Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2: Levelling Up: Blues Soloing for Guitar, #2

By James Shipway

Volume 2 in the blues guitar book series gives you everything you need to know to play smokin' blues guitar. Packed with blues guitar licks and solos, essential blues guitar techniques, scales, and chords demonstrating some more advanced blues guitar concepts. With video lessons, backing tracks and audio demo tracks included, Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2 is the perfect blues guitar book for intermediate level blues guitar players or beginner players who have completed Volume 1 in the series: Blues Basics.
 

• A complete blues guitar method book for intermediate guitar players who want to go beyond the basics of electric blues guitar and study some more advanced concepts
• Master the blues guitar techniques, licks and solos you need to sound like an authentic blues player. Taught step-by-step using 100% confusion-free language and with simple explanations
• See all the blues licks and solos demonstrated up close with the dedicated website featuring video lessons and easy to follow demonstrations at multiple speeds
• No music reading necessary: guitar tab, chord and fretboard diagrams make it easy to learn even if you can't read music
• Downloadable 'play-along' audio practice tracks and blues backing tracks

Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2 gives you a complete course for building on the basics of blues guitar. You'll learn:

 

• The 12 bar minor blues form plus variations
• Minor blues soloing and chord shapes
• Open string blues scales, Texas blues licks, jazz style blues licks ('jump blues' style) and more 
• Complete blues solos in the styles of BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Albert King and other blues legends, complete with a lick-by-lick breakdown
• String bending, blues curls, vibrato, mixing major and minor sounds and other important blues techniques and approaches
• How to apply basic jazz concepts to your blues soloing (chord tones, 'minor 6' pentatonic etc.)
• How to jam and improvise your own tasty blues licks and solos (with my blues 'power moves' method) 

 

This book is perfect for you if:

• You want a blues guitar course for learning intermediate blues concepts without it being confusing and taking you years
• You want to play cool blues solos using a range of blues licks, techniques and approaches
• You are an intermediate blues guitar player who wants to brush up your skills, learn new techniques and build up your vocabulary of blues licks
• You want to feel more confident when you step up to play blues in your band or at a jam session
• You're fed up of trawling through millions of YouTube guitar lessons and want a proven, easy to use method to follow which will get you results

So if you're ready to take your blues playing to a new level, then I'm looking forward to seeing you in Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2: Levelling Up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Headstock Books
• Release date: Feb 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781914453434

James Shipway

James Shipway, born in Australia and raised in the UK is a professional guitarist and guitar teacher with over 25,000 hours of experience helping students of all ages and abilities reach their guitar-playing goals.  He's shared his knowledge with millions of guitarists worldwide via his YouTube channel and his online guitar academy, Total Guitar Lab as well as in his acclaimed 'No Bull' series of guitar books.  James first began playing guitar at 16. Self taught and with no prior musical education or experience, he still remembers very well how confusing guitar playing could be for a newbie. He brings this personal experience of struggling with adversity and confusion on guitar to everything he does, and his practical, , easy-to-use, 'BS free' approach to learning, playing and practicing guitar has gained him a legion of followers around the globe.  His recent book releases include: - Music Theory for Guitarists, Volumes 1 & 2 (Volume 3 coming soon!) - Barre Chords for Guitar - Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volumes 1 & 2 - The CAGED System for Guitar - Circle of Fifths for Guitar These books aim to boost a guitar players ability and confidence by breaking down and simplifying seemingly complex theory, techniques and styles.

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Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2: Levelling Up

BLUES SOLOING FOR GUITAR, VOLUME 2: LEVELLING UP

TAKE YOUR BLUES SOLOING TO A NEW LEVEL

JAMES SHIPWAY

HEADSTOCK BOOKS

Published by Headstock Books

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Copyright © James Shipway 2020

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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-914453-40-3

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-914453-41-0 / 978-1-914453-42-7

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-914453-43-4

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CONTENTS

Introduction

1. The Minor Blues and King Of The Hill Solo Study (BB King Style!)

The Minor Blues

Minor Blues Variation

Blues Solo 1: King of the Hill

Scales Used in King of the Hill

King of the Hill: Blues Power Moves

2. Open String Scales, Licks and Open Up Solo Study (Stevie Ray Vaughan Style!)

Open Position Scales

Blues Solo 2: Open Up

Scales Used in Open Up

Open Up: Blues Power Moves

3. Mixing Major & Minor Blues Sounds and Jumpin’ Jax Solo Study (‘Jump Blues’ Style!)

Mixing Minor and Major Sounds

Common Questions About the ‘Chord By Chord’ Approach

The Major Pentatonic Scale

Blues Solo 3: Jumpin’ Jax

Scales used in Jumpin’ Jax

Jumpin’ Jax: Blues Power Moves

4. Texas Pride Solo Study

Blues Solo 4: Texas Pride

Scales Used in Texas Pride

Texas Pride: Blues Power Moves

5. Repeating Licks, Scale Runs, Double-Stops and Deep Blue Solo Study

Blues Solo 5: Deep Blue

Scales Used in Deep Blue

Deep Blue: Blues Power Moves

Final Words

Blues Soloing, Volume 2 Videos

Success Tips for Learning Guitar Solos

Appendix 1

Useful Dominant Chord Shapes

Appendix 2

Useful Minor7 Chord Shapes

Appendix 3

Also by James Shipway

Video Courses and Academy

INTRODUCTION

Welcome back to my Blues Soloing for Guitar series. It’s awesome to have you here with me in Volume 2: Levelling Up!

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You’re about to continue your journey towards becoming a great blues guitar player, as we take the blues essentials from Volume 1 and build on them. In the lessons that follow we’ll be examining:

The Minor Blues

Open String Scales and Soloing

Combining Major and Minor Scales and Sounds

‘Jump Blues’ and ‘Jazzy’ Blues Licks

Rapid Fire Repeating Blues Licks

And Much More...

As in Volume 1, I’ll give you the knowledge and understanding you need about each topic backed up with authentic blues examples based on the playing of your favourite blues artists.

Before we get into it, a few reminders about how to use this book.

HOW SHOULD YOU USE THIS BOOK?

You’re in a different place than when you picked up Blues Soloing for Guitar Volume 1. You’re familiar with the basic tools used in blues music, you have a solid grasp of essential techniques like bending and vibrato, and your soloing vocabulary should be developing nicely.

Even so, here are some reminders about how to use this book for even more great results.

1. Lesson Order

These lessons continue directly on from those found in Volume 1: Blues Basics.

Even though you’ve got some knowledge now, I still suggest going through these lessons in the order that they’re presented. If you really want to study them in a different order then you’ll be fine, just be aware that you may need to backtrack a little if I mention something covered in an earlier lesson.

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2. Visit the Website for Video Demonstrations, Backing Tracks and More!

Don’t forget the website I’ve created to help you learn. There you can see me playing each solo and watch lessons and demonstrations of some of the things covered in this book series.

You can also grab audio recordings of me performing each solo as well as download the backing tracks to practice over.

Check it out at:

bluesguitarbook.com

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3. Take It Steady...

The material in this book is more advanced than in Volume 1 and some of it may take a little longer to get under your fingers. Be patient and go through each lesson at a sensible pace so you can absorb everything it teaches you: remember, rushing won’t benefit you at all.

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4. Study the Blues Power Moves (Important!)

You’ll find more Blues Power Moves at the end of each solo, use them! They will help you build your blues vocabulary even more. Take each Blues Power Move and experiment with it using the following approach:

Learn