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Set Your Solos on Fire with this Minor Blues Scale Lick!
🕑 Added 2023-01-17 19:18:37 +0000 UTCHello friends,
Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another lead guitar tutorial. In today's session, let's discover an alternate way of performing our common blues scale and master an ear-catching lick utilizing speedy hammer-ons, pull-offs and bluesy embellishments. Let's get started!
Section #1 - The Minor Blues Scale
The minor blues scale is perhaps the most crucial scale utilized within the blues genre. Essentially, it is a minor pentatonic scale with the inclusion of a b5 interval. In the tablature below, let's learn how to perform this scale in it's common "E Shape" position, making sure to practice playing the b5 on both the G and B strings.
Section #2 - Lick of the Week
The following lick offers an exciting escape route from the typical minor pentatonic scale. Use over minor chord progressions or add a major 3rd interval when jamming in the major tonality, as demonstrated in our video lesson. Because this is a longer phrase, I recommend breaking it up into three digestible chunks.
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FM
You’re the B-O-M-B…..dropping these sweet blues riffs on us! I’m lovin your lessons
John Welborn
Enjoyed this little nugget of wisdom! Thanks Ron.
Another great lesson, Rob. I applied it to a SLOW blues track: https://youtu.be/a-thV__ZZ7c
