Peter. This bloke is the best. His lessons are easy to follow and the most fun to play. It is so inexpensive at $5.00 per month and you will improve quickly. If I can do it anybody can. Whats more he sounds like a Beatle, so he must be great. He is!
I’m amazed how simple you make this. I have learned so much by just playing over and over until I get the impression you give the blues. Thank you. I’m 65 years old. And now my son heard me and said dad. Was that you ? I said no that was Marc
Started my love for guitar playing late in life. A living room musician. My wife and kids enjoy what I do and I put this lick on for em with the backing track and my kids started to dance. Got a sub from me. Cheers from USA
Hey Marc! I’m 58 pushing 59 and been taking weekly lessons since last summer with the ultimate aim of being able to improvise Blues which I’ve found quite challenging until now. Your teaching method is perfect for someone like me. Been practising this daily for 2 weeks and it’s coming together nicely and can’t thank you enough for taking the time and effort to put this on RUclips. Thanks again Gary
Best compliment I can give is that I remembered and had to come back to this lick after some time. This is a full blown musical piece, that is easily digestible in 'licks', but is and sounds like a full musical solo. AND it's at a speed that isn't 250BPM and is playable by a relative beginner like me. It also has a lot of levels to it with touch, tone, bends, vibratos and nuanced timing, that creates a playable musical idea that sounds decent out of the gate and doesn't get old because of all the nuanced musicality that only adds to a great base. Thanks for a great sounding solo that I can actually play.
Holy cow; I've been flailing away on pentatonics and individual licks for months and this is the first instruction that put it together for me. This is the best video I've seen and I feel like I've had a breakthrough. Well done and thank you.
I have to agree - in the past few years I tried many online lessons, but these licks are really the best I've seen so far. At least for a beginner like me. Short, easy to learn, and easy to combine. Having lots of fun with these ! Thanks.
I like this approach. There are videos that give you individual licks but they are not in the context of a complete solo and it's not easy to make them fit together. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for sharing this! I like the fact that you don't fill up the first five minutes trying to explain what you're about to accomplish. Hands-on works for me! Thanks!
Dear Marc! I just came across your video while looking for some simple licks to play with a backing track in the key of C or Am. Your video and lesson were exactly what I was looking for as a beginning guitarist! Nice sounding licks that are easy to memorize. Thanks!
you should still be practicing those boring exercises though. they suck but that’s the way to truly understand what you’re doing. you can replicate people all day long but that doesn’t mean you know what you’re actually playing.
Marc Guitar This is what I have been looking for from my teacher and you tube and I wish you lived close. I started guitar because of a slight brain injury that I suffered when I was a police officer. Since playing my short term memory has got better and the way you break it down is the way I learn the best. If I was real picky I had to slow the video down to match what you were doing and tab it the way I was taught. Having said that I will subscribe to your channel and hit like I have only done this on 2 other channels. I would like to talk to the 86 people that disliked this to ask why I don't get it just stop the video and move on.
@@MarcGuitarVideos I could not afford $90 a month for one 1/2 hour lesson a week. Don't get me wrong my instructor is one hell of a player he can play every guitar from flat, lap, slide, and straight guitar. He was a studio musician in Nashville and he went on tour with people that are in the country hall of fame his last tour was with big and rich. If you get on you tube and search mike Mccracken BB kings in Nashville you will see him playing a black and white Tele. I hate the fact that we got to the point where I was about to start learning more about the blues but I just couldn't afford it in my budget. Having said that I learned more from you in this lesson than I have learned in hundreds of you tube videos. I have have been playing around with these licks and then I have been applying them on different parts of the fretboard to see where they work and where they don't work. So now I am going to pick another lesson you don't have to tell me but what state or country do you live.
Hi Wayne. I took lessons for a few years myself. I'll check out your teacher on RUclips. I'm glad you got a lot out of this lesson. Taking the example licks and then coming up with your own variations, is exactly the point of way I teach this way. I learn best from example and then put my own spin on stuff, so great to hear you are doing the same. As for where I live - well I'm in the UK, and if you imagine the map of England, well I'm about dead center on it.
@@MarcGuitarVideos I love watching Andertons and I want to visit that store it is on my bucket list. I was born in Germany on a military base my dad was in the Army and my mom is Germany. I left Germany in third grade and I don't have any idea about where I was born so I want to go see what it is like there don't ask me where because I can just get away with saying it and I sure as hell don't know how to spell it. Bod- Kouse- Nock that is breaking it down but it is all one word best I can do.lol. Just started On the next A minor to the third lick lot of my weakness is in that third lick so I am going to pull the metronome out and start slow. Keep making videos I will go to the E minor after I finish this other video. Thanks
Thanks for showing each lick separately, and slowly. This is the most helpful video I have seen yet. I'll look for more of your work on the blues.. Thanks.
Hi Billy, thanks for the kind comment. I try to make the kind of videos that I myself like to learn from, so that's why we have the example solo, so you can see the licks in context before I break them down. Thanks very much for leaving the comment.
Very good! I'm strarting to play the blues, and this guy and this lesson! For the first time ever I felt my own person connection with the style structure! Thank you so much! As simple as this may be, this was a life changing experience!
+Alberto Jacobs Thank you, thats very kind of you to say. I will try to keep them coming. For something similar try my shuffle licks video: ruclips.net/video/r_NhPnBuLnA/видео.html Same format, just uses dominant 7th licks instead of minor pentatonic. Its a touch more advanced, but the licks are still pretty quick and easy to learn.
I can spend a whole life perfecting this...there is a lot of subtle nuances here...vibratos, vocal emulation, quarters, halfs and whole tone bends, silence and notes, timing...and a different accent in the phrase changes everything.... slow blues is not so easy to play with feeling.....a great example how a "vocal blues solo" is building from licks. Great lesson. Thanks. Hugs from Brasil.
Hi Ronaldo - thank you for the very kind comment. Yes, the blues is all about feel and that only comes with time and experience. Very pleased you enjoyed the lesson
I found this channel by accident yesterday. This is great stuff. Nothing like it on YT in terms of learning improvisation. I’m probably intermediate playing by reading Tab but when it comes to improv I’m lost. This will be a big help. What a find!
Just got this by accident and had to watch it all!! Now I can even play some blues! Really appreciate the way you broke this down for those of us who seem to learn a little more slower than maybe some others. Great lesson.
Marc, I've watched a zillion RUclips and this is the best lick lesson yet - simple and easily learned. Thanks for not frying the fretboard and showing off with licks that are way too advanced for us. You da man.
Thank you for sharing this video. Your breakdown and demonstration of the licks has been massively helpful to me. I've learned to organize them and even freestyle a little without it sounding random. Glad I found your channel.
Again, what can I say "this is perfect for me in actual abilities wise and you make it sound and look great to ,there's great fun in these Marc, thank you
Hi Marc I just want to say thank you for the great tutorial videos that you do. I have watched countless tutorials and most have to show how flash they can be or waffle on about technical stuff that goes way over my head. You have these sessions bang on. Thanks again.
Hi Keith - thanks for the kind comment. Yes, thats exactly what I'm aiming for. I watch a lot of RUclips tutorials myself, and I know what works for me.
Thanks John! Yes, it's a great little lick. I use it (and variations on it) all the time. Thanks for the great comment. I think Lick 9 is actually my favorite. I love adding the 2nd (in this case B) when playing over the V chord (E7 in this case)
Marc, this is a really good lesson. Once I master this, I'll move to your intermediate minor blues lesson. Your way of demonstration is clear and easy - works really well for me. Hopefully, you'll have some more lessons coming soon. Thank you so much.
By far the best video on youtube showing a few cool blues licks. Started playing eletric guitar a few months ago and just found you. Your videos are really helping. Thank you very much!
This was the best explained lesson I’ve seen on RUclips ever! Most guys go too fast and I can’t tell what their fingers are doing and you show 3 to 4 notes at a time. I had this down in no time and I’m a beginner/novice player. However, you did throw me off on the last lick of the solo when you said bend down the D at the fifth and end with three hits on the A of the ninth fret when I know you meant the seventh. Even your tabs in the top right corner showed the A on the seventh fret. I actually stopped the video and counted your frets and then counted mine lol😜 it’s all good though I’m sure someone that’s a seasoned player like yourself get a little mixed up trying to slow down to beginner speeds😋🎸🤘 thanks brother great tutorial!!!
Just starting to learn some blues licks / riffs, and this lesson is excellent for a novice like me. Thanks for sharing, your teaching style is very easy to follow and understand.
Great lesson for beginning. Good explanation, tabs and a backing track. Learning minor pentatonic scale patterns can be boring. Add this lesson to make it fun and see how they work in real life.
This video and the backing track made me play blues that actually sounds blues for the first time! These licks are relatively easy and sound great! I also use these licks as basis for my improvisation. Many many thanks Marc!!!!
Thanks, this video gave me so much confidence on what i am doing with guitar, (sometimes we are our own worst critics..) and helped me expanding the variety of licks i play.
hello buddy, your way of playing the blues is extraordinary, I am Sami from Morocco, and I would like to learn the blues. thank you for being my teacher.
Mark, you’re a very good instructor. Fast enough to hear it and slow enough to understand it. It’s an art that not all instructors remember. Being a Beginner I really appreciate it very much. By the way, is there anywhere I can download (or buy) your Backup Track? I like it a lot…
Hi Roland - thanks for the kind comment. the backing track is streamable on RUclips but if you want the MP3 email me at marcellison75@gmail.com and I'll send you a drop box link. No payment needed, but if anyone would like to support me by buying one of my songs, we are on iTunes, google Play, CDBaby etc. just search Northbound Acoustic Blues Band in your fav download store. Alternatively see northbound.org.uk/album/index.html
Marc, this is perfect for beginners, very nice sounding licks and played at a speed to beginners can cope with. All too often you get a lesson that has great licks in it for beginners but the tempo is way too fast and the licks are close to shredding. Thank you, I really appreciate your efforts and the lesson. I am doing several things with this learning the licks from the performance by ear, tabbing it out and then checking my tab from what you show in your video. Excellent and again thank you
I have done the first eight licks now, and I would say at 90-95% right... there were a couple that I got wrong but when I watched your vid again I could easily hear it. BTW do you have other vids similar to this one that you would recommend I have a go at?
Hi Chris - it sounds like you've made good progress. I have quite a few other videos which are similar in that I play an example solo and then break it down. If you are looking for something in the same style, then there is an 'intermediate' version of the minor blues lesson. It uses the same backing track, however the licks are a lot faster/more notes. If you are looking for something that reasonably easy, like this lesson, then I'd recomend either 'It Hurts Me Too - Blues Guitar Lesson', 'Easy C minor Blues Licks Lesson' or 'Slow Blues Lesson - learn to play over a 12 bar'. of these, 'It hurts me too' is the easiest.
Mark..Just what I have been searching for. Rather than 5 or 6 note riffs, you have shown how to tie them together in an extremely playable solo. Bravo..You've got a new subscriber. I sure would like to see more of these slow blues lessons.. Thanks ..Jim
Thanks for such a kind comment! Have you checked out this video of mine?ruclips.net/video/v3ONNeREo1c/видео.html there will certainly be more videos in this style coming soon
+Mike Ryan Excellent Mike! My apologies again for the inconsistencies! (by the way I was in the studio a few weeks ago and my bass player was continually ripping me for my 'inconsistencies' too). Which lick do you find most tricky? For me, when I was writing the licks and preparing the lesson, I struggled with the timing of lick 5. I wrote the lick and thought it sounded good, but just found the timing a little tricky.
+Marc Guitar Marc lick 5 is the second most demanding lick but I'm getting it kinda-sorta. The most demanding lick is 2. Getting it fast and smooth seems hard to me.
Hi Byron - yes that exactly what I was aiming for with my videos. It's hoe I learnt to improvise, by learing a bunch of example licks and using that as the jumping off point to experiment. Thanks for the great comment.
Hey Marc ! Thank you Brother. Definitely what I've been looking for. I Love that this Solo is easy to play and beautiful to hear. I'm an intermediate guitarist at best. But the way you broke it down was perfect. You are a gifted teacher. A very underated art form. Cheers Santiago. ❤️
Hey, B.B., oops, I mean Mark. :-). Very nice, no flashy, showoff, intro to display how cool you are, no endless chatter, even no hat! This is well paced, clear, with useful hints along the way. I think it is good you did not get into any theory about scales - so many of the other do. There's a huge volume of those on RUclips but there is not much available like this video - a bit more advanced than rank novice, but without any theory at all. It's good for ear training and plain old having fun. I'm subscribing!
Hi! Thanks for the nice comment. Yes, when I started doing these videos, I wanted to focus on just licks and not much talking. I could go into theory, but thought people might get bored just listing to me waffling on. Also there are loads of RUclips videos that will teach you the scale fingerings, but I wanted to do something that showed how to use it in context. Anyways, I'm pleased you liked it and thanks for leaving the comment
I hope you have time to do a couple more of these, Mark. While it's good not to do them in a lot of different keys - us beginners cannot keep up - it would be helpful to have one in Cm and/or Em in order to get familiar with other chord shapes.
yo bro, like everyone is saying you nailed this one. Thank you so much. I'm a struggling beginner, and it can get really frustrating for me. I know the scales but i dont know how to make them sound good. Anyway I really appreciate you taking the time to show me something
Hi Michell thanks very much for the comment. I really appreciate the encouragement. I always find that if I learn licks, scales, chords, theory or anything, that it's important to be able to use them in context of real music. That's way I put the lesson together in this way. Thanks again.
Yes, I do like the video. Very informative and step by step, it is surely encouraging. Would be better if in the end you show it again with backing track. Thank you very much Marc! Cheers from Indonesia.
Thank you Marc, I will do as you suggest and try to put a few more licks together to complete a nice little solo, I enjoy your playing and you lessons which are so easy to follow. Good stuff.
that's actually how I come up with these lessons. I make the backing track first and then just improvise over it to see what licks suit it. And remember that being able to improvise is an essential skill of blues guitarist
I absolutely love this video. The licks are beautiful and you've made them so easy to learn. Thank you so much for making your video lessons. They are the best!
I just watched your video on RUclips and found it bloody amazing. I only started playing my guitar again after taking a break for 10 years. Found the licks very easy to follow and would like to request the tabs if possible. Thank you once again.
@@MarcGuitarVideos any chance you can send me the tabs as well? (a year later....I know! haha)......you gained a new subscriber today.....great video! Thank you!
Hi Jake thanks for watching! I'm slowly building up a library of such lessons on my channel. If you check them out, there are similar style lessons for Cminor blues; Rock ballad; slide guitar and others. I'll have a similar lesson for Slow Blues uploaded very soon. Thanks for the very kind comment
Thanks Ken! there is anew electric blues solo lesson recorded and ready to be edited. I should be posting it up in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for the kind comment.
Thank you very much for this! Already learned the whole thing and I'm starting to add the different licks to my impro. Endless fun doing different adaptations and combinations👍👍👍
@@MarcGuitarVideos yeah, learning the whole solo is a great exercise, specially trying to get the best tone from each lick, but the real fun comes with using what u learned on a backtrack and combining it with your previous knowledge so the blues gets rich and personal... I don't know if it's too obvious how much I enjoy this😅
first time i've ever left a comment, excellent lesson, I'm learning after a long break due to a fractured elbow, i use to play alot of acoustic but now I'm playing electric due to the injury and blues lessons like these are great for me to play, thanks :)
+Marc Guitar That's what I do now. I've transcribed your tab to paper, then just play your backing track. Now and then I check the lesson to make sure I'm playing the lick like you are.
Peter. This bloke is the best. His lessons are easy to follow and the most fun to play. It is so inexpensive at $5.00 per month and you will improve quickly. If I can do it anybody can. Whats more he sounds like a Beatle, so he must be great. He is!
I’m amazed how simple you make this. I have learned so much by just playing over and over until I get the impression you give the blues. Thank you. I’m 65 years old. And now my son heard me and said dad. Was that you ? I said no that was Marc
Hi Chuck, thanks so much for this really great comment. I really appreciate it
Sorry if I’m Being to much of a fan.
Well, it's about time that someone taught short licks that aspiring blues guitarist can follow. I can't thank you enough.
Hi Stan, thanks for such a kind comment
Started my love for guitar playing late in life. A living room musician. My wife and kids enjoy what I do and I put this lick on for em with the backing track and my kids started to dance. Got a sub from me. Cheers from USA
Wow! That's fantastic!
Hey Marc!
I’m 58 pushing 59 and been taking weekly lessons since last summer with the ultimate aim of being able to improvise Blues which I’ve found quite challenging until now.
Your teaching method is perfect for someone like me.
Been practising this daily for 2 weeks and it’s coming together nicely and can’t thank you enough for taking the time and effort to put this on RUclips.
Thanks again
Gary
Hi Gary - thank you so much for this kind comment. I'm very pleased you found the lesson useful.
@@MarcGuitarVideos agreed with Gary 👍
Marc you are by far the best blues tutor in youtube, please keep up what you are doing, thanks a lot
Wow, thanks! That's a very kind comment
Best compliment I can give is that I remembered and had to come back to this lick after some time. This is a full blown musical piece, that is easily digestible in 'licks', but is and sounds like a full musical solo. AND it's at a speed that isn't 250BPM and is playable by a relative beginner like me. It also has a lot of levels to it with touch, tone, bends, vibratos and nuanced timing, that creates a playable musical idea that sounds decent out of the gate and doesn't get old because of all the nuanced musicality that only adds to a great base. Thanks for a great sounding solo that I can actually play.
Wow Tim!!! Thank you for such a wonderful comment. You've described exactly what I was aiming for in this lesson. Thank you again!
Holy cow; I've been flailing away on pentatonics and individual licks for months and this is the first instruction that put it together for me. This is the best video I've seen and I feel like I've had a breakthrough. Well done and thank you.
Hi Vic - thanks very much for your kind comment, I really appreciate it.
I have to agree - in the past few years I tried many online lessons, but these licks are really the best I've seen so far. At least for a beginner like me. Short, easy to learn, and easy to combine. Having lots of fun with these ! Thanks.
Really pleased you found them enjoyable
Dazzling. . The best blues guitar lesson I have ever had. I hope you have an advanced. thank you David Gilmour
Wow... thank you for such a kind comment. That's very, very nice of you to say. Yes, there's an intermediate lesson over the same backing track.
I like this approach. There are videos that give you individual licks but they are not in the context of a complete solo and it's not easy to make them fit together. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, that's exactly the idea. I know I learn best when I hear licks in context, so I try to do the same. Thanks for the nice comment
Thank you for sharing this! I like the fact that you don't fill up the first five minutes trying to explain what you're about to accomplish. Hands-on works for me! Thanks!
Cheers John
Dear Marc! I just came across your video while looking for some simple licks to play with a backing track in the key of C or Am. Your video and lesson were exactly what I was looking for as a beginning guitarist! Nice sounding licks that are easy to memorize. Thanks!
Thank you! Yes, that's exactly what I was going for
Great lesson/video. Broke it down in manageable pieces and kept it on topic and NO long intro, bs!! Top notch!
Wow, thanks!
Yours lessons are real cool. Finally I have started play, not only practising boring exercise
Excellent! Very pleased to hear that
you should still be practicing those boring exercises though. they suck but that’s the way to truly understand what you’re doing. you can replicate people all day long but that doesn’t mean you know what you’re actually playing.
Marc Guitar This is what I have been looking for from my teacher and you tube and I wish you lived close. I started guitar because of a slight brain injury that I suffered when I was a police officer. Since playing my short term memory has got better and the way you break it down is the way I learn the best. If I was real picky I had to slow the video down to match what you were doing and tab it the way I was taught. Having said that I will subscribe to your channel and hit like I have only done this on 2 other channels. I would like to talk to the 86 people that disliked this to ask why I don't get it just stop the video and move on.
Excellent! Thank you Wayne
@@MarcGuitarVideos I could not afford $90 a month for one 1/2 hour lesson a week. Don't get me wrong my instructor is one hell of a player he can play every guitar from flat, lap, slide, and straight guitar. He was a studio musician in Nashville and he went on tour with people that are in the country hall of fame his last tour was with big and rich. If you get on you tube and search mike Mccracken BB kings in Nashville you will see him playing a black and white Tele. I hate the fact that we got to the point where I was about to start learning more about the blues but I just couldn't afford it in my budget. Having said that I learned more from you in this lesson than I have learned in hundreds of you tube videos. I have have been playing around with these licks and then I have been applying them on different parts of the fretboard to see where they work and where they don't work. So now I am going to pick another lesson you don't have to tell me but what state or country do you live.
Hi Wayne. I took lessons for a few years myself. I'll check out your teacher on RUclips. I'm glad you got a lot out of this lesson. Taking the example licks and then coming up with your own variations, is exactly the point of way I teach this way. I learn best from example and then put my own spin on stuff, so great to hear you are doing the same. As for where I live - well I'm in the UK, and if you imagine the map of England, well I'm about dead center on it.
@@MarcGuitarVideos I love watching Andertons and I want to visit that store it is on my bucket list. I was born in Germany on a military base my dad was in the Army and my mom is Germany. I left Germany in third grade and I don't have any idea about where I was born so I want to go see what it is like there don't ask me where because I can just get away with saying it and I sure as hell don't know how to spell it. Bod- Kouse- Nock that is breaking it down but it is all one word best I can do.lol. Just started On the next A minor to the third lick lot of my weakness is in that third lick so I am going to pull the metronome out and start slow. Keep making videos I will go to the E minor after I finish this other video. Thanks
Hi Wayne - I'd love to visit Andertons one day too. Their videos are amazing.
Finally something easy to follow that produces immediate results, thankyou
Thanks Roy! That's exactly what I was aiming for
I play for 2 Months now and your video really helped me start soloing ♥
+Ritze Ausm Tal Excellent! I'm really pleased. Stick with it!
Thanks for showing each lick separately, and slowly. This is the most helpful video I have seen yet. I'll look for more of your work on the blues.. Thanks.
Hi Billy, thanks for the kind comment. I try to make the kind of videos that I myself like to learn from, so that's why we have the example solo, so you can see the licks in context before I break them down. Thanks very much for leaving the comment.
Very good! I'm strarting to play the blues, and this guy and this lesson! For the first time ever I felt my own person connection with the style structure! Thank you so much! As simple as this may be, this was a life changing experience!
Wow that could be the very best comment I've ever received. Thank you that's very kind.
This is the best walk thru lesson ever. Very easy to follow. Thank you very much. Keep them coming.
+Alberto Jacobs Thank you, thats very kind of you to say. I will try to keep them coming. For something similar try my shuffle licks video:
ruclips.net/video/r_NhPnBuLnA/видео.html
Same format, just uses dominant 7th licks instead of minor pentatonic. Its a touch more advanced, but the licks are still pretty quick and easy to learn.
I can spend a whole life perfecting this...there is a lot of subtle nuances here...vibratos, vocal emulation, quarters, halfs and whole tone bends, silence and notes, timing...and a different accent in the phrase changes everything.... slow blues is not so easy to play with feeling.....a great example how a "vocal blues solo" is building from licks. Great lesson. Thanks. Hugs from Brasil.
Hi Ronaldo - thank you for the very kind comment. Yes, the blues is all about feel and that only comes with time and experience. Very pleased you enjoyed the lesson
I found this channel by accident yesterday. This is great stuff. Nothing like it on YT in terms of learning improvisation. I’m probably intermediate playing by reading Tab but when it comes to improv I’m lost. This will be a big help. What a find!
Hi Veronica! Thanks for such a great comment
Just got this by accident and had to watch it all!! Now I can even play some blues! Really appreciate the way you broke this down for those of us who seem to learn a little more slower than maybe some others. Great lesson.
Hi Midge - thanks for the kind comment. Much appreicated
Marc, I've watched a zillion RUclips and this is the best lick lesson yet - simple and easily learned. Thanks for not frying the fretboard and showing off with licks that are way too advanced for us. You da man.
Hi Mike - thanks very much for the comment. I try to make lessons that I think I would have found useful when I was learning
Thank you for sharing this video. Your breakdown and demonstration of the licks has been massively helpful to me. I've learned to organize them and even freestyle a little without it sounding random. Glad I found your channel.
Excellent! That's great. That's what it's all about
Again, what can I say "this is perfect for me in actual abilities wise and you make it sound and look great to ,there's great fun in these Marc, thank you
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate the comment. I just checked out the backing track you posted. Sounds great
At last a proper guitar lesson, nice and slow, easy to follow!
Glad you liked it!
This is the first blues video I've ever heard that I liked thanks
Thank you very much!
Hi Marc
I just want to say thank you for the great tutorial videos that you do. I have watched countless tutorials and most have to show how flash they can be or waffle on about technical stuff that goes way over my head. You have these sessions bang on. Thanks again.
Hi Keith - thanks for the kind comment. Yes, thats exactly what I'm aiming for. I watch a lot of RUclips tutorials myself, and I know what works for me.
Dude, this lick are so TASTY!!! Super smooth and sweet. And at a speed that a beginner like me can play, and feel good about it! Thanks!
Hi Tim - thanks very much for the kind comment. Much appreciated
Lick 2 is really sweet and full of character. It's only seven notes but you can do so much with it in terms of timing and attack. Thanks Marc..
Thanks John! Yes, it's a great little lick. I use it (and variations on it) all the time. Thanks for the great comment. I think Lick 9 is actually my favorite. I love adding the 2nd (in this case B) when playing over the V chord (E7 in this case)
Marc, this is a really good lesson. Once I master this, I'll move to your intermediate minor blues lesson. Your way of demonstration is clear and easy - works really well for me. Hopefully, you'll have some more lessons coming soon. Thank you so much.
Hi - thanks very much for the nice comment. More lessons comming as soon as I can
By far the best video on youtube showing a few cool blues licks.
Started playing eletric guitar a few months ago and just found you. Your videos are really helping.
Thank you very much!
Wow, thanks!
This was the best explained lesson I’ve seen on RUclips ever! Most guys go too fast and I can’t tell what their fingers are doing and you show 3 to 4 notes at a time. I had this down in no time and I’m a beginner/novice player. However, you did throw me off on the last lick of the solo when you said bend down the D at the fifth and end with three hits on the A of the ninth fret when I know you meant the seventh. Even your tabs in the top right corner showed the A on the seventh fret. I actually stopped the video and counted your frets and then counted mine lol😜 it’s all good though I’m sure someone that’s a seasoned player like yourself get a little mixed up trying to slow down to beginner speeds😋🎸🤘 thanks brother great tutorial!!!
Thanks. My apologies for the inaccuracies. This was one of my first ever lessons. Quality has improved since then!
One of my all-time top favorite solos
Wow! Thank you, that's very kind
Thank you so much. This is a fantast video for someone who's beginning to play solos. I am studying it every day. Thank you.
Hi Tiziano - thanks for the kind comment
Just starting to learn some blues licks / riffs, and this lesson is excellent for a novice like me. Thanks for sharing, your teaching style is very easy to follow and understand.
+Alex Betty Thanks very much! I hope the licks are useful and remember to try them out with the backing track - Marc
Great lesson for beginning. Good explanation, tabs and a backing track. Learning minor pentatonic scale patterns can be boring. Add this lesson to make it fun and see how they work in real life.
+Shariukasz Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
This is the first video I've found that is done at a speed slow enough to follow and play along, thank you
Thanks for the kind comment
This is a real lesson, slowly introducing the lick with tabs and all,thank you very so much.
Hi wsashoor - thanks for the kind comment. I try to make the sort of lessonsand format that I'd find most useful myself. Thank you very much
This video and the backing track made me play blues that actually sounds blues for the first time! These licks are relatively easy and sound great! I also use these licks as basis for my improvisation. Many many thanks Marc!!!!
Wow!!! Thank you for such a kind comment. I'm really pleased it was useful for you
Just brillianr, best on line lesson I've seen
Wow! Thank you Keith
Thanks for a great video Mark one of the best blues licks lesson I have seen on RUclips.
Thanks Shaun - it's very kind of you to say that
Hey Marc, you're really the BEST!!!!, especially for the beginners.
Thanks and greets from the Netherlands
Hi Harry - thanks for the kind comment. I've visited the Netherlads a couple of times - great country
Thanks, this video gave me so much confidence on what i am doing with guitar, (sometimes we are our own worst critics..) and helped me expanding the variety of licks i play.
Hi Franco - Thanks for this kind comment. I'm very pleased that it gave you confidence.
Thanks! you make it easy to follow, unlike others who have the tendency to show off.
Thanks Abram - yes I don't have the skill to be able to show off!
Really easy to follow, not over produced. Good content : ) thanks for making it
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the kind comment
Great lesson. Great sounding licks. Taught by a scouser. Awesome.
ha ha ha, yes, the accent never goes away
Another great lesson. I love slow blues when it is played with feeling and this lesson nails it.
Thank you! That's very kind
Nice. I've only just realised that I can solo with the different minor pentatonic positions to keep moving up the neck. Nice video
Fantastic lesson. The tab and the way you show and explain each lick is really helpful. Thanks.
Hi Mike - thanks for leaving such a nice comment
An excellent straight forward lesson that has been a great help. Thanks Marc
+Tim Comey Thanks for the comment. I'm very pleased it was helpful
Thanks. With your great lesson i could perform my first blues solo. From Brazil...
Excelent teacher.
Hi Ceasar - thanks for the nice comment. I'm really pleased you played your first solo!
hello buddy, your way of playing the blues is extraordinary, I am Sami from Morocco, and I would like to learn the blues. thank you for being my teacher.
Hi Sami, thanks for leaving such a king comment. I'm very happy to help
The best lesson I've seen on youtube,thank you very much!
Thanks! that comment really means a lot
Thank you Mark, can't find anyone like you. I just finshed pentatonic scales and these integrated blues licks help me make sense of a lot!
Hi Vince. Thanks for your comment. I'm really pleased that you found the lesson so useful. Marc
Really really enjoyed this. For a late in life beginner this is great!
Thanks very much for the kind comment. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it!
Mark, you’re a very good instructor. Fast enough to hear it and slow enough to
understand it. It’s an art that not all instructors remember. Being a Beginner I
really appreciate it very much. By the way, is there anywhere I can download (or buy) your Backup Track? I like it a lot…
Hi Roland - thanks for the kind comment. the backing track is streamable
on RUclips but if you want the MP3 email me at marcellison75@gmail.com
and I'll send you a drop box link. No payment needed, but if anyone
would like to support me by buying one of my songs, we are on iTunes,
google Play, CDBaby etc. just search Northbound Acoustic Blues Band in
your fav download store. Alternatively see
northbound.org.uk/album/index.html
Nice one Marc - sometimes licks are too long and it's a pain to remember them all - these bite-size licks are spot on - cheers mate.
Hi! I'm glad you liked it, thanks for the comment
Marc, this is perfect for beginners, very nice sounding licks and played at a speed to beginners can cope with. All too often you get a lesson that has great licks in it for beginners but the tempo is way too fast and the licks are close to shredding. Thank you, I really appreciate your efforts and the lesson.
I am doing several things with this learning the licks from the performance by ear, tabbing it out and then checking my tab from what you show in your video. Excellent and again thank you
Hi Chris, thanks for the kind comment. Trying it by ear before checking against tabs etc is definately a great way to learn
I have done the first eight licks now, and I would say at 90-95% right... there were a couple that I got wrong but when I watched your vid again I could easily hear it. BTW do you have other vids similar to this one that you would recommend I have a go at?
Hi Chris - it sounds like you've made good progress. I have quite a few other videos which are similar in that I play an example solo and then break it down. If you are looking for something in the same style, then there is an 'intermediate' version of the minor blues lesson. It uses the same backing track, however the licks are a lot faster/more notes. If you are looking for something that reasonably easy, like this lesson, then I'd recomend either 'It Hurts Me Too - Blues Guitar Lesson', 'Easy C minor Blues Licks Lesson' or 'Slow Blues Lesson - learn to play over a 12 bar'. of these, 'It hurts me too' is the easiest.
Actually I'm just in your Impro series but couldn't resist to watch this one too. Great solo which sounds amazing with back track. Pure fun!!
Excellent! Thanks Dean. Much appreciated
Great video lesson. I love the licks as they are easy enough for a beginner like me to follow. Thanks so much - Phoenix, Arizona.
Tim M. Hi Tim, thanks for the kind words
I managed to work it out and try to get the phrasing right ,really enjoyed the lesson.
Excellent! Glad you liked it
Its very good of you to reply thank you.
Thanks Stephen!
Mark..Just what I have been searching for. Rather than 5 or 6 note riffs, you have shown how to tie them together in an extremely playable solo. Bravo..You've got a new subscriber.
I sure would like to see more of these slow blues lessons.. Thanks ..Jim
Thanks for such a kind comment! Have you checked out this video of mine?ruclips.net/video/v3ONNeREo1c/видео.html
there will certainly be more videos in this style coming soon
Marc I figured out the additional notes. It was training. Thanks for an outstanding solo. I don't yet play it as well as you but I'm practicing.
+Mike Ryan Excellent Mike! My apologies again for the inconsistencies! (by the way I was in the studio a few weeks ago and my bass player was continually ripping me for my 'inconsistencies' too). Which lick do you find most tricky? For me, when I was writing the licks and preparing the lesson, I struggled with the timing of lick 5. I wrote the lick and thought it sounded good, but just found the timing a little tricky.
+Marc Guitar Marc lick 5 is the second most demanding lick but I'm getting it kinda-sorta. The most demanding lick is 2. Getting it fast and smooth seems hard to me.
+Mike Ryan Ahhh...Lick 2 - I love that lick. I use it all the time. Works over a shuffle blues too, not just a slow minor blues
excellent lesson, all these licks are musical and practical especially when played over a backing track....cheers Marc
Excellent comment. Thanks Neil. That's definitely what I was aiming for - musical and usable
Gives me the right combo of demonstration and tab...building blocks that I can then mix up and improvise. Thanks so much.
Hi Byron - yes that exactly what I was aiming for with my videos. It's hoe I learnt to improvise, by learing a bunch of example licks and using that as the jumping off point to experiment. Thanks for the great comment.
Smooth blues from a smooth scouser. Excellent lesson. Thank you.
Cheers Grarham!
Hey Marc ! Thank you Brother. Definitely what I've been looking for. I Love that this Solo is easy to play and beautiful to hear. I'm an intermediate guitarist at best. But the way you broke it down was perfect. You are a gifted teacher. A very underated art form. Cheers Santiago. ❤️
Thank you! That's a really kind comment. I really appreciate it
Bro seriously that was a perfect lesson for my level. Perfect pace. Great lesson!
Fantastic! Thanks for the great comment
Magnificent Lesson Marc!
+Joe Vanni Thanks very much. Very kind.
Hey, B.B., oops, I mean Mark. :-). Very nice, no flashy, showoff, intro to display how cool you are, no endless chatter, even no hat! This is well paced, clear, with useful hints along the way. I think it is good you did not get into any theory about scales - so many of the other do. There's a huge volume of those on RUclips but there is not much available like this video - a bit more advanced than rank novice, but without any theory at all. It's good for ear training and plain old having fun. I'm subscribing!
Hi! Thanks for the nice comment. Yes, when I started doing these videos, I wanted to focus on just licks and not much talking. I could go into theory, but thought people might get bored just listing to me waffling on. Also there are loads of RUclips videos that will teach you the scale fingerings, but I wanted to do something that showed how to use it in context. Anyways, I'm pleased you liked it and thanks for leaving the comment
I hope you have time to do a couple more of these, Mark. While it's good not to do them in a lot of different keys - us beginners cannot keep up - it would be helpful to have one in Cm and/or Em in order to get familiar with other chord shapes.
That's a really good idea. I'll start working on similar videos.Thanks for the suggestion
Thanks Marc. Your instructions are very good. I will try to put your explanations into practice.
Hi Juan - excellent! practice and enjoy
I've been searching for videos like this. Getting into playing again after a long hiatus. Thank you sir. Subbing.
+daniel moore Thanks - much appreciated!
Easy but extremely effective. Did I add melodic? Great foundation to build upon. Thank you again.
Thanks very much. I really appreciate the comment
Hi Mark great lesson, I seem to be missing 3 or 4 notes between licks 6 and 8 or maybe just me.
yo bro, like everyone is saying you nailed this one. Thank you so much. I'm a struggling beginner, and it can get really frustrating for me. I know the scales but i dont know how to make them sound good. Anyway I really appreciate you taking the time to show me something
Hi Michell thanks very much for the comment. I really appreciate the encouragement. I always find that if I learn licks, scales, chords, theory or anything, that it's important to be able to use them in context of real music. That's way I put the lesson together in this way. Thanks again.
Really liked your lesson. Very rewarding and clear. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Great video, Marc. Perfect approach to help string licks together - really helpful. Thanks much
Thanks for the kind comment. Much appreciated
just spoiled myself with a PRS SE Paul's Guitar and this is the first thing I'm learning, great teaching style thanks, love your work
I love PRS. I've never played a Paul's Guitar, but from all the clips on RUclips, they look and sound amazing. Great choice!
This is just a fantastic set of lessons. Thanks so much for taking the time - it's been so valuable for me.
Hi David - I'm very pleased you found them useful! Thanks for your comment
Marc
really one of the best lesson for us beginners , at the end we can really play a blues , mille fois merci
Hi Clency - thank you very much for your kind comment. I really appreciate the encouragement
Yes, I do like the video. Very informative and step by step, it is surely encouraging. Would be better if in the end you show it again with backing track. Thank you very much Marc! Cheers from Indonesia.
Hi Mustafa - thanks for the great comment and suggestion
Thank you Marc, I will do as you suggest and try to put a few more licks together to complete a nice little solo, I enjoy your playing and you lessons which are so easy to follow. Good stuff.
that's actually how I come up with these lessons. I make the backing track first and then just improvise over it to see what licks suit it. And remember that being able to improvise is an essential skill of blues guitarist
The best video ever; concise, cool, well played, calm voice ... superb!
Thanks for such a kind comment!
I absolutely love this video. The licks are beautiful and you've made them so easy to learn. Thank you so much for making your video lessons. They are the best!
Hi Phyllis - thanks for you kind comment. I'm really pleased you enjoyed the video and found it useful. Keep practicing!
I just watched your video on RUclips and found it bloody amazing. I only started playing my
guitar again after taking a break for 10 years.
Found the licks very easy to follow and would like to request the tabs if possible.
Thank you once again.
Thanks Mick! I got your email and sent the tabs over. Thanks for the great comment
@@MarcGuitarVideos Cheers for that. I really appreciate it. All the best :)
@@MarcGuitarVideos any chance you can send me the tabs as well? (a year later....I know! haha)......you gained a new subscriber today.....great video! Thank you!
this is amazin man! playing for the first time in years!!
That's fantastic!
What an amazing video and lesson, Marc. Pls. put on some more simple/intermediate solo lessons...
Hi Jake thanks for watching! I'm slowly building up a library of such lessons on my channel. If you check them out, there are similar style lessons for Cminor blues; Rock ballad; slide guitar and others. I'll have a similar lesson for Slow Blues uploaded very soon. Thanks for the very kind comment
great lessons,unlike the rest on youtube who short change us,keep it going,thank you, will sub
That's very kind of you to say that
Thanks Marc! I found this very helpful. There's a lot of sites with blues licks but no one shows you how they should sound. Look forward to more...
Thanks Ken! there is anew electric blues solo lesson recorded and ready to be edited. I should be posting it up in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for the kind comment.
Thank you very much for this! Already learned the whole thing and I'm starting to add the different licks to my impro. Endless fun doing different adaptations and combinations👍👍👍
Excellent! Best way to use these lessons is for inspiration to create your own licks
@@MarcGuitarVideos yeah, learning the whole solo is a great exercise, specially trying to get the best tone from each lick, but the real fun comes with using what u learned on a backtrack and combining it with your previous knowledge so the blues gets rich and personal... I don't know if it's too obvious how much I enjoy this😅
I agree, best lesion ever. Great teacher.
Thank you! That's very kind
Excellent work. You Brits & your music !!!
Hi James - thanks for the nice comment
thank you for the lesson and thank you for your pedagogy fraternal feelings
first time i've ever left a comment, excellent lesson, I'm learning after a long break due to a fractured elbow, i use to play alot of acoustic but now I'm playing electric due to the injury and blues lessons like these are great for me to play, thanks :)
Well thanks for leaving your first comment here! Sorry to hear about your injury. Very pleased you found the lesson useful
Love the tone of that Blackstar
Yes, it's great. I'm a big fan
Thanks Mark, well explained & made easy to follow. Thanks.
Thanks Tony!
Really excellent Marc. I really appreciate the quality. I'm going to learn this one.
+Mike Ryan Thanks! Once you've learned it, remember to try it with the backing track and let us know how you got on
+Marc Guitar That's what I do now. I've transcribed your tab to paper, then just play your backing track. Now and then I check the lesson to make sure I'm playing the lick like you are.
Excellent! and I guess that it's when you played it back along with me, you realized there was a note I'd missed out the tab... good job!