Bob, this is absolutely mind-blowing to me. I have been playing for more than 30 years and have developed a deliberate blind spot for music theory. For some reason, I've never been able to wrap my head around realtive positions (read: scales) on the guitar. It's very frustrating. Your lesson is so staight foward that I really learned something—thanks!! I went to download your .pdfs couldn't find them, are they still there? If so, what have you titled them?
Say you had a minor blues in A. The chords would be A-7/D-7/ E-7. Instead of dropping down a whole step and play G, like you can with dominant 7 blues chords, what you have is all the minors in the key of C represented. So in other words you play the major key whose relative minor is the I chord of the blues key you're playing in.
First let me say that this video is a statement on how much I love my daughter Jessie who had just cut my hair off at the wrong starting place! :)
Anyway this was two years ago and I was most likely playing that '59 Silvertone through a Cube 30 with the delay setting at about 10 o'clock. Nothing special. Wait... no I bet I was playing through a Boss GT6 with a bit of delay and reverb into a Cube 30 with no effects and the tones at 12 oclock.
Jimmyjoe... knowing what parent scale "covers" the actual blues key you're in is a fabulous tool. If you're looking for powerful lick ideas ala George Benson I cannot recommend Mark Stefani's "Assembly Lines" high enough.
Bob, this is absolutely mind-blowing to me. I have been playing for more than 30 years and have developed a deliberate blind spot for music theory. For some reason, I've never been able to wrap my head around realtive positions (read: scales) on the guitar. It's very frustrating. Your lesson is so staight foward that I really learned something—thanks!! I went to download your .pdfs couldn't find them, are they still there? If so, what have you titled them?
Thanks so much!
cmsquared63 11 months ago
happy new year to all!
MrBIOSkunk 1 year ago
very nice - thanks ever so!
MrBIOSkunk 1 year ago
nice videos, and nice tips.
this works for minor and major blues?
thank you for your time and good guitar ideas.
tonyemmanuelfanatic 1 year ago
@tonyemmanuelfanatic :
Say you had a minor blues in A. The chords would be A-7/D-7/ E-7. Instead of dropping down a whole step and play G, like you can with dominant 7 blues chords, what you have is all the minors in the key of C represented. So in other words you play the major key whose relative minor is the I chord of the blues key you're playing in.
bp
hupernikomen 1 year ago
what do you use to get that tone sir? it's beautiful!
losserelli666 1 year ago
@losserelli666
First let me say that this video is a statement on how much I love my daughter Jessie who had just cut my hair off at the wrong starting place! :)
Anyway this was two years ago and I was most likely playing that '59 Silvertone through a Cube 30 with the delay setting at about 10 o'clock. Nothing special. Wait... no I bet I was playing through a Boss GT6 with a bit of delay and reverb into a Cube 30 with no effects and the tones at 12 oclock.
hupernikomen 1 year ago
@hupernikomen Thanks for the reply man.. although, i dont own a Boss GT6 i'll use those settings with the cheap equipment i do have . again, thanks!
losserelli666 1 year ago
really helpful. thanks
zombiesarebad67 1 year ago
thanks for your help. i've been trying
to substitute different scales and your
video was a good example. i'll look up
your tabs.
jimmyjoemusic 2 years ago
Jimmyjoe... knowing what parent scale "covers" the actual blues key you're in is a fabulous tool. If you're looking for powerful lick ideas ala George Benson I cannot recommend Mark Stefani's "Assembly Lines" high enough.
hupernikomen 2 years ago
Thank you very much
mrbensdonair 2 years ago
great lesson,helped me alot, thanx!!
mifski 3 years ago