Make The BLUES Chord Changes When SOLOING!

In this lesson, I'll show you how to make the sound of the blues chord changes come out in your single-note soloing over a 12-bar blues progression using chord tones and moving pentatonic scales!
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Table of Contents
0:00 - Introduction
2:24 - Playing The Roots
5:54 - Solo Emphasizing Roots
6:17 - Playing The 3rds
8:57 - Solo Emphasizing 3rds
9:20 - Playing The 7ths
10:03 - Solo Emphasizing 7ths
11:25 - Voice Leading 3rds and 7ths
13:50 - Solo Voice Leading 3rds and 7ths
14:38 - Combining Major and Minor Pentatonic
18:03 - Solo Combining Major and Minor Pentatonic
19:44 - More Pentatonics
21:27 - V Chord Lick Example
22:23 - Using Mixolydian
23:07 - Emphasizing Each Chord
23:39 - T-Bone Walker/SRV Lick
27:08 - Albert King Hack
30:50 - Conclusion

[@ronb5425]

30 years of trying to understand this concept has been never so easily explained. It has been like being in a dark room and now I am standing in full sunlight. Thank you !

[@JameyArent]

So glad it was helpful. Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@Roadhouse783]

Couln't say it better. Same to me. Sometimes it's just the way of teaching that changes a lot. Thanks for this Video!

[@pelimies1818]

Best 10 minutes spent in years. Watch and learn, people!

[@antoniodirceudemiranda9203]

Absolutelly agree !

[@willabestorms6059]

I believe I just graduated from Berkeley school of music by watching this complete instructional video. Finally, someone who actually wants to teach… A++

[@HeathWatts]

Are you $100k in debt? :)

[@ChrisVogel-lb2fr]

This lesson is like a years worth of study and practice! Amazing. Thanks so much.

[@matthewnairn]

Quality teacher !

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Hear, Hear! I am taking his online group lesson on this topic and more and can't say enough about how great he his as a teacher and player. He goes above and beyond, and is such an inspiration cause his playing sounds so good!

[@JameyArent]

@@uberjam-sam8512 thank you so much! Appreciate the kind words.

[@satchrules101]

Very well taught , great lesson ! Thank you for not making it confusing.

[@ronwood7029]

Very very good lesson well explained , bit complex for me as a beginner in. Blues

[@dharris1234]

This is one of the best lessons on playing the blues that I’ve seen. I love that you explain “why” things work, rather than “you just have to feel it”. I really like that you show how you can use different positions of familiar major and minor pentatonic patterns to play over the changes! Thank you so much!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

[@AndyBankside]

I couldn’t agree more with @dharris1234. You’ve skilfully unpacked how easy (and safe) it is just to stay in the minor pentatonic scale and then presented a completely new angle to work with. You’re a great player as well, so can illustrate your lessons brilliantly. Thanks so much for this and happy new year!

[@JameyArent]

@@AndyBankside thank you!

[@pennythecat]

This guy’s one lesson is the equivalent of ten lessons from anyone else. Amazing teacher.

[@felipebarco]

This is so rich and so dense that I can’t watch it in a single session! I’ll have to write a lot of stuff down, practice, revisit this video so many times! Thank you so much!

[@GuitarDeuce]

This is where I lack proficiency in my blues solos when improvising … but not for long. Thank you so much Jamey for this very well explained approach to soloing properly with chord changes.

[@JameyArent]

Glad it’s helpful!

[@philsherington8458]

Thank you Jamey 🙏 this was probably the best blues lesson I've heard. You are a true educator. Concise, knowledgeable, humble and generous. I loved the way you were able to talk through what you were doing as you were playing. Without stuffing up any phrases!! 😂

[@JameyArent]

Thank you so much!

[@michaeltrowbridge9324]

Thanks, this sums up my 40 years of noodling, playing by ear, finding and trying to remember the good notes in 30 minutes 😂

[@JameyArent]

Thank you so much for the Super Thanks!

[@johncharal1698]

Wow, Jamey, that's a blues masterclass in 30 min! I need to spend a full day with this video.

[@mikeb1589]

This is a great lesson. Wish I had it 40 years ago! Thank you!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

[@redpillpusher]

wow for literally the last year or so Ive been looking for a video that would expand my pentatonic blues world and finally here it is. seriously, this is nothing short of a 31mim master class. Ive watched hours of great instructors but none have presented such a focus'd, extensive and most of all useful presentation of the pentatonic scales relation to the 1 4 5. Ive paid for instruction that took longer to listen to but contained not even a third of what this lesson has. ok Im blathering apologies. This is just so great. Thanks is not enough to express my gratitude and you have a new sub. Now gotta get to applying this gold mine if instruction best part is this singular video is now my goto for next how many months 😇

[@JameyArent]

Thank you so much! Glad the video is helpful.

[@jamesnicholson9392]

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[@jamesnicholson9392]

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[@jbfocus]

I just watch it over and over hoping to absorb this valuable information. THANK YOU!

[@JameyArent]

You’re welcome!

[@bftorggler6777]

I learned this trying to mimic the old blues legends that played alone like Robert Johnson, jamming while playing the chords. This is a great lesson!

[@user-dt4nj8jo1r]

I've watched this probably 30 times!

[@pastorsharpie]

Dang! WOW! Yeah, I've basically needed this lesson my whole life! I'll probably watch it about 500 more times!!

[@biskit8688]

Of the thousands I have watched,, this is the best lesson I have ever seen on youtube.. Aside from that, your playing is inspiring to watch and hear. Will join you on Patron immediately. You deserve as much support as you can get.

[@JameyArent]

Wow! Thank you so much!

[@biskit8688]

I've watched several of your videos. You're a fantastic teacher and a great guitarist. In a previous life I was a a pianist/keyboard player/producer/arranger. I would have gladly worked with you day in-day out. Now that I'm retired and studying guitar, I'm just glad I found you. The mere 20,000 subscribers speaks not to any limit to your skills , but to the intelligence of the 20,000+ subscribers. i signed up for your basic plan. but will upgrade because you deserve it.@@JameyArent

[@ScottKeagy]

Thanks! I've been playing 35 years, understand basic music theory, and occasionally near figuring this stuff out on my own, but prioritized other life stuff and never really locked it in. This was a wonderful stitch-it-all-together session for me and inspired focused practice for the first time in ages. I look forward to busting out these ideas when playing with others.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you! Glad to hear it was helpful.

[@2007vwbeetle]

For someone who played rhythm guitar for 45 years and never played lead or understood it though I knew the scales…this was like a revelation that I was blind but now I see. One of the best lessons on this subject I have seen on KZbin since there has been a youtube. At age 67 it makes me want to do some “noodling.”

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it is helpful.

[@rm5120]

Awesome master class! Please, bring more videos like these.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Planning on more in the future.

[@neilhaywood5381]

This is brilliant, Thankyou, all these years, now I have something to go on. This is why I never sounded quite right. I cant thank you enough. Bless you.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@Euzimdenovo]

It take me years to learn these, and you put in a open YT lesson…. You don't hide the game 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@eduardoacevedo1246]

how a generous and clear cut class! years of mistery explained in minutes! THANKS A LOT! im suscribing now!

[@JameyArent]

Great! Thanks and you’re welcome!

[@scotttchia]

Worth watching every second! Specially after 14:00 is the essence of playing blues guitar. Great content including techniques, theory and inspiration.!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@slave_planet]

I don't know . . . It all sounds so goddamn happy with these changes. I'm starting to think "blues" music is pretty much about people pretending to have problems but really they feel just fine.

[@martinmalacarne318]

Oh man. So clear. Information put so simple. 10/10

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@josephreinhart8712]

You just blew my doors down. I am in rock-house with NO doors! Look out, rock house Thank you..."double stop!" ...Thank You!

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[@skyillegaldiver8962]

Road to Damascus!!! Thank you!!!

[@peanutbutterjelly7370]

I've been trying to figure out how to solo like this over the 12 bar blues. This lesson is going to help me out a lot. 👍👍

[@scrumpymanjack]

Cuts through all the BS to give you what you need. This will save people a TON of time. Great lesson.

[@softailspringer9915]

Best blues lesson on the internet! Thank you so much

[@JameyArent]

Wow! Thank you so much.

[@jvedoe]

Good lesson. It's good to take viewers/students out of just "pentatonics" and bring them to playing the changes with the 3rds and b7ths. I have always thought it is easier to just envision the chord tones (shapes/arpeggios) of each dominant 7 chord and just play around those chord tones stressing pentatonics and bends/licks to make it "bluesy", or intervals, chromatics, or enclosures to make it more "jazzy". I enjoyed your lesson.

[@benbush1227]

Man, there are several excellent channels with great stuff, but I got to tell you man, your teaching and playing style is so flavorful and the fluidity is remarkable. I’m thinking it’s coming out of your character, something special there. Thank you for the lessons.

[@JameyArent]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@ramonmartin4908]

One of the best videos I've seen ,on playing the blues

[@JameyArent]

Thank you so much!

[@baranyiproduction]

Great lessen Jamey! You covered everything we need to know about the Blues. Thank you so much!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@powerbylightfutureisnow1579]

Dude you got the bestest blueyies best sounding guitar, my guitar doesn't do that

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@johnpick8336]

That's the kind of blues I'm talking about!

[@robertscott4919]

Terrific Lesson, Jamey. Useful and understandable. Thank you.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@jonasoftehollkken6907]

Simply outstanding lesson

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@rlawrence71]

Just discovered this channel. I've been playing since 1991 and can always use advanced instruction to push out of the ruts I've fallen into. This is a perfect channel for that.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks for watching!

[@thebehavioralobservationsp8311]

Great video. I've been playing for decades ripping the pentatonics, but playing over the changes is new to me and it's the skill I want to master the most right now. This video is a huge step in that direction. Thanks!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it’s helpful.

[@steveo44]

Top quality lesson. Wish I had known this stuff 10 years ago!. Very easy to understand

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@Bertyification]

Amazing video packed with tons of ideas and learning that will take effort and dedication to digest but clearly worth there investment in time!! Thank you 😎

[@Tom-dg1ex]

Best blues lesson on youtube 🎸👍

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@HigherPlanes]

Good stuff man. I like your playing. You really make the blues vibes come alive.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@persiansharks4026]

The best pro lesson ever

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@meyerjp3]

A true master lesson in blues lead guitar!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@glenncalver886]

3 years of trying to work out then changes and then boom! Haven't felt like this since being given the ALLAMMO cheat code for Duke Nukem. Thank you!!

[@JameyArent]

You’re welcome! Glad it was helpful!

[@JohnMarcell]

One of the top 10 blues guitar videos on KZbin and been watching them since 2017

[@JameyArent]

Ah wow, thank you so much!

[@bluesnparadise]

This is one of the best guitar lessons I’ve had in a while, thanks so much for this!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@lorenvguitar614]

Really an informative video, I so appreciate the no nonsense approach, no silly or stupid jokes that just waste time and you really are a knowledgable and talented player. Thank you so much. PROFESSIONALISM!

[@atharvnaik]

Damn, you covered all bases in one video. Sick!

[@ChuckEWeiss-fk6vr]

This is an incredibly informative lesson ... just playing the root note at the chord change will easily improve the blues playing of anyone. Thanks.

[@JameyArent]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@nathanbolen7624]

thank you for this lesson, not only for the blues this has also opened my eyes for soloing in even rock or metal and being creative with different scales over progressions. i was one of those players that would try to blanket the whole riff i solo'd over and didnt really explore and i have been playing for more than 20 years lol

[@JameyArent]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@Jammaster1972]

A Dorian = D Mixolydian over the 4 chord. Love the relativity of music nomenclature. Excellent lesson, very thorough.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@lovehategoddie]

Thank you This is the key to composing interesting solos instead of just throwing lick together, one note can make a significant difference to a solo.

[@OtRatsaphong]

Wow! I'm glad I clicked on this video. I could help noticing the wealth of examples to illustrate your lesson. A true mini master class! 👍 Thank you 🙏

[@JameyArent]

Thanks for watching!

[@groupejanus1356]

Thanks from France.

[@JameyArent]

You’re welcome!

[@philipsmith518]

Sheer magic. Brilliant teacher

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@douglaschristine8387]

Hi Jamey, I really enjoyed how you broke all this down and how it will help me with my playing.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

[@psb962]

Excellent video, among the very best on the subject. Please Jamey, do another on how to play the changes on a minor blues as a dominant 7th on the V and the major chord that often precedes it in many songs make this a bit challenging.

[@ssrsglh05]

I concur with all the comments.Never heard this explained so well.Outstanding!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@winstonsmith8240]

Sometimes going back to basics is exactly what is required. Sweet.

[@jackzeppelin4]

Excellent lesson! I'm going to practice this for weeks and nothing else! Looking forward to it!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@craigjmo]

Awesome! Every once in a while we get get those "aha moments " But! Your lesson gave me " multiple aha's " lol! Seriously bro, excellent lesson, great teacher ,video etc.Kudos!😎

[@JameyArent]

Glad to hear it! Thank you!

[@emapy4565]

Best blues lesson ever👏

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@GuitarisGreat1]

I love your content because you pack so much value into each video. Thanks man 👍

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

[@federicomartigarro124]

This lesson is so good it’s absurd. Thank you so much!!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@FranciscoBallesteros-ew4ix]

Hello! Very very luminous video!! Great job. Thanks. Greetings from Tenerife in Canary Islands.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@ngccglp]

This is one of the best video on playing the blues. Thanks

[@JameyArent]

Wow, thanks!

[@rehkram]

Excellent, I'll be running this lesson many times, thanks Jamey.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it’s helpful!

[@danaeverhart6487]

Most Xcellant Mate! Some really good stuff that if I’d been privileged to have viewed at 15 years old, I’d be touring right now! “Play 4PeAce “ Merry Christmas 🎄 Dana E💫

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Same to you!

[@lorenvguitar614]

You are a truly professional guitarist. We need more of this kind of information.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@cofieleven]

You're a good teacher. Lots of teachers on here, but most of them suck.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@user-lo9rm8wj2t]

8:00 .. so true. The major 3rd

[@peternaur]

This is blues guitar GOLD! My goodness the amount of great info in such a short time! Very impressive! Thank you so much!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@stevenprebeg]

This is great stuff for getting out of typical pentatonic ruts… I love hearing the sound of chords changing in someone’s lead lines . The beauty of the guitar is once you understand a concept in a certain key, u can plug it in all over the neck in any key .

[@variok]

I've been watching this for like an hour, and I'm only 10 minutes in, as I've been playing along and rewinding it to play bits over & over I've always understood the theory, but never found a video to practice along within detail that actually clicks. Thanks Jamey, this unlocked aheap of ideas.

[@JameyArent]

You’re welcome! Glad it’s helpful.

[@ronmercer6362]

Fantastic teacher. Thank you Jamey!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@kevinhicks9386]

Excellent tutorial !

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@stevelampert2618]

Thank you Man! Tight and to the point. Lots to think about and apply!!

[@JameyArent]

You’re welcome! Glad it was helpful.

[@Alienqnpxi]

This lesson is unique Mr Jamey, thank you for all the knowledge you shared with the community ❤

[@JameyArent]

You’re welcome!

[@stu7399]

Very impressive lesson! With a "good blues ear" a beginner player could get a LOT of mileage from this lesson.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@dougsmith8430]

Jamey, this is a tremendous lesson! There is so much here to add to our feel for playing the Blues… It’s almost overkill, because there’s so much, but I’d rather have too much, that way I can break it down slowly… I put this lesson in my ‘saved files’. THANK YOU! 🎶🎸

[@JameyArent]

Thank you! Glad it's a helpful lesson.

[@dougsmith8430]

@@JameyArent very helpful! Jamey, would you have any specific Blues lesson of yours that would help better understand Arpeggios for Blues Lead, and when to use the Major, the Minor and the Dominant 7th Arpeggios?

[@drewster1967]

Good lesson thank you! Reminds me of Keith Wyatt - Rockin The Blues lessons, another great teacher…Merry Christmas all.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Keith is a great player. Merry Christmas!

[@Pantalooj]

I think this might just be the single best twelve bar blues soloing lesson on KZbin. I absolutely love the way you have chapterised it into sections of ideas, and explained why the ideas work ... allowing for translation to other keys. Subscribed. I would love see a similarly structured and detailed lesson with your presentation of minor blues soloing (ie the chords of the backing track are all minor rather than major). Thanks!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you! That’s actually great idea for a future video!

[@elwrongo]

been wondering about this for years. subscribed

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@Jonwestcott]

Finally the lesson I’ve been looking for! Explains so much I’ve been struggling with for ages. Brilliant!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

[@adamuhlan1275]

By far one of the best blues phrasing instructional videos I have come across!

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@static-and-rust]

Jamey, you certainly are!

[@andrewrobinson2565]

I'm going to spend the next year wearing out this video. Liked and subscribed. Thanks ☺️👍.

[@JameyArent]

Thanks!

[@victorformosa228]

Excellent lesson Jamey. Thank you.

[@JameyArent]

Thank you!

[@yamraaj4529]

Great video Jamey I have been playing blues for the last 1 and a half years but was always confused about how to make the chord change sound in my solo but you got it cleared . Thanks man ❤❤ You have a great channel , subscribed .

[@JameyArent]

Thank you and you’re welcome! Glad it was helpful!

[@asarcadyn2414]

Piece of cake! I’ll just have a coffee then go and rattle all these great ideas off on my guitar in 10 minutes😁. But seriously, my brain doesn't working as fast as yours.

[@chriswrighton5162]

Gold

[@rafa_guitar]

Thank you very much! all your lessons are awesome, this one is really outstanding!

[@JameyArent]

Thank you so much!

[@roberthofsteadter1266]

Love the way you broke it down. I’ve been working on finding all this intervals but also seeing the majors and relative notes but not quite understanding until I watched this video. Thank you

[@JameyArent]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OlegKirsanov]

You’re an excellent teacher. I wish there was a course where I can collect all these small ideas how to improvise over typical rock, blues chord progressions. Then maybe an advanced part to play over jazz and pop progressions. I’d sign up to such course 100%.

[@thomastucker5686]

I don't sub often, but I really liked this lesson. I am trying to push myself to learn some theory. I just play notes I think sound good in succession. At some point it feels like I will run out of ideas if I don't learn theory. It hasn't happened yet, but I would like to expand my bag of tricks. I can't play notes with my thumb, my hands are too small. That is probably why I am a drummer. I just can't not play guitar, I am quite fond of the instrument.