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Blues Rock Trio – One Chord Blues – EP206

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In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll be sitting in as the guitar player in a rock / blues trio, filling in both rhythm and lead parts. There are no chord changes in this song, only a single chord. Since there are no other rhythm instruments, you’ll be defining the song as minor or major, and will be going back and forth between them.

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  1. Maradonagol says

    May 26, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    Now THAT is the blues……….and a great lesson……just shot to number 1!!!

    Thanks Brian….

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  2. San Luis Rey says

    May 26, 2017 at 5:24 pm

    O yea! You are on fire with these lessons. One great take away after another. Thanks Brian!
    Mike

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  3. Jim M says

    May 26, 2017 at 5:43 pm

    Right on !!!

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  4. JohnStrat says

    May 26, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    Ah now that’s a great lesson and sure will make a great way to practice thanks Brian.

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  5. Michael D says

    May 26, 2017 at 6:19 pm

    A great lesson, and I liked you showing the small voicings of the cords. These are my weak point when playing. Michael

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  6. vicman says

    May 26, 2017 at 7:27 pm

    Down, dirty, and delightful.

    Great Brian.

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  7. sciencefiction says

    May 26, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    Now we’re talkin!
    SF

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  8. Ian C says

    May 27, 2017 at 6:12 am

    That really is great. The way you keep reinforcing the use of alternative chord voicing through these great sounding bespoke lessons is inspired. It may be obvious to some but is quite an eye opener for me. Thanks again !

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  9. Michael Allen says

    May 27, 2017 at 9:28 am

    I love this lesson. I’ve been digging that opening lick since I first heard it on “Brown Sugar” from ZZ Tops First Album. That lick never gets old. I’ve been diggin it over 45 years. Great lesson! Thanks Brian

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  10. Raymond P says

    May 27, 2017 at 9:34 am

    Great Blues Lesson.

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  11. Thomas G says

    May 27, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    I always have trouble with the Tremolo Picking. Every time I see it in a lesson I shy away from that lesson. Any suggestions on getting better at it. Thanks

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  12. Robert L says

    May 27, 2017 at 2:25 pm

    I love this site. Good teacher, good lessons and quality backtracks. All we need to improve our guitar’s skills. Many thanks Brian, it is a pleasure for me to be a member here. Have a nice day and keep your good work.

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  13. sunburst says

    May 27, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    I just watched this lesson and it sure looks like fun and this is going to open doors for me here! I hear Billy Gibbons in here!

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  14. sunburst says

    May 27, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    I also hear George Thorogood ,, all this is good stuff!

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  15. Arend K says

    May 29, 2017 at 6:02 am

    It’s another piece of the puzzle!! Thanks

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  16. Geoff White says

    May 29, 2017 at 7:29 am

    Great lesson Brian. Also works well as a 12 bar.

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  17. Marty V says

    May 30, 2017 at 3:50 am

    Looking forward to this one.. it’s on my list. Reminds me a bit of the Junior Kimbrough style, the purist blues there is.

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  18. emjime03 says

    May 30, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    I have to learn this lesson, great, thanks Bryan

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  19. Keith B says

    May 30, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    Can’t wait to practice it. Brian’s the best teacher on the web. Thanks Brian.

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  20. Wendell T says

    May 30, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    Brian: This is my first comment since joining several months ago. I am at an advanced age & am entertaining my self at this point. Played as a teenager, but never learned any theory. Really enjoy your teaching and have progressed lately by sticking to one or 2 of your lessons until I get proficient. I have tried several other course approaches and yours has allowed me to advance beyond what I thought I could. Thanks and keep up the great work.

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  21. Richard N says

    May 31, 2017 at 6:19 pm

    You know, this feels like something from one of my favorite blues artists over the last 15 years or so. Tab Benoit.

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  22. Eric M says

    June 1, 2017 at 12:16 pm

    I don’t know exactly what it is about your teaching style. Certainly there are a lot of good teachers out there … but your teaching is almost like a musical history lesson of the old masters. Enables folks to build on Concepts. Thanks Brian – this is different….

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  23. Bumpa says

    June 5, 2017 at 3:04 pm

    Great Birthday (the 25th) lesson for me. Lots of fun. Thanks Brian

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  24. Emiel D says

    June 15, 2017 at 5:31 am

    Hey,

    AWESOME TUTORIAL! Suggestion from my side, I have a Marshall Code 50, maybe you can upload your own customs presets from your tutorials?

    Thanks!

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  25. Richard H says

    June 16, 2017 at 2:32 pm

    Great lesson! I thiught I had the rhythm piece down but I listened to a recording of myself and I suck pretty bad but I’m gonna get it right and take on that lead part. Love it!
    Thanks, Brian!!!

    R Harris

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  26. sunjamr says

    July 20, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    This goes well with EP058- Hendrix style. You can blend licks from the two lessons, cut and paste as the spirit moves you.

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  27. Ron M says

    July 21, 2017 at 9:07 pm

    Hi Brian,
    Part 2 video stops shortly after the beginning with a message: “SORRY. There was an issue with playback”.
    I wonder whether it’s only me, because no one else is complaining here ?

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  28. Bob W says

    November 26, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    Love it! It will take me a while, but getting the first lick and making progress.

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  29. Bob W says

    November 28, 2017 at 12:44 pm

    Regarding the tablature, the trill on the G is played as one or two notes, not the 8 it shows. Still, an excellent lesson.

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  30. adam-quin says

    February 4, 2018 at 4:51 pm

    Got the first lick nailed, now for the solo stuff……………………..

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  31. RIFF DIGGER says

    March 16, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    I love aggressive lead playing in Blues and Clapton uses some of these stock phrases which I am happy to see here. Will be in my Favorites as a go to, lesson. Thank you! 🙏

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  32. Alexandre F says

    July 27, 2019 at 1:37 pm

    Anothert great stuff in the key of E although it seems so simple it just need to go with rhythm and pratice always … and by the way it feels so stiff and smooth on my telecaster because it brings out that fender sound

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  33. Dario R says

    August 10, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    Hi Brian, is that a MIM fender??

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  34. Bruce M says

    December 10, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    Great stuff… What’s the possibility you doing “The Walking Man Blues” in open G tuning with slide work.?? Love what you do !!

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