Eric Clapton Blues Licks…Classic Licks From Claptons Cream Era

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Eric Clapton Blues Lick Lesson

Learn 3 supercool Eric Clapton blues licks based on his playing on Cream’s ‘Strange Brew’. Learn the scale shape they use, learn how to play them, and pick up loads of performance and playing tips to help you take your blues guitar playing to the next level and make up your own great blues licks.

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:14 Introduction. Hear me demonstrate some of these Eric Clapton blues licks over a backing track.

1:01How to play A minor pentatonic scale as used in these licks. I’m going to explain and demonstrate two scale shapes to help you get to grips with this crucially important rock and blues guitar scale. Complete with description and fingering guidelines.

2:30  Lick 1 – similar to Claptons opening lick for Strange Brew. It uses the A minor pentatonic scale patterns studied and makes use of some important blues guitar tricks such as fast, greasy slides, pre-bends and blues curls.

6:23 Lick 2 – This Clapton lick is using the A minor pentatonic shape at the 5th fret.  Nothing too complicated here. This is a great turnaround lick which will work great at the end of a chorus of blues solo.

7:50 Lick 3 – This lick teaches you a great little sliding move within the sliding minor pentatonic scale shape. This little move is a bit of an Eric Clapton trademark and is a great addition to your blues trick bag. Take it and start experimenting with it so you get good at using it in your playing.

10:00 What to do with these blues licks to get the most out of them.

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Essential Minor Pentatonic Blues Licks

In this guitar lesson I’ll show you step by step how to play three essential minor pentatonic blues licks which you can use to spice up your blues solos

Watch to discover:

• Classic pentatonic blues licks in the style of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and others
• How to use ‘blues curls’ and other soloing tricks for an authentic blues guitar style
• How to use these licks as ‘bluprints’ for creating dozens of licks of your own

So grab your guitar and let’s get started!

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Minor Pentatonic Blues Licks – 3 Must Know Licks

Learn 3 great minor pentatonic blues guitar licks in the styles of masters like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and others. Learn the guitar scale shape these pentatonic blues licks come from,how to play them and pick up loads of performance and playing tips to help you take your blues guitar soloing to the next level.

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:14 Introduction. Hear me jam over a 12 bar blues in A using some pentatonic blues licks like the ones you’ll learn in this guitar lesson.

0:42 How to play A minor pentatonic scale using 2 different scale patterns as used in these licks. I’m going to explain and demonstrate the scale shape to help you get to grips with this crucially important rock and blues guitar scale. Complete with description and fingering guidelines.

2:33  Lick 1 – An essential but pretty easy minor pentatonic blues lick which you can easily slot into your playing. Notice how it makes use of blues guitar tricks like the ‘blues curl’ and ‘choked off’ bends for an authentic blues sound. It’s using both of the minor pentatonic scale shapes I showed you earlier in this lesson.

6:10 Lick 2 – This cool blues lick is using the first A minor pentatonic scale shape and sounds great over a 12 bar blues sequence. This lick will teach you some blues guitar touches like semitone bends . Pay attention for some of the left hand fingering tips I talk about in this lick.

8:24 Lick 3 – This lick starts up in the higher part of the 2nd minor pentatonic scale shape I showed you. Notice the use of little blues style hammer ons and the super greasy blues slide in this lick. Take the lick and start experimenting with it so you get good at using the bits of it it in your blues playing. This will help you create pentatonic blues licks of your own.

11:54 How to approach learning these pentatonic blues licks and how to practice them so you can start making up your own ideas. These licks are very versatile and will work all over a 12 bar blues but you need to experiment to get the most out of them.

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Blues Guitar Lesson

7 Cool Licks,Scales & Techniques

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Blues Guitar Lesson – Learn 7 blues guitar licks, 3 essential blues guitar scales and awesome blues guitar tips and techniques for playing blues guitar solos in the style of Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Albert King and other blues guitar greats!

Blues Licks Lesson- 7 Blues Licks Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Albert King, Eric Clapton Style You Need to Know

In this blues licks lesson you’ll learn 7 blues licks you need to know from the playing of blues guitar legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, BB King, Eric Clapton and others. All these licks are played in the key of A and are using the A minor pentatonic scale. Let’s look at blues lick 1

0:46 Blues Lick 1. If there was ever a must know blues lick then this is probably it! It’s used by all the blues guitar greats like Eric Clapton, SRV, Albert King etc and is a powerful lick to begin your blues solos with.

2:06 Blues Lick 2. This lick is borrowed from Stevie Ray Vaughan and is a lick he loved to play. Listen to his album Texas Flood to here licks like this used a lot.

3:14 Blues Lick 3. Albert King is an influential blues player and this lick is the kind of thing he used to play in his blues solos. Check out the bending tips in this lick too…you’ll need them to get your bends sounding like Alberts!

4:54 Blues Lick 4. Eric Clapton’s playing with Cream inspired this next blues lick. It’s packed full of tasty blues bends and curls.

7:08 Blues Lick 5. This Stevie Ray Vaughan style lick uses the sliding blues scale shape. Definitely check out these bends and slides in this scale pattern. They’re incredibly useful, versatile, and can add a lot to your blues solos.

8:25 Blues Lick 6. A classic BB King style lick here making use of a tasty double stop move. This is adding the 6th into our pentatonic scale (7th fret B string) giving us a ‘sweeter’ sound characteristic of BB’s guitar style.

10: 12 Blues Lick 7. British blues legends Eric Clapton and Peter Green used licks like this in their landmark solos. Some tasty double stop slides here coming from the sliding blues scale plus a cool pre-bend move.. Experiment with these they can sound great in your blues solos.

12:08 Once you know these blues licks be sure to practice using them in your solos. Also move them into other keys to you can use them in any blues setting.

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7 Awesome Blues Starting Licks to Kickstart Your Blues Solos!

When it comes to make a blues solo, it’s very important to have a good start for it, so you can catch the audiences attention at the very beginning. Plus, with a great start it’s more likely that the solo flows better.

Here you are 7 great Blues starting licks for your solos.

• Blues solo starting lick 1. This is a real classic to start a blues solo. We will use a bending up the G string, a couple of notes and a string slide at the end.
• Blues solo starting lick 2. A Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King favourite this one! It’s using the top part of the sliding A minor pentatonic pattern.
• Blues solo starting lick 3. This lick stays down in the first minor pentatonic scale pattern and uses this essential bend at the 7th fret.
• Blues solo starting lick 4. This one is very similar to the kind of thing Eric Clapton does in his solos. Using a little double stop.
• Blues solo starting lick 5. It’s a simple but effective way to start a blues solo using the top two strings from the first minor pentatonic scale shape.
• Blues solo starting lick 6. Jimi Hendrix style. The lick is using the first minor pentatonic scale pattern and makes use of repeating string bends.
• Blues solo starting lick 7.We’re using the sound of the A major pentatonic scale in the style of the great BB KIng. It is commonly mixed in with the minor pentatonic scale to get a sweet, bluesy sound.

With these licks, you will be able to give your solos a cool start and sound more like a pro!

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7 Ways To Start a Blues Guitar Solo

When you come to improvise a blues solo it’s important to get a great start! You need  ear catching blues starting licks which will get the audiences attention the moment you start playing! In this lesson I’ll show you 7 blues starting licks you can start your blues solos with which will make people sit up and take notice.

7 Great Blues Starting Licks

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:14 Hear me play a blues solo over a 12 bar blues in the key of A.

1:03 A good start to a blues solo will draw the listener in and make them want to hear the rest of what you’ve got to say. For this reason how you start your solo is pretty important if you want people to listen! Whilst it takes practice and experience to refine this skill a good starting point is to learn some of the blues starting licks which the great blues players use to start their solos.

1:24  Here you can briefly recap on two patterns for the A minor pentatonic scale – an essential scale for playing blues. Most of the blues starting licks you’re going to learn in this lesson use these scale shapes.

2:14 Blues solo starting lick 1. You’ll have heard this used by all the great blues guitarists – in fact it’s probably the most common way to start a blues solo ever, and that’s because it sounds great! It’s using the shape 1 A minor pentatonic scale to start with before sliding up into the extension or sliding scale shape we examined a moment ago.

3:20 Blues solo starting lick 2. A Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King favourite this one! It’s using the top part of the sliding A minor pentatonic pattern. Check out that bend on the 10th fret! This is one of the greatest sounding blues bends there is so make sure to slip it into your own solos as soon as possible!

4:45 Blues solo starting lick 3. This lick stays down in the first minor pentatonic scale pattern and uses this essential bend at the 7th fret.
Remember to ‘kill’off’ the bends before you let them down. This is a super important tip for getting clean string bending technique.

6:05  Blues solo starting lick 4.This is the sort of lick you hear Eric Clapton play! It starts with a super cool sounding double stop (two notes played together) which comes from the sliding scale pattern. Take this and get it into your soloing trick bag! Then the lick moves down to the first scale shape and ends with a funky little bending move.

8:11 Blues solo starting lick 5. Another lick in the style of Albert King or Stevie Ray Vaughan. It’s a simple but effective way to start a blues solo using the top two strings from the first minor pentatonic scale shape we saw. Watch those blues curls – short, ‘micro’ bends that will really inject a blues sound into your solos.

9:35 Blues solo starting lick 6 is in the style of Jimi Hendrix when he played blues. The lick is using the first minor pentatonic scale pattern and makes use of repeating string bends. Pick the string, bend it up, hold it and then repick it  twice.  Also watch the vibrato on the final bend and try to get it really singing out.

11:24 Blues solo starting lick 7 is using the sound of the A major pentatonic scale in the style of the great BB KIng. Check out how to play the scale pattern. It is commonly mixed in with the minor pentatonic scale to get a sweet, bluesy sound. Check out the tasty one fret bend on the top E string!

14:11 Tips for using these blues starting licks to begin your solo. Remember to get a bold, confident start to your solo – grab the listeners attention and make them want to listen! Also use the starting lick as a basis for other parts of the solo. Explore it, change it, expand and develop it as you go to give your solo structure and continuity.

15:30 Experiment with these starting licks and learn how to use them in a way that works for your playing. They’ll also work at other points in the 12 bar blues chord sequence so experiment, experiment, experiment!

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The Classic Blues Ending Lick

 
Learn to play the classic blues ending lick for the perfect ending to your blues jams!

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• How to use the classic blues ending lick for a slick, professional ending to your blues songs
• How to play the blues ending lick (step by step breakdown included!)
• How to easily play this blues ending lick in any key so you can use it any time you need to

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Blues Ending Lick – How to Play the Classic Blues Ending In Any Key

Learn how to use this classic blues ending lick for a cool sounding ending for a blues in any key. So many guitarists can jam a blues but don’t know how to end it. They just stumble into an untidy and unprofessional ending! Use this blues ending lick to stop this happening to you.

Here’s a breakdown of this video lesson…

0:11 Here’s the classic blues ending you’re going to learn. Having a blues ending lick like this one gives you a slick ending to any 12 bar blues progression.

1:00 Step by step breakdown. This blues ending lick is in the key of G, meaning it would go with a 12 bar blues in G. Later you’ll learn how to play it in other keys as well.

4:54 Tagging the ending lick onto a 12 bar blues. It’s important to start the ending lick at the right point in the 12 bar blues – otherwise it won’t sound right. Start the lick on beat 2 of bar 11- this will fit perfectly.

5:59 Adding the G chord onto beat 1 of bar 11 sounds a bit slicker still. Here’s exactly how you can do this.

6:55 BHow to play it in other keys. This is an essential part of being able to use this ending lick! Here I’ll show you how you can move it into any key you are playing in. This isn’t hard to do – watch to find out.

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Electric Blues Guitar Solo

in the style of blues legends Stevie Ray Vaughan & Albert King

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Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan Blues Guitar Solo

Learn a cool blues guitar solo in the style of blues guitar legends Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King. Packed full of great blues licks and techniques guaranteed to boost your blues soloing power!

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:35 Here’s  the blues guitar solo over a 12 bar blues in the key of G. You’ll probably recognise some of Stevie and Albert’s favourite blues licks in there.

1:30 Learn the two G minor pentatonic scale shapes we’re using in this blues solo. The first pattern is played around the 3rd fret area and the second pattern extends up into the 6th and 8th fret area of the fingerboard.

2:54 Blues Lick 1 – Starts up in the extension of the G minor pentatonic scale. This is a classic Stevie Ray Vaughan idea he used in most of his guitar solos. Look out for those monster string bends and be sure to get those blues curls in there!

5.21 Blues Lick 2. This lick is in the first scale shape at the 3rd fret. Check out that tasty little one fret bend at the 5th fret G string. A cool little device you can slip into your blues guitar solos.

6:28 Blues Lick 3. A Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King favourite and a great lick for learning to connect both the blues scale patterns we examined earlier. This short blues lick is played twice to give the third part of the blues guitar solo. Watch those position shifts, slides and big SRV style string bends here.

7:56  Blues Lick 4. This lick stays up in the extended minor pentatonic scale pattern and uses this essential bend at the top E 8th fret. Notice the repeated use of this bend in this solo. It’s one of the most commonly used and effective bends in blues guitar and always sounds great so use it in your improvisations. Remember to ‘kill’off’ the bends before you let them down. This is a super important tip for getting clean string bending technique.

9:30  Blues Lick 5. A cool little lick in the first minor pentatonic shape. Watch that little blues curl at the end – a super cool blues guitar trick!
Notice the fingers I’m using for this lick. This is how I find it easiest to play them even if the stretch is a little large.

11:51 Blues Lick 6. Another classic  Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan lick. Some big string bends in this one and a handy position shift up the high E string.  Remember to attack the notes for this style of playing! Dig in with that pick, thumb or whatever you play with. This is an important part of getting a big , full blues sound out of your guitar.

13:30 Blues Lick 7. This turnaround lick is about as Stevie Ray Vaughan as you can get – he played this lick a lot. Watch the vibrato, blues curls and the little fragment of a D7 chord which ends the lick. I use my middle finger on my picking hand to pluck the G string note – this helps the two note ring together.

16:03  That’s the solo lick by lick. Let’s check out how the whole thing sounds again.

17:00 Tips for using the licks that make up this blues guitar solo.  Take your favourite licks, change them, extend them, create your own variations and make sure you use them! This is a crucial part in absorbing new vocabulary into your soloing and improvising. Don’t be afraid to experiment, experiment, experiment! This is the only way we become better blues soloists.

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