Truefire - 50 Hard Bop Blues Licks You Must Know [repost]

Besides being phenom guitar players in their respective styles, what do Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, Larry Coryell, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, and Steve Lukather all have in common? They all credit Wes Montgomery as one of their biggest influences. Truth is that EVERYBODY, regardless of their preferred style, has been influenced by Wes in one significant way or another. Tom Wolfe takes you directly to the source of this inspiration with this collection of 50 Hard Bop Blues Licks You MUST Know.

Wes Montgomery is most widely known for the music he made during the 60‘s and for his signature approach for improvisations, which usually began with single note passages, then an octave solo section, finally culminating with a highly-charged chordal solo. Wes’ seminal approach changed the landscape for ALL guitarists for ALL time. In this collection, Tom presents an extremely versatile vocabulary that not only celebrates Wes’ contributions but also captures the stylings of the blues and jazz guitarists that he influenced.

Not only will Tom expand your vocabulary, he will also reveal all of the underlying harmonic approaches and techniques being applied: Major and minor blues scales, pentatonic applications, applications for both the flatted and major 3rd, triplet ornamentations, articulation, use of ghost notes, alternate fingerings, encapsulation, bending, chromatic passing tones,? ii-V lines, 6th intervals, octaves (of course!), hemiola (the 3 against 4 feeling in a 4/4 time signature), tension and resolution, color tones, pedal points, side-stepping, diminished voicings, rhythmic intensity, syncopation, chordal soloing techniques and so much more.

All of the licks are presented over a rhythm track so that you can hear and practice them in a musical context. Each performance is then followed by a detailed breakdown of the line along with the techniques and harmonic approach being employed to perform it. Everything is tabbed and notated, plus you get all of the rhythm tracks to practice the lines with by yourself.

Grab your guitar and buckle up for this guided whirlwind tour back to the source of Hard Bop Blues!

Table of Contents:
52 Total Video Lessons

50 Hard Bop Blues Licks
Major 3rd Blues
Rhythmic Major 3rd Blues
Ornamentation Blues Lick
Quarter-Note Blues
Blue Six
Blue Seven
Blue Seven: Take 2
Blue Tones Resolution
Snappy Blues Lick
Lazy Articulation
Major Pentatonic Blues
Arpeggio Ornamentation
Minor Blues
Alternate Fingerings
Encapsulation
Blues Triplets
Just A Nice Blues Lick
Arp Trips
Straight Ahead Blues
Hip Blues Triplets
Blues Bend
Total Blues Immersion
Lower Neighbors
Extended Encapsulation
Two Five Passing
Bluesy Two Five
A Notey Lick
Octaves ala Wes
Simple Octave Blues
Flat Seven Octaves
Blues Hemiola
Blues Slide
The Blues Four
A Blues Rhyme
Octave Major Seven
Rhythmic Drive
Rhythmic Overkill
Solo Comping
Pedal Point Comping
Simple Chord Solo
Side-Stepping
Flexible Diminished
Melodic Chord Lick
Two Five Chord Lick
The Challenge
The Other Blues
Parker Too
Parker Middle Four
Chromatic Two Five
Harmonized Arp
50 Hard Bop Blues Licks