Lesson 19
In this lesson we will look at a few new intervals and back to the blues for a look at Eric Clapton's Crossroads.
Review Lesson 8 for the basic 12 bar blues form. |
Tune Guitar
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In other words:
8 half steps = minor 6th
9 half steps = major 6th
10 half steps = minor 7th
11 half steps = major 7th
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 This riff is similiar to the one in the 8th lesson. Notice that the B is only played twice in the measure.
7th position C major / A minor pentatonic scale
| Could you turn this into a blues scale? The Blues scale is a minor pentatonic scale with an added b5th. You will have 2 choices with the low Eb. You will either have to slide your little finger a half step higher (low E string) or you will have to use your index finger and stretch back to the 8th fret of your A string. |
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Note: index finger looks after all notes on 7th fret, middle finger the 8th, ring finger the 9th and little finger the 10th.
For some great exercises on soloing over the blues visit Blues
Lesson from the free section. Then come back here and apply the
same principles over Crossroads.
Here we are soloing over the blues again. The blues actually give us a lot of choices for soloing.
We can of course use our blues scale.
We can play over each chord with a mixolydian scale (mode).
We can use arpeggios to outline the changes.
Eric Clapton blues called Crossroads.
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