Blues Guitar Solo Improvisations
Blues Fusion Solo
B Dorian Jam
The Many Styles Of Blues Guitar Solos
I decided to do a little "vanity" hub and show everyone the kinds of blues guitar playing I have been into for the past few years. That would be jazz blues as in bebop, jazz blues as in soul jazz as well as electrified classic shuffle blues, slow blues and funk blues.
Heck I'll even dabble in progressive jazz blues, I love it all. I've strived to be the jack of all trades, master of as much as I can. In these videos you can see all the different ways a guitarist might approach soloing over the different styles of blues.
Feel free to drop a line if you have questions about playing, technique etc. or if you just want to compare notes.
Keeping Blues Alive By Not Being Traditional is where I am coming from.
I believe teaching this style as well as others has helped me to incorporate many diverse elements into my playing.
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Rolling and Tumbling: Guitar Improvisation
- Hot Country Blues Guitar by Mark Fitchett - YouTube
Mark Fitchett performs hot rod, country blues riffage. Performing at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach
Country Danny Gatton Influenced Solo
On this tune Rolling and Tumbling with it's driving country rock feel, it gave me a great opportunity to test drive some double-stop licks ala Danny Gatton that I had been working on. Also you'll notice for the most part I'm following the chord changes with the major pentatonic and Mixolydian scale with some of that blues pentatonic thrown in to offset the sweeter major sound.
Bebop Jazz Blues Solo: Guitar Improvisation
- F Jazz Guitar Blues Mark Fitchett - YouTube
Jazz Blues in Redondo Beach Tony Alvarez on Bass and Joe Kennedy on Keyboards. - Canadian guitarist Mark Fitchett plays jazz blues on his Gibson 175 guitar - YouTube
Mark Fitchett playing a mellow F blues. Try that you shred heads! Just kidding. Tony Alvarez: Bass, Joe Kennedy: Keyboards - Soul Jazz Blues Guitar Solo by Mark Fitchett - YouTube
On the Jazz Side of Town.
Here I am definitely following the changes most of the time and trying to incorporate more of a Wes Montgomerey meets Joe Pass feel with plenty of chromatic passing tones and altered sounds. Of course there is plenty of blues scale there to let you know I haven't left the blues completely.
Rock Blues Solo: Guitar Improvisation
- Mark Fitchett Blues Demo of Kinal Strat custom guitar - YouTube
Mark Fitchett trying out new custom strat style guitar built by Mike Kinal Vancouver BC Canada. - Mark Fitchett Blues at the Crest - YouTube
On The Blues Rock Side of Town
More of a Roy Buchanen or Albert Collins vibe on the first one and too many influences to count on most of them. I "steal" harumph I mean borrow from the best.
Classic Electric Blues Solos: Guitar Improvisation
- Jamming Some Blues Guitar in Palos Verdes California - YouTube
Smokin' blues set featuring Donna Butler and the Mark Fitchett Blues Band. - Stormy Monday blues jazz guitar Mark Fitchett - YouTube
- Absolutely the Best and Most Amazing Blues Guitar Solos Ever, Unless...
...Unless you happen to listen to Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Roy Buchanen, BB Freddie and Albert King, Alber... - Mark Fitchett Blues Demo of Kinal Strat custom guitar - YouTube
Mark Fitchett trying out new custom strat style guitar built by Mike Kinal Vancouver BC Canada.
- Canadian Fusion Guitarist Mark Fitchett & Joe Kennedy Jazz Rock Guitar Piano - YouTube
- 24 bar Fusion Blues by Guitarist Mark Fitchett live at Alvas. - YouTube
Bottom Line solo. The Mark Fitchett Band at Alvas in San Pedro.
Blues Fusion
This is still in the basic blues formula but with a little more jazz rock influence. 24 bar blues form where you double everything.
Blues Education Links
- Learning To Play Blues Guitar From The Beginning
Learning blues guitar involves very few simple elements to create a classic blues sound and this article will put the aspiring blues guitarist on the right path. - Blues Rhythm Guitar Chord Fills Lesson
One of the most recognizable cool blues rhythm riffage sounds are the alternating minor triads superimposed over a dominant 7th chord.. This article demonstrates how to use these must know patterns. - The Techniques for Learning Improvisation
An overview of concepts applied to improvisation and composition. This article gives someone a better idea of some of the elments involved in learning how to approach this. - How to Memorize the Notes on the Guitar Neck
This article will show you the best method ever of how to efficiently learn and memorize the notes on a guitar neck in the shortest amount of time. - Learning To Play Jazz Guitar From The Beginning
How to approach learning beginning jazz guitar - Phrasing in Improvisation
An overview on concepts applied to improvisation and composition. - Blues Turnarounds For Guitarists
Details on how to play blues turanarounds on the guitar featuring 9 classic blues turnaround examples in tablature - How to Improvise One Note at a Time
guitarists learn how to solo or improvise using a single note - Bending the Strings in Blues Guitar
About the nuances of bending strings on the guitar
