For the purist, most blues chords add 7ths, but 9ths and 13ths can be used as well. Download. Start with playing around the corresponding notes, for example in the key of E: Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authentic-sounding blues. Clapton had already gone a long way toward mastering the blues by the time he joined the Yardbirds in 1963. 6 Killer Blues Licks (Key of E) This time, I’ve created a fun lesson for you who want to learn killer blues licks. They are practical and I use them a lot in my playing. D harmonica. 6 licks may not sound like a lot, but you see I’m playing these licks over 2 completely different tracks. Blues solo in the key of E, with some licks in the style of the great Josh Smith. Blues turnarounds are played at the end of a section of a blues progression which then leads to the next section or the end of the song. Refer to the scale sheet (pdf). They are great if you want to further develop your skills or if you want to fill up a 12-bar with nice licks great for anything you can think of. They need less air to resonate then the lower key harmonicas. To get a good impression of how turnarounds are played listen to blues guitar players like B.B King, Albert King, … Practice makes perfect! This Version is just to help everyone with a couple licks they can use that sound great. One advanced and one intermediate. In this lesson we will take three different approaches to playing a blues solo in the key of E. Each solo will emphasize different techniques, however the framework will be the same: use of the minor pentatonic scale. Each solo is more or less centered around a particular position. The harmonica will let you play in the key of A (also an easy key for guitarists). The chord shape and guitar tuning plays a big part too. Blues in E is one of the most common keys to play in, so you can never have enough E blues licks. Bb harmonica Blues Guitar Solo #1 – Josh Smith Style. 1 file(s) 174.56 KB. Guitar tabs (Free pdf) and video below. Now build up a “Blues lick starter kit”, using the following licks and taking more from the songs discussed on this site. fresh tabs top tabs lessons submit videos subscribe share tweet Folsom Prison Blues (key of E) chords by Johnny Cash with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. This is a higher harmonica and it will feel like it responds much quicker. The 12 bar blues in the key of E is the most popular for guitar players because the key itself well to improvisation (the key of A being right up there). In this video guitar lesson I’m going to show you a blues lick in E that uses some triplet pull-offs. Here are some practice positions for anyone that wants to learn the Blues Scale in the key of E. Each ( ) note lets you know you're playing the key/root note. Remember that when you are playing a Blues solo, you still use the I-IV-V chord progression (or in general the chord progression of the song). FIGURE 1, similar to a lick from that band’s “Got to Hurry,” follows a classic blues formula, orienting itself around a repeated base pitch (A), which alternates with higher notes that form a gradually ascending sequence (from C to E). In some ways, you are getting 2 lessons in one. Blues guitar chords can be any major chords used to play blues in any key, but some, like E and A, sound more bluesy than others. It’s always good to have plenty of blues guitar licks in the key of E in your arsenal. Play around with each position & put your own individual stank on it. As the E minor pentatonic (E G A B D) phrases in FIGURE 1A–B illustrate, blues licks are typically inflected with fret-hand pitch bends, fret-hand vibrato, and legato moves like hammer-ons and pull-offs. 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