Backbeat Blues Lesson

Javier Aviles

Backbeat Blues

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- nikeman643rd April 2016
  AWESOME !!
- Javier Aviles2nd March 2016
  Thanks Darius
- Darius Wave2nd March 2016
  Groovey as hell and THAT strat tone! All fits sooo well. Great playing Javier!
- Javier Aviles25th July 2015
  Thanks sieg666! I agree with you.
- sieg66624th July 2015
  How to make the blues rock. Sounds great.
- Javier Aviles22nd July 2015
  Thanks Kristofer! Fender is good to make this kind of rhythms.
- Kristofer Dahl21st July 2015
  Awesome rhythms over a lovely groove!
- Javier Aviles14th July 2015
  Thanks my friends
- Monica Gheorghevici13th July 2015
  Very cool lesson
- Hajduk13th July 2015
  Great Lesson Javier
- Procyon12th July 2015
  Excellent! Great tone and very catchy rhythm. Me gusta mucho!

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- Tags: Backbeat, Blues, Blues rhythm, Upbeat, Scott McKeon, G pentatonic minor, G blues, G mixolydian, Dynamics, Picking, Percussive picking, Hybrid picking, Groove, Rhythm, Double stops, Power chords
Hey GMC!

I use a backbeat rhythm for this exercise of Modern Blues. Also, I use an aggressive form to play with the pick, so I get a more incisive, almost percussive sound. Sounds like the style of a guitarist that I really like: Scott McKeon.

Music Style:
Modern Blues

Tonality & Scales:
G
G pentatonic minor

Techniques:
backbeat, percussive picking, hybrid picking

Sound:
I used a Fender Vintage Strat with overdrive.

Tuning:
Standard Tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E

Tempo & Beat:
100bpm (Slows 50bpm)
4/4

Chord Progression:
```
 
|G5 F5G5| G5 Bb5 | x2
|  C5   | D5 CBb | 
|G5 F5G5| G5  F5 | 
  
|G5 F5G5| G5 Bb5 | x2
|  C5   | D5 CBb | 
|G5 F5G5| G5  F5 |      

|       |        |
|G5 F5G5| G5 F5G5|
|  G5   |    
```

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