วีดีโอ

Thanks, and happy new year! Soeren

Thanks a lot, Chris! friendly greetings, Soeren

Hi Ticiano. You have a nice guitar sound too, and you are also blessed with a good voice. thanks a lot for commenting. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks, Soeren

Thanks a lot, friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks Gerry. Thanks for always commenting! I wish you a happy new year, working a lot with new fantastic things on your guitar. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks a lot, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 👍

Thanks a lot Ed. I had a really nice Christmas at my little sister, with her two grown children and her ex. Being without small children this time it was very relaxed. And yes, it s amazing how time flyes, when I think about my childhood though, I feel the age and the distance, it is like an other era. Anyway, Thanks a lot for always commenting and I wish you a good new year with lots of good music, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 That's great to hear. I had a similar nice Christmas spent with my older brother and his wife as his daughter lives in another state now. Seems like the older we get, the faster the time goes by. When I was much younger going to high school then college, those years seem to crawl at a snail's pace and took forever to pass. Then each decade thereafter began to zip by faster and faster. You're right, it feels like that was another era though with good memories. Thanks and you have a great New Year and look forward to a great 2025! Best regards - Ed

@@ew6629 Thanks, Soeren

Hi Gary. Thanks for your interest. The backing tracks are my own creation and are meant to serve as a backing band for the ones who work on the songs on my channel. On most videos I go through the chords, and there are chord tabs as well, so it should not be very difficult to put together your own backing track. If you have further questions you are always welcome to ask. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Hi Ed! thanks for commenting. And yes, the middle turnaround needs a little practice before you can use it naturally. Wish you a nice Saturday, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Yes indeed! Do you plan to take a break from uploading a video next week during Xmas? I may be out of town, I still haven't decided whether I want to travel. Fortunately, it would via car and not a plane! Have a great weekend. Ed

@@ew6629 I think I will upload next Friday too. I guess there must be quite a few that look on You Tube somewhere between Christmas and new year. I probably go to my sister Christmas evening, which is where we celebrate Christmas. It is just a half hour ride with the bus. Happy Christmas! Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Okay, great. If I leave town, I'll check it out after I return. You have a wonderful Christmas as well! Ed

@@ew6629 Thanks, Soeren

Hi Gerry. Thanks for commenting. And yes, the groove is maybe a little funky. It reminds me a little of the song "further on up the road. Happy holidays to you also. Soeren

Thanks for letting me know, Soeren

Hi Gerry and thanks a lot, friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks, Soeren

Hi! thanks for commenting. The straight blues playing came very natural to me, I listened to a lot of players and automatically I started to play the same licks that I heard on records. I have been very inspired by BB King and Robben Ford, who both are very melodic and both mix melodic blues and jazz (blues). friendly greetings, Soeren

Hi Ed, thanks for commenting. It is always good to know where the root is, but I primary use my ear. I think that I feel the slow blues more than I think it. When I compose a slow blues for my channel I kind of jam, to find some licks and lines that sounds good together. Improvising to me is a lot like talking to a friend, I talk on the guitar very much the same way the way that I talk to a good friend . the licks could be seen as the phrases in a conservation. Even when working with a concept that is the way I mainly think and feel music. Friendly greetings, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 I think in order to do what you do, you still have to have a base foundational knowledge of music theory, scales, etc that's well ingrained so that you can allow your ear to take over the phrasing end result without having to over think the note selection when playing. Anyway, really tasty stuff Soeren! Ed

@@ew6629 Sure, I worked through all that stuff as I was in my 20s and 30s, studying jazz theory as well, but it is so many years ago seems almost to be another era! thanks again and I wish you a good weekend, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Thanks! You too Soeren. Ed

What chorus?

Thanks, Soeren

Thanks a lot, Soeren

Hi Jonmurph. Thanks a lot. I am happy you like it. Soeren

Thanks a lot Tony, friendly greetings, Soeren

Yes exactly, the blues has many faces, Thanks for commenting, Soeren

Thanks a lot, friendly greetings, Soeren

Hi Ed! Thanks for commenting. I studied The more jazzy chords In Robben Fords booklet " blues and beyond" in the 90´s, but to be honest it took me a lot of practicing before I could use the chords naturally, so I really had to work a lot. Luckily they are into my fingers now, so I dont have to worry about these jazzy voicings anymore. Friendly greetings, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Yes, I think this lesson will take months of practicing to get comfortable with. Solos I can pick up very quickly but rhythm playing is a totally different animal! Best regards Soeren, Ed.

Thanks a lot Steven! Friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks a lot Jim! friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks a lot Nick! I am happy you like the playing. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Hi again Peter and thanks a lot. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks a lot! Soeren

Hi Ed. Thanks for commenting. And yes, practicing these major pentatonic licks or lines on one spot of the fret board is a really good way to get these patterns into your fingers, so you dont have to jump so much around on the fret board.. Today we had early snow falls in Aarhus and temperatures suddenly dropping to 10 degrees below the freezing point! have a nice weekend, friendly greetings, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 I agree. I think I was being lazy jumping up the neck an octave so that I could play the same exact notes which limited that ability to jump an octave when playing in higher keys like B, C, and D. I would only do the octave jump when playing in keys E through A. I'm glad you included the tabs which will help tremendously. Wow, that is cold cold cold! I can't imagine outside temps like that. Here in California, we think it's cold when it gets around 40 degrees (f), around 4 degrees (celcius). Are you getting close soon to making your annual trip away from DM to Morocco? Ed

@@ew6629 unfortunately I am just diagnosed with prostate cancer, so I go through a long time, mid January to mid March with radiation. I was wondering whether i could make the long 4-5 hours ride down to Agadir in southern morocco without consulting a toilet (no toilts in the bus) so I went to my doctor for some medicine, and that was the reason why the cancer was luckily detected as it seems before it spread. So my next journey will be in the new year. Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 So very sorry to hear that Soeren but catching that early has to be at least some positive news. I went through bladder cancer 6 years ago, had surgery to remove the tumor and then follow up with a variation of localized chemo. It was a very long and painful journey but 6 years later I'm cancer free so far. I hope you have a similar positive outcome as I did. Stay optimistic and after you get through the radiation treatment, you may want to research into diet changes that might help as well. I completely revamped my diet after I finished with my treatment. One step at a time Soeren. Take care. Ed

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Best wishes for a full recovery! Thank You for putting up this great stuff.

Hi Gerry. I am happy you like the lesson. I still have my SG but I have developed some playing habits while playing the Tele, that hurt in my left hand when I play the SG, so if I switch I have to change things that are already integrated as a natural way of playing on the Tele. Maybe some time I will try anyway. friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks a lot! good luck and and a lot of joy with the guitar playing, Soeren

Thank you so much!

Hi Chris! Thanks a lot. Soeren

Thanks a lot. I am happy you like it. Greetings, Soeren

Hi Rob. I am happy you like it, Soeren

Hi Ed. Thanks for commenting. This descending lick is really used a lot by melodic players. I noticed that for instance Matt Schofield uses that lick a lot, if you know him. friendly greetings, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 I love Matt Schofield and have most of his CDs. I was fortunate enough to meet him, talk to him for about 2 minutes, and have him sign his new CD a few years ago when he played live at a local small blues venue called Club Fox here in Redwood City. Matt really knows how to tastefully highlight the chord changes in his solos. I'll have to listen to his CDs again and see if I can catch those descending licks you played! Ed

@@ew6629 I guess that he is living in the US now? And yes, he is really a nice melodic bluesman, sophisticated but always natural sounding. Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Yes, he now lives in Florida. Surprisingly, when I saw him live at that small blues club, he only played maybe 25% typical sounding blues songs. The rest were a variety of styles with as you said, more sophistication but different from Robben Ford. Have a great weekend Soeren! Ed

@@ew6629 thanks ! Soeren

Hi wick. Thanks a lot. I am happy you like it. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks. I am happy you like the lesson, friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks Gerry! friendly greetings, Soeren

Hi Ed, I understand what you mean. It took me about 10 years to be able to use the diminished scales, (half whole or whole half ) in a natural way. I used to sing the scales in order to know them better. friendly greetings, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Indeed, I'm nowhere comfortable still when to use that scale within a context of a solo in a tasteful manner. For me, it just doesn't sound good yet or natural unlike the pentatonic scale which I have a solid handle on. It is certainly something I have to keep working on diligently. It really sounds great when you have a handle on it like you demonstrated in your video. Good stuff Soeren! Ed

@@ew6629 Thanks! Soeren

Thanks, Soeren

Thanks Ed! We all have our ways. The guitar is not as easy as the piano when it comes to know exactly which notes you are about playing. learning certain patterns is the answer , as they are valid in all keys, you just have to get the root note into your fingers, and then you van play the three pattern of your slow blues. Here the guitar is easier as the piano, where you have to adjust to the keys you go through, so you cant work the same way with patterns on piano the same way as on guitar. thanks again, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 As you said, we all have our ways that work for us. I really like targeting the 3rd as much as the root note so that's my personal preference. That's what makes guitar playing fun and challenging, different approaches ultimately becomes one's style of playing. Have a great weekend Soeren! Ed

@@ew6629 Thanks a lot, Soeren

Thanks Gerry! I am happy you like the lesson. Friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks a lot. I am happy you like it, Soeren

Hi Ed. Thanks for commenting. I am happy you find the lesson useful. I play with my tele plugged into my blues junior amp, that has just the right sound and volume for these home recordings, and I add a little drive from my Zendrive pedal, that´s all. friendly greetings, Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 The blues junior is a fantastic amp! I used to have the Zendrive about 15 years ago and stupidly sold it; should have kept it. You get a nice slightly overdriven tone in your lessons which what I like so I was curious. These days, so many people use digital modelers that sound good as well so hard to know what's being used. Ed

@@ew6629 I actually have both 2 blues junior amps and I recently bought a second Zen drive as the knobs are not working 100 fine anymore, so I was worried that it would break. The Zendrive is the best pedal I have ever owned, but it is also a little expensive, I have to admit. Soeren

@@soerenguitarlessons9947 Wow, 2 blues jr amps! Good to have redundancy in case one has issues. Those Zen drive pedals cost a small fortune today. I paid under $200 USD back when I first purchased it. I did it because I knew Robben Ford was a user of the Zen drive. Not sure why I sold mine. I've purchased and sold probably 25 overdrive pedals over the years including King of Tone, Klon, Nobels ODR, on and on. At the moment I'm using the Greer Lightspeed and Wampler Belle, both are "transparent" OD pedals. Pedals can be a money pit so I no longer purchase pedals! Ed

hI, you will find the tabs at 9.00 and forward. friendly greetings, Soeren

Thanks! Soeren

Hi Attila! Thanks a lot. I am happy you like it, and found the channel again friendly greetings, Soeren