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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 08/09/05
Posts: 8,360
04/26/2022 3:37 pm
Originally Posted by: paulcavaliere

Taking your advice from the above, my current sessions include:

- using your major and minor scale patterns as a warmup

- learning whole songs including solos.

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Great plan. Hope you are enjoying it & making progress.

Originally Posted by: paulcavaliereOnce I get a nice repertoire under my fingers, I plan on taking your "E Blues Rhythm & Lead: Series" and "Bread and Butter Blues Licks" series and Improvising Series.[/quote]

These are the exact tutorials that will help you with the goal you mention next.

Originally Posted by: paulcavaliere

My longer term goal is to be able to play with another guitarist in a call and response scenario and/or use a looper to lay down layers when playing by myself.

My entire series of Blues Rhythm & Lead goes from beginner to intermediate level showing how to integrate rhythm & lead playing & switch between them. You can use them as complete guide to learning how to play rhythm for a fellow guitarist, or in a looper, then jump to lead when desired.

https://www.guitartricks.com/search.php?search=%22Blues+rhythm+%26+lead%22

Also these tutorials on building a complete blues arrangement can be helpful for that goal.

Building A Blues Arrangement 1

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2380

Building A Blues Arrangement 2

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2768

[quote=paulcavaliere]Also curious about CAGED.

Any suggestions for me?

[p]I have 2 separate tutorials covering CAGED from 2 different perspectives: rhythm & lead. They both cover visualizing the fretboard shapes of CAGED, but for different purposes. I encourage students to do the rhythm guitar tutorial first because that's solely focused on the movable chord shapes. The lead guitar tutorial builds on those concepts by learning to use the chord shapes as visual references for the scale degrees around the shapes to play melodies & licks.

CAGED For Rhythm Guitar

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2614

CAGED For Lead Guitar

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2619

[quote=paulcavaliere]Are there lessons on using a looper on GT?

Not to my knowledge. But it's pretty much a hands on skill. The learning curve is going to be contained in getting one & learning how to use that specific unit for the music you want to play.

Hope that helps!


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