Quick lesson on Minor Blues:  I play mostly on a Am blues similar to this

| Am       | Dm       | Am        |Am      |

|Dm         |               |Am         |             |

|Em          |Dm        |Am         | E7      |

The obvious  choice for soloing is the Minor Pentatonic in A…but I also add the 9th here and there (the not B in this case) and often use the Dorian modes from each single chord.

The last lesson I posted was about the Diminished scale…I stumbled onto this great video where guitar player guru Larry Carlton Talk about the diminished scale. He is one of my favourite guitarists of all times …if  had to suggest any records, just check out ‘Sleepwalk’ or ‘Strike twice’ or any of his work with Steely Dan. Notice not only the notes he plays, but HOW he plays them…notice how sometimes he put a much more dramatic accent on notes that might sound ‘out’, like a b9, to make them stand out. Just listen to how he plays in the next video and notice the dynamic (soft/loud) and the way he attacks each note.

If we take a C half step/whole step scale C, Db, Eb, E, F#, G, A, Bb we see that four triads can be found within the notes of this scale: C major, Ebmajor, F#major, A major. In the video I show you how to add this new ‘flavour’ to your phrases.

http://www.TrueGuitarist.com/triad-combinations-also-known-as-triad-pairs/

I’ve been asked many times how to comp on your usual jazz – blues progression. Here I give a few rhythmic/harmnic tips  on how to approach this topic.  The form and chords of our typical jazz/blues progression can be found in this other post. The material I talk about in the video is pretty basic and straight forward, but it’s amazing how effective it is.

You can download a transcription of what I play at around 1:45 of the video HERE – (PDF file)

‘Inspired by the golden era of the Motown and the classic 70’s funk grooves these tracks are guaranteed to get you moving while you improve your instrumental skills. Like Vol 1, 12 tracks to cover all keys, a range of tempos from very slow to very fast, going through 12 of the most popular blues styles, keeping he quality level of the overall product very high…’

All tracks are available at www.MrGCentral.com and at CDbaby.com (soon on iTunes and Amazon.com).

After all these years I think Clapton still got it…great performance at the LG arena in London with Steve Winwood (you can see Steve Gadd on drums as well). Killer stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/mrgcentral

These are some samples:

Not only you’ll find video examples of soloing over my Blues Backing tracks.

MrG Blues Tracks are now available also on the new microsite:

http://www.MrGcentral.com

You can still download a full free sample track from the site!

Keep an eye on the site, as MrG Blues Tracks Vol 2:Funk & Soul are due for release in the very near future!!

Look at the end of the link for the guitarist's name:

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Jimi%20Hendrix

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Allan%20Holdsworth

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Andy%20Timmons

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Blue%20Saraceno

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Django%20Reinhardt

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Eric%20Johnson

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Jeff%20Healey

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Jeff%20Beck

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Joe%20Satriani

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Larry%20Carlton

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Shawn%20Lane

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Steve%20Morse

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Steve%20Vai

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Tony%20Macalpine

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Wes%20Montgomery

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=The%20Shadows

In terms of quality of the tracks you must understand that most of these are user submitted, but I must say some are quite good. Have fun.