Blues and country touch

[Rickey]

Hi Brian,

Not sure if this is posted in the right forum, but I’ll try here anyway.

I really liked your Keith Richard rythm lesson combining some lap steel emulation with Hendrix fills etc which to me leaves a great approach of combining country and blues.

Even when considering my poor music theory, I found out to change the key just by putting the entire lick to another fret – so far so good. I just need some additional inputs to make it operable with some excact songs !

My question is: Would the entire lick/lesson as played on the video work on a traditional 12 bar blues song as for instance Johnny B Good in case you wanted to add it as a supplement to the other guitar playing a traditional shuffle ?

I’ve got this crazy idea of trying to put two guitars together – one playing in a traditional blues way and the other some more country stylish, both semi distorted which theoretically should equal Rock and Roll. Don’t know if it’ll work.

Thoughts/comments ?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, AM.com is probably one of the best tutorial websites I’ve tried. Keep up the pace.

Cheers

JaDe

[Brian]

Hey Jade, I love your concept of blending country style playing with blues (with a little overdrive thrown in there) – to be honest, I’m picturing the Rolling Stones I read that because Keith is kind of a half twang / half rock type player. To answer your question about using the lick that I created for the Keith lesson on a 12 bar blues with a driving Chuck Berry style shuffle – the answer is it wouldn’t really work so well – if the 12 bar blues is played traditionally.

In the Keith Richards guitar lesson, I was switching back and forth between 2 chords at every measure – and in 12 bar blues you would hold the chord for 4 measures before switching. So you couldn’t play that lick as it stands in the lesson, however, you could if you altered it a bit and changed the timing of it. Just follow your ear for knowing when to change chords and how long to hold them.

If you want I could do a Google+ Hangout (Live webcam session) with you to demonstrate how you might switch chords… would have to be in the evening though after 9:00 PM CST – just let me know if you’re interested.

[Rickey]

Hi Brian,

Really appreciate your comments and offer, but considering the time difference between CST and Denmark, it would be in the middle of the night here and I’m not quite sure how my wife, kids, dog and neighbours would react : ) Anyway, I may take your offer at some later point….

I simply missed and overlooked the fact that your lick only has two chords – A and D meaning that I’m missing the E chord. Also the chord changes in your lick would not make it fit with a 12 bar blues as you mentioned.

If it’s not too much to ask, I would really appreciate if you could share some of the ideas you mentioned then what I will do is try to work on some alterations of your lick and put it on a tablature and eventually share it with you for comments and additional inputs.

Basicly where I’m slightly lost is on the first four bars, how to expand the lapsteel emulation with a bluesy fill in the key of A bridging the fourth bar down to D. The same thing goes with bridging bar 8 into E.

I believe the turn you use in the video would make a great turn in this situation.

As said above, my overall idea is to combine your country lapsteel emulation with some bluesy fills.

I A I A I A I A I

I D I D I A I A I

I E I D I A I E I

I know I’m asking for a lot, but hope you’ll find time to give me a few hints on moving this idea forward.

Kind regards

[Brian]

I guess the way I would do it is to take that a hammer-on lick that you first do in this lesson (the one where you’re barring the ninth fret) and use that for the A part, then go down to play the same thing but barring the 2nd fret for the “D” part of the 12 barre blues, then barre the 4th fret and play that lick for the “E”. You’ll have to work out your own timing with it, but that would work.

[Rickey]

Hi Brian,

I think I’ve now worked out a full lick supporting a 12 bar blues.

It’s based on your your lap steel emulation with some blues fills added. Believe it or not, I think it’s great !

I’ll try if I can put it down on a tablature and send it to you for comments and additional inputs. Never tried such a comprehensive tablature before, but there’s a first time for everything !

Cheers

JaDe

[Brian]

Hey Jade – I’d love to hear it. Anyway you could post an MP3 of you playing?

[Rickey]

Hey Jade in Denmark…. I know it would be the middle of the night but ever hear of unplugging the amp for the sake of practice..Ah just messing with ya I thought rock stars never slept. HEHE. Seriously man. J/k’ing. Liked the idea

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