How to play a B.B. King style intro over a blues shuffle

[Barry G]

Here is a breakdown of an intro I put together inspired by B.B. King. Let me know if you have any questions. Hope you get something out of it

[JoeD1]

I have always struggled to mix chords with lead but this video shows clearly how to do that. Thanks Barry.

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Barry G]

Glad you liked it. I am not a teacher and struggle with video editing but putting these together helps me learn as well.

[Michael Krailo]

Super good blues lesson Barry. Your execution is always perfect.

Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.

[Barry G]

Thanks. I hope you can learn something from it

[Dieter]

Wow, a really helpful lesson with so many ideas and a varied mix of licks and chords. Thank you.

Dieter

[Barry G]

Thanks Dieter I hope it is helpful. If you have any questions please let me know. I am going to do some more and hopefully will improve my teaching skills over time

[Laurel C]

Barry, I really like your topics so far. I am still working on the tabbing for the first video which has a lot of scope and will be fun to improvise with the assets you presented. Is it possible to scribble some chord diagrams on a A4 sheet of paper and upload those as well with the videos. Even though I have slowed this one down to 50% to dissect it all for all the chords used and its lead content, it is tedious. A mud map to follow would make it easier to reciprocate what you are doing. Keep up the good work as your content and playing is top notch.

[Barry G]

The A6 would be voiced from high e string

5-7-6-7-x-x

The D9 would be 5-5-5-4-5-x

The A9 that I slide would be

X-5-4-5-x-x

Sometimes I slide them from either one step up or from one step below

Hope that helps – next time I will try to figure out a way to put chord diagrams in the video.

[Laurel C]

Thanks Barry

[JoeD1]

Barry, you should take a look at https://chordpic.com to see if it will create chord diagrams you can use in your videos. It’s free and pretty simple to use.

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Barry G]

I think I have a software program called Fretboard Diagrams that is capable of this I have just never tried it in that way

[hardenheavy]

I see B.B.King in the title, I click. It’s that simple :).

I need to make some time to properly go though this lesson. Thanks Barry.

Trust the process.

[Barry G]

Hope you like it

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