Bar's 5 - 8, The KEY to Acoustic Blues Soloing!

In this video

I reveal the secret to authentic blues soloing: treating each chord change as a temporary key change. When we move to the A chord in bars 5-8, I'll show you how to shift to A-based scales rather than staying in E minor pentatonic throughout.

Disclaimer: I refer to the second half of the previous video however this refers to Lesson 1 of this module. The 2 previous lessons (2 and 3) are inserted as pre-lessons to help deepen your understanding of the following lessons.

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Key learning points:

• A Dorian mode applications with essential minor-to-major movement

• Hammer-on techniques compensating for acoustic guitar's limited sustain

• Double-stop execution in the A minor pentatonic position at 5th fret with coordinated pick patterns

• E9 chord voicings for smooth transitions back to E major

• Why "playing the changes" creates more sophisticated solos than single-scale approaches

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