Here’s another video for the Easy Blues Solos series. I wrote this solo on a 12-bar shuffle blues in the key of C, at 82 BPM. It’s a medium tempo that feels great for working on groove and phrasing without rushing. The licks are built mainly around the C Major Pentatonic and the C Blues … Read more
Here’s a solo played over an uptempo 24-Bar Shuffle Blues in G at 130 BPM. The cool thing about this progression is the 24-bar structure: it’s basically a classic 12-bar blues, but with each chord lasting twice as long. That extra space makes the groove feel bigger and gives you time to really “sit” on … Read more
Here’s the first part of the solo for Low End Voodoo. This is a very groovy solo, built to match the raw attitude and deep pulse of the tune. In this first section, I’m mainly using the E Blues Scale across all positions, with the addition of a major 2nd in the first part over … Read more
Here’s Part 2 of my Slow Blues Intros in A (12/8) mini lesson with three more intro ideas you can use to start a 12-bar slow blues in a strong, musical way. Just like in Part 1, each intro begins before bar 1 (with a short pickup / anacrusis) and then fills the first A7 … Read more
Hello everyone! Today I’m posting Part 3 of my Christmas Jazz Blues in Bb: the second solo chorus… and this one is presented in the new 16:9 format, which I’ll be using from now on for my tabs videos here on Patreon. I tested this format with the Swingin’ G Shuffle full video and your … Read more
Hello everyone! Today I’m posting the first video of a new two-part mini lesson: three Blues intros for a slow 12/8, 12-bar blues in A. Each intro starts before bar 1 (with a little pickup / anacrusis) and then lands right into the first A7 bar, filling that space in a musical way. That detail … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s Easy & Expressive Blues Solo in A minor #4… another easy solo made of short, expressive licks centered around the 4th Extended Box of the Blues scale, played over a 12-Bar Blues backing track in A minor. This video continues the same core concept from #1, #2 and #3: all four solos … Read more
Here’s Easy & Expressive Blues Solo in A minor #3, another easy solo made of short, melodic licks centered around the 4th Box of the Blues scale, played over a 12-Bar Blues backing track in A minor. Conceptually, this video keeps pushing the same idea from the first two solos (same “theme”, different placement on … Read more
This groove is built around a constant sixteenth-note right-hand motion, so to make everything as clear as possible, I’ve written the picking direction note by note directly in the tab. That way, you can really see how the part is meant to flow and lock in rhythmically. The tune has a power blues rock feel … Read more
Hello everyone! Today I’m posting a new Easy Solo, and this time it’s a funky minor blues solo in A minor, played over a 12-Bar Minor Blues at 108 BPM. I wrote this solo specifically to fit Weekly Blues Rhythm 96 (you can check the rhythm lesson here): https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-tabs-blues-71194374 Musically it’s very straightforward, but it … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s “Easy & Expressive Blues Solo in A Minor #2”: an easy, expressive solo in A minor, played over the same 12-Bar Minor Blues shuffle backing track (110 BPM). In this video I’m basically replaying the same main theme from #1 (with small variations), but one octave higher, using the 4th Extended Box … Read more
Hello everyone! Today I’m posting a new solo called “Easy & Expressive Blues Solo in A minor” — a simple, very playable solo built around the 1st Box of the A Minor Blues scale. It’s played over a 12-Bar Minor Blues backing track I made in A minor, with a shuffle feel at 110 BPM. … Read more