Stormy Monday; Blues soloing tutorial! Pentatonics, Triads & Jazzy chord licks guitar lesson!

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Chord study: https://smogfalls.gumroad.com/l/inrsu
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A mammoth sized lesson in blues soloing and improvisation! Everything required to play melodically over the changes of “Stormy Monday”. Over 30 minutes worth of tricks & tips, from blending Major and Minor pentatonic scales, to using triads, arpeggios and tasteful spikes of jazzy dissonance via fancy chord voicings!

With my entire 36 bar solo completely tabbed out, you'll have a wealth of licks and melodic ideas to work on and expand your vocabulary!

As usual, there's some useful Tone talk towards the end of the video, and recommended listening and specific song examples scattered throughout the lesson, so do make sure to watch til the end.. and leave a comment if you made it all the way through! ;)

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 - Performance
02:38 - Introduction/Mission Brief
02:53 - Lesson materials!
04:25 - Solo #1 breakdown;
06:18 - Blending Major & Minor pentatonics
10:34 - Fish vs Fishing Rod pedagogy
11:04 - Following the changes
13:00 - Navigating that climbing/descending progression!
15:04 - Chord substitutions
15:29 - Wes Montgomery minor 9th trick!
16:05 - Beautiful Eb6 chord!
16:53 - Turnaround 1; SRV style + Clapton passing note
17:49 - Altered lick over the V chord
18:15 - Solo 2; 3/4 ish bending & BB King tricks
18:44 - Make the guitar scream!
19:45 - Time-feel, pocket & groove
20:43 - Epic screaming blues lick dude!
21:42 - Climbing progression; round 2.. minor 7ths
22:21 - Game of survival!
23:15 - Djazzy inflections
24:11 - Eb6 beautiful note choices.. modal?!
25:11 - Turnaround heading into Solo 3
25:25 - Bridge pickup “Bloomfield/Page” tone
26:08 - Tri-tone interval ala Peter Green
27:32 - Clapton-esque note choices
28:23 - Dissonant chord spikes!
30:02 - Bar 34 - more Cm7 + Eb major beautification via Relative minor thinking!
31:38 - The final few bars!
33:15 - Summary of main concepts covered
34:20 - Dynamic phrasing and timing
35:03 - Expressive technique; make the guitar sing!
35:58 - Be a musical magpie!
36:23 - Tone Talk!
38:29 - OxBox settings video?
38:56 - Sign-off

Related videos to check out..

Stormy Monday chords & rhythm playing study;
https://youtu.be/Pf5IbbIRQts?si=cWAMWOxz6Vw7ZJob

Chicago Blues lead study (with vibrato guide);
https://youtu.be/jLeaGl2IYKI?si=osRrrGQvVRhZf_gi

My Blues lessons playlist;
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83flqPUoltPL9YiW5ZI1030vU-We5jOo&si=2a3X-aL0JA-d1zvY

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Sunbear "Farran Five" tele pickups;
https://www.sunbearpickups.com/telecaster-pickups/lava1d28qt9czpmsd7mhh7atkh09nf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabZQ9xFvlQdXvHLVgD10yhTA1C3Ob-NvJBdfgj77agYFSTtyHL3onjCWT4_aem_SxdVxGs7Ys1K8tL2qrq6tg

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Gear used in this video;
Gibson 63' Reissue ES-335
Vintage Fender 1969 Deluxe Reverb amp
Vemuram Jan Ray overdrive pedal
D'addario NYXL 11-52 strings
Dunlop H3 pick
Universal Audio OX - amp top box
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X
Logic Pro
Universal Audio plugins

Sony ZVE-10 camera
Neewer Desktop Tripod
Final Cut Pro

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Alex :)

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