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Post by joachim on Mar 19, 2015 15:39:07 GMT -6
I've been working on another example from "Fretboard Roadmaps - blues guitar". It's a very short 8-bar shuffle full of double stops - all played in first position. soundcloud.com/joachim-dahl-1/double-stopsWhat really triggered me with the examples in that short book is that you play some pretty cool stuff using just one or two position and some really simple licks. That's the kind of stuff I want to learn to play in improvisation. I played the rhythm section on my strat - the example in the book doesn't give tabs for the rhythm section, so I just played something that sounds like it. The lead was played on my Ibanez, both pickups on a clean channel "Bluesy Combo" model in Amplitube. I think it sounds pretty good, so I wanted to share it even it's not BUCY - I hope you don't mind.... |
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Post by cunningr on Mar 19, 2015 15:45:49 GMT -6
That was excellent I thought you were playing with a full backing track great job on the rythm and lead.
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Post by bluesbruce on Mar 19, 2015 17:42:07 GMT -6
Joachim,
I like hearing stuff from other books and lessons - gives you an idea of whether it's something you'd like to learn yourself, let's you hear stuff others are working on. I agree with you - I thought it sounded pretty cool. I actually have an old Fred Sokolow blues guitar book. I think I had it before I found BYCU. It was probably too advanced for me when I got it, and it certainly didn't seem to offer a nice progressive series of lessons like JG's stuff does. As I remember, it also tried to cover an awful lot of material - acoustic, finger style, electric rhythm, electric lead, rock, jazzy blues, etc. I bet if a dig around upstairs I can find it. Might even be able to get something out of it now...
Bruce
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Post by joachim on Mar 20, 2015 0:51:08 GMT -6
Bruce, I agree with you; it may very well be the same book we have. I think the book is mostly laid out as a book for beginners, but many of the examples look too difficult for a beginning guitarist. But I like that it's short and gives me an alternative explanation of things I already know to some extent. And it has given me some ideas of how to approach simple blues improvisation.
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Post by jack1982 on Mar 20, 2015 4:26:46 GMT -6
Great tone, great timing, great feel - great job! I'm like Rich, I assumed you were playing along with a professionally produced backing track. That new Ibanez is just sounding wonderful, I think you've found your guitar there  It's great hearing stuff from other books too, I don't have that one but oh jeez, I've got way too much other stuff to work on already lol. Still, I better go over to Amazon just to check it out |
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Post by bluesbruce on Mar 20, 2015 4:46:00 GMT -6
Joachim, sure enough I dug around a little and found the one I have. It's called "Basic Blues For Guitar". It apparently first came out in the 1980's with a cassette tape. Mine has a CD. It's still available on Amazon.com, but with a different cover shown than mine has. It's got some good sounding pieces in it, but the instruction and explanations are not very good. This book would maybe useful if used with a teacher who could explain and demonstrate techniques, or after you've been thru BYCU. His explanation of string bending (or "choking" as he calls it) is just comically bad. My recollection of this book was that I could play the finger style acoustic pieces (because I already knew how to play that stuff), but I didn't get much else out of it. As I mentioned above, it also tried to cover lots of material - acoustic, electric, rock blues, jazz blues, even slide - and looking at it now, it doesn't seem to do a very good job of any of them.
Bruce
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Post by joachim on Mar 20, 2015 5:08:22 GMT -6
Joachim, sure enough I dug around a little and found the one I have. It's called "Basic Blues For Guitar". It apparently first came out in the 1980's with a cassette tape. Mine has a CD. It's still available on Amazon.com, but with a different cover shown than mine has. It's got some good sounding pieces in it, but the instruction and explanations are not very good. This book would maybe useful if used with a teacher who could explain and demonstrate techniques, or after you've been thru BYCU. His explanation of string bending (or "choking" as he calls it) is just comically bad. My recollection of this book was that I could play the finger style acoustic pieces (because I already knew how to play that stuff), but I didn't get much else out of it. As I mentioned above, it also tried to cover lots of material - acoustic, electric, rock blues, jazz blues, even slide - and looking at it now, it doesn't seem to do a very good job of any of them. Bruce I think my book must be very similar, perhaps a rehashed version. I wouldn't have gotten much out of it if I hadn't spend time with BYCU first. I also find the gritty picture of "choking" along with the explanation "choking is an important ingredient of blues music" - or something like that - laughable. But I think you're right that it could be more useful with an instructor, for example my version starts with the layout of the fretboard, the major scale intervals, distances from I to IV to V on the fretboard, etc. Things that I feel, seen in retrospect, that BYCU could have made stand out more in the early chapters. |
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Post by joachim on Mar 20, 2015 10:44:50 GMT -6
Bruce, this is the information in string choking my version - it's quite funny actually:  |
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Post by jack1982 on Mar 20, 2015 11:33:08 GMT -6
Well no wonder I have problems with bending, there's supposed to be an extra inch of space between the G and B strings! Why didn't you guys tell me this!?!?  |
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Post by wannaplayblues on Mar 20, 2015 13:46:47 GMT -6
Well no wonder I have problems with bending, there's supposed to be an extra inch of space between the G and B strings! Why didn't you guys tell me this!?!? Hmm... and I don't think the top half of my thumb is long enough to mute 4 strings while bending  |
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Post by Phil on Mar 20, 2015 18:34:02 GMT -6
Joachim, that sounded great. I just listened and now I feel guilty for missing 2 days of practice this week.
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It's great hearing stuff from other books too, I don't have that one but oh jeez, I've got way too much other stuff to work on already lol. Still, I better go over to Amazon just to check it out 
