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If you\u2019re a beginner blues player then there\u2019s no doubt that you\u2019ll need to start building up your collection of awesome licks. Think of licks as the vocabulary you need to start piecing together full blues sentences (phrases) to use in your soloing. The more great licks you can absorb into your playing, the more chance you have of pinning together a great solo!<\/p>\n

In this blog we\u2019re here to show you 5 licks to get you started, all based around the major and minor pentatonics in the key of C Blues. With each lick we\u2019ll do a brief explanation of what\u2019s going on, and also provide the scale shapes to help!<\/p>\n

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The lesson<\/h2>\n

Now, with that all said and done, let\u2019s get back to the lesson shall we! Here is the video for you to watch to check out the 5 licks and the detailed discussion behind each one. You can find the backing tracks right here too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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You wouldn\u2019t necessarily learn the final crossover scale as a whole thing of course! It\u2019s just a visualisation of it all together. You\u2019ll see in the video that I explain what is happening within each lick to achieve a crossover at points, and when you do and don\u2019t need to do it! It can be pretty subtle most of the time. Do check out the video for more on this!<\/p>\n

The rhythm part<\/h2>\n

If you want a 360 degree view of this track we\u2019re learning, you might also be interested in learning the rhythm part. This is the part that is happening underneath the main solo, and provides a great example of how you might like to play through a 12 bar blues. Let\u2019s first start by detailing the chord changes. These are: C7 | F7 | C7 | C7 | F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 | G7 | F7 | C7 | G7<\/strong>. So it\u2019s a standard 12 bar blues structure! We are, however, using 9th chords for the 4 and 5 chord, so this ends up looking like this: C7 | F9 | C7 | C7 | F9 | F9 | C7 | C7 | G9 | F9 | C7 | G9<\/strong>. The 9th chord is simply an extension of the dominant 7th, adding the 9th degree of the sale to the top of the chord. For more information on the theory behind chord construction, check this out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at this chord part via the tab. Remember that you can download the Guitar Pro version here as well if you would like to see it in action! Here is the tab:<\/p>\n