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Lesson 2/53 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Blues Lead Guitar Technique

Higher Up

Here is another fingering for the Blues scale, this time the higher version of the E form in the 12th position.

E Blues Scale - E Form (12th position)

Try the following example which ascends the E form in the 12th position.

Here is an exercise to gain control of hammer-ons and pull-offs when using the b5, in this case Bb.

The next lick involves the use of double stops (two notes played together). This may take some time to master, but as you can hear on the recording, it is a full colorful sound. The technique requites the use of both pick and fingers of the right hand, or thumb and fingers. You may have heard Buddy Guy play this type of lick.

Use pick on lower note and finger on higher note.

Here is a variation to give you more practice at this type of lick.

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1- Developing a Theme 2- Moving Licks 3- Grace Notes 4- Set Rhythms 5- More Set Rhythms 6- Two Bar Rhythms 7- Ties 8- Across the Bar 9- Triplets 10- Triplet Set Rhythms 11- Sliding Scales 12- Major Pentatonic - Other Forms 13- Chords and Arpeggios 14- Major Pentatonic Scales 15- LESSON TWENTY TWO 16- 12 Bar Arpeggio Riff 17- Arpeggio Solo 18- Sixteenth Notes 19- Set Rhythms With Sixteenths 20- The C Form 21- INTRODUCTION 22- Slow Blues Solo 23- Tremolo 24- The Blues Scale 25- Blues Licks 26- Blues Solo 27- Higher Up 28- The Trill 29- The D Form 30- LESSON THIRTY ONE 31- The Rake 32- Twelve-Eight Time 33- The A Form 34- LESSON THIRTY THREE 35- The G Form 36- Combining Major and Minor 37- Rhythm Notation 38- Common Picking Directions 39- Adding the Minor Third 40- Summary of Scales 41- Chords 42- A New Solo 43- Note Values 44- G Form Solo 45- A Form Solo 46- C Form Solo 47- Diagrams 48- Arpeggios 49- Dotted Notes 50- Combining Forms 51- Tablature 52- The Shuffle 53- Tablature Symbols

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E Blues Scale - E Form (12th position)

Use pick on lower note and finger on higher note.

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