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Guest Column: Shredding Blues Licks
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Shredding Blues Licks
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by Danny Jones
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Page added in
October, 2005
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About the Author
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Danny Jones is a rock guitarist from the Northern California/Bay Area.
Danny is a former student of Joe Satriani, and a 2x Best Of The Bay winner.
His latest CD is entitled "Finding My Way".
Send comments or questions to Danny Jones.
© Danny Jones
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Hi to all, and welcome to my first column. Let's say you and a buddy were
jamming in the key of Em. Where would you start to solo at? Most guitarists
would probally bolt straight for the 12th fret and that world famous Em
pentatonic/blues scale. Nothing wrong with that, but what we're going to be
learning are some different starting points so you don't get stuck using
the same position for every solo. Some of these stretches will be pretty tough
at first, so take your time and make sure you warm up first.
Example 1
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MP3 - Example 1
OK, this lick is based off of the blues scale. We're going to use just two
strings (E & B), we're starting at the 5th fret on the B string, and with a little
slippin' and slidin' we're going to end up at the 17th fret. The trick to getting
these to sound smooth is to take your time learning each separate position on the way up the fretboard.
Example 2
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MP3 - Example 2
We'll start out like Example 1, but now we'll work our way down the fretboard.
Example 3
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MP3 - Example 3
This is one of my favorite licks! It starts with the blues scale, then we
shift to a descending Em pentatonic arpeggio. We end it by going back to the
blues scale and hitting the tonic, or root note.
Example 4
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MP3 - Example 4
We'll start on E on the 7th fret on the A string and work our way up to the
E note by bending the D note on the 10th fret (on the high E string) up to E. Notice with all these licks we didn't once use the basic pentatonic/blues box.
Once you learn these examples, take them and play them in all twelve keys and before you know it you'll have your own little catalog of cool licks! Hope you enjoy
these ideas. You can email any comments or suggestions to me, and I would like to thank Dan McAvinchey for giving me the opportunity to write for this wonderful site. See ya next time.
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