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February 23, 2014 at 11:51 pm #5515
It would really help if you could display the chords used in the jam tracks.
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February 25, 2014 at 12:11 pm #13317
I agree. It would be very helpful.
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February 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm #13319
Check out Brian’s lesson on how to find the key of a song. It’s also a component of the Blues Course. You can adapt this principle to each chord change. I’ve found it to be the most valuable form of ear training available and have been doing so since I first began to play back in the day when I weren’t so gray.
Brian’s latest lesson on BB King’s style is very cool and breaks from the usual 1-4-5 pattern and incorporates minor, major and 7th chords to create a nice circle to work with. I personally prefer the challenge of figuring the chord and timing part of things myself. It’s really not very difficult and just part of the dues you have pay to play the blues, I suppose.
Brian has been very good about getting back via email so if you’re hopelessly stuck I am sure he would consider sending you the chord pattern(s).
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February 27, 2014 at 5:25 pm #13339
Good points LesPaul58,
I do try to work out the chords but sometimes pick up the wrong ones with blissful ignorance until someone points them out to me.
My personal brick wall is counting! Not being a multi tasker I find it tough to look at the tab, listen to the backing track, have one eye on Brian and play at the same time. Its usually laborious watching Brian over and over again until I get it. Luckily he has a pleasant delivery. In the BB King track I found the first part relatively easy and can play it without my wife running out of the room but I find the second part, with all the rests, much more difficult although it has fewer notes. It does become easier the more you practise and I suppose its patience that is required.
Any tips on looping the backing track would help me add to my callouses without sitting on top of the computer.
Thanks,
Dr Golf
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February 27, 2014 at 6:08 pm #13341
I’ve found VLC Media Player to be a fantastic tool for looping parts of Brian’s video(s). It also allows you to slow down the content, as well. Best of all it’s free.
You can find more discussion about VLC on 6Stringers post about How to Slow Down Brain’s Videos.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
Les
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April 17, 2014 at 4:29 am #13818
I, too, would like to see the chord charts for the jam tracks. Not necessarily for the I-IV-V songs. Those are clear enough. But for something like the B. B. King ballad, it would be useful. I also realize that there are some who like to figure out the chords for themselves, etc. That’s great. I think (think) I have most of it figured out. But it would be nice to be able to just look at a chart, much the same way we look at the tab. And if we can get 20 minutes or so on the 5 plus notes in the B.B. King box, we ought to be able to get a little something on the chords.
After all, wouldn’t it be better for us to know the chords we are playing over so that we can try to expand or solos to include notes outside of that box, or even that scale, but that are in the chords.
Anyway, I’m really digging the lessons and the jam tracks. My playing has already really benefited from the B. B. King style lessons. I can’t wait to dig deeper.
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May 9, 2014 at 3:48 am #14021
Per one of Brian’s latest responses to similar comment I made, he is in the process of doing that as well as lessons already posted. That I bet is a ton of work, so he is listening. What an awesome and fun teacher to have available to us.
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