sportsbarGuitar Boogie - how to play the Blues
April 30th 2008 04:10
Tommy Emmanuel at his daggy-est best. When you see Tommy live he will have a truckload of 'dad jokes' in store for you, as well as qwerky mannerisms and goofy antics - all part of being on the road for so long one suggests.
But, the light hearted approach is a perfect lead into Guitar Boogie -
This song is played in the key of E and is a starts out in a fairly traditional style - bad jokes aside, from here, Tommy improvises over the original chord progression.
"
Here is the basic tab for a blues scale in E
E
-------------------------|--- -----------------|
B -----------------------|----- ---------------|
G -----------------------|----- ---------------||
D -----------------------|--22- ---------------|- x2
A -------------22--44--|------4 4----22-----|
E --00----44-----------|------- ----------44-- |
A
E----------------------|----- -------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
B----------------------|----- -------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
G---------------------|------ -------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
D-------------22--44-|-55---- 44---22-------|-------------- ----------|----22------------ ----|
A--00---44----------|-------- ----------- 44--|--------------22---44-|- -------44-----22-----|
E----------------------|----- --------------------|--00---4 4-------------|-------------- -----44--|
B7 A E B7
E----------------------|----- -------------------|
B----------------------|----- -------------------|
G----------------------|----- -------------------||
D----------------------|----- -------------------|
A---22---44--55-44-|---2h4ho2 ------------|
E----------------------|----- ---------55-4-22-|
Okay that is the basic pattern for a blues song in E
Now you will notice Tommy plays it differently - he plays it with a slide and hammer-on which gives it a more melodic sound - depending at what level you are at you can mix and match to get the best sound.
So Tommy would play it...
/= slide, h= Hammer on, p= Pull-off, v = Virbrato
E
---------------------------|- -------------------|
B -------------------------|--- -----------------|
G -------------------------|--- -----------------||
D -------------------------|--2 2----------------|-
A ---------------22--44--|----- -44----22-----|
E --00----3./4------------|---- -------------3/4-- |
E
---------------------------|- -------------------|
B -------------------------|--- -----------------|
G -------------------------|--- -----------------||
D -------------------------|--0 0----------------|-
A ---------------22--44--|----- -44----22-----|
E --00----3./4------------|---- -------------3/4-- |
A
E----------------------|----- ------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
B----------------------|----- ------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
G---------------------|------ ------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
D-------------22--44-|-4V---- -22-----------|------------- -----------|----22----------- ---|
A--00---3/4----------|------- ----------- 44--|--------------22---44-|- -------44-----22---|
E----------------------|----- -------------------|--00---3 /4------------|-------------- --3/4--|
Watch how Tommy uses vibrato on that pattern to get the hang of it...
Basically instead of playing the note above the 4 on the D string, he bends the note up and down.
You'll understand once you hear it,
Hope it helps...
Once you have got that down, you can just jam using the notes in chords - if you stick to the scale, it will always sound good over the chord progression...
Have fun
Tommy Emmanuel King of Guitars and the dags
But, the light hearted approach is a perfect lead into Guitar Boogie -
This song is played in the key of E and is a starts out in a fairly traditional style - bad jokes aside, from here, Tommy improvises over the original chord progression.
"Guitar Boogie"
"
Here is the basic tab for a blues scale in E
E
-------------------------|--- -----------------|
B -----------------------|----- ---------------|
G -----------------------|----- ---------------||
D -----------------------|--22- ---------------|- x2
A -------------22--44--|------4 4----22-----|
E --00----44-----------|------- ----------44-- |
A
E----------------------|----- -------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
G---------------------|------ -------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
D-------------22--44-|-55---- 44---22-------|-------------- ----------|----22------------ ----|
A--00---44----------|-------- ----------- 44--|--------------22---44-|- -------44-----22-----|
E----------------------|----- --------------------|--00---4 4-------------|-------------- -----44--|
B7 A E B7
E----------------------|----- -------------------|
B----------------------|----- -------------------|
G----------------------|----- -------------------||
D----------------------|----- -------------------|
A---22---44--55-44-|---2h4ho2 ------------|
E----------------------|----- ---------55-4-22-|
Okay that is the basic pattern for a blues song in E
Now you will notice Tommy plays it differently - he plays it with a slide and hammer-on which gives it a more melodic sound - depending at what level you are at you can mix and match to get the best sound.
So Tommy would play it...
/= slide, h= Hammer on, p= Pull-off, v = Virbrato
E
---------------------------|- -------------------|
B -------------------------|--- -----------------|
G -------------------------|--- -----------------||
D -------------------------|--2 2----------------|-
A ---------------22--44--|----- -44----22-----|
E --00----3./4------------|---- -------------3/4-- |
E
---------------------------|- -------------------|
B -------------------------|--- -----------------|
G -------------------------|--- -----------------||
D -------------------------|--0 0----------------|-
A ---------------22--44--|----- -44----22-----|
E --00----3./4------------|---- -------------3/4-- |
A
E----------------------|----- ------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
B----------------------|----- ------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
G---------------------|------ ------------------|--------- ---------------|------------- ---------|
D-------------22--44-|-4V---- -22-----------|------------- -----------|----22----------- ---|
A--00---3/4----------|------- ----------- 44--|--------------22---44-|- -------44-----22---|
E----------------------|----- -------------------|--00---3 /4------------|-------------- --3/4--|
Watch how Tommy uses vibrato on that pattern to get the hang of it...
Basically instead of playing the note above the 4 on the D string, he bends the note up and down.
You'll understand once you hear it,
Hope it helps...
Once you have got that down, you can just jam using the notes in chords - if you stick to the scale, it will always sound good over the chord progression...
"Solo Lesson"
Have fun
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