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Blues Guitar Solos

				
Part One of this lesson teaches a complete blues solo in 
the key of C that consist of a combination of the blues 
scales that are taught on You Can Play Guitar DVD Lesson
Blues Guitar DVD Volume 1.

This solo uses combinations of doublestops, which are often
referred to as playing 2 strings at once, along with guitar
scale's "Pentatonic Major", "Pentatonic Minor" and the actual
"Blues Scale". 

Special symbols used for this lesson include
sb=slight bend, b=bend 1/2 step, f=full bend, s=slide,
h=hammer-on, p=pull-off, v=vibrato, rel=relase bend.

The symbols are shown on top, and the fingerings given 
below: i=index m=middle r=ring p=pinky

The blues 3 chord progression C, F and G are shown above 
the symbols to indicate the blues guitar chords that should 
be used for playing a blues rhythm for this solo.

             Part One * C Blues Guitar Solo 

  C                                    F

     s     s     s          h           b.rel.v 
e :-7-8-8-7-8-8-7-8-|-8---------------|-----------------|
B :-7-8-8-7-8-8-7-8-|-8-10------------|-10-------8------|
G :-----------------|---10-8-9--------|-10-------8------|
D :-----------------|----------10-----|------------10---|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   i  i i i i i i i  i  r  i m r        r        i  r




                             C

   b.rel.v   sb       sb v   s        sb    sb   sb.s
e :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-10-------8------|-8------8--1-----|-8----8----8---1-|
G :-10-------8------|-8------8--1-----|-8----8----8---1-|
D :------------10---|---10------------|---10---10-------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    r        i  r     i  r   i  i        i  r  i r i  i




              F                        

     h         b  b    h  p    b         h        b
e :------8----10-10-|-8-10-8--10------|------8-10-10-10-|
B :-8-10---10-------|-----------------|-8-10------------|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   i  r  i  r  r  r   i  r i  r         i  r i r   r  r




                C

            h         s                       h     s
e :-8---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :---10-8----------|-8----1----------|-8-10-8------8-1-|
G :--------8-9------|-8----1----------|-8-10-8-9----8-1-|
D :------------10---|-----------------|----------10-----|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i r  i i m  r     i    i            i  r i  m r  i i



       G                                 F

       f                      p    f          s   sb  v
e :----15-15-14-13--|-----------------|-8---------11----|
B :-13--------------|-16-13-16-13--16-|---8-11-13----13-|
G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i  r  r  m   i     r  i  r  i  r    i  i r  r  i  r 


                      C

         s    h
e :-----------------|----8--------8---|---8------8------|
B :-11--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :----12-10-8-9----|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-10---10---8---8-|-7---7--6---6--5-|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i  r   r i m      r  i  r   m r m   i r i  i  r i  i



     C F F# G=turnaround
          p
e :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-8---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :-8-9-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----10-8--------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :----------10-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i m  r i  r

       Part Two * Blues Guitar Solo In The Key of D

This lesson demonstrates a nice smooth flow, using D blues
scale with the added major 3rd, which also ends with the 
traditional blues walk down.

 
     f       f.v               s  p    v      h     p
e :-------10------10-------------------------------------
B :----10----13-------13--10-----------------------------
G :-12-----------------------13-12-10--12---10-11--------
D :-----------------------------------------------12-10--
A :------------------------------------------------------
E :------------------------------------------------------

    v     h  p            
e :-------------------------------------------------12---
B :-------------------------------------------------12---
G :----------------------------------------------12-12---
D :-12--10-12-10-----------12-----------------11----11---
A :-------------12-11-10-9-----10-11-11-12-12-------12---
E :------------------------------------------------------

      s                    s  
e :---------------13-------------------12----------------
B :------------13----13----------------12----------------
G :---------13--------------------12---12----------------
D :------12--------------------11-----------3--0---------
A :-12-13----------------13-12---------------------------
E :------------------------------------------------------

                                   h     h    p
e :----10------10------10--------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------------------
G :------------------------------10-11-10-11-------------
D :-10---10--9----9--8----8--7---10----10----12-10-------
A :------------------------------------------------12----
E :------------------------------------------------------

         h
e :------------------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------------------
G :-10-10-11---------------------------------------------
D :-10-10-----7-7-9--7-7-7-9-----------------------------
A :-----------5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-6-5----------------------
E :---------------------------5-4-3----------------------


     Part Three * Blues Guitar Solo 2 * In The Key Of A

This specially blues guitar solo demonstrates how you can
add the lead guitar blues licks inbetween blues guitar chords
to create the effect that sounds like a single guitarist
playing both rhythm and lead simultaneously.

            
                                    f         
e :-5--5---------10--10-------------12--12-11-10---------
B :-5----8-------13-----13-------10--------------13------
G :-6-------6----11--------12----------------------------
D :-7------------12--------------------------------------
A :-7------------12--------------------------------------
E :-5------------10--------------------------------------

                  v   f     b b   s p        h    h
e :------------------------------------------------------
B :-10----13--10-10--13-----8-8--------------------------
G :----11------------------------9-7-5---7--5-6--5-6-----
D :------------------------------------7-----------------
A :------------------------------------------------------
E :------------------------------------------------------

     p       s p        h          s               s
e :----------------------------7----------8--------------
B :----------------------------7------------8------------
G :----------------------------7--------8-----8----------
D :-7-5---5--------------------6------7------------------
A :-----7---7-5-3---5--3-4-----7--7-8------------(8)-7---
E :---------------5--------5-----------------------------

             b           s                       h p h = trill
e :-----7-------------------9------8------7--------------
B :---------------------------------------------5--------
G :---7----------------7--9---9--8---8--7---7---5-6-5-6--
D :-6----------------------------------------------------
A :----------3---0---------------------------------------
E :------------------------------------------------------

     h   h    p         h                 b.rel.p
e :------------------------------------------------------
B :-5---5-------------------------------5--7----5--------
G :-5-6-5-6---------5--5-6--------------5--7----5--------
D :----------7-5----5--5-----2-2-4-2-2-------------7-----
A :--------------7-----------0-0-0-0-0------------(0)----
E :------------------------------------------------------

                s   v v v v                 b.rel.p
e :------------------------------------------------------
B :-----------------8-8-8-8-------------5-7--7---5-------
G :------------7-9--9-9-9-9-------------5-7--7---5-------
D :-2-2-4-2-2----------------2-2-4-2-2--------------7--2-
A :-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-------------(0)-0-
E :------------------------------------------------------



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