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Key C Blues Tempo 160 CD TRACKS 20-29
Will improve your…
Bending and sliding accuracy
Fretboard knowledge
Stylistic awareness
This month’s lesson explores the idea of playing the same note on two different strings, exploiting the contrasting tones and allowing us to create great rhythmic interest with just a single note. The origins of this device in jazz can be traced back to saxophonists such as the legendary Lester Young (Lester Leaps In) and they refer to this technique as ‘false fingerings’, jumping between a note at the exact same pitch, albeit with a subtly different timbre. Guitarists were quick to notice this simple but ear -catching device and, by accident rather than design, a piece of classic saxophone vocabulary went on to define one of the mainstay sounds of swing, jazz, blues, and classic rock guitar.
Players as diverse as Hank Marvin to Joe Satriani, Pat Metheny to Stevie Ray Vaughan and countless more have all assimilated this approach into their vastly different and hugely stylistically broad repertoire of licks and phrases. The exciting news is that after working through this material, you can add your name to the list too, so on with the music.
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PAT METHENY
Nick Mellor offers an insight into the jazz great's 16th-note lines, and his approach to improvising over static Minor and Dominant 7th chords.
MARTIN MILLER
Another fabulous JTC guitarist demonstrates his impressive techniques for us, focusing on an approach called Rythmically Dependent Alternate Picking.
THE KINKS' RAY DAVIES
This month Stuart Ryan takes a virtual trip into to North London to get to grips with the acoustic style of the original Muswell Hillbilly.
STEVE LUKATHER
This month Andy G Jones looks at the fluent soloing style of the LA guitarist who co-founded Toto in 1977 then ruled the 80s session scene.
JEFF HANNEMAN
This month Charlie Griffiths Shows No Mercy as he lays down the gauntlett with five shred licks from Slayer's undisputed master of attitude.
10CC
This month Martin Cooper checks out Eric Stewart and Lol Crème, whose distinctive styles helped give this UK band its unique sound.
T-BONE WALKER
From the heart of Texas to the cool West Coast, join David Gerrish on the journey of this hugely influential electric blues guitar innovator.
FERDINANDO CARULLI Andantino In G (Opus 241)
This month Declan Zapala goes back to basics to explore core classical technique with this emotive miniature by the pioneer of classical guitar playing.
THE CROSSROADS Steely Dan's Mu Chord
This month John Wheatcroft shows us how Donald Fagen and Walter Becker dressed their harmony to the 'nines, as he explores their trademark chord voicings.
GET YOUR MOJO WORKING! 60 Years Of Blues Licks
From the Kings to Jimi and Eric, Blackmore, Stevie Ray, Gary Moore, John Mayer, JoBo and beyond, Jon Bishop introduces six decades of blues guitar innovation.
