Moving Between Forms
The lick in this lesson move freely between all of the five forms, often employing slides to move from one to the next. Many of these licks work over different parts of the 12 bar Blues progression. They are all derived from the A minor pentatonic scale, so you can see how the forms all join up in the one key. As with previous licks, when you have learnt each one, try transposing it to several other keys. You should also experiment with the ideas pressented here to come up with your own licks. The first one moves between the E and D forms and works over the first two bars of a 12 bar blues progression.
This one moves between the D, C and A forms and works over bars 3 to 6 of the 12 bar progression.
This one moves between the A and G forms and works over bars 7 and 8 of the 12 bar progression. It could also be used over the first and second, or third and fourth bars of the progression.
This one moves between the G form and the E form and works over bars 9 to 12 of the 12 bar progression.
The previous four can be played in succession to form a 12 bar Blues solo. Listen to example 65 on the accompanying CD to hear the complete solo.
