I check out Lester Leaps in a couple of weeks ago, but then realized it was part of the swinging the blues series, so I headed for Lesson 1. The 3 and 4 note chords shown here make it easy to move around the neck and the midrange tones they create sound like bluesy jazz should. A lot of stuff to work out, but it's broken down enough here that it's quickly learnable.
Another great lesson. Duke, I really appreciate learning how you thiink about soloing. Taking into consideration when the song was recorded and your thoughts of not soloing too long or straying too far from Pee Wee Crayton's style.
This is another really good lesson here on Sonic Junction. Thank you Corey. Getting a bass line going with the thumb and adding some cool but not extremely complicated licks onto it. You've broken it down to the parts, so it seems doable with practice. Corey do you think it's best to play through the chord changes while only playing the bass part until that is completely locked in, and then go back and learn the upper string licks? Or should I try to learn the bass and licks for the A chord and then move on to the D7 and E7?
Thank you Duke. I was wondering how you came to the decision to use these particular chord voicings. Was it because you particularly like their sound, or because you found it easy to move among them, or some other reason? And did you learn them from an instructor or find them on your own?
I started working on the rhythm guitar part for Lester Leaps In. There are a lot of great chord voicings to work with. Many are just three or four notes, but because they use the lower and middle strings a lot they sound nice and fat. It's going to take me a while to get this down with these voicings, but I know when I've got it I'll have some great "go to" chord voicings for other bluesy jazz and swing tunes. Once I get the rhythm part down I'll llearn the lead part and then see if I can get one of my gig duo partners to work it up. This is exactly the kind of tune I'm interested in working on right now. It will really help me grow musically.
These (Blues After Hours 1 and 2) are great lessons. I appreciate the backgound on Pee Wee Crayton, and Duke's patient teaching style. And there's a nice combination of sort of "normal" blues stuff, such as the T-Bone Walker/Chuck Berry C to D bends, along with unique touches, such as the way Pee Wee bent the 4 chord on the "sliding 6ths" riff, how he used the open D in the single note run, and a cool turnaround riff.
I check out Lester Leaps in a couple of weeks ago, but then realized it was part of the swinging the blues series, so I headed for Lesson 1. The 3 and 4 note chords shown here make it easy to move around the neck and the midrange tones they create sound like bluesy jazz should. A lot of stuff to work out, but it's broken down enough here that it's quickly learnable.
Okay, Now it's working.
Another great lesson. Duke, I really appreciate learning how you thiink about soloing. Taking into consideration when the song was recorded and your thoughts of not soloing too long or straying too far from Pee Wee Crayton's style.
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This is another really good lesson here on Sonic Junction. Thank you Corey. Getting a bass line going with the thumb and adding some cool but not extremely complicated licks onto it. You've broken it down to the parts, so it seems doable with practice. Corey do you think it's best to play through the chord changes while only playing the bass part until that is completely locked in, and then go back and learn the upper string licks? Or should I try to learn the bass and licks for the A chord and then move on to the D7 and E7?
Thanks for another clear lesson Duke. I need to practice this tune some, but I defintely feel like it's coming together.
Another great lesson. I think the double-stop passages can be "borrowed" to drop into solos.
Thank you Duke. I was wondering how you came to the decision to use these particular chord voicings. Was it because you particularly like their sound, or because you found it easy to move among them, or some other reason? And did you learn them from an instructor or find them on your own?
I started working on the rhythm guitar part for Lester Leaps In. There are a lot of great chord voicings to work with. Many are just three or four notes, but because they use the lower and middle strings a lot they sound nice and fat. It's going to take me a while to get this down with these voicings, but I know when I've got it I'll have some great "go to" chord voicings for other bluesy jazz and swing tunes. Once I get the rhythm part down I'll llearn the lead part and then see if I can get one of my gig duo partners to work it up. This is exactly the kind of tune I'm interested in working on right now. It will really help me grow musically.
These (Blues After Hours 1 and 2) are great lessons. I appreciate the backgound on Pee Wee Crayton, and Duke's patient teaching style. And there's a nice combination of sort of "normal" blues stuff, such as the T-Bone Walker/Chuck Berry C to D bends, along with unique touches, such as the way Pee Wee bent the 4 chord on the "sliding 6ths" riff, how he used the open D in the single note run, and a cool turnaround riff.