How to jazz up your blues guitar solos with 2 simple concepts. This is perfect for anyone just getting into jazz phrasing, especially if your blues guitar solos are currently relying heavily on minor pentatonic licks and shapes. This video on how to jazz up your blues will give you some simple to apply concepts which will freshen up your playing.

A really common way to start incorporating jazz sounds into your blues guitar solos is by using Diminished chords. These chords help you move from one chord to the next and is something you hear a lot in modern day blues – think of Josh Smith, Matt Schofield. Even if the the standard 1-4-5 blues progression you’re playing over doesn’t have a diminished chord in it there’s nothing stopping you throwing one in and incorportaing a diminished arpeggio in your solo over the 4 chord.

Another really useful concept is 2-5-1. A common jazz chord progression that can be really effective in blues guitar playing. Instead of going up to the 5 chord, instead play a 2 minor, then the 5 chord and the back to the 1. So in the key A, you would play Bm7 (ii), E7 (v), A (i). And similar to diminshed, even if the chord progression doesn’t include a 2-5-1 you can still play it in your solos! Josh Smith is. a modern day master of this!

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