Live Blues Lesson - Handling Chord Changes When You Solo Over A Blues

Let's have a live Blues Lesson about how to best handle chord changes when you're soloing...
This, like many of my topics, comes from a student question... and it's not a simple answer (they never are.)
Hope you dig it, and it's live, so might be a little long and move a little slower :)
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[@pridgenwatkins2867]

Nice one! This universal structure to the blues fits thousands of tunes. So it's a great lesson! Thank you!

[@pennythecat]

“A lot more right”- great concept, excellent teacher. One of the best out there.

[@climber7565]

I appreciate you!! will need to replay this a few more times to absorb the concept, but each time I do that, feel the benefits. Thank you for doing this.!!!

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

I wish more people would replay it. New concepts take time and you'll catch little bits and pieces with every playthrough. I suggest 7 times at a minimum for a brand new concept.

[@climber7565]

@@bluesguitarunleashed Oh I believe it! I am trying to learn to play, and your teaching sure has helped me lots. I know I have to replay the videos many times before I can feel and find comfort and better understanding, no flaw on the material or your delivery it is just as you said is new concept and technique that has to be absorbed well. I than you sincerely for doing this.

[@Dutcharmytent]

A minor pentatonic scale, another great lesson and easy to follow.

[@daveabrams5422]

Thats the Holy Grail Griff; knowing the notes of the chords n Playing those; opens up a Whole Lot. Keep it coming. Dave Abrams

[@hoo_jii]

That’s the key! 👌

[@mojodojo5533]

Thank God someone finally explained this!

[@scottcutrer812]

EXCELLENT! Lots of powerful info presented very concisely and straight forward. Thank you.

[@leviwinger5658]

Thanks Griff, keeping me going in the right direction as always!

[@mattholmes3645]

Hey Griff , we got Little Richard in last week to do the garden... he lopped off the rhubarb he lopped Bamboo ! 😂

[@dougsmith8430]

This is really insightful! Thank you SO MUCH GRIFF! AWESOME! 🎸🎶

[@PeterKertesz2013]

Awesome intro and thanks for sharing!

[@drutgat2]

Great lesson, Griff. Many thanks.

[@johnweldin4633]

Fantastic lesson Mr Hamlin.

[@robertrichter7702]

Very informative stuff ! Thanks for the lesson

[@rajendrankappat3118]

Wonderful lesson, thank you sir!

[@damonligaw5207]

My fav channel

[@stephenscott6991]

Hey Griff, that was a great lesson . Thanks !

[@phillipnorman7423]

great lesson fella

[@gerryloughran1676]

great info...easy to understand very well presented thanks

[@yuriherreraburstein2255]

Just wonderful ! Thanks a lot

[@CalJennings]

Thank you very much!

[@toddstocklin903]

Great teacher!!

[@stringman509]

I've just started to get in to this thanks Colin UK 🇬🇧 👍

[@charlesbaviera4244]

Thanks, great lesson

[@LowellEdgar56]

Thank you Griff!

[@satchrules101]

Great playing!

[@lesternielson9280]

I really liked when you counted as you played @ 15:35 ish I'd really like to see more of that type of content! I have a hard time, no pun intended lol, on landing on my target notes at the right time. Thanks great stuff!

[@donovansmith7179]

This was a great lesson

[@jeremychildress3931]

Thank you

[@conspiracypraticlelist3370]

love that C#

[@MrShanebizzle]

Wow man THANK YOU!

[@marybethhempel9101]

Another great video Griff! Replaying and studying this one! Thank you, I appreciate your methods and tips on learning the blues! :)

[@skip777]

Griff, I understand its hard to decide approaches when it comes to teaching.. But i wish you would consider using "intervals numbers" in place of the alphabet .. The concept would be more in center instead of the momentary key...... And far easier to transfer to other keys... Anyway your teaching method is spot on ....thank you... Skip

[@kristianbrown3780]

Good stuff

[@edwinsundarraj2589]

Really good 👍 sir

[@AnthonyLalchand]

Thank you Sir!!

[@preptplus]

Awesome...

[@GodZILA_XD]

Thanks sir love from India 💗

[@henrynicholsoncole]

Sweeet tone on that guitar 👌👌

[@bungalowbluesman]

Very helpful - thank you. I would appreciate some more of those tips you referred to at then end - ways of bluesifying the arpeggios of the dom7 chords please. Cheers. Gary.

[@EHzNow]

Good explanation.

[@slimbeauharpo4687]

Thank you.

[@kevinking2468]

More video’s like this and using the “blue note” in your solo!

[@ianrichardson3968]

Tis why i likes the blues...Breakin the law....

[@albert30300]

Playing this back on 0.25x speed to learn opening jam. It's also hilarious to hear you talk sounding drunk at that speed :D

[@mikeanderson1316]

YAha Griff! been missin ya! Griff is a tough act to follow,but just a Great teacher and a mushroom to hang out with (Fungi).. i cant beleive there is a hater (dislike) on here. WTF? if you ever met Griff and had the privelage to play guitar with him ..it would change your dislike ..but i guess there is a hater in every group..i Love Griff and his family i never met a greater group of folks..BGU Live!

[@dlbraly]

Nice! Sorry I missed it.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

I am awfully slow rowing those doldrums ... to from where your wonderful presentations .. can kind of fill my sails . but when briefly it happens :))))

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

Thanks Griff! This really helped a lot. I just enrolled and started your BGU program and it is great. I think you mentioned that if you want to mix the Major pentatonic scales with the minor for soloing you should do it over the I chord of the I-IV-V progression while using the second pattern of the Major pentatonic so you are in the same position on the fret board. I was wondering what notes you should target in the Major pentatonic other then the root notes? I'm just scratching the surface with this stuff so I got to keep it simple...

[@hoo_jii]

Chord tones! 1 3 5 b7

[@stringman509]

Brilliant lesson Griff I've started to understand how things work , can play A minor patterns . I can fill it all in me but can't seem to get it out ,will it come with practice best wishes Colin UK

[@frankchiappetta6628]

Hey Griff; great lesson. Question: I was led to believe that including the notes NOT in the scale but in the chord, within one's licks, was a way to sound more "sophisticated". So, for example, starting a lick with the F# when moving from A7 to D7 was acceptable. Please comment. Thank you!!

[@jeffdubuque5622]

yes it is chord tone soloing will sound more sophisticated when the chord changes land on one of those chord tones, and also splash in other notes from the blues scale it will sound more pro use major 3rd over I chord also.

[@DonDeering]

Can I always add the notes of the current chord to the A blues scale?

[@michaelcraig9449]

Got free tabs for this stuff?

[@RealPartySongs]

👍

[@Nicolae8607]

I want to buy your book and the cd I want to start from begining because I feel lost and I want to start with the right foot and go from A to Z :) I am from London UK can you send to UK your course? Thank you

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

Yes, I ship all over the world, and if you do the online route there's no need. Head over to bluesguitarunleashed.com/course-catalog and if you're a beginner start with Beginning Blues Guitar.

[@RichardD35]

Good lesson but shame you didn’t play what you’d talked through, at the end of the video. Missed an opportunity there.

[@iancox7874]

He demoed it at the beginning

[@swagic8452]

She's some kind of demon messin' in the glue If you don't watch out it'll stick to you To you What kind of fool are you?

[@Pepsicolandia]

when I am playing solo with guitar , I can not keep with the chord change on the second guitar , usually im ahead of behind the beat ,,,,,,,,,,,,how can I correct it , to be in time? thank you

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

You'll have to focus on timing and counting and rhythm when you practice your licks and phrases. Try soloing over just a metronome with no track and see if you can stay with it.