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Slow & Dirty Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – Electric Blues Lead – EP387

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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow blues lead in the key of G (on electric guitar). This one is full of classic blues licks (Albert King, B.B. King, etc.) and will be played over a jam track that was written by Quist!

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  12. Guillermo L says

    Hi Brian,
    awesome lesson this week, for me one of the best you made. Great idea to use this killer backing track (may be more of those in the future ? ).
    To my personal taste the 335 is the best gear for soulful blues and also a perfect allrounder for other styles. Simply I was a bit amazed why you
    use .011 gauge strings for it, as it makes it quite hard to do extreme bendings. I as a little “wannabe” player use .009er strings and playing with very few
    distortion I do not hear any significant difference in richer or fuller sound between different sized strings. There was a comparison made by Rick Beato and
    Rhett Shull out there in Youtube and at the end they shared my impression. Would be interesting to hear your opinion about it…
    One great thing about your lesson is the application of major and minor pentatonic in combination with chord modes and “walk through” tones. And like almost by the
    way, you show some awesome licks.
    About the sound…Yes, very nice boutique amp, but I remember the times in your early videos where you said that a simple BD2 pedal and a regular amp is more than sufficient
    for a decent sound. At the end of the day the real “signature sound” is created by the skill of the fingers noodling over the fretboard and not by expensive equipment. This
    statement impressed me a lot. Nevertheless you are a great tutor and musician and I owe you greatfully my respect for all the things you tought me and will teach me in the future.
    Take care and stay healthy !

  14. Ralph P. says

    I would loved to hear this in smoky, crowded, noisy blues club on a Saturday night with the guitar cranked up and the band locked-in. Brian’s got some attitude and swagger in this one. Aggressive/Subtle, Tension/Release, Sad/Happy, Yin/Yang. Only wish it was about 5 minutes long. I’d have to send a beer over to the guitar player after this one.

  18. Michael Lunny says

    I finally see the chords, the scale and the triads being played. It’s been a long journey following you over the years,
    but it’s paying off with me seeing what you’re playing. Now I know what I’m doing rather than just playing tabs.
    I picked up the guitar at 61 years old, that’s six years ago, and it has been a blast making my life long dream come true!
    Thanks for the great lessons!
    Michael

  23. David G says

    Dynamite lesson, Brian! So much to enjoy here and so much to work on — those classic Albert King licks just keep paying big dividends! I’m just about to put some Ernie Ball 0.10″ Regular Slinkies on my ES-355 and will be interested to see if I feel a difference over the 0.11″ ones I’ve been using. But the bends are just about feasible even with the 011s.

  24. stephen a says

    Great! Love the collaboration.
    Here’s what I’d like to request: Take the exact same jam track along with some of the same licks and play it in open G with a slide. (Yes, I can figure some of it out myself, but your insights and advice would sure help.)

  30. Riff Raff 60 says

    I love this one Brian. I stumbled on Quist a couple years ago and and really enjoy jamming over his backing tracks. Glad you guys linked up and are collaborating. My only problem with his tracks is he usually does a minute or so soloing over them at the beginning. He’s so good I’m tempted to just put may guitar up and watch TV.

  34. david b says

    Great riff. Just finished the beginner lessons and saw this lesson and got excited to try it . Wow? it was like a slow motion movie of a truck (me) hitting a brick wall. Too big a jump from the beginner lessons. I think I better work my way up to this one. I will try to work my way up to this one!

  40. RIFF DIGGER says

    Going right into my Favorites and I am going to print the tab. Thank you, Brian. This is why I keep my Premium renewed every year. Your blues lessons, especially the slow blues are fantastic, and I know you like to mix it up abit, so it’s great to see this lesson. Thx for sharing -that you were at the NAAM and Marty introduced you to Quist. You hang with great musicians and who are also nice people as well. Okay, back to the Lesson!

  41. Dennis R says

    Hej Brian.. Now I have been playing and learning from some of Your lessons. I have been trying to find the right place to learn from in Long time. But this is simply what I want.. the blues. It’s in me,and it gives me,what are u saying,a thrill..(im danish) hope u understand.. but when I hit,plug Chuck or what ever,but sometimes when I hit it.. Im in another world. It’s the greates feeling I ever Can get. I Think… 🙂 I Can play alot of kind of styles ,but it’s really only when I play Blues or listen to Blues I Can get the felling I chasing.. And I like Your Way of theaching .. thanks man.. 🙂 and thanks to all the otters in here. Without u.. no me…🙂🙂🎸❤️

  43. Michael M says

    Hi Brian- Could you possibly provide a lesson on counting? I know it is a crucial element in guitar playing yet cannot seem to get the hang of it. Maybe some suggestions on this fundamental of playing?
    Thanks

    Michael M

  44. Rich F says

    Hi Brian,

    Have not been on the site for a while (busy with work, and other commitments….)… What an awesome lesson to come back to!

    I love dirty slow blues: this lesson is brilliant! Thanks, Brian!

    And I have looked at some of Quist backing tracks before… brilliant! I highly recommend him!

  45. Burnie W says

    I liked the lesson but could not get into it when I tried it myself. My short fingers were having a hard time hitting that Bb note at the end of the first measure while keeping the G7 fretted (C & G). Any hints on how to deal with a stretch that your fingers physically can’t make?

  46. Rich F says

    Hi Brian,

    I have jammed (to myself!) over several of Quist’s backing tracks in the past.

    Here is my favourite of his! I love his playing at the beggining, and have tried to study what he is doing! Too fast for me to follow!

    The backing track is amazing. I love the 6/8 arpeggio! I wonder if you coukd give us a lesson over this backing track?

    https://youtu.be/J5MyA0v_l0o

  47. Jan Slot says

    I like this lesson but not so easy for me to follow. Sorry, I’m Dutch. The talking is a lot and it goes a little fast for me. I have to do a many replay’s to understand everything. But I like your lessons Brian. Thanx for that!

  56. Aaron A says

    Great lesson. Fun to play, but I’m confused on how and when to mix the major and minor scales into one solo. Sounds great in this song but when I try to apply it elsewhere it never sounds good.

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