Brandon Reeves

 

 

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B.B. King Blues Scale key of A
e|------------------10 12-10--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------10-12-13------------13-12-10----------------------------------------|
G|--9-11--------------------------------11-9----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Licks
e|-----------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
B|------10~--|------10-10~--|----------10~--|--12b(14)-12pb(14)r------10~-----|
G|--12-------|--/12---------|--9-11-9-------|---------------------11----------|
D|-----------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|--12-11(p)10--------------------------------|
B|--12b(13)-12pb(13)r------10~---|--------------13(p)12-10---------10~--------|
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Here's some chordal ideas for an acoustic blues in open G tuning (D G D G B D).




G & G7 chords
D|-------0----3----5----9-----12----------------------------------------------|
B|-------0----3----6----8-----12----------------------------------------------|
G|-------0----4----7----10----12----------------------------------------------|
D|-------0----0----0----0-----0-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------0----0----0----0-----0-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C & C7 Chords …

Here's a lesson I've had a few requests for over the years.  i'm using open A tuning (E A E A C# E).  All of these ideas are traditional blues licks that you will hear in the playing of Muddy…

Here's an acoustic finger picking song.  Everything should be explained in the video and/or tablature.  You can listen to the original Mississippi John Hurt version here.  Let me know if you have any questions.





e|-------------------------------------------------3-------------------3----------|
B|-------3-1--------------3-------1-----------------------------1-----------------|
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Here's one of my favorite solos of all time.  B.B. King Live at the Regal from 1964.  It's a slow 12 bar blues in the key of Db.  He does take 2 solos in this track, but this is the…

Here's a tune that one of my students and I were working on.  The solo uses the B minor pentatonic scale almost exclusively, with the exception of a couple of passing tones, and one bent tone on the 4th line. …

This week I thought it might be fun to post a transcription of a song I've been enjoying by The Black Keys.  It's called All Hands Against His Own and it's off an album called Rubber Factory.  The song uses…

Welcome to my new guitar lesson blog.  I thought it would be fun to include a weekly blog about guitar instruction on my website so I can share licks, exercises, songs, chord progressions and musical ideas with those who are…