This lesson is packed with time-tested licks that will help even beginners become strong lead guitarists. Every lick is played slowly, then at tempo so you can hear how it sounds in context. As the phrases get more complex, you'll use slides, bends, hammer-on's and pull-offs and other techniques to increase your speed and dexterity, finally putting several riffs together to create a complete blues solo. A discussion and demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases will round out your repertoire of riffs and will allow you to create hot solos or jam with your friends.
From the Contributor Artie Traum has been a performing guitarist, recording artist and session player for thirty years. His CD "Letters From Joubee", was #1 on the smooth jazz radio charts for six weeks, and his follow-up CD, "The View From Here", hit the Top 30. He's been called "a master of guitar styles" (East Coast Rocker) and "a great player and writer" (Jazz Quarterly). Most recently, Artie has released the CD "Meetings with Remarkable Friends" (Narada), a critically-acclaimed collaboration with artists such as Tony Levin, Adrian Belew, The Band, Béla Fleck, John Sebastian, Sam Bush, David Grisman and numerous others. In addition to his concert schedule, Artie is a clinician for Taylor Guitars.
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