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    by Dirk Hagemann
    http://www.blueslessons.net

    A good guitar solo can be compared to a speech. If the speaker puts just
    one sentence ofter the other, the audience will be bored. With pauses
    and emphasizes you´ll always get the attention of your listeners.
    That might sound complicated, but it´s very simple! Just listen to a
    guitar solo played by B.B. King and you´ll know what I mean!

    It would be very handy for this exercises if you have a metronome.
    For PC Users are some freeware metronoms available.

    INFO: You can find midis for these exercises on http://www.blueslessons.net !

    Exercise I: Pentatonic-Phrasing

    For this lesson we´re using the notes of the first two patterns of the
    A-Minor pentatonic scale. Start slow and adjust your metronome to a
    slow bpm.

    Take a 12-Bar-Blues in A as suggestion and create your own licks.
    Start with 2 notes, take a pause and start to develop a feeling for
    the playing.

    Suggestion: Play this exercise with single notes! See how much feeling
    you can express with just a single note. You´ll be surprised!

    Here are the notes of the first two patterns of the A-minor pentatonic
    scale. Take these notes to play your licks!

    
    Fret     5.    6.    7.    8.    9.   10.
        e |--o--|-----|-----|--o--|-----|--o--|
        B |--o--|-----|-----|--o--|-----|--o--|
        G |--o--|-----|--o--|-----|--o--|-----|
        D |--o--|-----|--o--|-----|-----|--o--|
        A |--o--|-----|--o--|-----|-----|--o--|
        E |--o--|-----|-----|--o--|-----|--o--|
    
    

    Pentatonic-Phrasing: Listen to the midi or take a look at the GuitarPro
    file first.

    
        2-notes example                                                                     
    E||----------------------|------8--5----------|--8b-5----------------|
    B||----------------8-----|--------------------|------------5---------|
    G||-----5-------------5--|--------------------|----------------------|
    D||--7-------------------|--------------------|---------------7------|
    A||----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
    E||----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
    
    
                             3-notes example                                              
    ----------------------|--8b-5--8b--------------|-------------------8b-|
    ----------------------|---------------8b-5-----|----------------------|
    ------7--5---------5--|---------------------7--|------7--5------------|
    ----------------7-----|------------------------|------------7---------|
    ----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
    ----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
    
    
                                                                               
    --8b-8--8b--------------|-------------------------|--8b-5------------------|
    ------------------------|------10--8-------10--8--|--------8---------------|
    ------------------5--7--|-------------9-----------|---------------7b-7b-5--|
    ---------------7--------|-------------------------|------------------------|
    ------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
    ------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
    
    
    2-notes example                                                                           
    ----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
    -----------------5----|---------------------|---------------------||
    ------------7---------|----------------7b---|--7b---5-------------||
    --7--5----------------|--7----5-------------|---------------------||
    ----------------------|---------------------|------------7--------||
    ----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
    
    

    Exercise II: Arpeggio-Phrasing

    Standard Arpeggios:

    
         A-Minor-Arpeggio     D-Major-Arpeggio        E-Major-Arpeggio                                                   
    E||-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------------------0--|
    B||--------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----|-----------------0--------|
    G||-----2-----------2--|-----2-----------2--|-----------1--------0-----|
    D||--------------------|--0-----------------|-----2--------2-----------|
    A||--0-----------------|--------------------|--------2-----------------|
    E||--------------------|--------------------|--0-----------------------|
    
    

    Arpeggio Phrasing Exercise:

    Let single out when you play the arpeggio and give the other notes
    room to ring. Take these exercise just as an example and create your
    own phrasings! You can take the midi as backing track or use a
    metronom for your exercise.

    Note: there´s no rest/pause tab symbol. So I used the % symbol where
    I skipped a note, just take a one or two seconds rest between the
    notes where the % symbol is.

    
      Am                  D                  Am                  Am                
    ----------0--------|-----------2------|-----------%-------|----------%--------|
    --------%----1-----|--------3---------|--------1----1-----|--------1----1-----|
    -----2----------2--|----2---------2---|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2--|
    -------------------|-%----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
    --0----------------|------------------|--0----------------|--0----------------|
    -------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
    
    
      D                  D                  Am                 Am                
    -----------&------|-----------%------|----------0--------|-----------0-------|
    --------&----3----|--------%----3----|-------1-----%-----|--------%----1-----|
    -----2----------2-|-----2----------2-|----2-----------%--|-----2----------2--|
    --0---------------|--0---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
    ------------------|------------------|--0----------------|--0----------------|
    ------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
    
    
      E                        D                   Am                        
    ---------------------0-|-----------%-------|-----------0-------|------||
    ---------------0-------|--------3-----3----|--------%-----1----|------||
    ---------%--------0----|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2-|------||
    ----2-------%----------|--0----------------|-------------------|------||
    -------2---------------|-------------------|--0----------------|------||
    -0---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------||
    
    

    Exercise III:

    Play a riff in one bar and let the bass or rhythm guitar play the
    next bar. Then play a lick again, pause one bar etc.

    
       Bass/         Your Lick            Bass/        Your Lick            Bass/
    Rhythm Guitar                      Rhythm Guitar                     Rhythm Guitar
    e||------|--------------------------|------|--------------------------|------||
    B||------|--8b-5-----8--5-----------|------|--------------------------|------||
    G||------|--------7b-------7--5-----|------|-----5--7r-7b-5-----------|------||
    D||------|-----------------------7--|------|--7--------------7--5--7--|------||
    A||------|--------------------------|------|--------------------------|------||
    E||------|--------------------------|------|--------------------------|------||
    
    

    For more exercises and GuitarPro files for this lesson visit:
    http://www.blueslessons.net

    From the 12-Bar-Blues, the Shuffle Rythm and the Blues Turnarounds to
    the Blues and Pentatonic Scale, to Lead Guitar techniques, Slide guitar
    lessons and more. For each Lesson there are images or GuitarPro files
    and midis to listen to. Each lesson can be downloaded as textfile.
    PLUS: mp3 Blues Backing Tracks/Jam Tracks and Ebooks!

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      I’m going to check the site of course, but can I ask, does anyone have any links to something exactly like this, but for the bass? thanks, blackdiamond13

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