Blues lead by YOURSELF! Slow blues that works in any key (no jam track needed) - Guitar Lesson EP561

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  • Опубліковано 21 бер 2024
  • In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a slow blues lead in the key of C that you can play by yourself (no jam track needed). I'll be playing out of different positions of the CAGED System as well.
    To view the Part 2 video, download the TAB PDF, and access the on-screen tab viewer for this guitar lesson, visit: www.activemelody.com/lesson/b...

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  • @lucienne66
    @lucienne66 Місяць тому +4

    I love these electric “by yourself” videos, I wish you’d do more of them. I like playing electric but I (and I imagine a lot of people these days) don’t have easy access to other people to jam with, and I want to be able to play cool things by myself without needing a looper or a jam track.

    • @Neil-qf6df
      @Neil-qf6df 8 днів тому

      Jam tracks are best and there are loads available on YT

  • @stevefielding8324
    @stevefielding8324 2 місяці тому +15

    Play alone lessons you do are the best out there Brian. Thank you!

  • @BurnleyNuts
    @BurnleyNuts 2 місяці тому +26

    Wallop! Could be Mr Clapton himself composing this. You deliver great stuff every week. So glad I'm a member.

  • @MasTejeda
    @MasTejeda 2 місяці тому +8

    This is what I like. Me my guitar and my couch.

  • @ovivan79
    @ovivan79 2 місяці тому +5

    I’ve been practicing a whole CAGED pathway on another popular guitar lessons site but kept dragging my feed when it came to applying it to their practice songs.
    I always come back to Brian's lessons, listen to his simplified take on things and then practice one of his songs instead.
    It just gives these concepts so much more purpose to play his songs AND learn them ‘in the style of’ an artist at the same time.

  • @alangordon4793
    @alangordon4793 2 місяці тому +7

    You don't need to be a guitar player to enjoy visiting this site. That was so good, enough to make you want to play guitar, even if you don't. Brian, I find your attack, the varying intensity superb. Thank you for the immense help you put out there.

  • @reinotsurugi
    @reinotsurugi Місяць тому +2

    The best guitar channel on UA-cam.

  • @canadianintheukbrian
    @canadianintheukbrian День тому

    these lessons are diamonds very well explained , it lessons like this that is easy to retain, love it , cheers Brian been following you for 6 years now , I've learned so much from your lessons , you have a way of teaching that just clicks with me,

  • @MC-1976Mei
    @MC-1976Mei 2 місяці тому +8

    A guitar is someone's hands playing the blues is a beautiful thing. 😀

  • @StahlsBlues
    @StahlsBlues 16 днів тому +1

    As always, you are so incredible!

  • @denisechetty4019
    @denisechetty4019 2 місяці тому +3

    Use of GAGED at its best! I can visualize 🧐 all the shapes. And that's another tasty standalone composition🎸

  • @javieroldan
    @javieroldan 2 місяці тому +1

    The wisdom in your videos is so condensed (triads, scales, CAGED, 6th, 7th and 9th chords in different positions,...) that I can spend days and days in a single 20 minutes video, learning new different ways of playing the guitar. It's a bit mentally tiring but for sure it is absolutely worth it. Thank you.

  • @stephenbouchelle7706
    @stephenbouchelle7706 2 місяці тому +1

    I really appreciate these lessons. Think of Lightning Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin and other electric players who often played without back up. Yours are THE best intermediate lessons on YT.

  • @ziggystardust821
    @ziggystardust821 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you, Brian! There are just gold nuggets in every part of this lesson!

  • @MindDezign
    @MindDezign 2 місяці тому +1

    This is what Active Melody,has always been to me.
    You looked like Clapton ,doing this intro ...just saying!
    Thank you for another GREAT Lesson !

  • @rockyroad90
    @rockyroad90 Місяць тому +1

    Awesome tutorial. Earned my subscription!

  • @Bk-pu6to
    @Bk-pu6to 2 місяці тому

    Love these lessons and love how you play across the neck to highlight all the various 1 4 5 progression 💪👍

  • @berndzagel4302
    @berndzagel4302 2 місяці тому

    This is gold!! What a great teacher..

  • @lancelot6465
    @lancelot6465 2 місяці тому

    Many Thanks Brian, for this „how-to-use-it-workshop“ following your great CAGED series! Brilliant and inspiring!

  • @mj6423
    @mj6423 2 місяці тому

    Love this type of lesson!!! Perfect as always. 🎸🎸🎸

  • @ramonahallmusic
    @ramonahallmusic 2 місяці тому

    I always find so many gold nuggets in these videos. Love your style and the lesson material. wow, the F9 🔥

  • @13thAMG
    @13thAMG 2 місяці тому +2

    I've been here long enough to remember those old days of solo lessons, Brian. I don't feel old at all. 😉 Ha ha. 🤣
    Feels like we're old friends at this point. 😊
    You're still killing it, pal. 🫡

  • @rangeridervince
    @rangeridervince 2 місяці тому

    Great exercise using the shapes on the cage. Thanks, Vince

  • @alexiabent4142
    @alexiabent4142 11 днів тому

    Your the best buddie so clear an you make the lesson petty simple..... God bless you always.... tk for the video.

  • @owenanstey436
    @owenanstey436 2 місяці тому

    Very good lesson, demystifying classic blues riffs etc.

  • @roccofiori3028
    @roccofiori3028 2 місяці тому

    a super fun and lightbulb lesson!

  • @RomainG6409
    @RomainG6409 2 місяці тому

    Excellent video ... as always . Never disappointed, always learning something. Thank you Sir ! 🙏

  • @williamlongmore5021
    @williamlongmore5021 Місяць тому

    This is exactly how I like to learn, break it down and build it back up again......even if I do end up with a few screws left over at the end. Love it.

  • @commoneuropeanstarling
    @commoneuropeanstarling 2 місяці тому

    It's on my list for things to learn. Nice tutorial, especially as I can't be arsed with jam tracks. Thanks!!!

  • @johnjcjr
    @johnjcjr 2 місяці тому

    Another beautiful lesson. Thank you. This is why I became a member so long ago...

  • @thebasementguitarist
    @thebasementguitarist 2 місяці тому

    This is exactly the type of arrangement that I hope to be able to create on my own someday. Thanks for putting these lessons together Brian.

  • @10.Shecky
    @10.Shecky 2 місяці тому

    rediscovering your guitar with these lessons is golden. instead of tabs, explaining why this stuff works is key.

  • @Blue66isback
    @Blue66isback 2 місяці тому

    Excellent Lesson Brian! Playing guitar on your own with both lead and chords, @ chord Triads and without a Looper pedal. Beautiful self accompaniment that you broke down so Well making it Easier to Learn and Play. Looking forward to your follow up part B Lesson. Thankyou Very Much Brian for the Thought you put into making these Lessons and All Of your Time, Work and Effort. 5*****

  • @REM1956
    @REM1956 2 місяці тому

    Great lesson to stumble across. Nice playing and very clear explanation without get too far into the weeds. I'll be checking more of your stuff out. Thanks

  • @jwuman
    @jwuman 2 місяці тому

    Another!!!Excellent lesson, we are so lucky to have you on the tube...love your channel, I believe to be one of, if not, the best for any player who wants to know the mechanics of melody while developing a mental map of the fret board. So well done, thank you !!!

  • @user-jz6to8md3c
    @user-jz6to8md3c Місяць тому

    Great lesson brian love the shell pink strat.

  • @jeffro.
    @jeffro. 2 місяці тому

    Wow, Brian!
    That sounds almost as good as the licks i was playing earlier today!
    And, i learned HOW to play... FROM YOU!
    Thank you!
    👍 👌

  • @siciliostudios
    @siciliostudios 2 місяці тому

    What a brilliant lesson for my neophyte knuckles...❤ Thank you Brian!

  • @user-hd1cd4ev5y
    @user-hd1cd4ev5y 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for the lesson. You are an awesome teacher:)

  • @talisman964
    @talisman964 2 місяці тому

    A smokin' hot lesson Brian. Love it❤

  • @starcityman57
    @starcityman57 2 місяці тому

    you make everything easy to understand..great video

  • @ellislambertj
    @ellislambertj 2 місяці тому

    I found your youtube channel today. I felt stuck in a rut for years, not being able to learn anything new. But this channel has saved the day! I've had the most fun I've had in a long time learning some of these techniques 😁 Thank you!

  • @iannicholls7476
    @iannicholls7476 2 місяці тому

    Really good stuff. Thanks.

  • @dflemmons
    @dflemmons 2 місяці тому

    I am not sure if I am getting better, or if you are getting better sharing your gold nuggets. Whatever it is I like it!!

  • @Blueslurch
    @Blueslurch 8 днів тому

    Nice guitar tone and educationally well done!

  • @rickackley5571
    @rickackley5571 2 місяці тому

    You are the master my friend. Love everything you do. You have no idea how my playing has come under you. Thank you very much. Think about doing one on one lessons. You will sell out

  • @jfinke373
    @jfinke373 2 місяці тому +2

    No but really. This is good stuff. Nobody ever would show you things like this. Only Sir Brian the Great. Sir Brian the great he was. Thanks Brian. I totally get what you are saying. I think we need to Make a holiday off work in the name of Sir Brian the great. Sir Brian the great he is!

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  2 місяці тому +1

      🙏

    • @ElvisAronPresleybyRustyMartin
      @ElvisAronPresleybyRustyMartin Місяць тому

      ​@@activemelody been following you for at least 3 years
      I'd sell my soul to just learn this lesson. Please please please teach me. And send PDF for this .I will out this on loop till you rescue me 🌹🌹. I also follow on F B

  • @alexholdenii4946
    @alexholdenii4946 2 місяці тому

    I like this because it’s not like learning a known song so I don’t have pre conceived thoughts or feelings about it. Thanks for another great lesson!

  • @andrewscarlata5174
    @andrewscarlata5174 2 місяці тому

    absolutely outstanding

  • @ghike30
    @ghike30 18 днів тому

    really well explained lesson , and to the point 👍

  • @jlwalker2embarq
    @jlwalker2embarq 2 місяці тому

    Awesome explanation .... thanks for all the videos you put out...I never comment on these but you can are really good at explaining your techniques.... thanks 👍

  • @donmccown6645
    @donmccown6645 2 місяці тому

    Nicely done!

  • @maryannedwards5424
    @maryannedwards5424 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful 🎸🙆🌹
    Thank you ❤️

  • @craigseaborn4222
    @craigseaborn4222 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic lesson , you make me believe I'll get there someday!

  • @davegenske8973
    @davegenske8973 2 місяці тому

    Thanks. Appreciate this !

  • @marcusjp4104
    @marcusjp4104 2 місяці тому

    Excellent demonstration & instruction, really fired me up to have a go!
    I'm a bass player with electric guitar basic lead ambitions so this is ideal.
    I'm intrigued how the minor pentatonic works over the major key, will definitely utilise that fact.
    Thank you

  • @ieldepiel
    @ieldepiel 2 місяці тому

    This is going on top of my to do stack❤

  • @neilj3310
    @neilj3310 2 місяці тому

    Great tone and playing

  • @achimca4956
    @achimca4956 2 місяці тому

    Great tune! I love your “blues by yourself lessons” and your cristal clear explanations on note choices. I always have problems to get the rhythm down. Maybe sometime you can make a video on that, if you haven’t already. Kind regards from Chile 🇨🇱

  • @alexiabent4142
    @alexiabent4142 9 днів тому

    Very nice lesson...tks buddie...

  • @886014
    @886014 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely love that intro, well done

  • @willischeyltjens2980
    @willischeyltjens2980 2 місяці тому

    After the caged lessons I was already memorizing the scales with this lesson. Penta, mixolydiam etc.

  • @annie4971
    @annie4971 2 місяці тому

    Awesome Brian 💃🎶💃🎶

  • @ksharpe10
    @ksharpe10 2 місяці тому

    T bone Walker classic style, very Nice. I know a fellow who lives in this Realm, plays in blues Rockabilly band with upright bass, 3 piece band. Nice lesson. I am old enough played way back in 70's, BEFORE CAGED was ever taught, that is a worthwhile look up on internet search, where or who COINED the phrase Caged system, it was a author for Guitar Player magazine, or one of the Guitar mags, sometime in the mid 80's. We learned most of this stuff by EAR of RECORDS. In the mid to late 70's it was all BOX system stuff. People learning today got it made.

  • @mattprince9204
    @mattprince9204 2 місяці тому

    Love it! More traditional style blues, please.

  • @michaelgizzi
    @michaelgizzi 2 місяці тому

    yes! These are always my favorite lessons. Keep them coming Brian! So good. And how about a follow up to your fantastic Tony Joe White video. Always want more TJW.

  • @CakewalkHootenanny
    @CakewalkHootenanny 2 місяці тому

    Great lesson!

  • @matteobarbera9250
    @matteobarbera9250 2 місяці тому +1

    Fantastic

  • @GuitarJoLa
    @GuitarJoLa 2 місяці тому +1

    Those standalone lessons are the best!!! And you’re the only ONE that does them so well for us to enjoy! 🙏💕

  • @giulianocampo9232
    @giulianocampo9232 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful

  • @annemariekaczorowski1863
    @annemariekaczorowski1863 2 місяці тому

    Love it-thank you

  • @jimbrowning9766
    @jimbrowning9766 2 місяці тому +1

    Hope you keep doing more stand alone lessons like this one.

  • @richardcole4776
    @richardcole4776 2 місяці тому

    Very tastefully arranged. I'm planning on re-activating my membership soon, as I'll finally have more time to spend practicing.

  • @charlesmerfeld2988
    @charlesmerfeld2988 Місяць тому

    Too cool excellent

  • @michaelmerrullo2043
    @michaelmerrullo2043 2 місяці тому

    The the G dominant 7 shape off of the A shape was an eye opener as well as the use of it in part 2. I drew a connection on that shape from the first position B7 shape. I was familiar with the movable D7 shape going in but knowing that other shape is really cool too. That 6th moves into the F7 in the beginning was really insightful too. Another great lesson. Been enjoying EP 421 this week too. Might transpose it to C and indulge the key of C for the next week with both and other C blues you've put up. I like the 6ths in there too. Another awesome lesson Brian. I hope to put some of my playing on the members site soon. Thanks

  • @kylegresham5905
    @kylegresham5905 2 місяці тому

    Incredible

  • @christophervanhouten5095
    @christophervanhouten5095 2 місяці тому

    Finally someone just stays in C. No sharps no flats. Sooo much simpler to learn the fretboard and related majors n minors overlaps.
    Nice tone.

  • @mikeogle885
    @mikeogle885 2 місяці тому

    Sounds good Brian

  • @GreatFalls18u
    @GreatFalls18u 2 місяці тому

    Great explanation.

  • @charlesmerfeld2988
    @charlesmerfeld2988 Місяць тому

    I'll be a legend soon with this.

  • @carraror
    @carraror 2 місяці тому

    I like this kind of stuff more than the X shape series that came before. I prefer to have a new song to learn and then you explain the theory underneath the choice of a lick or chord

  • @slimeface7854
    @slimeface7854 2 місяці тому

    Nice guitar

  • @dangquesadilla
    @dangquesadilla 2 місяці тому

    I...di....wha...uh 🤯
    ❤️🎸🔥

  • @jfinke373
    @jfinke373 2 місяці тому

    Ok I'm only half way through this video. This is the butter on the bread. This stuff is priceless. This is how people learn. Amazing.. Thanks Sir Brian the great. Sir Brian the great he was......

  • @dawin6710
    @dawin6710 Місяць тому

    When you do this imporvisation do you count the beats mentally? I mean do you play a 12 bar blues structure? You know like now I go to I, now I go to IV, now I go to V etc.... or do you just change from triad to triad approximately where it feels right? I have a little confusion about this I don't get it just by listening to your composition. Thanks you in advance and also for this wonderful lesson.

  • @johndavidson1143
    @johndavidson1143 2 місяці тому

    Really tasteful playing and melodic note choice. Single note solos are great but unless you have a playing partner or backing track they become an exercise in technique, in my opinion.

    • @davidr8650
      @davidr8650 2 місяці тому

      I sometimes use a looper to create my own backing track. These compositions Brian creates are great.

  • @kentbrandmeyer2104
    @kentbrandmeyer2104 2 місяці тому

    Brian- Is there a place on the site where you post the equipment/signal chain you are using on a given week? I know many wonder…Thanks~

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  2 місяці тому +1

      No - I don’t have anything like that

  • @douggauzy6258
    @douggauzy6258 2 місяці тому

    I truly like that strat . Is that a custom shop ? Don’t see this type . Great lesson . 👍

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  2 місяці тому

      It’s a custom shop 2018 or so I believe

  • @frankconley8436
    @frankconley8436 2 місяці тому

    Brian, at 6:16 your playing the F9 and it has 2 f's in it, but at 6:27 there are no f's in it? how is it still an F9. Do you have a lesson somewhere that would explain that to me? Trying to learn but getting confused along the way. :) Also, if you moved it up one fret would it be an F# 9 and up again a G9?? thanks :)

  • @magicrising
    @magicrising 2 місяці тому +1

    The channel seems to be steering to lead playing more and more. I'm finding myself having to go to the premium archives to find something I like as I'm not in a band and don't play lead

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  2 місяці тому

      What are you looking for in particular?

    • @dannyperfect9270
      @dannyperfect9270 2 місяці тому

      @@activemelody I've been a premium member since 2013, I just miss the old days of a parlour guitar, 12 bar blues, finger or flat picking, fill licks.(i.e. EP208) but I guess I'm being selfish. I know I've got the archives to go cherry picking through, and I do every week, so don't get me wrong, you've got me on board for life

  • @paulkomboi9624
    @paulkomboi9624 2 місяці тому

    👍

  • @MrTupeloFlash
    @MrTupeloFlash 2 місяці тому

    Brian, nice tone , How ?

  • @tbone2451
    @tbone2451 2 місяці тому

    That’s nice ! And that strat is fantastic. What amp ?

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  2 місяці тому +2

      no amp - playing through a Line 6 Helix

    • @billschriever
      @billschriever 2 місяці тому

      Great lesson and tone Brian! Line 6 HX stomp or other? What amp& cab?

  • @zoocru67
    @zoocru67 2 місяці тому +1

    Damn I thought I was gonna get it with this vid but nope still just beyond me still.fxxxk

  • @martinpouyat3394
    @martinpouyat3394 Місяць тому +1

    Love it, but I can't follow you with all those chords 😂. Very much a beginner.
    I wish I could do this stand alone lead someday.

  • @b.i.g.brothersinguitars249
    @b.i.g.brothersinguitars249 2 місяці тому +3

    Problem I have is there's no music in my head!

  • @ericblair1173
    @ericblair1173 2 місяці тому

    11's ?

  • @user-rh7uk9uv2h
    @user-rh7uk9uv2h Місяць тому +1

    What the hell do you mean by one?Chord?Four coard, then all that jazz.I don't understand it to this day