How to Play More Fretburning Blues Runs Video

By: schiffnhauser More than a year ago

My friend, I have been playing every day, trying to get blues riffs down from videos. Thank god I found yours! I just got the first part in minutes after watching you, I like the box you play in,thats about where I have been playing for 35 years even though I venture to go further up the neck,this is very comfortable for me. I am a rhythm guitatist learning lead,have no trouble with chords anywhere on the fretboard.Thanks for helping me get there.

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How to Play More Fretburning Blues Runs

Jam number three, this is played over the same chord progression we have been working on. Our 12 bar blues in the key of E. Our first run will cover bars, one through four and sounds like this, one, two, three. Okay, so we are going to start on the G string, keep that string open, hammer on to the first fret, play the open B, open E, slide from three to five on the B and then grab the third fret of the high E string and just bend slightly, just give it a little push there. Okay, moving on. The next part of this phrase sounds like this. Sounds up the same, hammer on to the open G to the first fret and then grab the open B to the open E. Now, we are going to slide from three to four on the high E, open high E, third fret of the B, and back to the open high E. Now, we are going to play the open high E string. We are going to work this phrase here, open B, and hammer on to the second fret of the B to open high E. Now, we are going to repeat that three-note phrase where we hammer on from this open B string to the second fret and then grab the open high E and we are going to repeat that one more time so the whole phrase sounds like this. Now, we are going to move on to slide from three to four on the high E string, open high E, second fret on the B, back to the open high E. Okay, so here is the first run. Once again, this is bars one through four, one, two, three. Okay, our next run. We will cover bars five through eight and sounds like this, one, two, three. So, it starts off very similar to the first phrase. All that actually is exactly the same as the first phrase where we hammer on from the open G to the first fret, open B, open E, slide three to five on the B and then bend slightly from the third fret of the E. Now, we are going to play the open high E string, hammer on from the open B to the third fret, open high E, bend slightly from the third fret of the high E, open high E again, third fret B, back to the open E. The second part of this run sounds like this. So, here I am using the same technique that we use in jam number two where I am going to use the pick along with my middle finger. We are going to play on the seventh fret of the G string, seventh fret of the high E string, slide seven into nine, go back to seven and then slide down to four, up to seven, back to four, two, four, two and then the first fret of the G to the open E. For the next run, we are going to cover bars nine through 12, sounds like this, one, two, three. Okay, so we are going to start off by playing on the open high E string, open B second fret of the B string, open high E, four hits on the second fret of the high E string, slide in to the fourth fret and then back to the open string. Now, we are going to dissent the E blues scale, which sounds like this, down through that A strings. So, we are going to start off on the open high E string, open three, back to the open string, three to the open B string, on the G string, three, two and open G string. On the D string, second fret to the open D, two, one to the open A string. Now, we are going to continue. We are going to the fourth fret of the low E string known as G sharp. Then we are going to play on the second fret of the A string, back to the fifth fret of the E string. Slide into the fourth fret of A string, second fret of the D string, two times, then slide from four to six on the D string and then we are going to end the whole lick by playing on the fourth fret of the G string two times. Okay, so once again, here is the third and final run in this third jam, one, two, three. Okay, so there is the third jam. I just want to talk a little bit about that last one we were doing because I think it touches on some pretty melodic note choices which can be a great thing. We are talking in too much under theory, the first run, the first part of this run which sounds like this where we slide up into the fourth fret on the high E. That note is G sharp, which is part of our E chord that we are playing over so it is a very melodic note choice. And then we are using the E blue scale but as we dissent that, we also end on that G sharp note so the E blue scale is being performed over the A chord in the context of the 12 bar blues. But now, we are back to an E chord so I land on the G sharp note and then we have the turn around. So, those note choices just happen to be very melodic in the context of the 12 bar blues. So, that is our third jam.

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Jam number three, this is played over the same chord progression we have been working on. Our 12 bar blues in the key of E. Our first run will cover bars, one through four and sounds like this, one, two, three.

Okay, so we are going to start on the G string, keep that string open, hammer on to the first fret, play the open B, open E, slide from three to five on the B and then grab the third fret of the high E string and just bend slightly, just give it a little push there.

Okay, moving on. The next part of this phrase sounds like this. Sounds up the same, hammer on to the open G to the first fret and then grab the open B to the open E. Now, we are going to slide from three to four on the high E, open high E, third fret of the B, and back to the open high E.

Now, we are going to play the open high E string. We are going to work this phrase here, open B, and hammer on to the second fret of the B to open high E. Now, we are going to repeat that three-note phrase where we hammer on from this open B string to the second fret and then grab the open high E and we are going to repeat that one more time so the whole phrase sounds like this.

Now, we are going to move on to slide from three to four on the high E string, open high E, second fret on the B, back to the open high E. Okay, so here is the first run. Once again, this is bars one through four, one, two, three.

Okay, our next run. We will cover bars five through eight and sounds like this, one, two, three. So, it starts off very similar to the first phrase. All that actually is exactly the same as the first phrase where we hammer on from the open G to the first fret, open B, open E, slide three to five on the B and then bend slightly from the third fret of the E. Now, we are going to play the open high E string, hammer on from the open B to the third fret, open high E, bend slightly from the third fret of the high E, open high E again, third fret B, back to the open E.

The second part of this run sounds like this. So, here I am using the same technique that we use in jam number two where I am going to use the pick along with my middle finger. We are going to play on the seventh fret of the G string, seventh fret of the high E string, slide seven into nine, go back to seven and then slide down to four, up to seven, back to four, two, four, two and then the first fret of the G to the open E.

For the next run, we are going to cover bars nine through 12, sounds like this, one, two, three. Okay, so we are going to start off by playing on the open high E string, open B second fret of the B string, open high E, four hits on the second fret of the high E string, slide in to the fourth fret and then back to the open string. Now, we are going to dissent the E blues scale, which sounds like this, down through that A strings. So, we are going to start off on the open high E string, open three, back to the open string, three to the open B string, on the G string, three, two and open G string. On the D string, second fret to the open D, two, one to the open A string.

Now, we are going to continue. We are going to the fourth fret of the low E string known as G sharp. Then we are going to play on the second fret of the A string, back to the fifth fret of the E string. Slide into the fourth fret of A string, second fret of the D string, two times, then slide from four to six on the D string and then we are going to end the whole lick by playing on the fourth fret of the G string two times.

Okay, so once again, here is the third and final run in this third jam, one, two, three. Okay, so there is the third jam. I just want to talk a little bit about that last one we were doing because I think it touches on some pretty melodic note choices which can be a great thing. We are talking in too much under theory, the first run, the first part of this run which sounds like this where we slide up into the fourth fret on the high E. That note is G sharp, which is part of our E chord that we are playing over so it is a very melodic note choice.

And then we are using the E blue scale but as we dissent that, we also end on that G sharp note so the E blue scale is being performed over the A chord in the context of the 12 bar blues. But now, we are back to an E chord so I land on the G sharp note and then we have the turn around. So, those note choices just happen to be very melodic in the context of the 12 bar blues. So, that is our third jam.

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