Bluesy fusion emphasizing the raking technique

Let me explain the methods I like to use to squeeze the juice out of the pentatonic scale!

With raking, sliding, and staccato - we will make standard scalar phrases come to life!

SRV "raking" style, 12 bars blues progression, bends/ double bends, and left hand muting

Ever wished learning new licks wasn't so time consuming? - Imagine you could turn that trusty blues lick you learned when starting out - into something fresh sounding and new.

Correct accents, consistancy, skipping the string when playing octaves, and rake the strings with one finger when you're sweeping from higher strings to lower.

Playing short phrases using several blues modes.

In this lesson we will discuss the Texas Shuffle played in SRV's style.

Modern Blues mixed with various Jazz Bebop phrases - broaden your palette of licks!