How To Play Blues Rhythm & Lead At The Same Time

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Put together a few thoughts on how to combine Blues Rhythm & Lead. It all comes down to knowing your Chord Tones aka your Target Notes and highlighting those and then building bridges with little Licks in between the Chords.

When I began 8 Years ago I just learned as many Licks as possible and I still love to learn a new one, but now I always know why those Licks work and that is because of understanding the Intervals that make up each Chord. The Blues is kinda a real cool thing for Beginners as well, because every Note in the Pentatonic will sound fine, but the next Level thing is being able to mix the Major & Minor Pentatonic and highlighting the Chord Tones at the same time.

If you can do that, you don't even need a Backing Track to hear the Changes, because you will be implying a Chord with the Notes you are playing. Then there is also playing "outside" the Changes, which can sound cool as well, but creates a lot of Tension, because you are playing Notes that are not belonging to the Chord that is played by the Rhythm Section/Backing Track. Think of Robben Ford and the Diminished Scale for Example.

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Ben

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Guitar: Fender MiM 60's Roadworn Strat
Amp Simulation: Neural DSP Cory Wong Plugin
Pedals: None
Cable: Klotz Gold Cable
Strings: Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom
Picks: Dunlop 1.14mm

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Intro 00:00
Why you want to be able to do this? 00:23
Blues as a practice tool 01:05
Lets get started (Motifs/Demonstrations/Connecting the Dots) 02:41
Learn a 24 Bar Blues Solo Rhythm/Lead combined: 07:57