Mixing a few ethereal guitar chords with some synth pads and a laidback 100bpm tempo forms this backing track’s homage to 80s pop funk (albeit with a slight nod to Stevie Winwood). The chords are relatively standard for an Am 12 bar blues (Am7, Dm7 and Em7) except bars 3-4 feature F major to provide further chordal colour. For your soloing, try A minor pentatonic (A C D E G), A blues scale (A C D Eb E G) or A natural minor scale (A B C D E F G). Once you’ve jammed over it a few times, aim to next align your A natural minor notes with the chords. For example, try referencing F notes over the F and Dm7 chords and a B note over the Em7 chord. For your guitar tone, try either a SRV style clean neck singlecoil (Let’s Dance period) or a darker bridge humbucker overdrive reminiscent of LA session master, Mike Landau. Enjoy!
We’ve got together with World Guitars to bring you a unique Blues Rock weekend at the beautiful Stonehouse Court Hotel. Here’s Neville and Jason with an example of the kind of thing you could learn on the weekend.
We have got together with World Guitars to create a superb weekend of Blues Rock tuition at the Stonehouse Hotel just round the corner from the iconic shop. More details and booking information can be found here.
