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Here is my 9th blues lick guitar lesson. In this video, I’ll teach you how to play slow, string skipping blues licks in C minor. This blues phrase is played over a slow blues-rock jam track in C minor (12-8).
In this lesson, I focus on atypical licks that either stay on 1 string or skip strings. The licks fit over a turnaround (last 2 bars of a 12 bar blues. chorus) and come from the C minor blues scale (or C minor pentatonic with the blue note). Variation 2 uses hybrid picking and is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s playing. So you’ll get a hybrid picking lesson for beginners in this video. Enjoy!
Jam Track
I recorded a short backing track (Cm) for this lesson, which you can find below:
Concepts presents in this blues lick lesson
- skipping strings (vertical phrasing)
- staying on 1 string (horizontal phrasing)
- legato (hammer-on, pull-off)
- hybrid picking
- C minor pentatonic, blues scale – blue note
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