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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a minor key blues jam in the key of B flat by yourself on guitar. This uses the classic “Call & Response” technique to allow you to jump back and forth between rhythm and lead parts.
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Another Great Lesson – Thanks Brian!!
Killer lesson
Another great lesson. Memories of “Secret Agent Man” by Johnny Rivers.
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Another great lesson, reminds me of the old Hawii 5 0 theme music😎
That’s exactly what I thought too!
Saturday afternoon and here I am again just waiting for the new lesson to drop and as ever the rest of my weekend is now spent with Brian.
I like this one ‘coockin’ seems like the right comment, lots of fun here!
Brian I don’t think we have seen that Tele before It looks to me early 60s wondering if it is? Its a nice copy if newer and whichever way very nice.
Id love one like that.
It’s a 62 reissue that I bought 5 or 6 years ago off a guy on Craigslist
Right in my wheelhouse !!!
my thoughts exactly!
This went right into favorites after the first bar! I love this minor blues style. Thanks a million for this Brian!
Not sure if the guitar is from the early 60’s but this melody sure sounds like it is. might check out Nat Adderley’s Work Song with Wes Montgomery. Great lesson!
Yes! Good ear. Definitely Work Song inspired
Work song jumped to my mind as well. This will be a fun one!
Yep… exactly. Only my “senior moment” brain could not pull in the name. As soon as I saw where you wrote: “Nat…” it came to me. Thanks jgreen, and thank you Brian! This is only my first week learning from Brian. There is so much good stuff, the music I grew up with, that at this point, I’m experiencing sensory overload. I love every minute of it!
Every week these lessons just get better and better! Thanks Brian!!!
Wicked!
My babe she don’t stand no cheating, my babe,…
Thanks Brian, these three chords all on the same root fret and within the minor pentatonic scale, it’s such a good basis for improvisation. Extremely useful lesson!
Great lesson and song Brian, this is going to be a lot of fun to learn and play.
Thanks Brian,
Ray P
Can’t wait to dive into this one! It looks like a lot of fun to play.
Thank you for yet another great lesson
I love this one, this is going to be fun!
Have a great day.
I love every lesson of yours. I live in the other part of the world…in Nepal. And I wait so eagerly for your new lesson every Saturday morning.Will love to have new lessons on Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler….it’s been a long time.You are so creative every week…God knows how?
Love every lesson of yours. I live in the other part of the world…in Nepal. And I wait so eagerly for your new lesson every Saturday morning.Will love to have new lessons on Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler….it’s been a long time.You are so creative every week…God knows how?
Just awesome! Just looking at this lesson late on a Saturday night, over a beer!
Cant wait to learn this one tomorrow!
THANKS BRIAN,
GREAT LESSON. Love TO HAVE SOME BASS AND DRUMS TO PLAY ALONG WITH!
Brendan
This sure looks fun and certainly a new thing for more to try! Your intro lessons explaining all this new stuff is terrific , sure will learn more soon paying attention to your tutorials! Happy New years!
Wow! I think this is one of your best yet, Brian! I don’t think I’ve heard you do a lesson like this before. Takes off high octane, non-stop from the get-go. Also, sounds so full, hard to believe just one guitar. Sort of opposite approach to EP335.
Looks to a tough one to keep going smoothly at this tempo though.
Thanks for this one–Larry
Great lesson Brian. These licks are pretty achievable. I do struggle a little with the V chord any suggestion for muting the high E string? It sounds awful if I hit by accident I try to mute with part of my index finger but don’t always get there when changing quickly
Try to let your index finger lay just onto the high e and mute it..
T Harper
I get a nice vibe of ‘Work Song’ by Cannonball Adderley on this lesson. This is going to be both fun and educational. Printing the tab PDF and off to Staples to enlarge the sheet up to 11×14 so I can read the numbers clearly. I also like to write in Brain’s fingers on the tab numbers to get the fingering ala – Index, Middle, Ring and Pinky so I can practice it offline. Accuracy helps me. Thanks for this great arrangement, Brian!
This is what I was looking for when I signed up. Love it man. Thanks
This is prolly my favorite lesson yet! So much fun to play!
Are there similar lessons you recommend that have the same “feel” and are good for jamming with yourself? Maybe a keyword worth searching on the weekly lessons page?
EP182 has a kind of “Green Onions” groove and a tempo change. It’s a great lesson.
Thanks Brian! A ilttle Ronnie Earl-ish! Another great lesson!
Love it. Can’t wait to give it a crack!
I was impressed by this lesson Brian. Can’t wait to learn it and impress someone else. I love the variety of music that your lessons cover. I still need to work on last weeks though.
GREAT TRACK AS ALWAYS!
BACK IN THE PAST YOU USED TO SPEND FEW MOMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH LESSON GIVING SOME SETTING INFO EFFECTS AND SOUND…. WISH YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN
Great Lesson, i am new here but i really like your way of teaching some great music. Look forward to much more to come. Thanks.
i hear a little Surfari’s or something in part of the first lesson..Good Stuff!
T.Harper
Thanks Mate great lessons
My first “full” lesson…..memorised first 6 bars……not sure if I can wing for the next 34! Love this style.
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How fun is that little jam??? Real fun!
Thanks!
Another Fantastic lesson..I am having fun with this tonight!
Thanks Brian, Nice easy lesson, quite simple to play and it sounds great. Cheers..
Loved this one, added to favorites, really like the way you teach, I tried many other paid sites, E chords, guitar jamz etc. but your approach and simplicity really work for me, and honestly I don’t write to many reviews about anything.
Couldn’t agree more!
I love this rhythm played over the 12 bar blues section. Difficult at first but well worth it. Keep them coming.
After seeing how this website and your lessons are laid out I just had to join!I really enjoy your no-nonsense, get right to the point attitude for teaching guitar. But when you do get sidetracked… LOL there is always a surprise at the end of it,,😲👍, it reminds me of the GOOD surprises in Cracker Jacks in the late sixties. They were tasty and left me happy 😃. I’m hoping to have this learned by the time the weekend is over, it sure feels good to pick up the guitar again and have a desire to play, thanks a lot keep up the good work.
Echoing the other comments, this so fun to play and learn from.
Sounds like somewhere between ‘The Work Song’ (Nat Adderley) and ‘Green Onions’ – and I mean that in the nicest way – thanks!
Brian,
when you mute are you using your palm or releasing pressure on your fretting fingers?
Thanks
David Gilmour lick sounds like Money
I’ve been a member of Active Melody for at least five yrs. I’ve wanted to be a little more involved with making comments, and participating in discussions etc.
So I’ll start with this great lesson EP342. I was able to pick up on this lesson very quickly.
It follows very much the same CAGED triad work I have been studying in my private lessons. The additions of the triad slides put a big smile on my (somewhat academic) instructors face when I played this for him.
At 68 I’m always on the lookout for something that gives me another “WOW MOMENT” in my playing.
I was Visual Arts teacher for over 41+ yrs. It’s great to be one of your “students” soaking up everything I can.
Great Lesson,
Thanks Brian
Single handedly got me playing again after 15 years. cheers Brian.
Brian, Fairly new “recruit”, so hadn,t had a look at ep342 (been busy getting 369 up to scratch – reason its the same overal tune as Willie,s “didn,t sleep a wink last night”. ) Glad you put 342 up this week because if one day we can get back out with our buddies to our regular picks and open mikes this is spot-on what would fit in really good. So going to master this one even if it takes a while because it not only teaches but also stands as a good session tune. Thank you. Tony
Brian, I really like the song! I have a question: would it be possible to modify the sheet music notation in a way that the notes directly match the actual chords? I.e. the Bbm chord is noted as A#m or Ebm as D#m. I know that enharmonically it’s the same, but it’s extremely confusing and really hard to read (in b-minor key you’d expect a lot of flats and hardly any sharps, right? 😉 )
Hi Brian,
Just discovered this great lesson, as I am looking for something to play for this month’s call and response challenge! Brilliant lesson!
In the second video, I was just thinking “Money” by Pink Floyd, and then you mentioned Dave Gilmour. I notice that Michael W mentioned “Money” too…
Now, three days for me to learn this for the Weekend challenge!
Great lesson, love the rhthym of this one!
I agree with James! The initial melody/licks got my attention but that rhythm playing about 1/2 way through the song is what now has me learning this lesson! I’ve been working on being more concise with the strings that I hit when playing rhythm on bar chords in an attempt to be less sloppy and not always hit the same strings each strum. This is a great lesson/exercise on that front. Great work, Brian!
Hi Brian, This peace of music has it all – brilliant techniques, a very nice melody, great combination of chords and solo. It’s entertaining and putS the listerner immediately in a nice ambiance. This peace is timeless and will always be great.
Keep doing the great work.