"Rake and Shake !" Playin' the blues.

kingfreeze · Site Admin Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 301

If you don't already know it, start with the 1st blues position @ the top of the page. The blues scale is spelled 1-b3-4-b5-5-b7. Pay attention to the target notes, the circles. Where the circle falls on the neck, denotes the key your in. If the key was Bb, the circle would fall on the 6th fret, 6th string, if the key was G, the circle would fall on the 3rd fret, 6th string. Using scales and arpeggio's , are movable voicings.It is advised to have all the notes on the fretboard memorized to use target notes with efficientcy. This scale, has target notes on the 6th, 4th,and 1st strings. Most view it as the 6th or 1st string. It's easier. You can play this scale over a dominant blues (blues shuffle), or a minor blues. It does not include all the various techniques one would use to "spice it up, hot mama'. Shakin', rakin, bending, squeezing notes, and so forth. A lot of people are very ingenious as you know, and made huge careers out of this scale. But, they are very clever.

http://kingfreeze.guitarbrain.com/blues%20scale%20pg.%201.jpg

ship of fools · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject:

Hey Kingfreeze now thats what I'm talking about, will start tonite on it, thanks and happy new year everybody and let keep those hang overs to a minimum.louis

Matt · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject:

another wonderful contribution

thanks kingfreeze

Matt.

ship of fools · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

Hey Kingfreeze can I suggest that you include the frets on the diagram, it would make it a little easier to play up the scale instead of counting the frets,sorry its a little difficult on my wifes lap top. This progression works really well with Stevie Ray Vaughns, Its Flooding Down in Texas.

kingfreeze · Site Admin Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 301

yes, there are frets there, look closer.

ship of fools · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject:

Yep they are there just didnt notice the markers,I'll try to print out easier to mark it that way thanks bud.louis

kingfreeze · Site Admin Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 301

otay, I'm comin up to BC to spend the summer @ your house. It's getting too hot here, plus, I wanna party in Canada where I feel safe. A little over 2 years till the non-president is gone, and counting.

kingfreeze · Site Admin Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 301

Armed with my new found goaway process, I will revamp this forum soon.
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