Basic Licks and Classic Solos for Electric Blues Guitar
by Happy Traum
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Actor: Jim WeiderDirector: Happy Traum
Brand: Homespun
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 641782
Studio: Homespun Tapes
Product features:
- Published by Homespun
- DVD taught by Jim Weider
- Author: Jim Weider
Movie Reviews of Basic Licks and Classic Solos for Electric Blues Guitar
Movie Review: Basic Licks and Theory
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm puzzled by the guy that gave this one star. Maybe he is a total beginner. If so, then this might be too tough. Or maybe he was hoping for specific instructions for his own favorite guitar leads. This DVD starts out simply enough with a very (very) basic blues progression, shows its relationship to a fundamental pentatonic blues scale, and then progresses beyond that. The split screen between fretboard and picking hand makes it easy to see what is going on. Jim explains the most basic stuff of electric blues guitar, suggests that the learner "learn it", and then builds on those basics to progress further, step by step. For me anyway, if a person learns the basics and the theory, then they can learn to use their creativity to improvise sensibly, instead of learning to parrot other players note for note. Jim has an easy going, friendly demeanor on this DVD, as well as his other ones, and you feel like you are learning from a friend. I don't see what the point would be trying to "wow" the viewer or show dozens of licks without being in the context of the basic nature of the blues and the chord progressions. If a person wants "quantity", they can find charts and tabs of all kinds of licks for particular songs all over the web. This DVD might not work for everyone, but it will do well for those who want to learn the blues, based on understanding the basics and progressing, rather than simply learning to copy the licks of dozens of players.
Summary of Basic Licks and Classic Solos for Electric Blues Guitar
Here?s a lesson for players who know the basic chords and want to get started playing blues on the electric guitar. Jim Weider takes it from the top, and shows the easy way to get into playing authentic licks, riffs, rhythms and hot solos.You'll learn how to use slides, string bends, hammer-ons and a variety of vibrato styles for an authentic blues feel, along with rhythm grooves, bass lines and other accompaniment techniques. Learning the pentatonic (5 note) blues scale is the key to blues improvisation, and Jim teaches you how to find the notes you'll need in different positions up and down the guitar fretboard. Before long you'll be playing leads and soloing with the best of them.
Jim teaches the elements of this powerful American style through the classic licks and solos of some of its key players. You'll learn, in detail, how to play tunes such as Albert King's "Going Down," Elmore James' "Elmo's Blues," Freddie King's "Hideaway" and Jim's own "Sugar Cane Blues." He demonstrates the style of the great B. B. King, showing how he gets his distinctive sound, and covers how to get expression on the guitar with the use of volume and tone controls, pickups, pick attack and other essential information. Each tune covers a different aspect of electric blues playing and provides you with a great solo for practicing the techniques you've learned.
The Honky Tonk Gurus, Jim?s recording and touring band, supply plenty of great back-up and help Jim demonstrate how a song should sound when played in performance. This lesson will help novice players become real electric blues musicians in no time!
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