Lead Guitar Method: Hexatonic System A-Minor 9 Blues

[Tbonetardis]

Thanks for your kind comment - some nice tasteful playing here too!

[bouuuch]

can i have the backtrack please?

[flobahr]

@bouuuch you can get it on guitarbackingtrack(dot)com

then click 'jamtracks', then 'slow minor 9 blues'

[bouuuch]

@flobahr thaanks

[ejc21377able]

Is it safe to say that you start playing in the A minor pentatonic then roll into the dorian mode and the aeolian (natural minor)?

[flobahr]

@ejc21377able I start playing A minor pentatonic, then the bluesscale (which is a minor pentatonic with an added b5), then A minor pentatonic with an added 9 (=B), then the A minor pentatonic with an added 13 (=F). So basically I choose from 6 notes. Only in the very last chorus I play a combination of all the notes I added before- you could call that an aeolian scale with an added blue note.

This way I find it a lot easier to locate the notes and practice their individual sound!

Regards, flo

[93poppunkdude]

Nice Fano!

[p0ndu5]

As you know, I'm a huge fan of this video. To my way of thinking, it's one of the very best guitar lessons on Youtube. The playing is also tremendously sophisticated due to subtle use of rhythm, phrasing, and ghost notes. It's a melodic masterpiece. OK, now that I've thoroughly embarrassed you, let me tell you where I run into trouble. If I play your licks without the triplet based rhythm in a straight fashion, it begins to sound a bit cliched. Will post another comment soon to explain why.

[p0ndu5]

The blues videos on Youtube are so full of tired cliches ... it's refreshing to see someone who can actually steer clear of it and use rhythm and dynamics to create something melodic with the blues scale instead of the same tired old riffs.

[flobahr]

@p0ndu5 Thanks for the kudos! Some players seem to blame the blues

scale for boring playing, but I think it's not so much about what scale

you play but about HOW you play it.

best regards, flo

[Evyanaf]

Very nice man, good exercise too

[flaegin]

Very nice job on your phrasing

[flobahr]

The basic chords are A-7,9 D-7,9 and E-7, they all come from the scale of A natural minor (aeolian), so you're on the safe side when using this scale. (The keyboard player adds chord extensions sometimes, but I wouldnt worry about them). You might also want to try playing the A-Minor Pentatonic or the bluesscale and then add the notes B and F, one at a time.

[zoastev]

i was just experimenting with the same backing track an i needed help, thanks so much

would you happen to know the chords? are they all minor 9's? if not could you tell me them please?