How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly! - Part 1
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- In this video, I will teach you about the missing link for playing over a 12 Bar Blues progression the right way. It's something that so many people do incorrectly out of convenience and lack of awareness more than anything else. Playing over a 12 Bar Blues is more complicated than most people realize. Every time there is a chord change, there is actually a KEY change as well! That means you should be adjusting your notes when soloing with every single chord. This video will get you the most important notes you need to start out with and give you a glimpse at what soloing with the Mixolydian mode is. Mastering the skills in this video is one of the secrets that separates the Pros from the amateurs among guitar players!
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Here’s part 2 covering the V chord for anyone interested. Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks!
How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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Good stuff all around. I also enjoyed the 2nd part video on this and commented... BRAVO!
I hugely appreciate the feedback! Thank you!
Truly Amazing and practical approach. I wish I had seen this many years ago. Thank you very much
Thanks for such great feedback! I’m glad to help! Thanks for subscribing and I hope you’ll check out more of my content. Always appreciate having it shared with friends as well! Thanks!
So good. Thank you! Can't believe I'm learning this for the first time.
You’re welcome and thank you for the feedback! It’s so widely accepted to play the pentatonic scale over a 12 bar blues that so many people don’t have any idea at all. Hopefully we can bring this to light a little bit more! I’ll be releasing a backing track video next week to help practice this concept as well. Stay tuned!
Part 2 for the V chord is up now. Check it out here! Thanks! How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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Great teaching technique. Thanks. I've been changing scales as I solo, but this ties it together nicely. Thanks
Thank you for the kind words and I’m glad it helps! It’s a great way to smooth out the transition between the scales for sure.
Try out part 2 for the V chord here! How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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Great lesson, thankyou
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the comment!
Really enjoyed this lesson. Letting us solo with you laying down the Rythymn and helping us hear and play over😅 the changes was very helpful . Thank you. Look forward to your next lesson. I'm a new subscriber.
Great feedback. Thank you so much! I look forward to doing more. I’ve got a bunch of videos up already that you can look at to see if there’s anything else that helps you out. Thanks again!
Good stuff . I love the visuals too 😮. ❤
Thank you! I have a backing track posting this week to help people to practice the concept and I’m working on a sequel to this video with playing over the V chord too! Stay tuned!
Very nice lesson and teaching technique.
Hugely appreciate the comment! Thank you!
Thanks; for a beginner it’s very helpful the way you explained it.
Thank you for that feedback! Really happy to hear that and I hope you’ll look forward to part 2 coming soon as well!
Great additions to better my soloing!
Enjoy! I hope it all helps!
Thanks ❤
You’re welcome and thanks for the feedback! I’m also releasing a backing track video with drums and bass on it to practice this concept along with next week. Enjoy!
Good lesson, looking forward to the turnaround
Thanks! I appreciate the support! Turnaround video is coming soon. Just dropped a backing track video today to help practice the I to IV. Hoping to have the turnaround part finished soon in the next week or so.
Here’s the turnaround for you! Thanks! How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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I like where you are going with this.
I appreciate the feedback! Thanks!
Thanks for this great lesson. You’ve taught me more than my horrible first teacher in Moorestown, NJ
Wow, you’re very welcome and I’m glad I could help! I have more content on my channel and will continue to release new content as well. I hope you enjoy and can find more useful information. Thanks!
@@ianarthurs1221 Yes - can you give a lesson about soloing through all 12 bars, and also in different pentatonic boxes. Thanks.
@@3cardmonty602 I was planning on doing a video targeting playing over the V chord as well. I definitely have my own way of doing pentatonic positions that I’ll eventually put out as well. Thanks again for the comments and stay tuned!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I clearly need more theory in my life! New sub here!
Thank you! Haha a little theory is never a bad thing
Ian, you’re on to something here. I’ll stay tuned.
Thank you! Hugely appreciated! More info on the subject coming in the next couple of weeks for sure
Agreed ❤
@@gergemall thank you again!
I enjoyed this one.. the information was very helpful and you presented clearly ... Good job! Is there anything special we can consider for the E7 using your methodology? With the notes E- G#-B-D, the only notes that share with Am pentatonic are D and E. So could we use the G# and B in the Aminor pentatonic during the E7? I might noodle with that when i play later. I am learning blues soling at the moment and this was helpful in understanding some things. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the feedback and I’m glad it was helpful! You hit the nail on the head with E7. To play over it “correctly” you should use the notes of the chord. E G# B D. However, the V chord of a 12 bar blues is a little funny. Quite frankly, you can get away with playing the pentatonic over it pretty darn well despite the notes not matching up that well. It’s all about where you land your phrases and what notes you emphasize. All of that being said, you can and should try to play the notes of the E7 while playing over it. But just know that there’s some wiggle room there and see what your ear tells you!
I typically use a V7 arpeggio over the five chord, so in A, I'd use a E7 arp.
Here’s part 2 covering the V chord. Let me know what you think! Thanks! How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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Excellent! I there a video on the 5 chord?
Thanks! There will be a video on the V chord soon. I have a backing track posting this week to help work on playing the I and IV chords and then probably next week I’ll release the V chord video
New video on the V chord is up. Check it out here and let me know what you think! Thanks! How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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Would be helpful if you could explain why this works. Obviously you can hear it but how do you know which note to hit in each scale?
Great question! It all comes down to the chords. The notes in the chords determine which notes you should be playing at that time. A7 has A C# E G in it and D7 has D F# A C in it. The primary difference being the C# and C conflicting in the two chords. Reflecting those notes in your playing during their respective chords will achieve what so many miss!
when you're playing over the four chord D7 does the A minor pentatonic scale have the f-sharp third from the D7 chord in the scale
Tremendous question and you’re seeing where this is headed! After getting down the change of the C# during the I to the C during the IV, incorporating the F# over the IV chord is another huge step to truly playing over the chord changes in a blues. F# is not one of the notes in the pentatonic scale already but G is. Identify the G and then go one fret down from there during the D7 chord. It’ll sound great!
Where is the video for playing over the 5 chord?
I’ll be doing a video on that very topic soon. Sometime in the next 2-3 weeks I think. Stay tuned!
Here’s the V chord video. Enjoy! How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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All very well if you thought blues in A was just A D A D A D
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE E7 ? A minor pentatonic has a C note which will clash with the E7
The way I teach is to break things down into small digestible pieces as much as possible. While the C does clash with the V chord, however the V chord is a bit of an outlier. The minor pentatonic in my opinion can work on it a bit better than the I chord which has that half step tension in it of C versus C# for C# being the 3rd and the defining tone of that chord more than any other. My goal is for people to get started with something that is actually workable and open their eyes from there. There is also a part 2 video that covers the V chord specifically. It’s just not in this video. Like I said, trying to make things easier to learn in smaller pieces.
Totally unrelated question, but what is the flame maple Tele you have hanging above your right shoulder? Looks interesting
That is the first nice guitar I ever owned that I got when I was about 13 years old. It’s a fender 90’s telecaster deluxe foto flame. It’s awesome! I swapped out some electronics in it over the years but it’s still the same pickup configuration as it was when I got it. Tele pickup in the bridge and two strat pickups for middle and neck. Similar to a Nashville tele but differs with the neck pickup being a strat pickup. It also has the contoured body on the backside of it like a strat. It’s truly a tele/strat hybrid more than any other guitar that I’ve seen. Japanese made as well. Great guitar!
@ianarthurs1221 thanks Ian. It looked like it has a forearm carve, which I found interesting. Not many Teles have that, although I have just bought a Soloking Tele that has the twin humbuckers that I wanted, plus all the body carves (not to mention a roasted maple fingerboard and s/s frets)
@@ianbarnes1406 sounds like I’m going to have to look those up! Roasted maple with stainless steel frets sounds awesome!
@ianarthurs1221 only available in Andertons in the UK, I believe, but amazing value for £350 GB. Just seen a secondhand Tele like yours for sale online, for just over £1000!! Nice, though
@@ianbarnes1406 yeah the 90’s deluxe tele has increased in value a good bit since I got it as a kid and for good reason! I’ll be sure to check soloking out! Sounds intriguing!
This is not a 12 bar blues because you don't include the V chord and resolve the progression This is only a 2 chord vamp. If you're trying to teach the basic fundamentals to beginners, you should explain the difference. And how there are many variations on the basic 12 bar blues form. And it would be a lot better if you had a looper and improvised on the chords to show beginners what to listen for, and the right notes to play.
I have already filmed part 2 to cover how to play over the V chord and will be releasing it soon. There’s a ton of material to cover no doubt. I like to try to do simple videos for people to digest one thing at a time ideally. Appreciate the comment!
Part 2 is up for the V chord! Check it out here: How to Solo Over a 12 Bar Blues Correctly - Part 2
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Lame. The five chord is the hardest and you left it out.
Haha, I’m sorry you feel that way though I also disagree to some extent. First off, I have a video coming for the V chord soon. Secondly, the V chord is in some ways easier because it’s a little bit more anything goes than the I and IV chords. After teaching for 20 years, the trend I have always seen is that people typically don’t know about the major 3rd during the I chord. They usually just stay pentatonic the entire time. So fixing that is step one. If you have that already then you’re ahead of the game in some ways.