Blues Guitar, Lesson

[eduardobcn30]

Great video, thx!! very funny too, you really enjoy it! May I ask u about the scales u use for playing over the V7 of a blues?? Thx

[hanekamhoofd]

Poor 'lesson', but amazing guitar playing! Will learn a lot by watching this over and over =D

[germancitogobbi]

used sosfware or amp?¿

[theoneflo]

nice

[attributionerr]

incorporate ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian modes all up the neck in the key of A and while doing that spice them up with interchanges of pentatonic licks, maybe throw in some 1, 3, 5, 7 arppegios in the form of AM7, Am7, Adiminished, also string skipping licks sound great with blues, I like to use them with a swing feel.

[nvthtb]

for a new guitar do you recommen a fender or les paul style

[roostertrigger]

Excellent....

QUESTION

Am Pentatonic..on fifth fret- ok,check

A maj Pent on second fret- ok check THEN...you go down to the 14th fret. What position of the pentatonic scale are you in?

AND... you went to other frets...what positions?

brief explaination...i will get it.

[BrannonMcConkey]

Hey just saw this video. The answer to your first question is Fm pentatonic (Amaj pen) up an octave. You know everything starts anew at 12th fret correct? So it would go that Fm pen at the 2nd fret would also appear at the 14th. Likewise, the A position will reappear at the 15th. You can play any frets in btw; every scale is movable up the entire neck asextensions (modes) of that scale.

[BrannonMcConkey]

Sorry, A at the 17th position, I misworded there.

[guitardaze]

DamoG93, read the info section of the vid thanks.

[DamoG93]

yeah but the title says its a lesson

[Rontaz123]

Bad lesson for beginners .

[greenxgreenman]

what guitar is that? a gp-2?

[guitardaze]

Fender MIM Stratocaster with tex mex pickups.

[DudeimONyoutub3]

Learning of youtube is so hard its just AHHh

[legaman94]

non c'ho capito niente...boh

se sai fare l'assolo di Let it Be lo puoi pubblicare?

[tikifive]

hi...you can give me please the backing track ?

[guitardaze]

five feathers d0t c0m

[GtrGeorge]

Good video, Good lesson in applied musicianship.  I teach,as well, and I am happy you made this video..there are so many ways to approach the blues..and this video helps to show one of the ways. Well done. -GtrGeorge

[pfoxxx]

Ha sweet idea uploading your lessons! I bet your students are really grateful - and it looks like they're getting some class tuition! Keep it up man!

[embecerto]

great !!

[gh3freak420]

nice blues, i picked it up right away

[jalles56]

Needless to say, unbelievable playing. Oh how I wish I would have started playing earlier in life. I see you play a Strat, but what kind of pickups, amp or pedals do you use to get this sound. Thanks for great music.

[guitardaze]

jalles56. Thanks for the comment. The pickups are just the texmex pickups that came with the Strat. I was using a Boss Gt-6 directly into a mixer, no amp.

[stufflv]

tabs tabs give me please tabs and i tray play this cool stuff on classic guitar ;)

[guitardaze]

No tabs, sorry a lot of this stuff is improvisation. ;)

[12caanis]

Great Control and timing on the licks. You left hand mute is serving you well.

[doctoroctava]

Hey great stuff and amazing skills!! Are you also an acoustic guitar player? I am a guitar player too, I play mostly acoustic but I uploaded one video on electric (check your video responses). Send me your acoustic blues vids.

I subscribed to your channel, I'd be thrilled if you click subscribe on mine.

Cheers from Chile

Mauricio Dell

[david85251]

Love the lesson, but how do i learn it?

It swings. I want to learn.

[lespall59]

great blues man. do ya make your own backing/rhythm loops?

[ginbogao]

great

[NutCase1991]

love your voice..you should be a DJ

[worthound]

Wow! Thanks for the "More info" info. How are you getting that amazing tone? Your playing is fantastic. Thanks for posting.

[guitardaze]

Worthound, glad I could help. Tone, I was just going direct with a boss gt-6 using the Marshall amp model and using the neck pickup. Thanks!

[coolboylulu]

Wow, so fluntly! very nice!

That would be very very hard for a green hand to the Blues tune, just like me.

anyway, I 'll try to practice this piece with the info. you showed on the right!

Thank you!

[KrutoyPostowoy]

great playing but hardly a "first lesson".

thats what people expect when they see the name...

[guitardaze]

Right, but again, read the info section on the video. Thanks for watching though.

[emoinnintendo]

do you have a tabs i need

[StephenRocksU]

is that a first act guitar? lol man....

[guitardaze]

Nope, Fender Strat bro. LOL man.

[StephenRocksU]

:P lol well nice blues!

[bigboss8675309]

next time call it a solo not a lesson cause your just playing guitar

[guitardaze]

Read the (more info) section of the video please before you make statements like this. Thanks bunches. And honestly if you aren't getting anything from this vid at all, your either already at this level or don't understand what I am doing at all. Have a good weekend. :)

[bigboss8675309]

hahahha sorry i fell dumb and i ment that i couldnt really see your hands and you werent explain anything my bad

[eddie1254]

would luv guitar lessons but seem so expensive everywhere in the uk so been self taught so far, nice demo

[basstramp90]

insane stuff..love it

[blakeybaby63]

why does the A minor pent work over the 4 d so well?

[retardriot911]

forget that last question. Was that Am pen you were playing around at 2:16-2:22? I think you got the meat and potatoes with that one. Thanks for posting publicly

[retardriot911]

is band in the pocket similar to band in a box?

[EderCobra10]

i don't know the first thing about guitars what should i do?

[guitardaze]

Buy one and get and instructor.

[seanusthepenis]

thanks man

u really taught me new shit

like like how to get different sounds n stuff

hard 2 explain

but thanx a bunch !

[danimal511]

hell yah!

[guitardaze]

Backing track is at fivefeathers dot com look under Band in the Pocket.

Rich

[caparica10]

To all asking tabs everywhere on Youtube a well meant advise: do train your ears (and musicality) by using them. It's the hard but only way.

(This is great stuff, thanks Rich)

[raildog1253]

Very nice mixture of riffs. It's good to hear someone get away from strictly pentatonic and add those few extras that give you a distinct style. Keep on rocking!

[mart56966]

hey guy, real good vid, just wondering if you have a tab for any of the licks on there. I have figured the chord base but the licks are where it's all at.

Thanx man...

[SoloBen247]

where can i get at this backing track ? :)

[khashayarwwe]

thanks.you rock

[noctemacternus]

This helped me a bunch, I said it before & I'll say it again...GOOD LAWDY!!!! Thank You

[guitardaze]

Your welcome!

[jtaltorags3186]

this stuff is really bad ass!, def something i hope to be good enough to learn soon. great job man.

[Whitehendrix67]

thats pretty good man but i am deeply into blues at the age of fifteen man, and i would like to see more feel in it man. keep rockin

[rockyrivermark12]

Rich,

Very good stuff brother. I've picked up a few new things to work on from this video but actually just like to listen also.

Amazing what the internet has done to the learning curve for those of who started playing before the web. Keep jammin and putting up new stuff.

later,Mark

[hellobadger69]

Can you send me the tab for what you've just played?!

[stefanhhh]

Hey Rich, which playback did you use for this, can I buy it somewhere? Would be nice.

[guitardaze]

Band in the pocket. It think I saw it at Guitar Center.

[guitardaze]

I just wanted to let everyone know that my original music is now availible on Itunes. Just do a search for Rich Bischoff in the Itunes store.

[watakirsa]

hey can you send me your backing tracks? email me mhark_dichosoAtyahoodotcom

[ijeots]

so smooth rich flowing! you make that blues feeling look easy! thank you for the jammin

[wayoutsailing]

Bad camera positioning for a lesson. Much fretwork is hidden.

[jkilcull]

I love your playing...

[lakecharlesfrankie]

You sound great. I really like it. Can you tell advise me on buying a guitar? I like the sound you get. I am toying between a Fender Stratocaster and a Epiphone Les Paul. It looks like you are playing a strat. I am not sure about the Les Paul because it is such a fat sounding guitar. What do you advise.

[guitardaze]

If you are looking to do more bluesy sounding stuff like SRV. Stratocaster would be the best choice in my opinion. I only own Strats, but would like a Gibson. Just can't afford the one I want. Go check out my vids. I just bought a Fender Fat Strat for only 400 and it sound great.

[noctemacternus]

GOOD LAWDY!!!

[Justforfrolics]

Indeedy.

[1234lovemore]

Great Success!

[JMfan123]

Dude all blues are basic scales as well as knowing the fretboard thats it honestly or in other terms learning lead guitar

[coolycar]

Dude you might know all the scales in the world but if you don't have the feel or rhythm for the blues it sounds like absolute crap!

[JMfan123]

Dude But its not just scales its Knowing Basic rythme but most of all blues is scales

[Athanasiosh]

dude blues is all about making people feel as bad as you feel, thus the the name "blues", no scale, just feeling, ok and a bit of scale i suppose but no heart ach no blues.

[DragnSly]

In my opinion, you aren't a guitarist if you can't play the blues.

[bizz4000]

nice

[guitardaze]

five feathers . com

[Pints12345]

hey where do u like get this backround music?

[ugi46]

That was very nice.Man I wish I had the tabs to that.

[Frank12391NL]

man your voice is just MADE for late night blues radio.. hell yeah man

[creepsomber]

You are a joy to watch, so proficient and fluent, you do our instrument total justice. Great vid.

[phremind]

Hey Rich

You are my inspiration. If you lived near me you would be MY guitar instructor. Keep up the great job.

You're the featured player on my Guitar Players Club site this week... probably next week too.

Tom aka PhreMind

[guitardaze]

Hey thanks Tom!

[elih999]

the man is GOD man

[Arnik142]

Hello i have a question how make you from normal electric guitar to rock guitar?

[sportsportsport]

your tone, and technique is well suited for blues playing and your improvisation is great !. I wanna play blues licks like you...with out staying in the same position for 5 mins lol...5 stars *****

[mofemobile]

what happened 2 the dorian and mixolydian?: =P

[cybersalot]

A very good lesson in scales use over the Chords and rythym section..I was wondering if you can send me a copy of the backing track so I can practice my scales over it?..or reccomend a site where a similar track is located..Thanks..

[clevelandplaindealer]

Hi. Can you tell me if the backing tracking you're using is available and how I could get it?

[fawkthepassword]

I'm a drummer.. but that dosen't mean I can't enjoy som guitar jaming :P Sweet..

[toadocean]

BISCHOFF!!! That's where I wash my car!

[AkiraMusic]

What kind of amp/distortion pedal are you using? I really like your tone.

[guitardaze]

In this clip I was using a Boss GT-6 with the Marshall 4X12 amp model turned on. I then ran it directly into a Mackie board and then into my cameras audio in port.

The backing track is from a CD I have called five feather music/band in a pocket.

[guitardaze]

(continued)

I will try both scales and see if the major and minor work. If they don't, then I know I should only be playing the minor. I posted a vid response to my own video of an example of me only playing the minor pentitonic scale. You can hear a definite minor chord in the progression.

[guitardaze]

Hey folks, I have been getting a lot of emails asking when to combine the major and minor pentitonic scales and when not to. If there is a dominant minor chord in the tune then you will not be able to play the major pentatonic only the minor. If there is not a dominant major or minor chord in the progression, you will be able to switch between the two scales and it will sound good.

[asmey]

Hi man, i know all this stuff (a major and minor pentatonics)the thing that i´ll never understand is when u use major or minor over the song...???

Can you tell me that?

:p

[Khanlari]

lucky students

[ginbogao]

good

[johnmayertrio]

you are a bad ass, my friend.

[guitardaze]

Thanks. :)

[bronkim]

very nice, could you do a piece on the scales at a slower pace maybe?.

[loonwails]

Hey, this was really great!Thanks for posting. I can hardly wait to hear more!!

[Geotubest]

On the I Chord(A) are you primarily playing A major pentatonic? Then, on the IV chord, do you mainly go with the A minor pentatonic? This has always been a source of confusion with me as well as what to play on the turnaround V chord. Thanks.

[guitardaze]

Geotubest, Depending on the chord you are playing over, you can(in this example)switch between the minor pent and major pent whenever you would like. There are however certian notes that sound better over certian chords. In the turnaround the minor pentitonic will sound better, but it is a matter of oppinion. You could play major. My playing is based on what I think sounds good. You have to find your own style.

[mrbluze]

Blues is 1/4th Music Theory and 3/4th Feeling. So yes, you can Very Very Easily Play Blues with Out Scale Knowledge However, it does help to know what your doing and what key & Time Signiture you are and and so forth. This is pretty good, slightly to much distortion for my taste but I can dig it. very Nice.

[DJMaceWindu]

you cant play blues without scaleknowledge

[evanender]

nice how you combined the major and minor!

[coolycar]

Hey, awsome playing, can you provide a link to the backing track?

[Kayin79]

Damn this was good video... Learned a new scale and few new chords. Keep it up.

[Bartova]

Learn blues by playing blues, not scales and apreggios :-)

[johntheguitarist]

it really is helpful if you learn the scales first.

[wildbill0722]

i thought u were gonna teach people and not show off!!!!

[Bartova]

Its hard to make guitarplayes reveal their tricks unless you torture them first.

[guitardaze]

No tricks, just playing.

[maddkat420]

very nice man,

got me wanting to learn all these scales

I love how you show off your speed, but you dident overkill it

like alot of guitarists do, includeing myself.

Alot of feeling into the song, loved it!

[simondmcgee]

For fuck sake..i hate people who base everything on theory, the result of that is a repetitive condemned style. People who dont understand that pushing the boundries of "rules" is what makes an original guitarist are very closed minded.I mean i know what this guy is talking about, but someone who doesnt should not give up hope and anyone who says they should is incredibly ignorant.

[bronkim]

That was really cool man, maybe you could put some tabs together with the backing track to help the less talented people like myself ; )

[Johne1001]

Just basic blues, I don't see anything great about it. Your just playing pentatonic scales. I didn't learn anything new.

[maddkat420]

why dont you try teaching a lesson

this guy is helping Begginer players such as myself.

So you already knew it, wtg.

that dont mean everyone else it the world knows it.

He dident say this is a must lesson for EVERY guitar player out their, he said it was a basic blues lesson.

just my thoughts...

[zxssded]

Exerlent stuff mate... is it all in major and minor i saw a little blues lick there haha lol:) peace.

[Qingston]

wow your a great blues player

[ProfessionalKnifeMan]

nice blues for a player with no head, liking your stuff man been real helpful

[Ishbu101]

How do you get that sound of those scales? I know the scales but it always sounds like I'm just running through them. NO Soul or feeling like you; man, I need some tipsl.

[guitardaze]

When I first started playing I tried to copy other players alot. I played a lot of shred though, becuase it was back in the 80's. I eventually got to a place where I wanted to find a more distinct blues rock style.

The soul thing comes with time. You really have to feel the beat/rythem. Tap your foot, move your body a little. Make your scales and licks more expressive, by using more vibroto or beening beyond what you would normaly bend to. Let me know if you have any questions.

[petercasalesucksdick]

i cant really either.. but thats ok! so this is pretty much, 'how to sound kickarse at blues... without being joe satriani' haha.. good stuff

basic shredding..

[Skyboy4788]

if u dont know what these people mean when they say major/minor pentatonics u should probably give up guitar

[zilperl]

I can't even understand what you're saying. Good guitar playing though.

[guitardaze]

Srmacsk, this whole video is pentitonic. minor and major pentitonic. If it is to happy for you, then don't watch or listen. I play how I play bro. Peace.

[DavyMack]

where's the video of you playing srnacsk?

[srnacsk]

*use more the blues pentatonic scale:)

[srnacsk]

I think your playing sounds too "happy" you more the blues pentatonic scale:)

[seahawk900b]

awesome!... keep posting.. and dont make em private... make a tutorial cd.. i'd buy it!

tnx

[guitardaze]

These lessons were put together for my private students so that they can log on after I have gone over most of the stuff at my place. They then can watch me play for ideas etc. I do agree the playing is a little long. I guess I should have just put them as private.

[chrisplays]

Wrong. Don't listen to these people, they'll never get to where you are (and where I hope to be) Its great to see you play and if they don't like the fact that you can't teach them how to play like this then they don't have to watch.

years of practice people... I say leave em public so that musicians can enjoy your playing

[kupokuposama]

chrisplays is right. your great. were you self taught, or did you have a teahcer?

[PRS2413]

Agreed.

[kimlin]

less playing more teaching