How to NAIL the Tasty MAJOR THIRDS in a 12 Bar BLUES SOLO! (chord tones) Guitar Lesson

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For soloing, I recommend first getting comfortable with some basic musical phrasing using just a few notes at a time, which is what my "Soloing for Complete Beginners" course is all about.
After that, master the 2.5 main shapes of the pentatonic scale. Watch that video lesson here: • The 2 1/2 Pentatonic S...
After that, learn how to apply it in any key, major or minor, with this lesson:
• How to Solo Across the...
Then learn how to connect those shapes with some other hot spots in the remaining shapes using the 2x2 method lesson here: • A Simple Way to SOLO A...
From there, you can add the remaining notes to make diatonic scales, and of course the blue note, especially for blues! My free PDF above of the pentatonic scales has the blue note included.
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All that being said, the #1 method for becoming a proficient improvisor and soloist on guitar is to transcribe music by ear and then take those ideas and make them your own. After you learn something by ear, you then want to understand what it is - what is the context? Then you'll know when to apply it, and how to expand upon it. If you're just starting out, you can just learn a few riffs you like, figure out what scale/key/chord etc is associated with the riff (context) and then workshop that riff! Make it your own - use it as a motif, and build a whole solo around it!!
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Ditto to all the compliments below. This is GREAT for targeting those 3rds while soling over "changing' chords rather than making random passes within the pentatonic scales. THANKS so much!

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Wow! This and the 2.5 shape thing ... First thing in the morning, I am quitting my day job. Gonna make my living playing blues. And I don't even play yet. Ok ... actually I'm retired, but this is amazing stuff. Soooooo clearly organized and presented! Thank you !!!

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Excellent lesson! You’re method of teaching has really helped me to visualize the fretboard better and understand the interval relationships in a blues solo. And you did it in 10 min!

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Big Thanks Gary! This lesson has really opened up the Blues for me. This and the lesson on 2.5 Pentatonics makes the 1st and 4th positions almost seem like extensions (or wings) of the House of Blues👍

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This is without a doubt the best beginner solo blues lesson on the internet

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Man,,these are the Holy Grail Lessons on blues soloing,,,together with Scot Paul Johnson,credits for him too. Thank you sir, greetings from Holland.

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I'm a visual learner in most cases your teaching method is spot on and has accelerated my ability to navigate across the fretboard and solo. I also noticed you taught on Guitar Tricks. Now I understand WHY you developed your own method of teaching. Thanks.

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This is the best explanation how to use chord tones I have seen! I just discovered you - fantastic, especially the house animation. It makes sense.

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Never too earlier to learn the blues. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and putting in the time to visually explain as well. Despite what my mind says, I believe my heart is calling for the blues.

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roll on buddy! I like your lessons! Already in process of soloing in major and minor keys! Thumbs up!

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[@irishRocker1]

This helped a few thing click for me. I am just starting to learn this stuff to know how to play over chord changes, after spending like 15yrs just learning solos etc. I have just started so I knew the trick to "find all the chords in the major". E.g. from the root, up a string (E to A string) for the IV chord, and then up two frets for the V chord. I knew that the 3rd was in the bar chord shape. for example the middle finger of the bar chord on 6th string is the 3rd. I realised from looking at your diagram, the 3rd follow the same pattern as the above method of finding the chords. If you know the 3rd is up one string and down 1 fret from the root, it's the same for the 3rd for the other chords as in up a string for IV chord 3rd, and up two frets for the V chord 3rd. So you can visualise where they are pretty easily.

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