Blues Headlines

Difficulty

10 mins per example

Tutor: Richard Barrett | Gear used: Knaggs Choptank, Vox AC15 C1

Soloing With Chords

to hear players imply the harmony of the underlying chord progression when soloing. In fact, the backing track for this month’s Headlines is purely drums and bass (in the old-school sense), so it leaves things open for this kind of playing. It also makes it necessary