how do you get these backing tracks to download; thanks, clem

Hey clim, If you click on the “Download Jam Track” button at the top what do you see?  If you’re logged in (which you were to post your comment on here) then you should see 2 links, one to download the tablature and one to download the jam track.  The jam track is a zipped file that you’ll need to download and extract the MP3 file from.  Let me know if this isn’t working for you and I’ll try emailing it to you.

Brian;
GREAT LESSON !!!!!taking me a little time to get it down but it is great I keep pluging away. I am 69 and havent played in many years now trying to get back into it. Thanks

Q.  The group Foreigner When the play the concert version ( long version) of Urgent the intro by Mick Jones is good, can you teach it ???

Hey Donniehana, glad that you’ve picked the guitar back up at 69, but why in the world did you put it down in the first place?    I’m always surprised how many people there are like you that stop playing at some point.  I can’t imagine putting it down, but then again I tend to OVERindulge.

As for the Albert King lesson, glad you’re enjoying, just keep plugging away at it and you’ll eventually be able to play it.  The most difficult part wont’ necessarily be fretting the notes, but will be getting the bends and vibrato down just right.  That was the stuff that drove me crazy when I was learning how to play blues.. I’d hear guys like Albert King or Eric Clapton and would try over and over and over again to get a sound like that. 

Regarding Foreigner, I’ll try and dig up the live version that you’re talking about and maybe record a private lesson for you.  I’m trying to stay away from copyrighted material so I won’t be able to post something like that (although I’m sure a lot of people would enjoy it) - If you’ll notice, all of my lessons have original solos or songs that I compose that are played “in the style of” the artist.  So I just have to sort of make it up.

If you can find that live recording on YouTube or somewhere shoot me the link and I’ll try and put something together for you.

-brian

Thanks Brian;
I got the Albert King down now, I also have switced around playing it in different keys.

PS. I sent you that Foreigner intro off you tube.  A lesson sounds GREAT.
Thanks so much

Love this solo is there anything you can add to it to make it about 8 bars longer ?
Also an intro and turnover ..
Thanks Brian

wow, this is awesome, thanks bro!

So far the best lesson for me has been this one, 3-5 notes to play really makes you think how to do more with less and I was surprised how fast I was able to pick it up, makes me feel good, but my fingers are blistered from bending and bending…Its all good. Thanks Brian!

1976lespaul - hey man, glad to h ear it’s working for you.  I think the best way to learn something is to remove all of the noise and break it down to it’s simplest form.  if you can start creating solos with just 2 or 3 notes, then you can add to them over time.. but if you can get it conceptually, then eventually you’ll be able to play like Eric Clapton.

Nice lesson Brian enjoyed that very much.According to several people (many actually) Albert King tuned his guitar between 1& half steps to 2 & half steps down & never seemed to play anything on the E 6th string.

LP

Hi thanks for this lesson.
I have a problem with tab download. the fret numbers dont show up at all an there is only one page. Can you help me?
Thanks Dom

Do You have Adobe Reader Dominique ? It is only thing I can think of for not showing fret position numbers. I also think in most cases there is only 1 page - haven’t seen all the TAB available here but it seems to be that way.
What do you exactly do when you go to download the TAB ?

LP

Hi Lp I do use Adobe reader.(should I use another program?) I right click and save as to my desk top. Any tips?
cheers Dom

When you open the link there is a little icon in the far left corner of it - it looks like the old floppy disks , left click on that then choose ” save as ” then a window will pop up with your computer files & you can choose which file/folder you want.
Try that see how you go.

LP

Thanks LP I got it working gonna print and give it a shot!
Dom

You’re welcome glad you got it working for you.

LP

downloaded the material, cant wait to start. Thanks a lot!

I really enjoy the feel of blues guitar and jazz guitar its so pretty. Thank you for this video a lot of fun to play.
I have a request though and I would be so delighted if you did it lol
John Coltrane- Giant Steps
please and thank you are the magic words!
:D

Brian, Thanks for the great lesson. Have been using Activemelody for about 3 months now. Have made great progress. Your skill, personality, and beautifully designed are so good. What a teacher! Thanks again. When is the next lesson coming out? Hendrix? SRV? Whatever I’m sure it will be good.
john

Hey! Great lesson.
I notice something very interesting: this is not a tipical 12bar blues progression regarding the 4 last bars.Anyhow it sound great,different.
Have you got some exemples of titles played this way?

I learn a lot of songs from watching videos on YouTube.  Your lessons are among the best.  Nice choice of music and well presented.  Keep them coming.

Nice - with a minor correction. Albert King does not tune down a half step like SRV & Hendrix. He uses a kind of an open tuning (Fm?) or something like that - similar to Albert Collins.

This makes his style & sound even more unique

And here is a comment from far away- from Bulgaria. I think this lessons are superb, excellent! Many, may thanks for these wonderful links and strategies!

I love it, this has given me a new look on music. I have alwasy loved blues. Your lessons have opened my mind to bigger things.

@mbguess5 - Glad to hear that!  I love opening minds to musical possibilities.  When you break this stuff down to it’s purest level, you find that it isn’t that impossible to do… and all of the sudden music becomes extremely fun.

Hey Brian. Great Lesson! Albert King is the absolute King!!! He is a testament to simplicity and soul. I go from listening to the gods of bebop - players like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane - to Albert King and man! Albert floors me in all the same ways - which is incredible in comparison because maybe Albert knows 8 licks total.

Anyways, I love the site. I’m a full-time music student and gigging blues guitarist and I learn a ton from here!

I love the lessons. Keep them coming.

PS what’s your favorite Albert King album? Mine has got to be “In Session” w/ SRV.

Brian, Git fiddle man in Dallas. I do wish somehow to get the Jam track for Albert and BB’s Lead.  My downloads keep telling me that it won’t work because of the “codec” of the Zip file is wrong.  Is there any other way to get these files?  I have the tablature but not the same without the Jam tract.  Thanks in advance.

Hi Brian,
I’m 65 & from UK. Started playing again about three years back and found you on U Tube. I signed up imediately and now I’m like a kid in a toy shop. You’re easy style of explaining concepts is brilliant. Albert is my King of the blues but your stuff on B.B. and Clapton (and Cray and Knofler, etc.) is great and you make it accessable. Well done mate, keep it up.

It doesnt allow me do download the track on my android… :’(

Brian,

This is some of the best instruction I’ve seen! I’m using it when I play and when I hit these Albert King licks a lot of heads turn.

Keep it up!

Bob

Greetings from Sweden. Brian keep up the excellent work!
Great lessons and a great teacher!

Just signed on, very good lessons. Thanks from So. Cal.