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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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  1. Jim M says

    November 13, 2020 at 6:59 pm

    Sweet Brian. Soooooo emotional !!!

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    • Lance R says

      November 25, 2020 at 6:02 pm

      Love it Brian! This will be the 2nd song that I learn from you start to finish. I am very glad I found you as a teacher. Your method works very well.

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  2. Michael Allen says

    November 13, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    I love slow blues in G and I know I say it a lot but I can’t w3ait to learn this one. Thanks Brian!

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  3. JohnStrat says

    November 13, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    Hi Brian,
    This will be fun to get the fingers around some nice licks tucked away.
    Thanks
    JohnStrat

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  4. Tony says

    November 13, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    Sweet

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  5. Todd F says

    November 13, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    Cool lesson

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  6. San Luis Rey says

    November 13, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    Hello 335. Sounds great Brian!

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  7. Cary says

    November 13, 2020 at 8:20 pm

    Sizzling, love this lesson!

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  8. Chuck W says

    November 13, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    So Tasty!! One of the sweetest you’ve ever done. Love the 335 on this. I don’t have one but I’ll dust off the Les Paul. Gotta have the Gibson soul!

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  9. Haralabos S says

    November 14, 2020 at 12:56 am

    Bellissima lezione. Congratulazioni e saluti dall’ Italia

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  10. Rollover33 says

    November 14, 2020 at 1:54 am

    Hello Brian !! Before end of this blues, I took my guitar ! Wonderful ! I’ll cut grass another day !From France, thanksssss !!!

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  11. Garry says

    November 14, 2020 at 5:00 am

    Love this one Brian! Definitely added to my Favourites List to learn in the near future. All the best!

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  12. Guillermo L says

    November 14, 2020 at 5:12 am

    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 !

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  13. John H says

    November 14, 2020 at 6:50 am

    Nice bluesy vibe and tastey blues licks. Kudos to Quist nice backing track.

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  14. Ralph P. says

    November 14, 2020 at 8:07 am

    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.

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    • cloughie says

      November 15, 2020 at 12:43 am

      C’mon man! The backing track’s nearly 6 minutes long so make your own 5 minute track of bluesy lick awesomeness on top of Brian’s & post it up. I’m up for it if you are!

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      • joedge says

        November 16, 2020 at 2:04 pm

        Brian does this on the MP3 w/ Guitar at 5:08 to 5:30. Awesome. Check it out. This has all the makings of a ‘challenge’.

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  15. john legge says

    November 14, 2020 at 9:10 am

    Yes Brian! Another great lesson, superb lead playing, superb backing track. Thanks.

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  16. roco says

    November 14, 2020 at 9:42 am

    Some great takeaways!🎶

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  17. Raymond P says

    November 14, 2020 at 10:08 am

    Nice Blues lesson

    Thanks Brian

    Ray P

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  18. Michael Lunny says

    November 14, 2020 at 10:30 am

    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

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  19. dave t says

    November 14, 2020 at 10:44 am

    Hey Brian, straight to the favorites. Very nice lesson. Stay safe Thx again.

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  20. charleydelta says

    November 14, 2020 at 11:24 am

    I LOVE Quist jam tracts! They make guitar practice PURE FUN!

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  21. jaimeiniesta says

    November 14, 2020 at 12:47 pm

    Love it! Great track as it could not be otherwise coming from Quist, and great lesson full of takeaways. Thanks!

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  22. John B says

    November 14, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    Brian this is why I signed up. That lesson just resonates though me. I learned something new this time also. Thanks for the great lesson.

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  23. David G says

    November 14, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    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.

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  24. stephen a says

    November 14, 2020 at 2:12 pm

    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.)

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  25. deece says

    November 14, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    Brian,

    Nice!

    deece

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  26. Robert H says

    November 14, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    Love Quist’s jam tracks, jam to them often via YouTube, so found this very cool to see how you interpreted it

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  27. Jeem says

    November 14, 2020 at 5:51 pm

    Righteous!…brother!

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  28. cloughie says

    November 15, 2020 at 12:50 am

    That was my Sunday. Sweet-As Bro ( as some people in New Zealand say )

    I do the gliss from the G on A10 – but I see maestro does it from E15.

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  29. rmp17duckpond says

    November 15, 2020 at 6:22 am

    Sounds cool but that opening 2 bar lick is so difficult for me to play- I need to have double jointed fingers to follow those 2 hammer ons to the slight bend on the 8th fret. Frustrating!

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    • Randall C says

      November 19, 2020 at 8:41 am

      Keep at it it always comes. Muscle memory will take over after you put in the reps. Been there. Breakthroughs will ramp up your confidence and your off to the races. Kee
      p digging at it!

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  30. Riff Raff 60 says

    November 15, 2020 at 7:27 pm

    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.

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    • Gordon B says

      November 17, 2020 at 2:52 am

      Another thumbs up for Quist. I find his backing tracks some of the best to play along with,

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  31. Geert V says

    November 16, 2020 at 11:55 am

    Hi
    I am from Belgium and all this things make my days bluesy !!!
    Geert

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  32. Peter A says

    November 16, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    Excellent ! My two favorite YouTubers doing a collaboration ! Can only be good.

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  33. Lance R says

    November 16, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    Very nice Brian!

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  34. david b says

    November 16, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    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!

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  35. Joel W says

    November 16, 2020 at 11:08 pm

    At 25:12 of the first video, I love the “Soul Man” lick. 🙂

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  36. kevin m says

    November 17, 2020 at 8:01 am

    Thanks again Brian!!

    Another amazing lesson to add some more info to
    the guitar tool box.

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  37. conco says

    November 17, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    Beautiful sound Great blues

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  38. Ralph P. says

    November 17, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    Hey Brian, Did your 335 originally have Kluson Tulip tuners? If so, what tuners did you swap them out for? I like the way Tulip tuners look, but I don’t like the way they function.
    Thanks.

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    • Brian says

      November 18, 2020 at 1:22 pm

      everything is stock on the 335

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  39. Carlo B says

    November 17, 2020 at 6:40 pm

    This is going to be fun, cant wait to get my teeth into it

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  40. RIFF DIGGER says

    November 18, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    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!

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  41. Dennis R says

    November 19, 2020 at 7:04 am

    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…🙂🙂🎸❤️

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  42. Dennis M says

    November 19, 2020 at 7:42 am

    Love it

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  43. Michael M says

    November 19, 2020 at 1:04 pm

    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

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  44. Rich F says

    November 20, 2020 at 2:37 am

    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!

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  45. Burnie W says

    November 20, 2020 at 5:28 pm

    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?

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  46. Rich F says

    November 21, 2020 at 3:07 am

    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

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  47. Jan Slot says

    November 21, 2020 at 7:41 am

    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!

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  48. David S says

    November 22, 2020 at 4:42 am

    Oh my! is there anything better?

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  49. ontheride says

    November 23, 2020 at 5:08 pm

    Nice one, Brian. What was that little slide you did after the fourth bar?

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  50. NIGEL A says

    November 26, 2020 at 8:31 am

    Great lesson Brian, just have to recap on switching maj – min whilst out of home {E form} pos, caged is a sure blessing. Keep up the great work.

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  51. adam j says

    December 7, 2020 at 10:01 am

    Hi
    Can you help me?
    I can’t have the translator on the video for few weeks, what can I do for that?

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  52. Bob C says

    December 7, 2020 at 10:45 am

    Excellent lesson, Brian. One of your best in my opinion! Great takeaways in phrasing. Give us more of the same!! How can I get the backing track?

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  53. Bob C says

    December 7, 2020 at 10:50 am

    Cancel question re the backing track. Just noticed the link.

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  54. Michael G says

    December 27, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    That ring-finger stretch in the first lick. Yikes. Any hints on how to make that work?

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  55. Wilko66 says

    February 13, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    Great lesson as ever, is there any way of using a pick for the start rather than finger picking. I have a broken third finger so I’m struggling . Best regards.

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  56. Aaron A says

    March 6, 2021 at 8:41 am

    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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  57. RANDY M says

    September 3, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    Man oh man, if that ain’t a great bump and gring I don’t know what is.
    Not for a second have I regreted joining your premium membership .

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    • RANDY M says

      September 3, 2021 at 3:14 pm

      I meant to type
      BUMP
      AND
      GRIND/// not gring

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