and many cool ways you can use this scale in your guitar solos, using strings bending, slides and more. So let's get into it! Here's a breakdown of what you will learn in this video: 0:46 Let's take a look at how we play the E scale using the open strings. This scale shape is great for making up lots of 'twangy' open string licks...a favorite of players like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and othe...

Blues Funk Licks by James

Tasty blues funk licks for bluesy funky guitar licks soloing! Get that funky blues edge in your guitar solos with some licks from some legendary bluesy funky guitar players Freddie King, Albert King, Otis Rush and others. Armed with these blues funk licks you'll be all set to hit the stage at that blues or funk jam session and rip out an awesomely funky blues guitar solo! All these blues funk licks are in the key of D using the D blues scale played up at the 10th fret. You can practice these blues funk licks with the same backing track I'm using HERE: On my YouTube channel: Bluesy Funky Jamtrack: https://youtu.be/u8o6n8u5iCM 1:00 The first of the blues funk licks uses some repeating bends and a repeating picked fragment. You can use pull offs if you prefer...but picking it gives it more attack and a bluesy, funky flavour. 3:53 Blues funk lick number 2 starts with a funky double stop move. Remember this, it's great for getting a funky sound! Be sure to follow the pic...

Guitar Soloing Tips and Techniques

More guitar soloing tips and techniques in my free 'Soloing Bootcamp'. Join here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/soloingbootcamp  5 guitar soloing tips and techniques to help you avoid common solo sucking traps! In this short guitar tutorial I'll show you 5 quick guitar soloing tips and techniques for mastering guitar solos - whether you are a rock or blues player. By following my 15 minute practice routine – that’s 3 minutes per technique – you will soon see big improvements in your solos. You’ll learn how to master some of the soloing basics, from adding contrast, repetition and pauses (yep, it’s totally OK NOT to play every second of every solo) to nailing the groove of your solo. Check this lesson out and let these guitar soloing tips and techniques take your solos up a gear. Here's a breakdown of the lesson: 0:27 Guitar Soloing Tip #1 - Space! Make sure you're leaving some space between your licks and phrases as you solo. Otherwise it becomes a ...

David Gilmour Guitar Lesson (learn 3 awesome licks)

Grab the FREE tab workbook for this David Gilmour guitar lesson here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/david-gilmour-optin David Gilmour Guitar Lesson This David Gilmour guitar lesson will teach you step by step how to play 3 famous David Gilmour guitar licks. They come from two of Gilmour's greatest solos with Pink Floyd: 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Another Brick In the Wall' and demonstrate important aspects of the David Gilmour guitar style. Lick 1 is in the key of B minor and is taken from the outro solo on Comfortably Numb. Notice how Gilmour adds the 9th to his minor pentatonic scale for a more interesting sound. Lick 2 is also taken from the outro Comfortably Numb solo. Lick 3 comes from the David Gilmour solo on Another Brick in the Wall. It's the lick that starts the solo and is in the key of D minor. Once you know the licks shown in this guitar lesson, you should take them and use them to make up your own David Gilmour style guitar licks! I sta...

Blues Guitar Tricks (Learn the 3 Essential Blues Guitar Bends in 60 secs)

Blues Guitar Tricks Lesson - learn the 3 most important blues guitar string bends you need to use for killer blues guitar solos. You won't find a famous blues guitar solo anywhere that doesn't use at least one of these string bends...they are quite literally 'must know' for any aspiring blues player. Think these blues guitar bending tricks will take years to learn? Wrong...I'll show them to you in just 60 seconds in this super powerful but super short blues guitar lesson. So hold on and prepare to get some authentic blues bends used by all the blues guitar legends into your playing...and hear the difference fast! Dream of being a better guitar player? James Shipway Guitar gives you awesome lessons, licks and practical tips guaranteed to take you to the next level. For more details please visit Our Website - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ LET'S CONNECT! Blog - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jamesshipwayguitar Inst...

Awesome Blues Guitar Bend (60 Second Guitar Lesson)

This 60 second blues guitar lesson shows you a killer blues guitar bend you can start using in your blues solos today! This bend is a favourite of blues guitar legends like BB King and Peter Green, listen out for it in their blues soloing. best of all I'll have you playing this bend in just 60 seconds! We're going to play it in the key of A up at the 12th fret. Notice how the bend is extended onto the end of the sliding blues scale or minor pentatonic pattern. This makes it easy to find when you want to use it, so make sure to check this out. To use the bend grab it and bend it up 3 frets. Might take some push but with a little practice you'll get there! Then stick on a blues backing track and have a go at using it in your soloing. It's a simple but powerful blues guitar trick you won't want to be without from now on. have fun! For more details please visit Our Website - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ LET'S CONNECT! Blog - https://jamesshipwayguitar...

BB King Licks Guitar Lesson

BB King Licks Guitar Lesson : Tasty BB King licks to use in your blues guitar solos! Grab the free BB king licks tab book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book In this BB King licks lesson you'll learn a tasty blues lick from the master of soulful blues guitar. It's showing off some of BB's favourite blues soloing devices including the 'minor to major 3rd move', mixing up notes from the minor and major pentatonic scales and a cool, funky BB King style double stop (works great in blues solos!). Look out for more BB King licks coming very soon in my Quick Licks video series.  Enjoy! Remember to grab your free BbB King licks book with tab for all the licks in the series: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book SUBSCRIBE here for more BB King soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEEEz7ZNL8572YERffNfuw?sub_confirmation=1 Join my FREE Facebook group 'James Shipway Guitar Backstage'. Video broadcasts, lick challenges and a ...