{"id":4145,"date":"2022-04-07T17:26:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vancouverguitarlessons.net\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2022-04-07T17:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:26:12","slug":"blues-guitar-soloing-techniques-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptempomusiclessons.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/07\/blues-guitar-soloing-techniques-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues Guitar Soloing Techniques – part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Blues Guitar Soloing Techniques – part 1<\/h2>\n

Hey all, thanks for joining me again.<\/p>\n

This time I am showing you some must see blues techniques to take the expression of your soloing to another level.<\/p>\n

These are the techniques that blues masters like Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King etc. use to make their solos have so much feeling.<\/p>\n

So without further adieu here is part 1 of Blues Soloing Techniques with video to follow below:<\/p>\n

1) Rakes<\/h3>\n

This technique involves dragging the pick across muted strings before picking the chosen note at the end of the strum.\u00a0 It is best to choose a target note and use a combination of left and right hands to mute the strings to achieve this sound.<\/p>\n

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2) Trills<\/h3>\n

This technique involves rapidly vacillating between 2 pitches.\u00a0 I am using the Gm pentatonic as an example but other scales can also be used to do this technique.<\/p>\n

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3) Flams<\/h3>\n

This technique is similar to trills but only one hammer on happens, no pull offs.\u00a0 My students have a hard time with this technique so don’t get too frustrated if you are having trouble at first.<\/p>\n

Just practice hammering down the next finger immediately after you strike the first note.\u00a0 In time it will become easy for you to make this sound.<\/p>\n

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4) Double Stops<\/h3>\n

This technique is great if you want to make a lot of sound as a soloist.\u00a0 This involves using chord fragments to round out a solo and there are different types of double stops.<\/p>\n

There are double stops involving bends and those that are static.\u00a0 In some of these examples I am using part of the Mixolydian mode which is a great scale to use over blues progressions.<\/p>\n

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There you have it, video is below for reference.<\/p>\n

See you next time with part 2!<\/p>\n