blues scale guitar | Open G Tuning https://opengtuning.co.uk open g tuning for guitar Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 How to Play the Pentatonic Scale in Open G Tuning: Micro Blues Guitar Lesson https://opengtuning.co.uk/how-to-play-the-pentatonic-scale-in-open-g-tuning-micro-blues-guitar-lesson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-play-the-pentatonic-scale-in-open-g-tuning-micro-blues-guitar-lesson Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:43 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/how-to-play-the-pentatonic-scale-in-open-g-tuning-micro-blues-guitar-lesson/ Here’s how to play the minor pentatonic scale in open G tuning. I’ll walk through the scale in and show you 2 different ways to play it. This scale is used a lot in Mississippi blues styles. Try playing these notes and see what you can come up with. They all sound good! Other Videos […]

The post How to Play the Pentatonic Scale in Open G Tuning: Micro Blues Guitar Lesson first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Here’s how to play the minor pentatonic scale in open G tuning. I’ll walk through the scale in and show you 2 different ways to play it. This scale is used a lot in Mississippi blues styles. Try playing these notes and see what you can come up with. They all sound good!

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How to get into open G tuning and how to play a basic 12 bar blues https://youtu.be/OiXplrZKE6o?si=b_jYa…

A Cool Blues Riff in open G without using a slide https://youtu.be/fvfpWU3055E

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The post How to Play the Pentatonic Scale in Open G Tuning: Micro Blues Guitar Lesson first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Blues Guitar Improvisation: Essential Licks & Techniques! https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-improvisation-essential-licks-techniques/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blues-guitar-improvisation-essential-licks-techniques Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:07:15 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-improvisation-essential-licks-techniques/ Want to improvise blues solos like a pro? In this lesson, I’ll show you a powerful device to add soulful licks to your guitar playing. We’ll use the A minor pentatonic & blues scale to build phrases that sound pro, even if you’re just starting out with improvisation. What You’ll Learn: β¦Ώ Essential blues licks […]

The post Blues Guitar Improvisation: Essential Licks & Techniques! first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Want to improvise blues solos like a pro? In this lesson, I’ll show you a powerful device to add soulful licks to your guitar playing. We’ll use the A minor pentatonic & blues scale to build phrases that sound pro, even if you’re just starting out with improvisation.

What You’ll Learn:
β¦Ώ Essential blues licks to build your soloing vocabulary
β¦Ώ The extended A minor pentatonic scale & how to use it
β¦Ώ How to add bluesy chromatic notes for extra soul
β¦Ώ How to incorporate these ideas into real solos

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0:00 – Intro: How to Improvise Blues Guitar
1:00 – The A Minor Pentatonic & Blues Scale
2:01 – Learning the Extended A Minor Pentatonic
3:40 – Adding the Blues Note (Flat 5)
5:06 – Essential Blues Lick Breakdown
6:20 – Practicing the Lick in Different Octaves
7:45 – Using This Lick in Your Improvisation
8:41 – Combining New Licks with Your Own Style
9:15 – Final Tips for Improvising Guitar Solos
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The post Blues Guitar Improvisation: Essential Licks & Techniques! first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> A minor Blues guitar licks + SLIDE πŸ”₯ 🎸 https://opengtuning.co.uk/a-minor-blues-guitar-licks-slide-%f0%9f%94%a5-%f0%9f%8e%b8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-minor-blues-guitar-licks-slide-%25f0%259f%2594%25a5-%25f0%259f%258e%25b8 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:00:27 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/a-minor-blues-guitar-licks-slide-%f0%9f%94%a5-%f0%9f%8e%b8/ A minor Blues guitar licks + slide guitar = this week’s Wednesday Warm-up πŸ”₯ Backing track β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PrK0Wdkfc β–Ά TAB for all these Blues guitar licks on Patreon.com/QuistJam β–Ά Check out some Blues guitar lessons β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8AX2q-xeS0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88aotIK0obtYkpxgAiMe8Qw More Blues licks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_ElM1Fec8xfbpAzAsmtzZu Practice on some A minor jam tracks β†’ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88fObvvbdtHwozDPyZx-uG8&si=O28qTasntInnFEgs HAPPY JAMMING!

The post A minor Blues guitar licks + SLIDE πŸ”₯ 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> A minor Blues guitar licks + slide guitar = this week’s Wednesday Warm-up πŸ”₯ Backing track β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PrK0Wdkfc β–Ά TAB for all these Blues guitar licks on Patreon.com/QuistJam β–Ά Check out some Blues guitar lessons β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8AX2q-xeS0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88aotIK0obtYkpxgAiMe8Qw More Blues licks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_ElM1Fec8xfbpAzAsmtzZu Practice on some A minor jam tracks β†’ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88fObvvbdtHwozDPyZx-uG8&si=O28qTasntInnFEgs HAPPY JAMMING!

The post A minor Blues guitar licks + SLIDE πŸ”₯ 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Clean tone Blues guitar licks – B minor πŸ”₯ https://opengtuning.co.uk/clean-tone-blues-guitar-licks-b-minor-%f0%9f%94%a5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clean-tone-blues-guitar-licks-b-minor-%25f0%259f%2594%25a5 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:27 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/clean-tone-blues-guitar-licks-b-minor-%f0%9f%94%a5/ Clean tone Blues guitar licks in B minor = this week’s Wednesday Warm-up πŸ”₯ Backing track β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMNe3IgWiAo It’s also free to download on Into The Blues, Vol. 10 β–Ά TAB for all these clean tone Blues guitar licks on Patreon.com/QuistJam β–Ά Check out some Blues guitar lessons β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8AX2q-xeS0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88aotIK0obtYkpxgAiMe8Qw More Blues licks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_ElM1Fec8xfbpAzAsmtzZu […]

The post Clean tone Blues guitar licks – B minor πŸ”₯ first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Clean tone Blues guitar licks in B minor = this week’s Wednesday Warm-up πŸ”₯ Backing track β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMNe3IgWiAo It’s also free to download on Into The Blues, Vol. 10 β–Ά TAB for all these clean tone Blues guitar licks on Patreon.com/QuistJam β–Ά Check out some Blues guitar lessons β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8AX2q-xeS0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88aotIK0obtYkpxgAiMe8Qw More Blues licks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_ElM1Fec8xfbpAzAsmtzZu Practice on some B minor jam tracks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyI1WkOMXto&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_peV4jg5AAGbPVb9HRA4hV HAPPY JAMMING!

The post Clean tone Blues guitar licks – B minor πŸ”₯ first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Blues Guitar Lick Lesson – Sequence Of 4s With Pull-offs and Hammer-ons Over Triplets https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-lick-lesson-sequence-of-4s-with-pull-offs-and-hammer-ons-over-triplets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blues-guitar-lick-lesson-sequence-of-4s-with-pull-offs-and-hammer-ons-over-triplets Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:00:34 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-lick-lesson-sequence-of-4s-with-pull-offs-and-hammer-ons-over-triplets/ This lesson may not be all that good for a beginner, but if you’ve got your box 1 blues/pentatonic scale under your fingers and you’ve played some licks, you should be good to go… The lick itself will look like it’s not that long, but in order to play it well, and be able to […]

The post Blues Guitar Lick Lesson – Sequence Of 4s With Pull-offs and Hammer-ons Over Triplets first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> This lesson may not be all that good for a beginner, but if you’ve got your box 1 blues/pentatonic scale under your fingers and you’ve played some licks, you should be good to go…

The lick itself will look like it’s not that long, but in order to play it well, and be able to speak with it in your own vocabulary, you’ll need to understand the pattern and sequencing that goes on behind the notes..

That’s what this lick lesson is really all about.

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The post Blues Guitar Lick Lesson – Sequence Of 4s With Pull-offs and Hammer-ons Over Triplets first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> [50SBLBTB] Box 1 Slow Blues Lick – Blues Guitar Lesson https://opengtuning.co.uk/50sblbtb-box-1-slow-blues-lick-blues-guitar-lesson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=50sblbtb-box-1-slow-blues-lick-blues-guitar-lesson Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:00:49 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/50sblbtb-box-1-slow-blues-lick-blues-guitar-lesson/ This is the first of a series of 5 lessons with classic blues licks as they relate to the 5 pentatonic/blues boxes instead of “who’s” lick they are. This is in celebration of my new 50 Slow Blues Licks By The Box course, which is on special for its release and more info can be […]

The post [50SBLBTB] Box 1 Slow Blues Lick – Blues Guitar Lesson first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> This is the first of a series of 5 lessons with classic blues licks as they relate to the 5 pentatonic/blues boxes instead of “who’s” lick they are.

This is in celebration of my new 50 Slow Blues Licks By The Box course, which is on special for its release and more info can be found here:

https://gobgu.com/50sblbtbyt

Downloads are here: https://bluesguitarunleashed.com/blues-lick-box-1-1/

The post [50SBLBTB] Box 1 Slow Blues Lick – Blues Guitar Lesson first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> G Major Blues Guitar Licks 🎸 https://opengtuning.co.uk/g-major-blues-guitar-licks-%f0%9f%8e%b8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=g-major-blues-guitar-licks-%25f0%259f%258e%25b8 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:16:15 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/g-major-blues-guitar-licks-%f0%9f%8e%b8/ G major Blues guitar licks = this week’s Wednesday warm-up πŸ”₯ 🎸 TAB β†’ https://bit.ly/3K5ZA7k Backing track β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaulkL-WkCc Download this Blues backing track free β†’ https://bit.ly/IntoTheBlues5 🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY! β–Ά More jam tracks in G β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RyBQE3g74&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO89VQOKCIUj4gHNYQHDNMqxj More Blues licks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMt3M_d1EX0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_ElM1Fec8xfbpAzAsmtzZu Check out some […]

The post G Major Blues Guitar Licks 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> G major Blues guitar licks = this week’s Wednesday warm-up πŸ”₯ 🎸
TAB β†’ https://bit.ly/3K5ZA7k Backing track β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaulkL-WkCc
Download this Blues backing track free β†’ https://bit.ly/IntoTheBlues5
🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY!

β–Ά More jam tracks in G β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RyBQE3g74&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO89VQOKCIUj4gHNYQHDNMqxj

More Blues licks β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMt3M_d1EX0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO8_ElM1Fec8xfbpAzAsmtzZu

Check out some Blues guitar lessons β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8AX2q-xeS0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO88aotIK0obtYkpxgAiMe8Qw

β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF β†’ https://quistorama.com/practice-tips

Quist

The post G Major Blues Guitar Licks 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Blues guitar licks MIXING scales (A) 🎸 https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-licks-mixing-scales-a-%f0%9f%8e%b8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blues-guitar-licks-mixing-scales-a-%25f0%259f%258e%25b8 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:16:07 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-licks-mixing-scales-a-%f0%9f%8e%b8/ Blues guitar licks in A – MIXING Blues scales πŸ”₯ 🎸 β–Ά TAB + backing track β†’ http://bit.ly/3ud3sMh More Blues licks β†’ https://bit.ly/3hxPWL4 🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY! β–Ά Practice on some jam tracks in A β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYvtflXKOc0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO881rrICGKCXG_IWQ9DnHmHT β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF β†’ https://quistorama.com/practice-tips //////////////////////// […]

The post Blues guitar licks MIXING scales (A) 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Blues guitar licks in A – MIXING Blues scales πŸ”₯ 🎸
β–Ά TAB + backing track β†’ http://bit.ly/3ud3sMh More Blues licks β†’ https://bit.ly/3hxPWL4
🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY!

β–Ά Practice on some jam tracks in A β†’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYvtflXKOc0&list=PLVVk2nQ5iO881rrICGKCXG_IWQ9DnHmHT

β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF β†’ https://quistorama.com/practice-tips

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β–Ά Warm-ups on youtube β†’ http://bit.ly/wednesdaywarmups

Thanks for the support.

HAPPY JAMMING!

Quist
http://www.quistorama.com

The post Blues guitar licks MIXING scales (A) 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Fun FAST Blues guitar licks – surprisingly easy πŸ”₯ 🎸 https://opengtuning.co.uk/fun-fast-blues-guitar-licks-surprisingly-easy-%f0%9f%94%a5-%f0%9f%8e%b8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fun-fast-blues-guitar-licks-surprisingly-easy-%25f0%259f%2594%25a5-%25f0%259f%258e%25b8 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:16:46 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/fun-fast-blues-guitar-licks-surprisingly-easy-%f0%9f%94%a5-%f0%9f%8e%b8/ Fun fast Blues guitar licks in B minor that are surprisingly easy πŸ”₯ 🎸 β–Ά TAB + backing track β†’ https://bit.ly/3gsAHI6 More Blues licks β†’ https://bit.ly/3hxPWL4 🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY! β–Ά Practice on some B minor jam tracks β†’ https://bit.ly/3JIpygh β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF […]

The post Fun FAST Blues guitar licks – surprisingly easy πŸ”₯ 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Fun fast Blues guitar licks in B minor that are surprisingly easy πŸ”₯ 🎸
β–Ά TAB + backing track β†’ https://bit.ly/3gsAHI6 More Blues licks β†’ https://bit.ly/3hxPWL4
🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY!

β–Ά Practice on some B minor jam tracks β†’ https://bit.ly/3JIpygh

β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF β†’ https://quistorama.com/practice-tips

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β–Ά Warm-ups on youtube β†’ http://bit.ly/wednesdaywarmups

Thanks for the support.

HAPPY JAMMING!

Quist
http://www.quistorama.com

The post Fun FAST Blues guitar licks – surprisingly easy πŸ”₯ 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Blues guitar licks + DIMINISHED SCALE 🎸 https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-licks-diminished-scale-%f0%9f%8e%b8-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blues-guitar-licks-diminished-scale-%25f0%259f%258e%25b8-2 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:16:51 +0000 https://opengtuning.co.uk/blues-guitar-licks-diminished-scale-%f0%9f%8e%b8-2/ Blues guitar licks using dominant diminished scale = this week’s Wednesday Warm-up πŸ”₯ β–Ά TAB + backing track β†’ https://bit.ly/3M5Bdai More Blues licks β†’ https://bit.ly/3hxPWL4 🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY! β–Ά Jam tracks in G you can practice on β†’ https://bit.ly/3R7TLca β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF […]

The post Blues guitar licks + DIMINISHED SCALE 🎸 first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]> Blues guitar licks using dominant diminished scale = this week’s Wednesday Warm-up πŸ”₯
β–Ά TAB + backing track β†’ https://bit.ly/3M5Bdai More Blues licks β†’ https://bit.ly/3hxPWL4
🎼 Full library of tabs, scale maps + lessons β†’ http://www.patreon.com/QuistJam ENJOY!

β–Ά Jam tracks in G you can practice on β†’ https://bit.ly/3R7TLca

β–Ά Download my free Practice Tips PDF β†’ https://quistorama.com/practice-tips

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β–Ά Warm-ups on youtube β†’ http://bit.ly/wednesdaywarmups

Thanks for the support.

HAPPY JAMMING!

Quist
http://www.quistorama.com

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