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Freddie King lesson: go in deep with a blues guitar legend
King's hard-driving intensity gave his guitar lines and solos a fiery spirit
Make your blues solos awesome using dominant seven chords
Many blues songs are built around major-key progressions based on this shape
Building solos on specific adjacent string groups
Force yourself out of the same old, familiar position-based patterns and into new, uncharted territory
Finding Inspiration on Three Adjacent Strings
Applying this construct to any improvised solo will automatically force you away from playing familiar licks and standard melodic “shapes.”
Exploring Slide Guitar in Open E Tuning
Learn how to master one of the most distinctive sounds in blues and rock music.
Want to Solo and Wail Like Peter Frampton? Let Us Show You the Way!
Learn the unique lead guitar stylings of Peter Frampton in this comprehensive lesson.
A Guide to Modal Slide Soloing in Standard Tuning
It's super useful to familiarize oneself with modal scale positions and patterns and learn how to navigate them with the slide.
Blues Shapes: Using Triadic Forms as Soloing Templates
Chord forms can provide useful templates of fretboard shapes for improvising melodic lines.
