EP517 Minor Blues

[Richard W]

Hey All,

Here’s my version of the recent EP517, which is a minor blues.

The first part is Brian’s solo, followed by my own. This was a fun lesson to work on. As usual, some tasty licks to steal in Brian’s lesson. I also tried to incorporate a couple licks from prior lessons into my solo. I always find that to be a worthwhile challenge, figuring out the timing of the licks and any little tweaks that might need to be made to make them fit in a different context.

Thanks for listening!

Richard

[charjo]

Like butter, Richard, a pleasure to watch and hear. Love your creative licks.
John

[Garry]

This has become my favourite lesson of late Richard and you’ve knocked this out of the park! Brilliant! 👏👏🌟👏👏 I’m still working on improving my speed on this but you nailed it for sure and kudos also for the added cycle. Soooo good and very inspirational. Keep on pickin’ and all the best! 🥸🎸🥸

[Ken]

Very nice Richard, and the tele sounds great. Your timing is excellent.

Ken F

[Denise]

Just fantastic!!!!!🎸👍 Your twangy Tele tone is a dream😊. Perfectly played.
I love your own solo…very tasty arpeggio runs and licks. Great harmonized 6ths and bends.
It has become one of my favourite lesson, too.
Bravo Richard!!!!! That’s right your style.
Denise

More Blues!

[Richard G]

Superb Richard, tight, on the beat and flawless comes immediately to mind.

Richard

[MrO]

Masterclass Richard! So fun to watch and listen to you play.

[Mark T]

Have to agree with Richard G, your performance was really tight – a great funky groove you had going there with the perfect tone dialled in. Thoroughly enjoyed that – well done 👍😎

[JoeD1]

That sounded awesome. Your improv was a perfect fit. And the Kline sounded killer!

Joe

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Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Guido]

Superb rendition, Richard! Just perfectly played – with an awesome timing – and the tone from your Tele, I agree with Denise, is like a dream! Your own composition in the second cycle is full of tasteful phrases to borrow! Just a pleasure to listen to!

Guido

[San Luis Rey]

Like everyone else said, I love your take on this! Your improvised part is some of the best I’ve heard on this site. Really nice Richard!

Mike

[Geoff]

Oh wow Richard. Brilliant rendition!

I can really appreciate what you did with this one because I am working on it myself. One thing you do exceptionally well is that bend around the 0:25 second mark – I have been trying to do that and it is just really tough to get while holding the baby finger down. Your playing of those natural minor runs seems to come really easy to you too.

Its always interesting to hear the improvs others come up with because, what I have thought of, is completely different to what you have come up with.

Sadly, I don’t think I am going to come up with anything half as good as what you have managed here. I really enjoyed listening.

[sciencefiction]

Outstanding, Richard! Just awesome!! Both for your playing, and for your second half composition. Your second half sounded as if Brian had written it himself, and Brian’s first half sound as if you had written it yourself. Wow, amazing!!
Larry

[Michael L]

Fabulous Richard. I keep imagining you playing that in front of an audience and hearing the cheers. Excellent solo, great tone and tempo.

[James B]

Sounds great, Richard. Really accomplished musicianship working those phrases into this funky track.

James

[sukumaran u]

Wonderful Richard ! I can go on listening !

unni

[AndréM]

Awesome Richard.
Looks so easy for you.
Nailed it bro.

AndréM

AndréM

[Helen Lazaridou]

I think that words are not enough to characterise your performance Richard!That’s how I feel seeing and hearing you play this piece!I just want to thank you for sharing it with us 🥰💖💞💖🥰💗

[Martin W]

Yep that was sweet , seamless transition into your own improv, definitely sounds like a part 2 for this lesson .
Honing those licks to fit a different context is a great approach and a fine skill to have .
Really enjoyable.

Martin

[Austin T. Walden]

Great playing. Really feels like you’ve got all the knowledge and soul to make it come alive.

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[Liam Innes]

Hey Richard,

Superb performance.

Your ability to seamlessly incorporate your own licks into these lessons is something I think we all strive for.

Even more impressive is that I don’t think we would be able to distinguish your own from the lesson unless you had mentioned it.

A real treat to watch.

Liam.

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

[John H]

Great execution and tone Richard. Masterclass!

John

[” Slappy”]

WOW! that was fantastic

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