Chords for Blues Guitar Lesson - #5 Expressive Ideas - Andy Timmons

[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, expanding from the basic minor pentatonic, the classic blue scale, which is basically the minor pentatonic adding one note to that, the note between the fourth and fifth, [Eb] _ _ [E] [Gm] considered the flatted fifth.
So, [D] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ classic sound you're all familiar [D] with.
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] And it's basically a [E] chromatic note between those.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ And it really is one of the most expressive components of playing the blues.
That note [D] _ _ and _ _ the way you treat that note has so much to do with _ _ really expressing that feeling and emotion.
So, _ _ [Eb] _ [A] [G] part _ _ _ of that, sometimes it's done through bending, sometimes it's done through sliding, but I do utilize it that way quite a bit.
So, if I play a phrase, _ _ _ [C] _ [A] I'd more [D] likely_
_ I'll _ use it as a very quick kind of passing note.
I _ _ [C] call [D] that a trill.
_ Even _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ more common is the way I slide into it.
Taking _ _
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_ _ [Am] that_
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ And there again, or bending, [A] like_
[D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ It's kind of effective to [G] go between the flatted fifth and natural fifth.
[Eb] _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ Making use of that open A string is [D] nice. _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And [E] everything that we talk about, I'm hoping you'll not only do it in your comfort areas, but also trying to use this home concept and branch out _ with each [Am] concept.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ Because another beautiful thing about the guitar is there's so many areas.
Again, to play the same note, but depending on what string you choose to play it on, it has a different vibe and a different feel.
It's really thick up here, [G] obviously.
_ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] But_ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] A little tinier and brighter on the top string, that might be what you want to get out at that particular moment.
So, let's incorporate some of the flatted fifth on the same A play along, okay? _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] [E] I don't know.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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