Why B.B never plays in first position #bbking #guitar #blues #guitarlesson #bluessolo #guitarist
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Originally posted by UCkTVBy9z_5M-lXwA7yXFwLw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ItWvc0JDg
Worst concert I ever saw was BB. I bought tickets for me and my brother while I was deployed overseas. We drove 4 hours to the House of Blues only for my brother not to get in cause he wasn’t 21 besides it being nowhere on the ticket. I gave his ticket away and when I attended it was BB with Black Eyed Peas.
What's amazing is the fact that he's aware of what he's doing. No "I'm self-taught, I don't know what I'm doing" crap, unlike George Lynch saying he doesn't know anything about theory and the tools he used, but shortly after that (maybe he forgot he was being recorded), he begins to talk about #4, b5 in his riffs and the use of harmonic minor. That's alright to not know the name of what you use, as long as you know how to use it. But some people believe it's awesome to know nothing about music but still, being able to play or compose, so you earn a "natural genius" status. I don't see humility in that kind of attitude, on the contrary.
He admitted that he couldn’t play rhythm guitar and sing at the same time. He hired other guys to play rhythm.
I play thousands of notes all over the place and think it sounds really cool, then BB does one note and I suddenly know my place.
Now, if you want another puzzle box to figure out, try not doing what BB said, and play licks only on the first 5 frets. That limits your control of the notes, yes, but it forces you to think only about what notes your fingers are going to, and less about what bends or hammer ons/pull offs you are doing.
See: The bridge to the Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down," and also "Manic Deppression"'s main riff (Jimi Hendrix).
so damn overestimated
Actually the first five frets is a hard place to make bends and vibratos. Specially in a Gibson, which got a slanted neck.
Actually the first five frets is a hard place to make bends and vibratos. Specially in a Gibson, which got a slanted neck.
he doesn't play there cuz he can't. he's a bit overrated, imo.
So simple yet so effective. Its good to go back to the basics once in a while.
B.B's def got the softest looking hands I've seen this week
I loved this man
This Man invented "bending!!"….. Period!
He was so incredibly competent as a musician. What an eternal legend. ❤
Ehm, huh?
His touch on a guitar is like witnessing legitimate
Magic, it's so refined and natural, so smooth
and eloquent , one of the many reasons B.B.
King is such a legend …
Hes got one of the most recognizable vibrato. But he should do more bend then hold vibrato without pulling off
Yeah, bending/vibrato at the first fret is generally not practical. Plus, 335's are long-necked guitars…short scale but the design makes the neck feel longer than a strat or tele. That's probably another reason why he stayed in the upper frets.
If I stayed* not would stay.
I PLAY 3rd POSITION