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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a slow blues rhythm and lead that alternates between a major chord, and it’s relative minor (E and C#m). You can use the same pentatonic scale to play over both of these chords, making it fun and relatively easy to improvise in this style.
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Alan S says
Great Job please do more lesson with this in mind.
Simon B says
Excellent theory Brian. Why I joined-up.
Michael Allen says
I love these slow blues lessons! Each week this stuff keeps getting better and better! Thank you for all of your hard work Brian.
Matt C says
I dont want to sound like a broken record, but this stuff is so enjoyable to listen to and play. I know everyone has different tastes but this and Ep327 a few weeks back is what id love to see more of, thankyou Big time.
Ps. A small tip for beginners….learn one phrase and do your best to replicate before moving on.
bluesdaddy292 says
Cool. Added to my favorites list.
That stuff at the bottom of the neck reminds me of Billy Squire’s Lonely Is The Night.
San Luis Rey says
Nice change up Brian. Good to see the Tele getting some play time! This early arrival sounds great!
Bob W says
Love the major-relative minor blues stuff! Great for just jamming by myself and letting the groove take the stress of the day away. I hear some overdrive going on but am I also hearing some slight modulation? (tremolo or univibe). Very cool ton – curious what amp & effects you have the Kemper profiling? Love your lessons, always a nice range of styles and they keep getting better! Appreciate your teaching style and arrangements.
Brian says
Yes, I have a little tremolo as well.
Dave M says
What kemper profile are you using Brian?
Brian says
It’s a Laney LA30BL
Stephen C says
This went right into my favorites. Very nice.
I’m new at this, but thought i heard some “Little Wing” .
Martin C says
Me too!
JohnStrat says
Wow Brian this is a sharp one. Very useful. JohnStrat
Chris R says
Great Lesson Brian!
Thanks!!
Martin P says
Thanks Brian, can’t wait to start on this one.
Love it
PaulG says
Love to see you’ve still got the original Tele!
Jay Guitarman says
So cool and awesome!!!
Bill B says
I hope you never run out of ideas bc they keep getting better and better!!
Thank you for your commitment to making all of us better and better 👍🏼👍🏼
Allan says
Hi Brian, great lesson and sound yes shades of Little Wing floating in and out love all these bluesy jam type arrangements great job week in and out.
sunburst says
good Saturday morning! Just started this fantastic lesson.. watching the intro now..yes cool you explained finding the relative in two ways.. the 6th,, i just count off any key root note minor or major to the sixth note and that’s what you explained in the 2nd way to find relative.. anyway this is going to be fun over a few mugs of coffee this morning ty much thumbs up!
Jim M says
Brian, this lesson has given me ideas on how to move into the different scale positions when soloing. Thank you !!!
Raymond P says
Great lesson Brian. I look forward to these lessons every week.
Thanks
Ray P
dave t says
straight to my favourites as well. Thx for the fantastic lessons Brian.
Michael W says
Hi Brian – How did you train the dog to sit on your shoulder? Kind of an organ-grinder vibe. Very impressive!
Andre H says
Some Jimmy Hendrix stuff. Nice!
Przemyslaw K says
Another fantastic piece to play! Thanks Brian, you are motivating me to practice everyday.
lost says
Reminds me of a million miles away. I love it.
John s says
Dynamite, Killer, you name it! Love it! Worth the subscription price by itself.
Martin C says
Great piece – eager to learn this!
Timothy O says
That chord arrangement is almost exactly My Old School by Steely Dan
Mike S says
Thanks for all the great lessons. I know you really like the key of E, but it would be good if you would show us more in other keys. There’s a bunch of them right? Some guitarists play all or mostly in E, and that’s really too bad.
Brian says
Mike, have you looked through the lesson categories – I have a category for each key lessons are in… I’ve covered them all.
drlknstein says
Nice matriculation from last week. I think there was some mention of this last week
So- the E major scale (all patterns ) are the same as the C sharp minor scales. ..pentatonic of course .?
I took a lesson last week to learn a song on you tube and the teacher never explained why any licks worked or where they came from. ,
Seemed weird
Anyway nice lesson with great ideas for future use
Thanks
Jim C says
This lesson caught me. I will stay with this one for a while. Jim
Jon B says
Brilliant, as usual.
JiminFla says
Brian,
Can you tell us what amp settings and pedals you used to get that great blues sound on this one?
Jim
m137440 says
Hi Brian,
I would like if it is possible a lesson about jazz walking bass with chords.
thank you for all of your good lessons.
Michel
Gary T says
This is a real Gem Brian, great stuff, can’t wait to learn it, cheers.
Steven B says
You keep producing the goods Brian, can’t thank you enough for the way you deliver the lesson and for the content. Might be just me but some lessons seem to build on the theme of the previous lesson sometimes and I think that really helps reinforce the learning. The encouragement you give is also so valuable too so don’t change a thing, you are doing magic for me.
Marc I says
In the lesson Brian mentions the blues lead course about scale positions. Does anybody know the EP number?
Israel U says
Wow, I was blown away by this one! Straight to favorites.
Klickitat Jim says
Excellent as always. I’m about 90% there, still working on getting it up to speed in parts. Thanks Brian.
Michael H says
Brian this lesson is awesome please do more rock blues lessons like this. I echo what everyone else says and agree this sounds very much like Little Wing. Love it please do more of this.
Per N says
I just cant get your Part 2 videos to play, all the other are fine
this oone just hangs there Part 2- For Premium Members EP334
thanks Per
Brian says
you might try either clearing your browser cache, or using a different browser altogether (Google Chrome, Firefox) etc.
Per N says
same issue, even trying to check out your Blues lead course the download speed is horrific. I have no issues with view Youtube or other sides.
you might want some one to check your website.
I’ll try tomorrow to see if there is any difference at different times, it so slow cant view the videos 🙁
James J says
I cant get the free video to play, is anyone else having this problem?
Don says
This lesson is absolutely why I joined!!!!
Eric T says
Ace lesson. I love the explanation between the relative minor chord and the major chord. I’m starting to build up a picture now with your descriptions and lessons. Really good stuff.
Abraham G says
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can add to this and make it longer?