- Pedja Simovic17th June 2009
Excellent lesson David !
- Hammerhead28th February 2009
Thank you David... now if I could just get it to sound like you do!
- David Wallimann23rd February 2009
QUOTE (Hammerhead @ Feb 23 2009, 12:32 AM)
Ok david I'm changing my guess to the key of B major Pentatonic, and is it the third of the minor key is the relative Major?
;]
You're close!
The relative Major to G minor is actually Bb
The formula is add a minor 3rd (3frets) from the minor to get the relative Major. - Hammerhead23rd February 2009
Ok david I'm changing my guess to the key of B major Pentatonic, and is it the third of the minor key is the relative Major?
;]
- Hammerhead19th February 2009
David,
I'm back... I looked at your lesson on major and minor pentatonic scales and it is great. Now what I'm working on is with the Blues Phrasing lesson as my focus, if I want to find the relative Major to my G Minor is it C Major? and what is the formula to always know the relative scale?
Thank You ;]
- Hammerhead19th February 2009
Thanks David,
I will check that out;]
- Aleksander Sukovic19th February 2009
Very useful stuff David. Very well explained. Oh, and I like your tone.
- David Wallimann19th February 2009
QUOTE (Hammerhead @ Feb 19 2009, 12:30 AM)
David,
I hope this is the place to ask questions...by the way your phrasing is just great. It sounds like I can play in the G minor pentatonic for the whole song... but should I change emphasis on different chords? I can recognize that some notes really accent the chord changes, and some really don't have the same feel. Is there some theory here to help me find my way through the chord changes?
Good question!
You are right, some notes will sound better on some of the chords and you can surely use G minor pentatonic over the whole backing.
If you want to expand, you could try using the arpeggios of each chords and use them in a subtle way mixed with the straight forward pentatonic.
You could also explore some Major pentatonic ideas (just search "Major pentatonic" in the GMC lesson search for some lessons).
But remember that it needs to stay pretty straight forward as it is blues and the most expressive blues solos can be made with only a few notes.
I hope this helps!
- Hammerhead19th February 2009
David,
I hope this is the place to ask questions...by the way your phrasing is just great. It sounds like I can play in the G minor pentatonic for the whole song... but should I change emphasis on different chords? I can recognize that some notes really accent the chord changes, and some really don't have the same feel. Is there some theory here to help me find my way through the chord changes?
- David Wallimann23rd January 2009
Thanks so much for your kind words guys, it means a lot!
I'm glad you enjoyed this lesson!
QUOTE (Slamm @ Mar 21 2008, 09:37 PM)
Cool lesson,
Btw did you enter the "King of the BLues" Contest at guitar center?
if so how did you do?
I entered in 2006
Yeah, I entered a couple years ago!
Didn't make it through the first round.. There were some serious blues people in there!
QUOTE (Kenneth DK @ Mar 24 2008, 03:12 PM)
Would be awesome if you included an extended backingtrack for this lesson.. The backings are too short:-)
Great lesson btw.
Thanks man, just added an extended backing track available for download in my board.
I'm so sorry for the delay, I just read this! Here is the link to the backing!
QUOTE (DethKlok @ Mar 29 2008, 07:04 PM)
That's got a lot of soul. I'm wondering about how you hold the pick though. What is the purpose of holding it that way? Does it have to do with the angle that it hits the string? Palm muting? Anyway, great stuff!
No real purpose man, that's just th way I hold it! :-)
It works good for me as I think it gives me more control, but it also feels very natural to me that way. But that might not work for you, we all have different ways of holding it I guess. :-)
QUOTE (David Wallimann @ Jan 23 2009, 07:43 AM)
Yeah, I entered a couple years ago!
Didn't make it through the first round.. There were some serious blues people in there!
Thanks man, just added an extended backing track available for download in my board.
I'm so sorry for the delay, I just read this! Here is the
link to the backing!
No real purpose man, that's just th way I hold it! :-)
It works good for me as I think it gives me more control, but it also feels very natural to me that way. But that might not work for you, we all have different ways of holding it I guess. :-)
- -Zion-23rd January 2009
awesome david..
I love the little intro you provide where you explain some theory and what to be aware of.. excellent..
- mhskeide31st July 2008
Great lesson as always, love the feel in this:)
- Joey van den bosch29th May 2008
Thank you so much for this lesson david, was certanly giving me some more insight into phrasing - and learned some very nice blues licks in the progress, one thing I seem to be absolutely amazed by tho, is the huge gap in pure tone between your fingers and mine, nomatter how hard I try,, ah well, I hope to get there too someday
- zoomie22nd April 2008
What I love about this riff is that you can do something different with it every time you play. I've played it 50 times at least and each one is different, but they all sound good. Thanks for teaching it to us!
- DethKlok30th March 2008
That's got a lot of soul. I'm wondering about how you hold the pick though. What is the purpose of holding it that way? Does it have to do with the angle that it hits the string? Palm muting? Anyway, great stuff!
- Carlos Carrillo27th March 2008
great lesson and nice job David!!
- Kenneth DK24th March 2008
Would be awesome if you included an extended backingtrack for this lesson.. The backings are too short:-)
Great lesson btw.
- Slammer22nd March 2008
Cool lesson,
Btw did you enter the "King of the BLues" Contest at guitar center?
if so how did you do?
I entered in 2006
- EGMONT 196321st March 2008
SALUT DAVID
C EST CE QUE J AIME, TON STYLE DE GUITARE.
DU WALLISOUND
du travail pour pâques
explique moi stp la différence entre - S shift slide et legato slide
quel reglages as tu mis sur ton ampli ??
many thanks et joyeuse pâques
udo
- Dejan Farkas21st March 2008
I like the concept of the lesson, and the content as well
- Maximus21st March 2008
These lessons are great. They beg to be improvised upon. Well done.
- Joe Kataldo21st March 2008
Very Espressive Solo
- RockinRobert21st March 2008
great lesson. what I was looking for
- Jerry Arcidiacono21st March 2008
Great phrasing and t-shirt!!
- USAMAN20th March 2008
That was great,
Thanks
- Hisham Al-Sanea20th March 2008
nice blues David..good job
- JukeboxHero20th March 2008
This is just what I've been looking for. Great job.
- Marcus Siepen20th March 2008
Awesome lesson man, great job
- Pablo Vazquez20th March 2008
Nice phrasing man!
- Muris Varajic20th March 2008
Ahh,you're killing me bro!
- Rodnator20th March 2008
Terrific David. Love it..
- Juan M. Valero20th March 2008
great blues David cool lesson !!
- Toni Suominen20th March 2008
Great bluesy playing David!
- Pitch_Black20th March 2008
Great Phrasing Dave!
- Nick32520th March 2008
awsome
- Martin la guitarra20th March 2008
great to see another blues lesson, thx
- Iluha20th March 2008
Another very important soloing lesson, just like the Bryan May style thanks David.
- Bogdan Radovic20th March 2008
Really well explained lesson David ! Great job man!
- Ivan Milenkovic20th March 2008
Great lesson man, lots of cool phrasing licks!
- Nick Kellie20th March 2008
nice one david!
- Nemanja Filipovic20th March 2008
great lesson man...
- Tuubsu20th March 2008
Great one, and the right shirt for the occasion too!
- Trond Vold20th March 2008
Excellent as usual
- Danilo Capezzuto20th March 2008
Great feel.
- eddiecat20th March 2008
Great one David!
Thank you! Bookmarked!
- Kristofer Dahl20th March 2008
:0 I think this lesson alone could turn someone who only has been practicing scales with the metronome - into a musician. Wow!