Christopher Schlegel Update 10-09-2011

I’m covering a lot of stylistic ground lately!

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In this Soulful Rhythm & Blues tutorial I play & teach some classic R&B style rhythm parts & lead licks. This style is of course rooted strongly in the blues. The melodies are distinctly bluesy, combining major chord harmonies with minor scale notes for a bittersweet or melancholy sound. You can also hear the blues in the rhythmic and percussive nature of how the chords are played. There is also a bit of a funky approach in the use of syncopated, percussive and staccato rhythms.  There is also a little of the sophistication of jazz in the use of extended chord voicings and advanced progressions.

So, the primary characteristics of R&B guitar style are: blues melodies and funky, syncopated rhythms with jazzy chord voicings and progressions.

And then, for something completely different, I did a rock shred style arrangement of Pachelbel’s “Canon In D”!

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1308

Enjoy!