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Spicing up the Blues
Nick Granville
Hi everyone! In this lesson, I'm going to show you a basic way to slide 9th chords to create colour when playing the blues. I use this sound often as it is very colourful, yet also very simple and powerful. See the notation below for the voicings. When you're ready, head on over to the next page where we'll go over how to incorporate arpeggios into our blues soloing.
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Lesson · 3m Spicing up the Blues - Sliding 9th Chords
Hi everyone! In this lesson, I'm going to show you a basic way to slide 9th chords to create colour when playing the blues. I use this sound often as it is very colourful, yet also very simple and powerful...
Tab Guitar Pro
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Lesson · 5m Spicing up the Blues - Soloing with Arpeggios
Now I'll show you a simple way to play arpeggios for each chord change over a 12 bar blues. Using arpeggios when soloing over a blues is a great concept as it allows you to 'spell' the chord changes but also...
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