This Cliché Blues Lick Is Amazing... Here’s Why
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
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0:00 Intro solo
0:31 The lick
1:11 Why it sounds good over the I chord
2:36 Relating to the minor pentatonic scale
3:45 Learn more about guitar playing
4:07 How I built my solo using this one lick
5:13 Moving to the IV chord
7:20 What I play over the IV chord
8:20 Get my tone for free
10:07 How to navigate the turnaround
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Blues is a genre that is riddled with clichés but is that a bad thing? For guitar improvisation I'd say no, it's actually great and for guitar players especially.
Many guitar players struggle with the problem of feeling like they've run out of licks when playing solos and the solution isn't always to just learn more licks...
What you can also do is look at what's currently in your improvisational vocabulary and see how much mileage you can get out of the licks that are already there.
In this blues guitar lesson I show you a prime example of how you can take just one cliché blues guitar lick and literally build an entire guitar solo around it.
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In 42 years of guitar playing, that is the absolute BEST lesson I've seen teaching to play a blues solo over a 1 4 5. Well done.
I’ve been playing guitar for a long time. This was the most comprehensive and concise lesson on I-IV-V blues I’ve ever seen. This one is all about the approach. Once you learn this, next you add licks to your bag and boom. Next level playing.
Yes I agree. There are some awesome little snippets in there hitting those chord tones in an interesting way. I've been playing for a long time too. I've relied on slowing down YT vids of Bonamassa, Josh Smith or Matt Schofield to get those little intricacies that give it that smooth blues feel. This is the 1st vid where I've seen this actually explained so well.
Not a single call out of the fret numbers. Brilliant!
Funny, never been a lead guitarist, always rhythm, but this little kit really opened me up to adding things I hear others play but off of this structure in the same way hearing Clapton, Mayer, Knopfler play J J Cale songs opened my minor pentatonic world. Thanks man! I’m 69, In Austin, still in 4 bands and growing musically
Blues playing may reuse its fair share of licks, but those licks, in my humble opinion, are foundational to getting a feel for the style of Blues soloing! Always appreciate the lesson!
Thank you!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Cheers!
This was such a terrific lesson man. I love these lessons where you work on a chord progression and break down the licks over each chords explaining the highlights and how it all comes together. This is very very helpful, I hope you'll do more of this.
Glad to hear it was helpful :) thanks!
Hey Ross, a really fantastic explanation of this process. Great lesson! Outstanding!
Thanks for this lesson Ross. I've been looking for an instructor who addresses the intervallic thought process in a blues. Exactly what I needed.
H There...from the netherlands, i play along time almost 55 years and every day practice and searching for new or better solo,(styles) till mow!!!! thank you so much for sharing this....I LOVE IT VERY GOOD. BEST WAY OF LESSONS!! like youre little attacks...smooth but it is there
Great stuff Ross, very clearly explained and demonstrated,
Simple & tasteful. I love it. Well done.
I bought the Neural DSP plugin as soon as I saw your demo of it. I was using the Cory Wong plugin prior to that. Thanks for another great lesson. Always enjoyable and inspirational. And the Les Paul always takes it up a notch for me.
Great explanation and examples. Thank you.
Really great sound, thanks for the lesson.
I like your explanation of the licks, using music theory terminology, because it makes it easier to understand and translate to other keys.
Love your vids Ross. Very helpful.
As always a great video👍
Funny how the traditional cliche licks are without a doubt the most tasty. Tried and true I guess? Very tasteful playing as always Ross. 👏
It's rare to find a detailed analysis of playing each part of the blues square in a harmonic context, thanks!
U played ONE note different that how I would phrase this. That one note I am gonna use. Thanks
great blues lesson from you. Really amazing.it will help a lot in developing solos.thanks a lot for it.
Thanks!
Ross--if I ever get to Scotland I'll buy you a beer!!
This is absolutely THE BEST lesson showing how to improvise through each chord in a dominant blues. There are tons of videos about dominant arpeggios on UA-cam, but they all fail to provide useful examples on using them creatively. Your explanation at 5:13 minutes on using "pick-up" notes as an approach into the arpeggios is sooo key - it shows exactly how to do it.
I've been frustratingly searching for this kind of thorough information for 2 years (I'm kinda slow, duh) Your video has really connected some dots for me - many thanks!
Thank you! If you liked this lesson, I think you'll really enjoy some of the content I have coming out in the near future. Watch this space
Great lesson man! 🏴
Enlightening ! I can assure you this is not so "Cliché". Its one thing to play basic lick, it's another thing to do it on purpose with the knowledge and understanding. Please more vidéo like this explaining how to taget specific note over chord progression. This is the best way to learn armony and having fun for casual guitar player like me.
Beautiful guitar!
Love your content, Ross. Your'e up there with Paul Davids and Justin Guitar
Idk if its the lighting but that les paul looks stunning.. so clean.
Thanks! Yeah our lighting setup really works with this particular guitar.
Loving the room mics on the Neural Tone King Imperial. I demoed it and bought it the next day. Keep up the great tutorials! 👍
Such a nice feature eh? Thank you :)
Great video and great explanation of how to use chord tones and a motif!
Thank you!
Even Robben Ford uses something similar on Just Another Country Road, and it’s one of my favorite pick-ups to a solo ever
Thanks!
Awesome 👏 Thank you
Hi Ross.
There are few UA-cam lessons I believe to be pure Gold. This Is one of them. Thanks so much.. you have the blues mate 🖖🏻🎸
Brilliant teacher
Thank you Walter 🙏
Excellent lesson!
Thanks!
I had no clue i was playing a cliché, a blues cliche at that, most of the times i improv over loops. Great video!
Thank you!
Excellent
Great lesson, cheers
Thank you!
Great lick! And my gosh neural DSP just sounds so good…
You are an amazing teacher!!!
Thank you Joel!
Some great ideas there, cheers!
Thanks!
Blues Deluxe! Nice little lesson Ross, looking/sounding good lad! 😊
Great example of the lick! Thank you :)
Great lessons, sometimes it is great to revisit the basics. Loving the light, very soft but a little dark imo.
Thank you! I agree it could be a little brighter
Not sure how I found this video. Wasn't looking for blues, or lessons, etc. at the time. It just kinda was there on the side. And I'm glad it was. Well done! I don't subscribe to many channels, but I did to this one.
Thanks Wayne! Welcome to the channel :)
Great!
Ross,
I know this lick is common in blues. But I like the timing on this little solo. Your pickups to each part of the solo are a bit different and I think that adds a lot of style to it. Thanks.
Top lesson. Greetings from Holland!
Thanks Ronald!
Great analysis -- and the tone from those pickups is as good as it gets. To me that middle position is trademark Gibson all the way.
Hi there Ross. I am a retired 72 yr old and appreciated your video. I like what your doing. I would like to know more about your lessons that you promote. I also really need some personalized technical instruction if you even provide that.
I'm working on your book and I really love it. Now I have a question for you: how would you apply your method on the last five measures of a Jazz Blues progression? Many Thanks. Adalberto.
Your style of playing and teaching are great. Strongly considering purchasing some courses from you
Thanks so much Brad!
Know this one already, still a bad ass lesson!
Thanks Eddie!
Fantastic refresher…Im such a lazy player. Its good to get a kick up the arse sometimes!
Thanks Julian!
6:30 Is the reason that famous 4 note blues solo and house pattern work well because you CAN keep noodling around with them for all three chords? just avoiding bad notes makes a beginner feel good.
Bad ass lesson, love the sound playing lead over dominant blues. Borderline jump blues imo.
How much for private lessons?
This video was really great for me I feel Like I took away a lot about how to improvise better. I Really want to get better at it like the masters!!! hahahah hopefully one day!!!!! ;)
One day at a time!
cool
Brilliant Scotland
I love the guitar tone you get with the Neutral DSP Tone King plugin. I downloaded the trial version and can't seem to get a decent guitar tone no matter how hard I try. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong but can't seem to figure it out. If you get a chance to cover your set up and setting that would be great.
Hey, have you downloaded my preset? The link is in the description box. I also recently made a video about my setup for using plugins so you'll be able to find that on my channel
Fantastic lesson 🎵🎸. Your phrasing is awesome !!!
Btw: Do you use the Neural plugin for all your sounds (Strat, Les Paul) in the lessons ?
Most of the time yes. And thanks!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Forgot to ask : Which interface would you recommend ?
@@holmes44k44 I use a Universal Audio Apollo Twin MKII quad core. That's overkill for me though I really don't need it. A focusrite scarlett is always a good option so I'd recommend that
do you have the tab for this lick
Good performance. What's lacking is the drum track or at least a click track for folks to feel where the one is, especially when you switch to the IV chord.
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Great lesson, Ross. As usual! So, I don't want to be that guy who asks, "Do you have tabs for that?" Instead, I'll ask if you are going to add bonus content to your website for us Bulletproof Guitar subscribers so we can dive deeper into this excellent instruction?
Thanks Tedd! I'm getting it transcribed now so I'll have the TAB/notation and backing track up on the site hopefully in the next couple of days
Just added the TAB and backing track to the EXTRAS section.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Thanks, Ross. You're the best
on pc ...preset les paul link doesn't works
Super prezentare ,ar fi si mai bine daca cantecul ar fi insotit de TAB-ulatura .
Why is your fretboard upside down?
More reverb!
I try not use a I-IV-V progression. I use a V-IV-I 1/2. Yup, that’s the ticket.
Damn Les Pauls make everyone look better
is there a minor version on this lick?
Nah, minor blues phrasing is a bit different!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist alright thanks
great licks, tone down the reverb
A certain guy named Eric uses it a lot....
Don’t have time to be watching videos in 0.5x speed I’m so annoyed I just wanted to learn this
Jump scale
Nice lesson. The sound though doesn't touch me at all. Either it's the delay or room/reverb that makes it sound like you have a latency on the single notes. Also the voice over sounds kinda strange.
Note diagrams are backwards for right handed players, lol very confusing for beginners???
That's how you view it looking down at the fretboard though. Most people seem to prefer it this way versus vertical diagrams, which I have used in the past.
All of my content is aimed at intermediates looking to progress to an advanced level of playing - I've never targeted beginners with my lessons and would not consider this particular lesson beginner friendly material in any way.
Maybe flip the diagrams next time. Could be confusing beginners
More people seem to dislike the vertical fretboard diagrams.
thought you had a hit?
Huh?
I was responding to comment below about I was just making a joke 🪘
Sorry papi
You wasted UA-cam bandwidth for THIS and TALKED for 15 minutes to waste people's TIME, for THOSE four notes, that people STOPPED thinking was COOL, in the 1950s?
$12 a month and you don’t even do a trial period. Unsubbed
Awful
to much theory . just show the lick. every time you get into theory you probably loose most of your viewers. just sayin
I've built a career off of showing guitar players how a basic understanding of theory and fretboard visualisation can transform their playing. If I lose any viewers because I talk about theory, they're not the type of viewers I care about losing.
Different horses... personally Ross hits just the right balance of theory and practicality for me. I don't have a very good ear so can't just listen and copy but the theory helps me link the pattern to a scale I'm familiar with. For me it's a brilliant lesson.
Nice lick, awful tone
Disagree. Great tone. Horrendous lick.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Think you need new ears
Hey, I've been subscribed to BulletproofGuitar for like 9 months but I find it very difficult to navigate the website on my phone, leaving me very unmotivated to come back and continue the lessons.. I've probably only put about 4 hours into them even though I've paid $108(9x$12)in total.. I really don't want to lose access to the material but it's very hard to justify paying monthly when I barely use it... :( wish there was another way
I'm sorry to hear that. What is it exactly about navigating it on your phone that's bothering you? For what it's worth I'm having the entire website rebuilt by a new team of developers currently and it will be live within the next few months so the experience of using the website in general will be vastly improved. You could cancel your plan for now and come back when the new site is live.