The BLUES SCALE Position 1 | ALL Blues Scale Positions for Guitar

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[@subhaschandramittra6026]

You are awesome......People are known to make things complicated and difficult to learn....but you made things uncomplicated and easy to learn making it enjoyable......Keep posting.....

[@Samjamguitar]

Thank you so much 😀

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185]

Here’s the thing about the blues scale (or learning any scale for that matter). Know them, but don’t learn them lol. I’m deadly serious hear me out. Learn the major and minor scales and from there when you “learn” a new scale simply remove the notes that don’t apply and add the ones that do to that scale. Here’s why. Let say you know the major and minor scales and you have learned the blues scales. Let’s say you’re playing in Em. So you also know that you’re playing in Gmajor. Now superimposed the blues scales over that and what are you left with? A jumbled mess where everything but a flat second is in key and you end up playing nothing but an endless noodle. Root in key, 2nd in key, both 3rds will be in key in a blues scale, 4th, flat 5th, 5th, both 6ths can be used as well as a 7th and a major 7th. You end up with a mess and it’s much harder to take things out of your locker than put them in. My advice is to know the major and minor scales. Than if you want to make it blues, add the flat 5th, add both 3rds, use 7ths. But play it thru the prism of a major or minor scale. The other thing is this. If you purely play blues you’ll just be a riff guitarist that can blast off a solo but you won’t be anything close to a complete musician. It doesn’t harmonize. The blues scale is not even really a scale (it obviously is) but it didn’t come about from harmonization it came about from people playing a major or minor scale and bending certain notes so those notes became the key. A second technically is not in key in a blues scale. However your 2nd is the 5th of your dominant chord. The 2nd generally gets bent up to a minor third. A 4th bent up to a flat 5th or a 5th bent down to a flat 5th. Understand the scale that way and you’ll be better off harmonically. Don’t “play” the blues scale. Play the major or minor scale adding the notes that apply in a blues scale when you want that sound and dropping the ones from the major or minor that don’t fit. Ultimately you will end up playing 90% of the blues scale this way but it’s a much different mindset and one that might benefit you if you’re struggling to do anything but solo over a shuffle in E or A

[@uragonertoo1335]

More of this in the other 4 CAGED positions please and more Blues lick and turnaround videos . This one was great !

[@Samjamguitar]

Glad you enjoyed this one! I will finish this series on the remaining 4 CAGED blues positions so stay tuned! great idea on the turnarounds!.... I may do a top 10 Blues Turnarounds after this series. (if anyone else wants to see this video then give this comment a like/comment) Thanks Again!

[@andydug]

@@Samjamguitar Good idea

[@chapmanfx8104]

@@Samjamguitar yep to that

[@chapmanfx8104]

I'd love some more licks like these especially that last one, thx great vid really well made and explained

[@Samjamguitar]

Hi Chapman fx 👋 my next video will cover position 2 and will include more licks like this👍 if you haven't already...hit the notification Bell 🔔 so you get notified when I upload new content. Thanks for watching 👍

[@chapmanfx8104]

@@Samjamguitar great stuff will do

[@dobrostarr3759]

So is this played over G or Bb?

[@squeakeththewheel]

That's my question too. It sounds like the chords are major GCD, but the lead scale is Gm. How/why does that work? the 3rd and 4th seem to be conflicting in the chords and the lead scale.

[@OakAthainNerin]

Super helpful 🙏 thank you

[@Samjamguitar]

You’re welcome 😊

[@WarrenAndrews-w5x]

Very helpful thanks from Warren 😎

[@Samjamguitar]

Happy to help!

[@laner4195]

The things you explain is so easy and interesting! Thank you very much. Slowly I am watching and rewatching your videos to get better at soloing.😁

[@Samjamguitar]

Brilliant 👌 let me know how you get on!

[@carstenreckert]

WOW, thank u 1000times, to share all basics togther with glue n spice. Great how u explain the use of the blue. :*

[@Samjamguitar]

My pleasure 😊

[@veesheldrick474]

Woohoo- spicey licktastic! Cheers Sam jam - you're the blues man!

[@Samjamguitar]

Thanks vee👍

[@disensunassee3967]

Love your tutorials ! Cheers from Mauritius 🇲🇺

[@Samjamguitar]

Hi Disen! Really appreciate that thanks!

[@saltydog8243]

Great video, Thank you !

[@Samjamguitar]

Thanks!

[@madarairgen9181]

Amazinggggg videooo thanks

[@Samjamguitar]

Cheers!

[@1cleandude]

Great lesson and great tone too!🙏 subscribed!

[@VladoBelo]

👍

[@Samjamguitar]

👌👌👌

[@paulcooper5748]

Good lesson.👍👍🎸🎸

[@Samjamguitar]

Cheers Paul👌

[@chatmax5938]

The Best.

[@Samjamguitar]

Thank-you!

[@boumanemarouane8043]

i was waiting for this one,thanks

[@Samjamguitar]

Hi Boumane Marouane👋 Hope you like it!

[@boumanemarouane8043]

@@Samjamguitar i did ,keep it up man

[@Samjamguitar]

Will do👍 cheers

[@musicvideos1846]

Good video - please make a video showing the chords you played and can play in that blues progression - instead of the basic G to C to D. Please make a video showing options for blues chords with this progression. Thank you so much. John

[@Samjamguitar]

Hi John, I will definitely make a Video covering different options for chords in a 12 Bar blues settings in the future 👍

[@musicvideos1846]

@@Samjamguitar Thank you so much. I like your teaching. I want to learn how to play various chords for a nice blues progression.

[@Samjamguitar]

no probs 👌👌👌

[@musicvideos1846]

@@Samjamguitar Thank you so much. I want to learn better chords than just A to C to D.