Thanks for getting a blues education with myself and Corey Congilio! Want my fast track to getting this stuff down, PLUS a fun and funky jam track to practice with? Click here! www.patreon.com/posts/85642062?
I need more of this kind of a lesson. I’ve played for over 35 years and I’ve won guitar contests and been known as a good metal/rock player. But I say that knowing I absolutely suck when it comes to so many areas of playing. For instance I never really loved the blues so I am so very lacking in this area. Whenever someone began a blues progression I go from a seemingly good guitar player to a day one beginner in an instant. It’s something that has plagued my playing for years. It’s not that I want to be known as some amazing blues player necessarily because it’s just not in my blood to concentrate on that style. But I think I could expand my playing greatly by becoming more comfortable in this vein. I’d probably enjoy this style more too by being able to speak the language better. Never stop learning everyone! Great video.
Thank you ,thank you thank you ! This was a real treat. I am a guy who learned by ear as a kid (at age 9, watching my biological Dad (lol), my uncles and cousins sit around playing guitar and drinking every time they got together) I developed some bad habits guitar wise and now at age 57, I am diving into uncharted territory. I discovered your channel around 3 years ago. I never knew the mechanics of alternate picking, true arpeggios etc. I always played from the gut. It sucked in a way though because my "guitar heroes" (Jimi, Ritchie Blackmore, Jerry Reed, Eddie, Jan Ackerman, Terry Kath, Steve Howe, Roy Clark etc) seemed so untouchable to me. I always wanted to grasp the concepts and structures that you provide on your channel. I apologize for the long winded post...I just wanted to say thank you so much for the heart felt effort that you provide on your channel. You are a class act, sir!
One of the most compelling things about this video for me is the ease of which both of you know the fretboard, theory, and chords. Fascinating stuff, as I struggle to arpeggiate the first inversion of a Cm scale...
In my 20+ years as a guitar player lurking on TH-cam, this video cut through the static for me more than any (in particular Joe Pass on the bottom, Eric Clapton on the top). Thanks dudes.
This is super helpful! There was this significant gap of the blues that I enjoyed hearing, and the painfully rudimentary blues I could play. This points me in the right direction, big time. I've got a bunch of new stuff to practice now. Thanks Ben and @coreycongilio
Great job Ben and Corey! So many of us are right at this spot where the old, “one scale fits all” approach either just doesn’t work or our solos are boring. This will be a big help!
Wow .. How Cool is that? I'll tell you .. Way Cool. And "Way Cool"? is at least 2 steps past.. Very Cool. Thanks Corky & Bengo. Seriously it's always fun & amazingly informative here Thank you You are Appreciated Muchly
I've always wanted that green finish over the top of a 3 tone burst with areas of the green worn off so the sunburst shines through. - but I can't stand a fake reliced guitar so I'm S.O L.....😔
I was just dreaming about the guitars I can't buy looking at Sweetwater and came across the Hot Dog Kramer. That thing is so sweet. Hilarious paint job, but I love it. Saw Ben on the video spot ✌🏼
I've been a rock/metal player for nearly 40 years and, as I got older, I realized my playing was getting less metal and more blues. I'd always appreciated blues players but I was all about speed and sweeping and on and on. Suddenly guys like Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Jared James Nichols and Corey were putting a smile on my face more than Jason Richardson, Tim Henson or Tosin Abasi. Just getting old I guess. 😉
If you e been playing for 40 years, and assuming you started when you were 15, that puts you at 55 years old. You’re not getting old. You ARE old. Welcome to the club.
What a feikn blast it is watching you interact with these guys Ben! You seem to touch base with a few of my other fav online instructors mang, and your true humbleness to the craft comes thru mega!! Couple yrs ago you cranked me onto Andy, and the Crack the code guy?? I wanna thankyou Fer all the shit you work hard at presenting us bitches mang...truethanks!!!
I find the best ways to break out of the Blue Lawyer cliches is to add some more chromaticism. And maybe chill with the bends and instead incorporate more PRE bends.
I'm ignorant.!..but not that bad...@ 8:38 what arpeggios please is Corey Congilio playing.? I love this combination of an what I think is a Dom7 arpeggio answered with Pentecostal. But please the arps names???🙃
So fun! I know exactly what you mean Ben, when I'm pleasantly surprised by a guitarist's playing, I laugh too, followed by a "Yes! Hell ya!" It's just so tasty, it tickles your brain.
6:53 - actually you can find it in other traditional - "anchient" rooted - music where the instrumental version is naturally grown out from the simple, only singed traditional folklore, without any education. Most of the bands - whats have nothing to do with blues - never heard, so tis not coming from there - plays major chords under minor melodies, and lot of the times the chords don't really have a functional connection - because the do all by ear, and they only know the song. So the chords are coming from the song, they play a simplier version of the melody, with the strongest overtones (what generates a major chord) for example, an A minor pentatonic song, has A, C, D, E and G - or if its not that pentatonic, even can have a B somewhere, all major. And the blue notes like between the major minor 3rd or between the diminished 5th and the perfect 5th are there too in the melodies, as these are coming from the physical nature of the sounds. That's why you can find these in Bartoks music, for example, as he was really into these type of music. And didn't really experienced blues or jazz.
Step Dad always has the blues....cause he really sucks at guitar and needs to pay more attention to uncle ben...lmao!!! Another great one,Ole'Dad needs to "step" out of the metal box and broaden his guitar skills...thats why i suck at guitar! Lmao! At least i am trying new things and this one helps alot! Thanks again Uncle Ben!🤘🤘🤘
13:13 imagine a slow motion guy grilling some burgers, wife kisses him on the cheek. Kids playing with the dog while running through the sprinklers. You hear "ask your doctor if Cialis is right for you" i'm just a product of the 2000s
Great stuff. Many people (especially certain wannabe Yngwies and Satrianis) say that blues is something very simple and lazy. Yes, the fundamentals are easy. Mastering blues? It takes either ages or phenomenal talent.
Thanks for getting a blues education with myself and Corey Congilio! Want my fast track to getting this stuff down, PLUS a fun and funky jam track to practice with? Click here! www.patreon.com/posts/85642062?
It's not a flat third it's a sharp 9 from the ALT dominant harmony. Study your melodic minor
Had a BLAST doing this with BE! I'm honored to be on the channel, buddy! Blues on y'all!
A. Mazing
Wait, so can we start calling Friedman Amps Ben Eller-100
Always love watching Corey
Duuuude,that was awesome,thank you.
And thanks uncle Ben!
You and Ben are at the top of my “always watch” list on TH-cam. It’s so great seeing you guys hangin’ and jammin’. Excellent lesson.
Now Ben understands how we feel when we see him play and try to play what he plays :)
I need more of this kind of a lesson. I’ve played for over 35 years and I’ve won guitar contests and been known as a good metal/rock player. But I say that knowing I absolutely suck when it comes to so many areas of playing. For instance I never really loved the blues so I am so very lacking in this area. Whenever someone began a blues progression I go from a seemingly good guitar player to a day one beginner in an instant. It’s something that has plagued my playing for years. It’s not that I want to be known as some amazing blues player necessarily because it’s just not in my blood to concentrate on that style. But I think I could expand my playing greatly by becoming more comfortable in this vein. I’d probably enjoy this style more too by being able to speak the language better. Never stop learning everyone! Great video.
Oh this was a fun one! Loved watching Corey play, loved watching Uncle Ben learn, loved the chemistry between you guys. Great stuff
Thank you ,thank you thank you ! This was a real treat. I am a guy who learned by ear as a kid (at age 9, watching my biological Dad (lol), my uncles and cousins sit around playing guitar and drinking every time they got together) I developed some bad habits guitar wise and now at age 57, I am diving into uncharted territory. I discovered your channel around 3 years ago. I never knew the mechanics of alternate picking, true arpeggios etc. I always played from the gut. It sucked in a way though because my "guitar heroes" (Jimi, Ritchie Blackmore, Jerry Reed, Eddie, Jan Ackerman, Terry Kath, Steve Howe, Roy Clark etc) seemed so untouchable to me. I always wanted to grasp the concepts and structures that you provide on your channel. I apologize for the long winded post...I just wanted to say thank you so much for the heart felt effort that you provide on your channel. You are a class act, sir!
The etude part is important because it helps the muscle memory for the shapes, but also for cementing the corresponding harmony in your ear.
Corey{ is an awesome blues guitar educator and an amazing musician, have several of his courses!! Keep on rocking Ben \m/
Loved this session. Corey is so great!! Loved how you sounded together and the discussion was really very helpful. Thanks Ben !
One of the most compelling things about this video for me is the ease of which both of you know the fretboard, theory, and chords. Fascinating stuff, as I struggle to arpeggiate the first inversion of a Cm scale...
I missed the following 45 seconds of what you said after Francis bubble trousers because I was laughing!!
EPIC lesson. Looking forward to practicing this.
In my 20+ years as a guitar player lurking on TH-cam, this video cut through the static for me more than any (in particular Joe Pass on the bottom, Eric Clapton on the top). Thanks dudes.
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching.
Right?
I loved that.
This is super helpful! There was this significant gap of the blues that I enjoyed hearing, and the painfully rudimentary blues I could play. This points me in the right direction, big time. I've got a bunch of new stuff to practice now. Thanks Ben and @coreycongilio
Wow great collaboration, thanks for re- igniting the light bulbs in my head(hands).
Thanks Unkie Ben. That was super informative.
Oh shit! I just discovered Corey's channel a few days ago and now this! Dope!
Cory is a monster with blues .... erm playing in general. love his stuff - great to see you embracing other styles
Great job Ben and Corey! So many of us are right at this spot where the old, “one scale fits all” approach either just doesn’t work or our solos are boring.
This will be a big help!
Wow ..
How Cool is that?
I'll tell you ..
Way Cool.
And "Way Cool"?
is at least 2 steps past.. Very Cool.
Thanks Corky & Bengo.
Seriously it's always fun & amazingly informative here
Thank you You are Appreciated Muchly
Thank you both for a great lesson. It looks like you both were having a great time. Thank you for sharing the video and lesson.
Love that playing and phrasing!
Puts a smile on my face, when I hear someone play the blues like this! 🖤
Thanks to Ben for this Video!
Great lesson guys!!
Thanks Uncle Ben and Corey !
This is my kind of crossover content: thanks!
Such a cool video
Awesome video, very useful and fun!
Fantastic conversation, thanks for sharing! Also appreciate using interval names, that is so helpful in following.
Uncle Ben and Corey. I love these collaborations. What is the dream team? Uncle Ben and Satchel from Steel Panther.
Best match, duo of my 2 favorites online guitar instructors 🎸
It’s so awesome to you two jamming together!
Woah corey is an absolute blues God! Nice vid as always uncle ben! and the tele is 🥰😍😍
Sweet man, Corey's super cool! Really enjoyed the jams and the tips. Blues on!
Fantastic lesson. Cheers!
Thanks Uncle Ben, really luv the variety of your lessons, Corey is like awesome! Much luv 😍👍
Corey is The Man. Great player, teacher, and all-around dude.
Francis Bubbletrousers last album was F'n EPIC
RIP
Thanks for the great vid as always, Ben! 👍
Love that green on that tele
I've always wanted that green finish over the top of a 3 tone burst with areas of the green worn off so the sunburst shines through. - but I can't stand a fake reliced guitar so I'm S.O L.....😔
Awesome lesson. I love watching Corey, he's a beast!
Once again a great lesson thanks sir knight Bencelot!
Thank you so for this awesome post!
i always wanted a guitar like the one you had in
the mop intro riff video it would be cool if you show us how to do that
Amazing lesson/video, Uncle Ben! Some of those licks remind me a bit of Warren DeMartini (I always remember it as the "You're in Love" lick).
I was just dreaming about the guitars I can't buy looking at Sweetwater and came across the Hot Dog Kramer. That thing is so sweet. Hilarious paint job, but I love it. Saw Ben on the video spot ✌🏼
Wow. Just wow. I almost understand what you guys are talking about. But arpeggios added to to do list...and Cory's site
Very cool.
I think I will hug my stepson tonight (first time ever) and tell him it's okay if he wants to be a blues man one day.
Man your friend has such great blues phrasing!
He’s so good!!!
This is the perfect video for me right now. I need more better flavor and he's got all the ingredients!
I've been a rock/metal player for nearly 40 years and, as I got older, I realized my playing was getting less metal and more blues. I'd always appreciated blues players but I was all about speed and sweeping and on and on. Suddenly guys like Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Jared James Nichols and Corey were putting a smile on my face more than Jason Richardson, Tim Henson or Tosin Abasi. Just getting old I guess. 😉
That’s cause jason tim and tosin are trash and the bands they were in all sucked too
If you e been playing for 40 years, and assuming you started when you were 15, that puts you at 55 years old.
You’re not getting old.
You ARE old.
Welcome to the club.
I just found your glizzycaster reaction while looking at kramers and it makes me wanna buy it
Corey is a beast uncle Ben what a great mash of 2 platforms I enjoy 🤘🏻
I love the phrase "expensive sounding."
What a feikn blast it is watching you interact with these guys Ben! You seem to touch base with a few of my other fav online instructors mang, and your true humbleness to the craft comes thru mega!! Couple yrs ago you cranked me onto Andy, and the Crack the code guy?? I wanna thankyou Fer all the shit you work hard at presenting us bitches mang...truethanks!!!
This inspired me to play some blues
The keys to the blues-rari? I'm getting a Michael Angelo Batio "I'll give you the keys to the Lamborghini" vibe.
I find the best ways to break out of the Blue Lawyer cliches is to add some more chromaticism. And maybe chill with the bends and instead incorporate more PRE bends.
So much jazz in his playing
My Stepdad Blues Licks sucked too but everything changed the day I switched to "Cool Uncle" Blues Licks.
Love Corey's playing! Damn!
anyone know who this francis bubble-trousers he keeps referring to is? He's mentioned him in like 20 videos
This was tons of fun, thanks!
EXCELLENT...Uncle Blues!
cool ideas, rock on dudes
I also can't do anything but laugh when some of those notes land. That was great.
I'm ignorant.!..but not that bad...@ 8:38 what arpeggios please is Corey Congilio playing.? I love this combination of an what I think is a Dom7 arpeggio answered with Pentecostal. But please the arps names???🙃
Nice Anderson you're holding there, Uncle Ben!
Best-looking superstrats in the world (totally not biased here XD)
That HSS strat is gorgeous
Francis Bubbletrousers 😂😂😂
So fun! I know exactly what you mean Ben, when I'm pleasantly surprised by a guitarist's playing, I laugh too, followed by a "Yes! Hell ya!" It's just so tasty, it tickles your brain.
From a jazz perspective, you wouldn't think of it as b3, but #9, tension over a dominant chord.
When you play a minor third over a dominant chord, you're implying the #9. That's why it works
WELL the sharp 9 is a minor 3rd.....but why does it work??? Nice comment!!
6:53 - actually you can find it in other traditional - "anchient" rooted - music where the instrumental version is naturally grown out from the simple, only singed traditional folklore, without any education. Most of the bands - whats have nothing to do with blues - never heard, so tis not coming from there - plays major chords under minor melodies, and lot of the times the chords don't really have a functional connection - because the do all by ear, and they only know the song. So the chords are coming from the song, they play a simplier version of the melody, with the strongest overtones (what generates a major chord) for example, an A minor pentatonic song, has A, C, D, E and G - or if its not that pentatonic, even can have a B somewhere, all major.
And the blue notes like between the major minor 3rd or between the diminished 5th and the perfect 5th are there too in the melodies, as these are coming from the physical nature of the sounds. That's why you can find these in Bartoks music, for example, as he was really into these type of music. And didn't really experienced blues or jazz.
What guitar is Ben playing? Suhr?
It’s an Anderson Sweetwater had in their gear exchange room
@@BenEller had to be one of the two. That was a beautiful guitar. I wonder if it’s still available for sale…?
Step Dad always has the blues....cause he really sucks at guitar and needs to pay more attention to uncle ben...lmao!!! Another great one,Ole'Dad needs to "step" out of the metal box and broaden his guitar skills...thats why i suck at guitar! Lmao! At least i am trying new things and this one helps alot! Thanks again Uncle Ben!🤘🤘🤘
13:13 imagine a slow motion guy grilling some burgers, wife kisses him on the cheek. Kids playing with the dog while running through the sprinklers. You hear "ask your doctor if Cialis is right for you" i'm just a product of the 2000s
Hell yeah !
Can anyone tell me what model Gibson Corey is playing? It looks like a smaller 335.
ES-339
I was about to ask the same question lol
@@Andrewwds thanks!
Francis. Bubbletrousers? 😵💫
@beneller can you tell me if EMG pickups will fit in a humbucker style cavity similar to a Les Paul ??
Yeah as far as I know, should be fine.
I love Cory. I watch all his stuff now and I am an ex 80’s metal head.
I got the even more blues
Ah yes Francis bubble trousers.
RIP
Francis Bubbletrowsers
I'm a metal player too but Stevie Ray Vaughan makes me want to play the blues more.
I feel like everyone of bens videos has gold in it.
To the woodshed I go....
awesome
Fuckin fantastic stuff gentlemen!! Damn
There's a kid watching this saying "I have to make Corey my stepdad!" haha
I love Corey's last name. It rolls off the tongue. Coined by the Germans in 1904, they founded the name, which in German means...
MONSTER
I still dont understand why playing basically an A minor pentatonic over a major I/IV/V etc.
How does that even sound so good?
Great stuff. Many people (especially certain wannabe Yngwies and Satrianis) say that blues is something very simple and lazy. Yes, the fundamentals are easy. Mastering blues? It takes either ages or phenomenal talent.
Turns out that I am a fan of Blazz and I didn't even know about it until now.
Is Corey playing a 339 or a 335 here ?
339
@@BenEller thank you Uncle Ben.
love Cory’s channel! been following him for about a year and the last blues Jam i went too, my homeboys called me a jazzy little bitch😅
People hardly talk about Francis Bubbletrousers these days. Not after the incident, at least.
Joe Pass on the bottom with Eric Clapton on top. It's a blues mullet 😂😂😂
One last thing Uncle Ben.....to play blues you need a $30,000+ 1960 something Gibson guitar.
Holy crap that dude has LICKS!!