Lesson Files

Nice example of playing with thumb and fingers for a Bluesy Rhythm

It starts of basic and adds a little more each time.

Classic Blues Shuffle

Once you have this, try and stat it on the 5h fret, remember, everything moves up 5 frets, even the open frets.

Nice 12 Bar Blues example using a chord shape that moves up the neck, subtly changing as it goes.

See 12 Bar Blues Strum Chords for the accompanying fretboard diagram.

Chords used for 12 Bar Blues Strum.

Not much of a sequence for the B7 chord as the notes that you might use are not easily available.

Exercises to get your fingers moving fluidly within one of the '3 notes per string' scale shapes.

Use alternate picking throughout and take care to follow the recommended fingering.

This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

View that if you haven't already.

To extend the chord to include the 11th interval, simply add the triad that would start from the 5th interval, 1,3,5,7,9,11.

Note (6th July 2013): Guitar Fanatics! I have amended this file as it was incorrect before. Please download this new version.

This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

View that if you haven't already.

To extend the chord to include the 13th interval, simply add the triad that would start from the 9th interval, 1,3,5,7,9,11,13.

This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

View that if you haven't already.

To extend the chord to include the 7th interval, I simply add the triad that would start from the 3rd interval, 1,3,5,7.

This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

View that if you haven't already.

To extend the chord to include the 9th interval, I simply add the triad that would start from the 5th interval, 1,3,5,7,9.

Showing how you can play the chords from the Major Scale using 3 Notes Per String Shape 1.

Major Scale Chord Formula will help if you do not know the chords yet.

Diagram of the shapes created when applying the '3 notes per string' concept to the major scale.

 These three pentatonic scale shapes are all E minor/G Major.

The idea is to get you thinking of applying different concepts like 3 note a pattern over a four note rhythm, and then developing your own ideas.

The licks aim to keep in easily recognisable sounds rather than some bundle of notes that might make a good lick but you do not know how to interpret them