[Guitar Licks] Easy blues solo in the style of B.B King
In this lesson, Dan from Your Guitar Academy will help you play a slow and easy solo in the style of B.B King mostly using 2 pentatonic shapes. Get ready to play some tasty blues licks. Grab your guitar!
B.B.king is an absolute master of phrasing. In his soloing he is trying tell you a story, and in order to successfully tell a story, you need to know when to say something, and when not to.
This is what we are trying to achieve in this short solo! Start with a short phrase, or lick, then let it breath. Let that sound register and wash over you, before saying something new.
It’s also often called ‘call and response’ and can massively improve your soloing.
We also tackle the vibrato and bending techniques that make the phrases so vocal like.
Enjoy!
“The_Fun_is_Back_solo.gp”
(click on the picture to download the Guitar Pro 7 file)
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16 Comments
Really good and useful series of lessons and use of drum machine is a cool idea. Just one small point is that the hanging on so many notes moving the fret board so much almost makes me feel giddy! It sounds good but for the sake of viewing stability a bit less would help.
Thanks
I really like the idea of playing, not with a metronome, but with a drum. I don’t have a drum machine but I’m sure I can find something in Garage Band or Band-in-a-Box.
Tried to purchase when the program was on sale, will purchase when I can get a discounted version.
I sometimes admire to Guitar Pro effort that is getting closer and closer for all guitar player(hobby, job, anything for enjoy playing the guitar)
Saludo.
Seria muy bueno si fuera todo en español sobre todo los videos; pero de todas formas gracias.
Excelente y repito gracias.
Great – thanks – this helps a lot!
Hi Dan. This is a totally unexpected bonus as I have so admired the late B.B.King and so much wanted to learn how to play this. Is that a D’Angelico( looking at the head-stock) e-335 Crimson guitar you playing this on? Also, what are your settings on the amp to get such an incredible tone?
Great lessons. Thank you.
Ok
The Guitar Pro file could really use a little bit of backing tracks. It sounds very flat by itself. BB King is the master of expressing the most with the fewest notes. This leaves a lot of empty space in his solos, which is filled in by the rest of the band. This track would be a lot more fun to play along with if I could mute the solo and still hear the backing track.
Show!!!
Anything for aspiring bass players,just thought i’d ask.cheers Bob
Great! Thanks a lot🙏🤗👍🏻
Hi
I can not open the “Guitar Pro 7 file” on my MacBook Pro ??
Best regards
Magne E. Remmen
Grazie
Eccellente una vera maestria