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thanks! i think that i begin to understand this...so it's more a question of "voicing" than substitution? or this concept would be wrong? Another example that showed me (of course i don't understand) is instead of playing the typical turnaround (playing in A) he plays the third instead the...

Hi, my teacher has showed me some things about chord substitution in order to apply this stuff in a blues progression, but i don't understand some parts about this. If we are in A, my teacher in the turnaround instead of E7/DMaj7/A7/A7, he plays G#m7(b5)/F#m7/A7/A7. I think that i understand the fir...

Hi, recently i've been trying to get that "sweet" endings that Eric does for example in the version of "Clapton and Friends" in the song Wonderful Tonight. I am refering to the last lick, that I think he usually does in major songs, but I don't know for sure. Does anybody know wh...

Well, a lot of thanks to all of you, it's been a long time since last time I posted here, but i've been practicing, carefully, all the things that you said me. Here are my conclusions: Weelie: with your explanation I realized that there are more matches than I thought at the beginning. In this last ...

Hi! in my opinion you should work on the timing and the rhythm of the song, in some moments i felt "loosed". Too, a good thing i think that would be to low down the gain so the notes will sound more clearly!

i've made a first "investigation" and there's a lot of blues in this album! Can't Hold Out Much Longer will be like a thunder! i think that will be a great great great album

Eric Clapton's new 14-track studio album, "Clapton," will be released Monday 27 September in the U.K. and the following day in the United States. It is made up of a mix of new material and covers. Several songs, like "Rocking Chair" and "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful...

I went with a friend to this 14 february concert and was awesome!! it was the first clapton concert, and i enjoyed every minute! lots of good blues stuff. The highlights of the night, in my opinion, were i shot the sheriff (in some moments blowed my mind) and beck's instrumental nessun dorma. A good...

thanks all of you!! this is by far the best blues site on the net! VikingBlues, this words you've said are very important to me!! they makes me happy and put more dedication in order to increase my skills on blues guitar!! sincerely, thanks!!!! Strummer, actually i live in Barcelona and i don't know...

thanks weelie, i think would be a good idea to make a fusion between us 'cause i know to play them but i'm not knowing how to create them :rofl: . I hope that someone can help us. By the way, i've seen good information in your turnaround post that tells a little about the theory (thanks to cruisemat...

Hello everyone! it's my second post and i would like to know more about turnarounds. I know a few of them and I know more or less what they are, but i can't find a little more about this. I would like to know the "theory", and how are they build and all this things, and more important, how...

weelie, i've been out a few days, sorry!! I haven't got any particular backing, but i think that to learn major pentatonic will be a sure method to get comfortable with this scale. I believe that the major problem is that i've been always playing with minor pentatonic and minor natural, and now it's...

Well, i write my first post talking about major scale. The first scale I learned was the pentatonic, in first position (tipical) and them i moved around the neck and i learned all the fretboard, i added some sweet notes, and other notes. So, with the pentatonic i haven't got any problem. But with th...

Hi folks, i'm a spanish boy (excuse me for my poor english). I'm 19 years old, and i play everyday the blues with my mex strat 50's (in red) through my VOX AD30VT. And sometimes I add my CryBaby GCB-95 :D. I don't know if there is here another spanish, but i have not seen anyone. Here in Spain the b...